| The batting of Hal McRae and Amos Otis, who had seven hits between them including a homer apiece, brought the Royals a 7-6 victory over the Angels. In the ninth inning, with the score tied, 6-6, Otis drew a one-out walk from Chuck Dobson, stole second for his third theft of the game and continued to third on a wild throw by catcher Ellie Rodriguez. After holding his base on an infield out, Otis scored the winning run when McRae singled. [The Sporting News] |
Kansas City Royals 7, California Angels 6
Game Played on Wednesday, April 9, 1975 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Royals 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 7 11 1 Angels 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 13 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Nettles cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .125 Otis cf 4 3 3 2 1 1 .429 Rivers lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .333 Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .250 Harper dh 4 2 3 0 1 0 .500 McRae lf 5 2 4 3 0 0 .444 Bochte 1b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .333 Killebrew dh 4 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Chalk 3b 3 1 2 2 1 1 .600 Brett 3b 3 0 1 2 1 1 .333 Stanton rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Lahoud ph,rf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Cowens rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .333 Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Healy c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .143 Sudakis ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Remy 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286 McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ramirez ss 2 0 2 0 1 0 .500 Tanana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dobson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 7 11 7 5 7 Totals 34 6 13 3 5 6 Time of Game: 2:59 Attendance: 5,315 Left on Base: Royals 7, Angels 10 DP: Royals 2, Angels 1 Errors: Healy, Rodriguez Doubles: McRae (1), Bochte (1) Home Runs: McRae (1), Otis (1) Stolen Bases: Otis 3 (4), Harper (1), Ramirez (1), Rivers (1) Caught Stealing: Remy (1) Sacrifice Hits: Ramirez (1), Bochte 2 (2) Sacrifice Flies: Chalk (1) GIDP: Remy (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff 4 8 6 3 2 3 0 22 6.75 McDaniel W(1-0) 5 5 0 0 3 3 0 21 0.00 Totals 9 13 6 3 5 6 0 43 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tanana 4 8 6 6 2 4 2 20 13.50 Dobson L(0-1) 4.1 2 1 1 3 3 0 18 2.08 Scott 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Pena 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Totals 9 11 7 7 5 7 2 41 Wild Pitches: Splittorff 3 (3), McDaniel (1), Dobson (1) Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Russ Goetz ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Otis singled to center; Otis stole second; Mayberry lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [Otis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Nettles was called out on strikes; Rivers grounded out (third to first); Harper popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 2ND: McRae homered; Killebrew was called out on strikes; Brett struck out; Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Bochte doubled to right; Chalk struck out but Bochte advanced to third and Chalk advanced to first on a wild pitch; Stanton reached on a fielder's choice [Bochte scored (error by Healy; assists by Patek, Healy and Brett) (unearned) (no RBI), Chalk to third]; Rodriguez walked [Stanton to second]; Remy grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Chalk scored (unearned) (no RBI), Stanton to third, Rodriguez out at second]; Ramirez walked while Stanton advanced to home on a wild pitch; Nettles grounded out (third to first); 3 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 3. ROYALS 3RD: Cowens singled to center; Healy struck out; Patek struck out; Otis homered [Cowens scored]; Mayberry singled to right; McRae doubled to left [Mayberry to third]; Killebrew walked; Brett singled to right [Mayberry scored, McRae scored, Killebrew out at third (right to third)]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Angels 3. ANGELS 3RD: Rivers popped to second; Harper singled to center; Harper stole second; Bochte grounded out (second to first) [Harper to third]; Chalk singled to center [Harper scored]; Stanton singled to center [Chalk to second]; Splittorff threw a wild pitch [Chalk to third, Stanton to second]; Rodriguez lined to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Angels 4. ROYALS 4TH: Rojas lined to shortstop; Cowens walked; Healy forced Cowens (third to second); Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Angels 4. ANGELS 4TH: Remy singled to left; Ramirez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Remy to second]; Remy was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Nettles struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Angels 4. ROYALS 5TH: Otis singled to left; DOBSON REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Otis stole second; Mayberry walked; McRae singled to left [Otis scored, Mayberry to second]; Dobson threw a wild pitch [Mayberry to third, McRae to second]; Killebrew was called out on strikes; Brett was walked intentionally; Rojas was called out on strikes; Cowens forced Brett (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 6, Angels 4. ANGELS 5TH: Rivers singled to left; Harper singled to right [Rivers to third]; Bochte singled to right [Rivers scored, Harper to third]; MCDANIEL REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Chalk hit a sacrifice fly to center [Harper scored]; Stanton lined into a double play (shortstop unassisted) [Bochte out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Angels 6. ROYALS 6TH: Healy singled to left; Patek flied out to right; Otis struck out; Mayberry lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Angels 6. ANGELS 6TH: Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Remy grounded out (pitcher to first); Ramirez singled to center; Ramirez stole second; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Angels 6. ROYALS 7TH: McRae flied out to right; Killebrew grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Angels 6. ANGELS 7TH: Rivers singled to third; Rivers stole second; Harper walked; Bochte out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Rivers to third, Harper to second]; Chalk was walked intentionally; LAHOUD BATTED FOR STANTON; Lahoud struck out; Rodriguez popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 6, Angels 6. ROYALS 8TH: LAHOUD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rojas lined to left; Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first); Healy popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Angels 6. ANGELS 8TH: Remy flied out to center; Ramirez singled to center; McDaniel threw a wild pitch [Ramirez to second]; Nettles grounded out (second to first) [Ramirez to third]; Rivers flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Angels 6. ROYALS 9TH: Patek lined to center; Otis walked; SCOTT REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Otis stole second [Otis to third (error by Rodriguez)]; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); PENA REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); McRae singled to left [Otis scored]; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Angels 6. ANGELS 9TH: Harper singled to left; Bochte out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Harper to second]; Chalk singled to left [Harper out at home (left to catcher), Chalk to second (on throw to home)]; Lahoud walked; SUDAKIS BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Sudakis struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 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