A single by Billy Williams in the eighth inning, scoring Claudell Washington, enabled the Athletics to defeat the Royals, 6-5. Reggie Jackson homered for the A's in the fourth to tie the score at 1-1 and Willams led off the fifth with another homer to spark a four-run outburst. Oakland Athletics 6, Kansas City Royals 5Game Played on Saturday, August 2, 1975 (Night game) at Royals StadiumA's 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 - 6 9 1 Royals 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 - 5 14 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 5 1 1 1 0 1 .271 Patek ss 4 1 2 0 1 0 .245 Garner 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .230 Rojas 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .284 C. Washington cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .313 White pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Jackson rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .267 Otis cf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .254 Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Mayberry 1b 5 1 1 0 0 3 .273 Williams dh 4 1 3 2 0 0 .247 McRae lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .307 Hopkins pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Brett 3b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .296 Tenace 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Killebrew dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Bando 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .211 Wohlford rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Alexander pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pinson ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Haney c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Martinez c 3 0 2 1 0 0 .252 Fosse c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .136 Stinson pr,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Holt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martinez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 6 9 6 1 4 Totals 39 5 14 5 1 5 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 39,333 Left on Base: A's 4, Royals 9 DP: A's 0, Royals 0 Errors: Jackson, Mayberry Doubles: C. Washington 2 (14), Patek (8) Triples: Brett (7) Home Runs: Jackson (27), Williams (14), Otis (7) Stolen Bases: Brett 2 (10) Caught Stealing: Alexander (2), Patek (4) Sacrifice Hits: Otis (4) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue 5.2 10 4 4 1 4 0 28 2.96 Fingers W(7-5) 3.1 4 1 1 0 1 1 13 3.36 Totals 9 14 5 5 1 5 1 41 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pattin 4.2 5 5 2 0 3 2 20 3.59 Mingori L(0-3) 2.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 11 2.36 Bird 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.56 Totals 9 9 6 3 1 4 2 37 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to right; Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); C. Washington flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek doubled to left; Rojas grounded out (second to first) [Patek to third]; Otis singled [Patek scored]; Mayberry struck out; McRae grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson popped to shortstop; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams singled to right; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 2ND: Brett singled; Killebrew flied out to left; Wohlford was called out on strikes; Brett stole second; Martinez popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Bando struck out; Fosse flied out to left; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas flied out to center; Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Garner struck out; C. Washington grounded out (first unassisted); Jackson homered; Rudi popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry struck out; McRae singled to left; Brett popped to third in foul territory; Killebrew grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Williams homered; Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando reached on an error by Mayberry; Fosse grounded out (first unassisted) [Bando to second]; Campaneris singled to left [Bando scored (unearned)]; Garner singled [Campaneris to second]; MINGORI REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); C. Washington doubled to right [Campaneris scored (unearned), Garner scored (unearned)]; Jackson flied out to center; 4 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: Wohlford flied out to right; Martinez singled to left; Patek lined to center; Rojas singled [Martinez to second]; Otis forced Rojas (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi flied out to left; Williams popped to third in foul territory; Tenace grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry singled to right [Mayberry to second (error by Jackson)]; McRae singled to right [Mayberry to third]; Brett tripled to right [Mayberry scored, McRae scored]; Killebrew popped to second; Wohlford grounded out (pitcher to first); Martinez singled to third [Brett scored]; STINSON RAN FOR MARTINEZ; Patek walked [Stinson to second]; FINGERS REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Rojas forced Patek (third to second); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 4. ATHLETICS 7TH: STINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Bando popped to catcher in foul territory; Fosse flied out to left; Campaneris grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 4. ROYALS 7TH: Otis homered; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett singled; Brett stole second; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: Garner grounded out (third to first); C. Washington doubled to left; Jackson walked; BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Rudi popped to second; Williams singled [C. Washington scored, Jackson to second]; HOPKINS RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Tenace lined to pitcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 5. ROYALS 8TH: HOPKINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); PINSON BATTED FOR WOHLFORD; Pinson flied out to right; Stinson grounded out (second to first); Patek singled; Patek was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: PINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Bando singled to right; ALEXANDER RAN FOR BANDO; HOLT BATTED FOR FOSSE; Alexander was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Holt grounded out (first to pitcher); Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 5. ROYALS 9TH: HANEY REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING C ); MARTINEZ REPLACED HOLT (PLAYING 3B); Rojas singled to center; WHITE RAN FOR ROJAS; Otis out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [White to second]; Mayberry struck out; McRae grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 5. |
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