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The A's increased their lead over the Royals to six games as Sal Bando and Gene Tenace swatted two-run homers and Claudell Washington added a solo blast in an 8-2 triumph over Kansas City. George Brett homered in the first to give the Royals a 1-0 lead, but Bando connected in the third to put the A's ahead 2-1. The A's struck for five in the sixth as they stopped Kansas City's eight-game winning streak. [The Sporting News] Oakland Athletics 8, Kansas City Royals 2Game Played on Monday, September 8, 1975 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumRoyals 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1
A's 0 0 2 0 0 5 1 0 x - 8 10 0
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Patek ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .234 North cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .262
Otis cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 C. Washington lf 4 2 3 1 0 0 .307
Brett 3b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .300 Bando 3b 4 2 3 2 0 0 .211
Mayberry 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .295 Jackson rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .263
Cowens rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .282 Williams dh 3 0 1 1 0 0 .242
Killebrew dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Alexander pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200
Wohlford lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .249 Tovar ph,dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
Martinez c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .239 Tenace c,1b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .239
White 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Harper 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .241
Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fosse c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .140
McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garner 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .228
McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martinez ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167
Throop p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252
Maxvill ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Holtzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 2 5 2 5 5 Totals 33 8 10 7 3 6
Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 38,735
Left on Base: Royals 7, A's 4
DP: Royals 0, A's 0
Errors: Cowens
Home Runs: Brett (11), Bando (11), C. Washington (9), Tenace (22)
Stolen Bases: Otis (38), Alexander (17)
Caught Stealing: Wohlford (7)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Leonard L(12-6) 5 7 6 6 2 3 2 23 3.66
McDaniel 1.1 3 2 2 0 2 1 7 4.40
McClure 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00
Throop 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00
Totals 8 10 8 8 3 6 3 36
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Holtzman W(16-12) 9 5 2 2 5 5 1 36 3.32
Totals 9 5 2 2 5 5 1 36
Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Armando Rodriguez, 3B - Bill Haller
ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Otis flied out to right; Brett
homered; Mayberry walked; Cowens struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; C. Washington singled to
pitcher; Bando forced C. Washington (first to shortstop);
Jackson lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1,
Athletics 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Killebrew flied out to right; Wohlford walked;
Martinez flied out to right; Wohlford was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1,
Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Williams grounded out (second to first); Tenace
walked; Harper struck out; Garner singled to third [Tenace out
at third (shortstop unassisted)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals
1, Athletics 0.
ROYALS 3RD: On a bunt White singled; Patek struck out; Otis
forced White (third to second); Brett flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Martinez grounded out (pitcher to first); North
walked; C. Washington grounded out (second to first) [North to
second]; Bando homered [North scored]; Jackson struck out; 2 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 2.
ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry walked; Cowens popped to first in foul
territory; Killebrew flied out to center; Wohlford forced
Mayberry (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1,
Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Williams popped to catcher in foul territory;
Tenace lined to right; Harper grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Martinez walked; White popped to second; Patek
singled to left [Martinez to second]; Otis struck out; Brett
singled to right [Martinez scored, Patek to third]; Mayberry
lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Garner lined to center; Martinez lined to third;
North grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Athletics 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Cowens walked; Killebrew flied out to center;
Wohlford grounded out (third to first) [Cowens to second];
Martinez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 6TH: C. Washington homered; Bando singled to center;
Jackson singled to right [Bando scored (error by Cowens) (no
RBI), Jackson to third]; Williams singled to right [Jackson
scored]; MCDANIEL REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); ALEXANDER RAN FOR
WILLIAMS; Alexander stole second; Tenace homered [Alexander
scored]; Harper struck out; Garner popped to second; Martinez
struck out; 5 R, 5 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 7.
ROYALS 7TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); FOSSE
REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING C ); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); White lined to center; Patek flied out to center; Otis
singled to center; Otis stole second; Brett struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 7.
ATHLETICS 7TH: North grounded out (shortstop to first); C.
Washington singled to right; Bando singled to left [C.
Washington to third]; MCCLURE REPLACED MCDANIEL (PITCHING);
Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first) [C. Washington scored,
Bando to second]; TOVAR BATTED FOR ALEXANDER; Tovar walked;
THROOP REPLACED MCCLURE (PITCHING); Tenace forced Tovar (second
to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 8.
ROYALS 8TH: TOVAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Mayberry grounded
out (first unassisted); Cowens grounded out (third to first);
Killebrew grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Athletics 8.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Fosse grounded out (third to first); Garner
struck out; HOLT BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Holt flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 8.
ROYALS 9TH: MAXVILL REPLACED HOLT (PLAYING SS); Wohlford flied
out to right; Martinez flied out to left; White flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 8.
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