| 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 2
Game Played on Monday, September 8, 1975 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Royals 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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