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The Royals staved off elimination from the West Division race by defeating the Athletics, 2-1. With seven games left for each club, the A's held a seven-game lead and needed just one victory to clinch their fifth consecutive division title. Kansas City Royals 2, Oakland Athletics 1Game Played on Sunday, September 21, 1975 (Day game) at Royals StadiumA's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 2 Royals 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 x - 2 6 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Otis cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246 Hopkins pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Pinson lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .226 Martinez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .168 Brett 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .312 C. Washington cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .309 Mayberry dh 3 0 0 0 1 2 .295 Bando 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .224 Solaita 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Alexander pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Cowens rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .277 Pitts 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 xStinson c 2 0 2 0 0 0 .000 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Tenace 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .257 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Williams dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .245 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harper pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Garner 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .247 North ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Haney c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .160 Holt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Fosse c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147 Tovar ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Bosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Siebert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 Totals 33 1 7 1 2 5 Totals 29 2 6 1 1 3 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 21,023 Left on Base: A's 8, Royals 5 DP: A's 2, Royals 1 Errors: Pitts, Fosse, White Doubles: Tenace (17), Brett (35) Triples: Pinson (5) Stolen Bases: Hopkins (19), Harper (26) GIDP: Patek (9), Solaita (5) Hit by Pitch: Bando (5,by Leonard) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bosman L(10-6) 5.1 6 2 2 0 2 0 21 3.63 Lindblad 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.84 Siebert 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.87 Totals 8 6 2 2 1 3 0 31 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(14-7) 8.2 7 1 1 1 4 0 34 3.65 Pattin SV(4) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3.36 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 5 0 36 Hit by Pitch: Leonard (9) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Marty Springstead ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to left; C. Washington reached on an error by White; C. Washington was picked off first (pitcher to first); Bando was hit by a pitch; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Otis singled to left; Pinson flied out to center; Brett flied out to center; Mayberry grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace singled to left; Williams popped to catcher in foul territory; Rudi popped to second; Garner singled to right [Tenace to third]; Haney grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Solaita grounded out (second to first); Cowens popped to shortstop; Stinson singled to right; Patek flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); C. Washington singled to left; Bando forced C. Washington (third to second); Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to right; Otis flied out to right; Pinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams grounded out (second to first); Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Brett popped to third in foul territory; Mayberry struck out; Solaita flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Garner grounded out (second to first); Haney walked; Campaneris flied out to right; C. Washington flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Cowens singled; Stinson singled to right [Cowens to third]; Patek grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cowens scored (no RBI), Stinson out at second]; White grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando struck out; Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first); Tenace doubled to left; Williams flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: Otis struck out; Pinson tripled to right; Brett doubled to right [Pinson scored]; LINDBLAD REPLACED BOSMAN (PITCHING); Mayberry walked; Solaita grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mayberry out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Garner popped to first in foul territory; HOLT BATTED FOR HANEY; Holt flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: FOSSE REPLACED HOLT (PLAYING C ); SIEBERT REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Cowens grounded out (second to first); Stinson reached on catcher's interference by Fosse; Patek popped to catcher in foul territory; White lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris singled to right; HOPKINS RAN FOR CAMPANERIS; Hopkins stole second; C. Washington struck out; Bando singled [Hopkins scored]; ALEXANDER RAN FOR BANDO; Jackson lined into a double play (second to first) [Alexander out at first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 8TH: PITTS REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING 3B); MARTINEZ REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING SS); Otis flied out to center; Pinson flied out to center; Brett reached on an error by Pitts; Mayberry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: Tenace flied out to left; Williams singled to center; HARPER RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Harper stole second; Rudi struck out; PATTIN REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); NORTH BATTED FOR GARNER; North was walked intentionally; TOVAR BATTED FOR FOSSE; Tovar struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 2. |
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