A five-run rally in the seventh inning that included triples by Fred Patek and George Brett carried the Royals to an 8-4 victory over the Athletics, who dropped seven games behind the West Division leaders. John Mayberry drove in a total of four runs for the Royals, accounting for two with a single in the third, one with an infield grounder in the seventh and another with a single in the eighth. Don Baylor hit two homers for the Athletics. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Thursday, May       20, 1976 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
A's          1  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  0  -   4  6  1
Royals       0  0  2    0  0  0    5  1  x  -   8 15  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Washington rf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .241      Poquette lf           4   1   3   0     0   0   .340
North cf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .271      Otis cf               5   2   4   1     0   0   .306
Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .290      Brett 3b              5   2   2   1     0   0   .358
Baylor 1b             4   2   3   3     0   1   .210      Mayberry 1b           4   1   2   4     1   0   .248
Bando 3b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .211      McRae dh              5   0   1   0     0   2   .310
Williams dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .207      Cowens rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .238
Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .180      Stinson c             3   0   0   0     1   2   .292
Garner 2b             3   0   1   1     0   1   .222      Patek ss              4   1   1   0     0   2   .337
Haney c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .212      White 2b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .239
P. Mitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bird p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Abbott p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   6   4     1   6             Totals               38   8  15   8     2   6

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance: 25,682
Left on Base: A's 3, Royals 9
DP: A's 1, Royals 0
Errors: Campaneris
Doubles: Garner (8), Bando (6), Mayberry (4), Poquette (5), McRae (8)
Triples: Patek (2), Brett (2)
Home Runs: Baylor 2 (5)
Stolen Bases: North (17), Mayberry (2), Stinson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Poquette (2)
GIDP: Poquette (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
P. Mitchell L(1-2)      6.1   9   5   4   1   5   0  29   6.46
Lindblad                0     2   2   2   0   0   0   3   2.25
Fingers                 0.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   3   4.18
Abbott                  1     3   1   1   0   0   0   6   6.59
Totals                  8    15   8   7   2   6   0  41

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bird W(4-1)             7     5   4   4   1   2   2  27   3.30
Mingori                 0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.00
Littell SV(3)           1.1   1   0   0   0   3   0   5   0.93
Totals                  9     6   4   4   1   6   2  34

Wild Pitches: P. Mitchell (1)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Lou DiMuro


ATHLETICS 1ST: Washington grounded out (third to first); North
singled to left; North stole second; Rudi grounded out (second
to first) [North to third]; Baylor singled to left [North
scored]; Bando forced Baylor (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Poquette singled to right; Otis singled to right
[Poquette to second]; Brett forced Poquette (third unassisted)
[Otis to second]; Mayberry lined to left; McRae struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Williams struck out; Campaneris flied out to
left; Garner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first); Stinson
lined to center; Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Haney lined to center; Washington grounded out
(first unassisted); North flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White singled to center; Poquette grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [White out at second]; Otis
singled; Brett singled [Otis to third]; Mayberry doubled to left
[Otis scored, Brett scored]; McRae flied to right in foul
territory; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Baylor
homered; Bando popped to catcher in foul territory; Williams
made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens made an out to shortstop; Stinson was called
out on strikes; Patek flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Garner
struck out; Haney grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: White grounded out (second to first); Poquette
doubled to right; Otis flied out to center; Brett flied to left
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); North
lined to pitcher; Rudi made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry walked; Mayberry stole second; McRae struck
out; Cowens made an out to first; Stinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Baylor homered; Bando walked; Williams popped to
third in foul territory; Campaneris flied out to center; Garner
doubled [Bando scored, Garner to third (on throw to home)];
Haney flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek tripled to left; White reached on an error by
Campaneris [Patek scored (RBI), White to first]; Poquette out on
a sacrifice bunt (second to first) [White to second]; P.
Mitchell threw a wild pitch [White to third]; Otis singled to
right [White scored (unearned)]; LINDBLAD REPLACED P. MITCHELL
(PITCHING); Brett tripled to right [Otis scored]; Mayberry
reached on a fielder's choice [Brett scored]; McRae doubled to
right [Mayberry to third]; FINGERS REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING);
Cowens singled to left [Mayberry scored, McRae to third]; Cowens
was picked off first (catcher to first); Stinson walked; Stinson
stole second; Patek struck out; 5 R (4 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 4, Royals 7.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MINGORI REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Washington
struck out; North flied out to center; LITTELL REPLACED MINGORI
(PITCHING); Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Royals 7.

ROYALS 8TH: ABBOTT REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); White flied out
to left; Poquette singled to center; Otis singled to right
[Poquette to second]; Brett flied out to right; Mayberry singled
to right [Poquette scored, Otis to third]; McRae forced Mayberry
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Royals 8.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Baylor struck out; Bando doubled to left;
Williams grounded out (second to first); Campaneris was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 8.