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Tuesday June 1, 1976
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Amos Otis drove in two runs with a homer in the third inning and another run with a single in the ninth to produce the Royals' winning margin in a 5-2 victory over the Athletics. Don Baylor and Sal Bando homered for the A's markers. [The Sporting News]


Kansas City Royals 5, Oakland Athletics 2

Game Played on Tuesday, June 1, 1976 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Royals       0  0  3    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   5  6  0
A's          1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  8  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette lf           4   1   1   1     0   1   .326      North cf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .278
  Wohlford pr,lf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .199
Otis cf               5   1   2   3     0   0   .313      Baylor lf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .211
Brett 3b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .347      Williams dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .230
Mayberry 1b           2   0   0   1     1   0   .241      Bando 3b              4   1   2   1     0   2   .224
McRae dh              1   0   0   0     3   0   .319      Tenace 1b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .146
Cowens rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .230      Washington rf         4   0   1   0     0   0   .217
Stinson c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Garner 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .252
Patek ss              3   1   0   0     1   0   .323      Haney c               2   0   2   0     0   0   .258
White 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .227        Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Bird p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hosley c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .161
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bahnsen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   6   5     5   2             Totals               35   2   8   2     0  10

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance:  3,860
Left on Base: Royals 7, A's 6
DP: Royals 0, A's 0
Triples: Brett (5)
Home Runs: Otis (9), Baylor (6), Bando (8)
Stolen Bases: McRae 2 (6), Patek (22), White 2 (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Mayberry (6)
Hit by Pitch: Poquette (1,by Fingers)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bird W(6-1)             7.2   7   2   2   0   7   2  30   3.32
Hall                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.15
Pattin SV(4)            1     1   0   0   0   3   0   4   2.70
Totals                  9     8   2   2   0  10   2  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen L(2-2)          5.1   3   4   4   4   2   1  23   3.32
Todd                    1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.19
Lindblad                0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.95
Fingers                 1.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   7   3.75
Totals                  9     6   5   5   5   2   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Fingers (3)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Marty Springstead


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette struck out; Otis flied out to center; Brett
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); Baylor homered; Williams grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics
1.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to right; McRae walked; McRae
stole second; Cowens flied out to right; Stinson struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando struck out; Tenace was called out on
strikes; Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek walked; Patek stole second; White grounded out
(third to first); Poquette singled to center [Patek scored];
Otis homered [Poquette scored]; Brett grounded out (second to
first); Mayberry walked; McRae lined to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); Haney
singled to left; North forced Haney (pitcher to second);
Campaneris made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 3, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens made an out to third; Stinson grounded out
(first unassisted); Patek lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Williams
grounded out (second to first); Bando singled to left; Tenace
lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 5TH: White made an out to second; Poquette made an out to
shortstop; Otis made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Washington grounded out (second to first); Garner
grounded out (third to first); Haney singled to left; North
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
Athletics 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Brett tripled to right; Mayberry hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Brett scored]; McRae walked; TODD REPLACED BAHNSEN
(PITCHING); Cowens flied out to center; Stinson popped to third
in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first);
Baylor lined to third; Williams was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); White singled
to left; White stole second; Poquette flied to left in foul
territory; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Bando homered; Tenace grounded out (shortstop to
first); Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); Garner was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Athletics 2.

ROYALS 8TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Brett grounded
out (first unassisted); Mayberry flied out to center; McRae
walked; FINGERS REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); McRae stole
second; Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MANGUAL BATTED FOR HANEY; Mangual struck out;
North struck out; Campaneris singled to left; Baylor singled to
left [Campaneris to second]; HALL REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING);
Williams made an out to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4,
Athletics 2.

ROYALS 9TH: HOSLEY REPLACED MANGUAL (PLAYING C ); Stinson made
an out to second; Patek flied out to right; White singled to
center; White stole second; Poquette was hit by a pitch;
WOHLFORD RAN FOR POQUETTE; Otis singled to left [White scored,
Wohlford to second]; Brett flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PATTIN
REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Bando struck out; Tenace struck out;
Washington singled to center; Garner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 2.



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