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Sunday July 4, 1976
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Mike Norris, who was out most of last season because of an operation to remove bone chips from his elbow, allowed only three hits and pitched the Athletics to a 6-0 victory over the Royals. Joe Rudi had a two-run double in the A's attack. [The Sporting News]


Oakland Athletics 6, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Sunday, July 4, 1976 (Day game) at Royals Stadium

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


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   1   1   1     1   1   .275      Wohlford lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .244
Campaneris ss         4   1   3   1     1   1   .240      Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .295
Baylor rf             3   1   0   0     1   1   .225      Brett 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .352
Rudi lf               5   1   1   2     0   0   .252      Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .253
Bando 3b              2   1   0   0     2   1   .230      McRae dh              2   0   1   0     1   0   .339
Tenace 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .239      Cowens rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Williams dh           4   1   1   1     0   0   .205      Stinson c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Garner 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .265      Patek ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Haney c               2   0   1   1     1   1   .224        D. Nelson 2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .274
  Newman ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      White 2b,ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .214
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Quirk ph,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .261
                                                          Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   8   6     6   7             Totals               29   0   3   0     2   3

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 24,647
Left on Base: A's 8, Royals 4
DP: A's 0, Royals 2
Errors: Fitzmorris
Doubles: Campaneris (9), Rudi (14), McRae (21)
Stolen Bases: North (36), McRae (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Bando (4)
GIDP: Baylor (7), Tenace (6)
Hit by Pitch: Baylor (8,by Fitzmorris)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris W(2-2)           9     3   0   0   2   3   0  31   4.17
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2   3   0  31

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris L(9-5)       5.2   6   6   4   4   3   0  27   3.43
Littell                 1.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   5   2.59
Gura                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   7.50
Hall                    1     0   0   0   2   2   0   5   3.32
Totals                  9     8   6   4   6   7   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Fitzmorris (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Al Clark


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
singled to left; Baylor grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Campaneris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford walked; Wohlford was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando
walked; Tenace forced Bando (shortstop to second); Williams
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher); McRae
walked; McRae stole second; Cowens grounded out (second to
first) [McRae to third]; Stinson popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Garner lined to center; Haney struck out; North
walked; North stole second; Campaneris singled to right [North
scored]; Baylor flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); White flied
out to right; Wohlford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Bando walked;
Tenace grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Bando out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis flied out to left; Brett popped to shortstop;
Mayberry singled to right; McRae popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Williams grounded out (first unassisted); Garner
struck out; Haney walked; North forced Haney (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Stinson
flied out to left; Patek popped to first in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: D. NELSON REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING 2B); WHITE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Campaneris doubled to left;
Baylor was hit by a pitch; Rudi doubled [Campaneris scored,
Baylor scored]; Bando reached on an error by Fitzmorris on a
sacrifice bunt [Rudi to third]; Sal Bando knocked ball out of
Al Fitzmorris' glove; Tenace popped to shortstop in foul
territory; Williams singled to right [Rudi scored, Bando to
third]; Garner struck out; Haney singled to left [Bando scored
(unearned), Williams to second]; LITTELL REPLACED FITZMORRIS
(PITCHING); North singled to right [Williams scored (unearned),
Haney to second]; Campaneris was called out on strikes; 5 R (3
ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: White singled to center; Wohlford struck out; Otis
struck out; Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 6, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Baylor struck out; Rudi popped to third in foul
territory; Bando grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry struck out; McRae doubled to right; Cowens
grounded out (shortstop to first) [McRae to third]; Stinson
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: GURA REPLACED LITTELL (PITCHING); Tenace singled
to left; Williams flied out to center; Garner popped to second;
NEWMAN BATTED FOR HANEY; Newman forced Tenace (third to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: NEWMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); D. Nelson
grounded out (third to first); QUIRK BATTED FOR WHITE; Quirk
grounded out (second to first); Wohlford flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 6, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: QUIRK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HALL REPLACED
GURA (PITCHING); North struck out; Campaneris walked; Baylor
walked [Campaneris to second]; Rudi flied out to right; Bando
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Royals 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis flied out to right; Brett grounded out (second
to first); Mayberry flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Royals 0.



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