Jacket Day drew 42,592, Oakland's largest crowd of the year, but the Athletics put on a fumbling performance, committing seven errors, and lost to the Royals, 6-5. The A's built up a 4-0 lead before the Royals erupted for all their runs in the sixth inning. Tom Poquette opened with a single and advanced on an error by Bill North.

George Brett followed with a single. John Mayberry grounded to Phil Garner, who let the ball slip through his hands, allowing Poquette to score. Six more Royals then went to bat with the inning coming to a climax when Dave Nelson drove in two runs with a single. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Oakland Athletics 5
Game Played on Saturday, July      24, 1976 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  6    0  0  0  -   6 10  1
A's          2  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  0  -   5  8  7


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cowens rf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .268      North cf              2   1   0   0     2   0   .280
Poquette lf           5   1   4   0     0   0   .339      Campaneris ss         4   1   1   0     0   0   .249
Brett 3b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .363      Baylor 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .238
Mayberry 1b           5   1   0   1     0   1   .247      Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Otis cf               4   1   1   1     1   0   .287      Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .228
Quirk dh              2   0   1   0     0   1   .273        Lintz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McRae ph,dh         1   0   1   1     0   0   .347        McMullen 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .253
  Wohlford pr,dh      2   1   0   0     0   0   .222      Tenace c              4   2   3   1     0   0   .250
Stinson c             4   1   1   1     0   0   .265        Alexander pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .037
  Martinez c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .256        Haney c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Washington rf         4   1   1   0     0   1   .243
White 2b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Williams dh           4   0   1   1     0   1   .219
  D. Nelson ph,2b     3   0   1   2     0   1   .246      Garner 2b             3   0   0   1     0   0   .252
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bosman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hassler p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bahnsen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   6  10   6     1   4             Totals               33   5   8   3     2   3

Time of Game: 3:14   Attendance: 42,592
Left on Base: Royals 9, A's 4
DP: Royals 0, A's 1
Errors: Brett, North, Campaneris 2, Baylor, Bando, Washington, Garner
Doubles: Quirk (4), Otis (21)
Home Runs: Tenace (10)
Stolen Bases: Cowens (15), Patek (39), Williams (3), North 2 (47)
Caught Stealing: Alexander (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Garner (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard W(11-4)         5.1   7   5   5   1   2   1  24   3.24
Hassler                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.94
Littell                 1.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   6   2.40
Mingori SV(9)           1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.22
Totals                  9     8   5   5   2   3   1  36

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman                  5     3   1   1   0   3   0  20   3.11
Lindblad                0     2   3   2   0   0   0   3   3.10
Todd L(6-8)             0.1   3   2   2   0   0   0   4   4.20
Bahnsen                 3.2   2   0   0   1   1   0  15   3.19
Totals                  9    10   6   5   1   4   0  42

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Nick Bremigan


ROYALS 1ST: Cowens reached on an error by Baylor; Cowens stole
second; Poquette reached on an error by Campaneris; Brett lined
into a double play (left to second) [Cowens out at second];
Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North walked; Campaneris singled [North to
second]; Baylor singled [North scored (error by Brett),
Campaneris scored (no RBI), Baylor to third]; Rudi popped to
catcher in foul territory; Bando reached on a fielder's choice
[Baylor out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Tenace singled to
left [Bando to second]; Washington struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis flied out to right; Quirk doubled to right;
Stinson grounded out (second to first) [Quirk to third]; Patek
lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Williams lined to second; Garner grounded out
(third to first); North grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 2.

ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (second to first); Cowens
grounded out (shortstop to first); Poquette singled to right;
Brett lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics
2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris flied out to left; Baylor lined to
first; Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 0, Athletics 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry flied out to right; Otis flied out to
center; Quirk was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando struck out; Tenace singled to left;
Washington singled to left [Tenace to second]; Williams singled
to right [Tenace scored, Washington to third]; Williams stole
second; Garner hit a sacrifice fly to left [Washington scored];
North popped to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Athletics 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Stinson reached on an error by Campaneris [Stinson
to second]; Patek flied out to center; D. NELSON BATTED FOR
WHITE; D. Nelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Cowens struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: D. NELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Campaneris
grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor lined to left; Rudi
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics
4.

ROYALS 6TH: Poquette singled to center [Poquette to second
(error by North)]; LINDBLAD REPLACED BOSMAN (PITCHING); Brett
singled [Poquette to third]; Mayberry reached on an error by
Garner [Poquette scored, Brett to second]; Otis doubled [Brett
scored, Mayberry to third]; TODD REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING);
MCRAE BATTED FOR QUIRK; McRae singled [Mayberry scored
(unearned), Otis to third]; WOHLFORD RAN FOR MCRAE; Stinson
singled to left [Otis scored, Wohlford to second]; Patek out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wohlford to third, Stinson
to second]; D. Nelson singled [Wohlford scored, Stinson scored];
BAHNSEN REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Cowens flied out to center; D.
Nelson was picked off first (pitcher to first); 6 R (5 ER), 6 H,
2 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bando flied
out to center; Tenace homered; HASSLER REPLACED LEONARD
(PITCHING); Washington grounded out (second to first); Williams
lined to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Athletics 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Poquette singled to right; Brett reached on an error
by Washington [Poquette to second]; Mayberry grounded out (first
unassisted) [Poquette to third, Brett to second]; Otis was
walked intentionally; Wohlford forced Poquette (first to
catcher) [Brett to third, Otis to second]; Stinson lined to
pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 6, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: LITTELL REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Garner flied
out to right; North walked; North stole second; North stole
third; Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Baylor grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Athletics
5.

ROYALS 8TH: Patek reached on an error by Bando; Patek stole
second; D. Nelson struck out; Cowens grounded out (pitcher to
first); Poquette singled [Patek to third]; Brett flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 6, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED STINSON (PLAYING C ); Rudi
flied to right in foul territory; Bando singled to left; MINGORI
REPLACED LITTELL (PITCHING); LINTZ RAN FOR BANDO; Tenace forced
Lintz (third to second); ALEXANDER RAN FOR TENACE; Alexander was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Athletics 5.

ROYALS 9TH: MCMULLEN REPLACED LINTZ (PLAYING 3B); HANEY REPLACED
ALEXANDER (PLAYING C ); Mayberry grounded out (second to first);
Otis popped to second; Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Washington lined to third; Williams was called
out on strikes; Garner grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Athletics 5.