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Athletics 4 @ Royals 5
Municipal Stadium
May 15, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics, played on May 15, 1971 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Royals beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 15, 1971 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 4 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 8 E: 3 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Bruce Dal Canton  
Losing Pitcher—Darold Knowles  
Save—Ted Abernathy  
Game Winning RBI—Gail Hopkins 

Game Info

DateMay 15, 1971 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherRollie Fingers  
Home Starting PitcherBruce Dal Canton  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance12,667 
Time of Game2 hours 50 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Marty Springstead
1B: Jim Honochick
2B: Jim Odom
3B: Larry McCoy

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bert Campaneris  Shortstop 
Joe Rudi  Left Fielder 
Reggie Jackson  Right Fielder 
Mike Epstein  First Baseman 
Sal Bando  Third Baseman 
Steve Hovley  Center Fielder 
Dave Duncan  Catcher 
Dick Green  Second Baseman 
Rollie Fingers  Pitcher 
Dick Williams  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Joe Keough  Right Fielder 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Gail Hopkins  First Baseman 
Ed Kirkpatrick  Left Fielder 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Jerry May  Catcher 
Bruce Dal Canton  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

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Athletics 4 @ Royals 5
Municipal Stadium
May 15, 1971

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         Game of 5/15/1971 -- Oakland at Kansas City (D)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Campaneris B, ss      5  1  1  0   Patek F, ss           3  1  1  0   
Rudi J, lf            4  0  1  0   Keough J, rf          1  1  0  0   
Odom J, pr            0  0  0  0   Paepke D, ph          1  1  1  0   
Jackson R, rf         2  1  1  1   Burgmeier T, p        0  0  0  0   
Epstein M, 1b         4  0  1  1   Abernathy T, p        0  0  0  0   
Bando S, 3b           3  0  0  1   Otis A, cf            4  1  2  2   
Hovley S, cf          3  0  0  0   Hopkins G, 1b         4  0  2  2   
Mangual A, ph-cf      0  0  0  0   Oliver B, 1b          0  0  0  0   
Duncan D, c           3  0  1  0   Kirkpatrick E, lf-c   4  0  1  1   
Davis T, ph           1  0  0  0   Rojas C, 2b-lf        3  0  0  0   
Brown L, 2b           0  0  0  0   Schaal P, 3b          2  0  0  0   
Green D, 2b           3  0  0  0   May J, c              3  0  1  0   
Webster R, ph         1  0  0  0   Knoop B, 2b           1  0  0  0   
Locker B, p           0  0  0  0   Dal Canton B, p       2  0  0  0   
Fingers R, p          2  2  2  0   Savage T, ph-rf       2  1  0  0   
Knowles D, p          1  0  0  0                                      
Tenace G, c           1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  4  7  3                        30  5  8  5

Oakland          001 020 010 --  4
Kansas City      000 100 40x --  5

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Fingers R*            5.0  4  1  1  3  2
Knowles D (L)         2.0  4  4  4  1  2
Locker B              1.0  0  0  0  1  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dal Canton B (W)      7.0  5  3  2  3  3
Burgmeier T           0.1  1  1  0  2  0
Abernathy T (S)       1.2  1  0  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th

E -- Dal Canton B, Patek F, Burgmeier T
LOB -- Oakland 8, Kansas City 8
2B -- Kirkpatrick E, Otis A
3B -- Jackson R
SB -- Patek F
CS -- Patek F, Epstein M
SH -- Rudi J
HBP -- by Fingers R (Schaal P), by Fingers R (Patek F)
T -- 2:50
A -- 12667

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