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Athletics 4 @ Royals 5
Royals Stadium
April 17, 1973

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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 April 17, 1973 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateApril 17, 1973 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 4 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherGene Garber  
Losing PitcherHoracio Pina  
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Game Winning RBIHal McRae 

Game Info

DateApril 17, 1973 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherVida Blue  
Home Starting PitcherWayne Simpson  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance22,119 
Time of Game3 hours 52 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ron Luciano
1B: Dave Phillips
2B: Bill Haller
3B: Marty Springstead

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bert Campaneris  Shortstop 
Bill North  DH 
Joe Rudi  Left Fielder 
Reggie Jackson  Right Fielder 
Sal Bando  Third Baseman 
Gene Tenace  First Baseman 
Billy Conigliaro  Center Fielder 
Ray Fosse  Catcher 
Ted Kubiak  Second Baseman 
Dick Williams  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Hal McRae  Right Fielder 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Fran Healy  DH 
Carl Taylor  Catcher 
Jack McKeon  Manager 

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Athletics 4 @ Royals 5
Royals Stadium
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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/17/1973 -- Oakland at Kansas City (N)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Campaneris B, ss      5  0  1  1   Patek F, ss           7  1  2  0   
North B, dh           6  0  0  0   Rojas C, 2b           6  1  2  2   
Rudi J, lf            6  1  1  0   Otis A, cf            5  0  2  2   
Jackson R, rf         6  1  3  0   Mayberry J, 1b        5  0  1  0   
Bando S, 3b           5  0  3  1   McRae H, rf           5  0  1  1   
Tenace G, 1b-c        5  1  1  1   Piniella L, lf        5  0  1  0   
Conigliaro B, cf      2  0  0  1   Schaal P, 3b          6  1  2  0   
Marquez G, ph         1  0  0  0   Healy F, dh           2  0  0  0   
Mangual A, cf         2  0  0  0   Bevacqua K, ph        1  0  0  0   
Fosse R, c            1  1  1  0   Kirkpatrick E, ph     3  0  0  0   
Hegan M, 1b           5  0  1  0   Taylor C, c           1  2  0  0   
Kubiak T, 2b          6  0  0  0   Hovley S, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   May J, c              2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     50  4 11  4                        49  5 11  5

Oakland          001 100 110 000 00 --  4
Kansas City      001 000 300 000 01 --  5
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Blue V                6.2  8  4  4  3  4
Fingers R             5.1  1  0  0  2  4
Pina H (L)            1.2  2  1  1  1  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Simpson W             7.2  9  4  4  1  1
Garber G (W)          6.1  2  0  0  2  3

E -- Rudi J
DP -- Oakland 1, Kansas City 2
LOB -- Oakland 8, Kansas City 13
2B -- Piniella L, Fosse R, Rojas C 2, Rudi J, Jackson R, Tenace G, Bando S
SB -- North B
CS -- McRae H
SF -- Otis A, Conigliaro B
HBP -- by Blue V (Rojas C), by Blue V (McRae H), by Fingers R (McRae H)
WP -- Simpson W
Balk -- Blue V
T -- 3:52
A -- 22119

    

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