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Royals
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 12, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals, played on September 12, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 12, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 12, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ken Holtzman |
| Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 10,788 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Merle Anthony 1B: George Maloney 2B: Jerry Neudecker 3B: Bill Haller |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frank White | Shortstop |
| Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Hal McRae | Right Fielder |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
| Kurt Bevacqua | DH |
| Steve Hovley | Center Fielder |
| Fran Healy | Catcher |
| Jack McKeon | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill North | Center Fielder |
| Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
| Sal Bando | Third Baseman |
| Deron Johnson | DH |
| Gene Tenace | First Baseman |
| Billy Conigliaro | Left Fielder |
| Ray Fosse | Catcher |
| Angel Mangual | Right Fielder |
| Dick Green | Second Baseman |
| Dick Williams | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 12, 1973
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Holtzman
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Holtzman
Rojas is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Holtzman
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Tenace scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out. White moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Holtzman
McRae takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piniella vs. Holtzman
Piniella strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
North vs. Splittorff
North hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campaneris vs. Splittorff
Campaneris hits a fly ball into center field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bando vs. Splittorff
Bando hits a ball on the ground towards short. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Holtzman
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bevacqua vs. Holtzman
Bevacqua hits a fly ball into right field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hovley vs. Holtzman
Hovley hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Healy vs. Holtzman
Healy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Splittorff
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. White fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tenace vs. Splittorff
Tenace hits a fly ball into center field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Conigliaro vs. Splittorff
Conigliaro hits a fly ball into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fosse vs. Splittorff
Fosse hits a ball on the ground towards short. White fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on White. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mangual vs. Splittorff
Mangual hits a ball on the ground towards short. White fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Holtzman
White hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Holtzman
Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mayberry vs. Holtzman
Mayberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White scores. Rojas moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McRae vs. Holtzman
McRae hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Holtzman
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Holtzman
Schaal hits a fly ball into left field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bevacqua vs. Holtzman
Bevacqua hits a fly ball into right field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Splittorff
Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
North vs. Splittorff
North is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Splittorff
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hovley vs. Holtzman
Hovley strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Holtzman
Healy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Holtzman
White hits a fly ball into right field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Splittorff
Bando hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Splittorff
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tenace vs. Splittorff
Tenace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Conigliaro vs. Splittorff
Conigliaro strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fosse vs. Splittorff
Fosse hits a fly ball into center field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Holtzman
Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Conigliaro throws the ball in to Campaneris who relays the ball to Green who tags Rojas trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Holtzman
Mayberry hits a popup, foul, towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Holtzman
McRae hits a line drive into right field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mangual vs. Splittorff
Mangual hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Splittorff
Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mangual moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
North vs. Splittorff
North hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Mangual moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Campaneris vs. Splittorff
Campaneris hits a fly ball into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Holtzman
Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Holtzman
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bevacqua vs. Holtzman
Bevacqua strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Splittorff
Bando hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Splittorff
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tenace vs. Splittorff
Tenace hits a line drive into center field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Conigliaro vs. Splittorff
Conigliaro hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hovley vs. Holtzman
Hovley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Healy vs. Holtzman
Healy bunts towards first. Tenace scoops it up and throws to first, with Green covering, for the out. Hovley moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Holtzman
White hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Hovley moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rojas vs. Holtzman
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. White moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mayberry vs. Holtzman
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Splittorff
Fosse hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mangual vs. Splittorff
Mangual hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fosse moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carty vs. Splittorff
Rico Carty pinch hits for Dick Green.
Carty takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
North vs. Splittorff
Allan Lewis pinch runs for Rico Carty.
North hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out. Fosse moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Campaneris vs. Splittorff
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Splittorff, and towards Rojas, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Holtzman
Ted Kubiak now playing second base.
McRae hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Holtzman
Piniella hits a popup, foul, towards first. Tenace settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Holtzman
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bevacqua vs. Holtzman
Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kubiak scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bando vs. Bird
Doug Bird now pitching.
Bando strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bird
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tenace vs. Bird
Tenace strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davalillo vs. Bird
Vic Davalillo pinch hits for Billy Conigliaro.
Davalillo strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hovley vs. Knowles
Vic Davalillo now playing left field. Darold Knowles now pitching.
Hovley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Healy vs. Knowles
Healy bunts towards the mound. Knowles fields it and throws to first for the out. Hovley moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Knowles
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Knowles
Knowles fires to first and picks off White. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bourque vs. Bird
Pat Bourque pinch hits for Ray Fosse.
Bourque hits a fly ball into center field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mangual vs. Bird
Mangual hits a popup into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Andrews vs. Bird
Mike Andrews pinch hits for Ted Kubiak.
The ball gets by Healy for a passed ball. Mangual moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Andrews vs. Bird
Andrews hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
North vs. Bird
North takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Campaneris vs. Bird
Campaneris strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/12/1973 -- Kansas City at Oakland (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
White F, ss 5 1 2 0 North B, cf 4 0 1 0
Rojas C, 2b 4 1 3 0 Campaneris B, ss 5 0 0 0
Mayberry J, 1b 4 1 1 1 Bando S, 3b 4 0 1 0
McRae H, rf 3 2 2 4 Johnson D, dh 3 0 2 0
Piniella L, lf 4 0 0 0 Tenace G, 1b 4 0 1 0
Schaal P, 3b 4 0 0 0 Conigliaro B, lf 3 0 0 0
Bevacqua K, dh 4 0 0 0 Davalillo V, ph-lf 1 0 0 0
Hovley S, cf 2 0 1 0 Fosse R, c 3 0 1 0
Healy F, c 2 0 0 0 Bourque P, ph 1 0 0 0
Mangual A, rf 4 0 2 0
Green D, 2b 2 0 1 0
Carty R, ph 0 0 0 0
Lewis A, pr 0 0 0 0
Kubiak T, 2b 0 0 0 0
Andrews M, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 5 9 5 35 0 9 0
Kansas City 004 000 010 -- 5
Oakland 000 000 000 -- 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (W) 7.0 8 0 0 1 2
Bird D (S) 2.0 1 0 0 2 4
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman K (L) 8.0 9 5 5 2 4
Knowles D 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
E -- White F
DP -- Kansas City 2, Oakland 1
LOB -- Kansas City 5, Oakland 11
HR -- McRae H 2
SH -- Healy F 2
PB -- Healy F
T -- 2:10
A -- 10788
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