Athletics @ Royals
August 8, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 3 6 2
Royals 3 7 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 3 6 2
Royals 4 8 2

Freddie Patek Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .229
OBP .750 .294
At Bats 3 362
Hits 2 83
• Singles 2 60
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 34
RBI’s 0 21

Rollie Fingers Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 14
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Municipal Stadium - August 8, 1972
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Single
Rollie Fingers
Gene Tenace
Mike Hegan
Tim Cullen
Sal Bando
Bert Campaneris
Joe Rudi
George Hendrick
Bill Voss
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Steve Hovley

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 3 6 2 5
Kansas City Royals 4 8 2 14
Winning Pitcher Ted Abernathy
Losing Pitcher Rollie Fingers
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Freddie Patek
Attendance 13,386
Time of Game 2 hours 43 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hovley scores. Piniella moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Schaal strikes out.
Bottom 9 Piniella is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Steve Hovley pinch runs for Richie Scheinblum. Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hovley moves to second.
Bottom 9 Scheinblum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Cullen hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tenace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Voss hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mayberry strikes out.
Bottom 8 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fingers fields it and throws to second for the out. Patek scores.
Bottom 8 Rollie Fingers now pitching. Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Patek moves to third.
Bottom 8 Carl Taylor pinch hits for Norm Angelini. Taylor bunts towards the mound. Knowles fields it and throws to first for the out. Patek moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mike Hegan now playing first base. George Hendrick now playing center field. Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jackson for the out.
Top 8 Dave Duncan pinch hits for Mike Epstein. Norm Angelini now pitching. Duncan is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Rudi bunts towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. Bando moves to third.
Top 8 Bando hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Bando reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Schaal hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bill Voss now playing right field. Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Campaneris hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Knowles takes first base on ball four. Tenace moves to second.
Top 7 Cullen hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tenace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek.
Bottom 6 Darold Knowles now pitching. Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Epstein scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out.
Bottom 6 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dal Canton moves to third.
Bottom 6 Rojas bunts towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out. Dal Canton moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dal Canton takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Epstein hits a popup, foul, towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bando hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Waslewski is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Scheinblum takes first base on ball four. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Otis strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rojas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Epstein settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cullen hits a popup towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tenace hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella who is chasing the ball. Tenace reaches third base with a triple. Epstein scores. Jackson scores.
Top 4 Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. Rudi scores. Epstein moves to third. Jackson moves to second.
Top 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to home to get Bando. Rudi moves to third. Epstein moves to second.
Top 4 Epstein hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bando moves to third. Rudi moves to second.
Top 4 Rudi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bando moves to second.
Top 4 Bando hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Dal Canton hits a line drive into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Patek is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Gary Waslewski now pitching. Schaal hits a popup towards second base. Cullen makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Cullen. Scheinblum scores. Kirkpatrick moves to third. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 3 Piniella takes first base on ball four. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scheinblum moves to third.
Bottom 3 Scheinblum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Mayberry hits a popup towards third. Bando settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Campaneris hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Odom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Cullen strikes out.
Top 3 Tenace hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rojas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Dal Canton strikes out.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Schaal scores. Patek moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Odom fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Odom. Schaal moves to third. Patek moves to second.
Bottom 2 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schaal moves to second.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Rojas fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Patek covering. It's a double play.
Top 2 Epstein hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry juggles the ball. That's an error on Mayberry.
Bottom 1 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Scheinblum takes first base on ball four. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rudi hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bando hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dal Canton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Campaneris for the out.