Athletics @ Royals
May 16, 1971

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 4 11 0
Royals 10 12 1
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 4 11 0
Royals 10 12 1

Joe Rudi Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .266
OBP .500 .333
At Bats 4 143
Hits 2 38
• Singles 2 26
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 2 21

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 6
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Municipal Stadium - May 16, 1971
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Out
Ted Abernathy
Jerry May
Bob Oliver
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Rich Severson
Ted Savage
Amos Otis
Joe Keough
Joe Rudi
Bert Campaneris

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 4 11 0 7
Kansas City Royals 10 12 1 6
Winning Pitcher Jim York
Losing Pitcher Bob Locker
Save Ted Abernathy
Game Winning RBI Bobby Knoop
Attendance 21,316
Time of Game 2 hours 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Severson fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Campaneris bunts towards first. Oliver fields the ball and throws to Abernathy covering. Safe.
Top 9 Mike Epstein pinch hits for Jim Roland. Epstein hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 9 Rich Severson now playing shortstop. Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Savage hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 8 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. May tags and scores.
Bottom 8 Keough takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Rich Severson pinch runs for Freddie Patek. There's a wild pitch. May moves to third. Severson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Patek is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Jim Roland now pitching. Abernathy bunts towards first. Davis scoops it up and throws to first, with Brown covering, for the out. May moves to second.
Bottom 8 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schaal scores.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Rojas scores. Schaal moves to second.
Bottom 8 Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rojas moves to third.
Bottom 8 Rojas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oliver scores.
Bottom 8 Ron Klimkowski now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Oliver moves to second.
Bottom 8 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Tenace hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mangual strikes out.
Top 8 Ted Savage now playing left field. Bob Oliver now playing first base. Ted Abernathy now pitching. Jerry May now catching. Bando hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Savage hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Otis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tenace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Keough is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Patek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rudi. Patek reaches second base with a double. Paepke scores. Knoop moves to third.
Bottom 7 Bobby Knoop pinch hits for Jim York. Knoop hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rojas scores. Schaal scores. Paepke moves to second.
Bottom 7 Paepke is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Bob Locker now pitching. Schaal hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Schaal reaches second base with a double. Oliver scores. Rojas moves to third.
Bottom 7 Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oliver moves to third.
Bottom 7 Bob Oliver pinch hits for Ed Kirkpatrick. Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Darold Knowles now pitching. Ted Savage pinch hits for Gail Hopkins. Savage hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Jim York now pitching. Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rudi moves to second.
Top 7 Rudi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hovley scores.
Top 7 Campaneris hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Hovley. The throw from Paepke and he is safe. Hovley steals second.
Top 7 Steve Hovley pinch hits for Blue Moon Odom. Hovley takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Otis hits a line drive into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Keough is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 There goes Patek. The throw from Tenace and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Fitzmorris strikes out.
Top 6 Tenace strikes out.
Top 6 Mangual hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Al Fitzmorris now pitching. Bando hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Paepke strikes out. Tenace drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Paepke 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 Rojas hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCormick fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rudi strikes out.
Top 5 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 5 Campaneris takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Odom bunts towards the mound. McCormick fields it and throws to first for the out. Brown moves to second.
Top 5 Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into center field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hopkins hits a fly ball into center field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tenace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McCormick fires to first and has Mangual trapped. There's the throw to Rojas who tags Mangual for the out.
Top 4 Mangual hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Bando hits a fly ball into left field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first, with Odom covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McCormick fires to first and has Jackson trapped. There's the throw to Rojas who tags Jackson for the out.
Top 3 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rudi for the out.
Bottom 2 Paepke hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Brown reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hopkins hits a popup towards third. Bando settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Campaneris strikes out.
Top 2 Odom hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCormick fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Otis bunts in front of the plate. Tenace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Keough hits a fly ball into center field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Tenace hits a fly ball into left field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mangual hits a fly ball into left field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McCormick fires over to first and Hopkins drops the ball. That's an error on Hopkins. Bando moves to second.
Top 1 Bando hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rudi scores. Davis scores.
Top 1 There goes Davis. The throw from Paepke and he is safe. Davis steals second.
Top 1 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCormick fields it and throws to second for the out. Rudi moves to third.
Top 1 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Rudi moves to second.
Top 1 Rudi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Campaneris scores.
Top 1 There goes Campaneris. The throw from Paepke and he is safe. Campaneris steals second.
Top 1 Campaneris bunts towards first. Hopkins fields the ball and throws to McCormick covering. Safe.