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Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

1972-04-19 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 5671 · 2:34

Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 3–1. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 8th. Bob Locker earned the win and Rollie Fingers picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
OAK	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		3	8

W: Bob Locker L: Bruce Dal Canton SV: Rollie Fingers

Umpires — HP: John Rice · 1B: Marty Springstead · 2B: Russ Goetz · 3B: Hank Morgenweck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Schaal	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	3	1	1	0	1	0
Amos Otis	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Mayberry	4	0	1	1	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Oliver	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jerry May	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Floyd	3	0	2	0	0	0
Bruce Dal Canton	3	0	0	0	0	2
Richie Scheinblum	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gail Hopkins	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Hovley	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bert Campaneris	4	0	1	0	0	2
Joe Rudi	4	2	2	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson	4	1	2	1	0	1
Sal Bando	3	0	2	0	1	0
Mike Epstein	2	0	1	2	1	0
Bobby Brooks	3	0	0	0	1	2
Gene Tenace	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Green	3	0	0	0	0	0
Catfish Hunter	2	0	0	0	0	0
George Hendrick	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bruce Dal Canton	7.2	6	1	6
Tom Burgmeier	0.0	2	1	0
Roger Nelson	0.1	0	1	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Catfish Hunter	5.0	5	1	3
Darold Knowles	2.2	3	0	1
Bob Locker	0.1	0	0	1
Rollie Fingers	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paul Schaal: 9
Cookie Rojas: W
Amos Otis: 4
John Mayberry: SB2
John Mayberry: S9.2-H
Lou Piniella: 7

Bot 1

Bert Campaneris: K/C
Joe Rudi: 23/BG
Reggie Jackson: 4

Top 2

Bob Oliver: 53
Jerry May: 53
Bobby Floyd: S
Bruce Dal Canton: K

Bot 2

Sal Bando: 4
Mike Epstein: W
Bobby Brooks: WP.1-2
Bobby Brooks: K
Gene Tenace: 8

Top 3

Paul Schaal: 6
Cookie Rojas: 7
Amos Otis: 2/BP

Bot 3

Dick Green: 9/FL
Catfish Hunter: 9
Bert Campaneris: S8
Joe Rudi: CS2(24)

Top 4

John Mayberry: 31
Lou Piniella: 9
Bob Oliver: S/89
Jerry May: K/C

Bot 4

Joe Rudi: D/78
Reggie Jackson: K/C
Sal Bando: S7.2-3
Mike Epstein: 8/SF.3-H
Bobby Brooks: K

Top 5

Bobby Floyd: S9
Bruce Dal Canton: K/BF
Paul Schaal: D9.1-3
Cookie Rojas: 53
Amos Otis: 63

Bot 5

Gene Tenace: 2/FL
Dick Green: 53
Catfish Hunter: 9

Top 6

John Mayberry: 8
Lou Piniella: 9
Bob Oliver: S7
Jerry May: 8

Bot 6

Bert Campaneris: 53
Joe Rudi: 8
Reggie Jackson: S9
Sal Bando: S9.1-2
Mike Epstein: 6

Top 7

Bobby Floyd: 13
Bruce Dal Canton: 43
Paul Schaal: 43

Bot 7

Bobby Brooks: 53
Gene Tenace: 53
Dick Green: 7

Top 8

Cookie Rojas: S9
Amos Otis: K
John Mayberry: 8
Lou Piniella: S8.1-2
Bob Oliver: K

Bot 8

George Hendrick: K23
Bert Campaneris: K/C
Joe Rudi: T/78
Reggie Jackson: S9.3-H
Sal Bando: W.1-2
Mike Epstein: S9.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Bobby Brooks: W
Gene Tenace: 8

Top 9

Richie Scheinblum: 3/G
Gail Hopkins: 63
Steve Hovley: 31

Notes & reviews

Athletics manager Williams ejected by HP umpire Rice after bunt by Rudi was first called foul by HP umpire, then overturned to fair by 2B umpire as Rudi was thrown out

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