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Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

1972-09-24 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 9881 · 2:12

Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 2–1. Rollie Fingers earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Rollie Fingers L: Tom Murphy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Haller · 1B: Jerry Neudecker · 2B: Bill Kunkel · 3B: Red Flaherty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Paul Schaal	4	0	0	0	0
Jim Wohlford	4	0	1	0	1
Amos Otis	3	1	3	1	0
John Mayberry	4	0	1	0	1
Lou Piniella	4	0	0	0	1
Carl Taylor	4	0	2	0	0
Steve Hovley	4	0	1	0	0
Bobby Floyd	3	0	0	0	0
Tom Murphy	2	0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bert Campaneris	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Rudi	4	0	0	0	0	1
Matty Alou	4	0	2	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson	4	1	1	0	0	2
Mike Epstein	3	0	0	0	1	2
Gene Tenace	1	1	0	0	3	1
Sal Bando	4	0	1	0	0	0
Don Mincher	1	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Hamilton	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ted Kubiak	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gonzalo Marquez	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rollie Fingers	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Murphy	8.1	6	2	7
Norm Angelini	0.0	0	2	0
Ted Abernathy	0.1	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Hamilton	7.0	7	0	4
Rollie Fingers	2.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paul Schaal: 8
Jim Wohlford: K
Amos Otis: S4
John Mayberry: K/C

Bot 1

Bert Campaneris: 13
Joe Rudi: 63
Matty Alou: S8
Reggie Jackson: SB2
Reggie Jackson: K

Top 2

Lou Piniella: 13
Carl Taylor: S5
Steve Hovley: 6
Bobby Floyd: 6

Bot 2

Mike Epstein: 8
Gene Tenace: W
Sal Bando: S8.1-2
Don Mincher: D7.2-H;1XH(762)
Dave Hamilton: 8

Top 3

Tom Murphy: K/C
Paul Schaal: 9
Jim Wohlford: 8

Bot 3

Bert Campaneris: D7
Joe Rudi: PO2(16)
Joe Rudi: 43
Matty Alou: 13

Top 4

Amos Otis: D9
John Mayberry: S6/G.2-H(NR)
Lou Piniella: K
Carl Taylor: S4.1-2
Steve Hovley: 8
Bobby Floyd: 3/FL

Bot 4

Reggie Jackson: 63
Mike Epstein: K/C
Gene Tenace: K/C

Top 5

Tom Murphy: 7/L
Paul Schaal: 4/L
Jim Wohlford: 43

Bot 5

Sal Bando: 8
Ted Kubiak: 63
Dave Hamilton: K

Top 6

Amos Otis: D7
John Mayberry: 2/P/FL
Lou Piniella: 63
Carl Taylor: 63

Bot 6

Bert Campaneris: 63
Joe Rudi: K/C
Matty Alou: 53

Top 7

Steve Hovley: S4/BG
Bobby Floyd: 4/FL
Tom Murphy: 14/SH.1-2
Paul Schaal: 43

Bot 7

Reggie Jackson: K
Mike Epstein: K
Gene Tenace: W
Sal Bando: 3/FL

Top 8

Jim Wohlford: S4
Amos Otis: PO1(23)
Amos Otis: W
John Mayberry: 3(B)6(1)/GDP

Bot 8

Gonzalo Marquez: HP
Rollie Fingers: 16(1)/FO
Bert Campaneris: 7
Joe Rudi: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Lou Piniella: 43
Carl Taylor: 43
Steve Hovley: 43

Bot 9

Matty Alou: S5/G
Reggie Jackson: S9.1X3(95);B-1
Mike Epstein: SB2
Mike Epstein: SB3
Mike Epstein: W
Gene Tenace: IW.1-2
Sal Bando: 9.3-H(NR)(E9/TH3)(UR)

Notes & reviews

John Mayberry hit the ball to deep SS; Amos Otis advanced to 3B; SS Bert Campaneris got his glove on the ball but it skipped past him enough to allow Otis to score
Reggie Jackson went back to tag up and Steve Hovley's throw went over Paul Schaal's head

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