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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

1973-08-31 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 36242 · 89°F · Wind 13 mph · 2:42

Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 10–7. Oakland Athletics put up 3 in the 2nd. Rollie Fingers earned the win. Sal Bando went 3-for-5 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	10	13
KCA	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10

W: Rollie Fingers L: Doug Bird SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Nestor Chylak · 1B: Russ Goetz · 2B: Bill Kunkel · 3B: Hank Soar · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill North	5	0	2	1	0	0
Bert Campaneris	4	0	0	1	0	0
Sal Bando	5	3	3	3	0	0
Reggie Jackson	5	0	1	0	0	2
Deron Johnson	4	1	1	1	0	0
Gene Tenace	3	2	1	0	1	0
Jesus Alou	4	2	2	1	0	1
Ray Fosse	3	1	2	2	0	0
Dick Green	2	0	1	1	0	0
Pat Bourque	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Kubiak	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kurt Bevacqua	5	0	0	0	0	2
Cookie Rojas	5	1	1	0	0	0
Amos Otis	4	2	1	1	1	1
John Mayberry	5	2	2	0	0	0
Hal McRae	4	1	2	1	0	1
Lou Piniella	4	1	2	3	0	1
Rick Reichardt	3	0	1	1	0	1
Fran Healy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Freddie Patek	4	0	1	0	0	0
Carl Taylor	1	0	0	0	2	0
Steve Hovley	0	0	0	0	1	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Holtzman	2.2	8	1	3
Blue Moon Odom	2.1	1	1	1
Horacio Pina	2.0	0	1	0
Rollie Fingers	2.0	1	1	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Splittorff	6.1	7	1	3
Doug Bird	2.2	6	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill North: 63
Bert Campaneris: 3/G
Sal Bando: 8

Bot 1

Kurt Bevacqua: 13
Cookie Rojas: S6
Amos Otis: W.1-2
John Mayberry: S3.2-H(E1)(NR);1-2
Hal McRae: S8/78.2-H;1-3(E8);B-2
Lou Piniella: S8.3-H;2-H(UR);B-2(THH)
Rick Reichardt: K+CS3(25)/DP

Top 2

Reggie Jackson: K
Deron Johnson: S7
Gene Tenace: S9.1-3
Jesus Alou: D7.3-H;1-3
Ray Fosse: S7/G5.3-H;2-3
Dick Green: S9.3-H;1-3
Bill North: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Fran Healy: 13/BG
Freddie Patek: 3/P
Kurt Bevacqua: K/C

Top 3

Bert Campaneris: 43
Sal Bando: 8
Reggie Jackson: K

Bot 3

Cookie Rojas: 63
Amos Otis: HR/78
John Mayberry: D/89
Hal McRae: K
Lou Piniella: D/78.2-H
Rick Reichardt: D7.2-H
Carl Taylor: W
Freddie Patek: 8

Top 4

Deron Johnson: 8
Gene Tenace: 8
Jesus Alou: K/C

Bot 4

Kurt Bevacqua: 63
Cookie Rojas: 6/P
Amos Otis: K

Top 5

Ray Fosse: 7
Dick Green: 43
Bill North: 13

Bot 5

John Mayberry: 7
Hal McRae: D/78
Lou Piniella: 2/FL/P
Rick Reichardt: 6/P

Top 6

Bert Campaneris: 8
Sal Bando: HR/78
Reggie Jackson: 8/L
Deron Johnson: 63

Bot 6

Carl Taylor: W
Freddie Patek: 2/FL/BP
Kurt Bevacqua: 63.1-2
Cookie Rojas: 53

Top 7

Gene Tenace: W
Jesus Alou: D9.1-3
Ray Fosse: 9/L/SF.3-H
Pat Bourque: 3/G.2-3
Bill North: S4/G.3-H
Bert Campaneris: 7

Bot 7

Amos Otis: 53
John Mayberry: 6/P
Hal McRae: 43

Top 8

Sal Bando: S7
Reggie Jackson: S/89.1-3
Deron Johnson: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Gene Tenace: 3/FL/P
Jesus Alou: 54(1)/FO

Bot 8

Lou Piniella: K
Steve Hovley: W
Carl Taylor: 8
Freddie Patek: S7.1-3
Kurt Bevacqua: SB2
Kurt Bevacqua: K

Top 9

Ray Fosse: S/78
Ted Kubiak: K/BF
Bill North: S8/G.1-3
Bert Campaneris: 7/L/SF.3-H
Sal Bando: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Sal Bando: HR8/78/IPHR.3-H
Reggie Jackson: 43

Bot 9

Cookie Rojas: 3/FL/P
Amos Otis: 7/L
John Mayberry: 7

Notes & reviews

415' HR
Fran Healy reinjured left wrist
415' HR
North and Royals Bevacqua ejected by HP umpire Chylak for fighting after North faked a steal of HP and bumped into Bevacqua as he returned to 3rd; they traded punches and both benches emptied; 15 minute delay

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