Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
April 17, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1973 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 4, Kansas City Royals 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 1 1
North dh 6 0 0 0
Rudi lf 6 1 1 0
Jackson rf 6 1 3 0
Bando 3b 5 0 3 1
Tenace 1b,c 5 1 1 1
Conigliaro cf 2 0 0 1
  Marquez ph 1 0 0 0
  Mangual cf 2 0 0 0
Fosse c 1 1 1 0
  Hegan 1b 5 0 1 0
Kubiak 2b 6 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 4 11 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 7 1 2 0
Rojas 2b 6 1 2 2
Otis cf 5 0 2 2
Mayberry 1b 5 0 1 0
McRae rf 5 0 1 1
Piniella lf 5 0 1 0
Schaal 3b 6 1 2 0
Healy dh 2 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph,dh 3 0 0 0
Taylor c 1 2 0 0
  Hovley ph 1 0 0 0
  May c 2 0 0 0
Simpson p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 5 11 5
Oakland 001 100 110 000 004111
Kansas City 001 000 300 000 015110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue   6.2 8 4 4 3 4
  Fingers   5.1 1 0 0 2 4
  Pina  L (0-1) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
13.2
11
5
5
6
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Simpson   7.2 9 4 4 1 1
  Garber  W (2-0) 6.1 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
14.0
11
4
4
3
4

  E–Rudi (1).  DP–Oakland 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Oakland Fosse (1,off Simpson); Rudi (1,off Simpson); Jackson (2,off Simpson); Tenace (2,off Simpson); Bando (2,off Simpson), Kansas City Piniella (2,off Blue); Rojas 2 (7,off Blue 2).  SF–Conigliaro (1,off Simpson); Otis (1,off Blue).  IBB–Tenace (1,by Garber).  HBP–Rojas (1,by Blue); McRae 2 (3,by Blue,by Fingers).  SB–North (3,2nd base off Garber/May).  CS–McRae (1,2nd base by Blue/Fosse).  WP–Simpson (2).  BK–Blue (1).  HBP–Blue 2 (2,Rojas,McRae); Fingers (2,McRae).  IBB–Garber (1,Tenace).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–3:52.  A–22,119.
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