A sacrifice fly by Kurt Bevacqua in the 12th inning ended a four-hour, one-minute game and gave the Royals a 5-4 victory over the Athletics. Fran Healy walked, Bobby Floyd singled and both moved up on a passed ball before Bevacqua lofted his fly to deep center.

The A's scored their first two runs in the second inning on a homer by Joe Rudi. The Royals then took a 4-2 lead with the aid of a round-tripper by Amos Otis, but the A's rallied to tie the score in the ninth. Angel Mangual walked, Deron Johnson singled, Gene Tenace doubled and Rudi hit a sacrifice fly to force the game into overtime. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Wednesday, June      20, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
A's          0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   4  6  1
Royals       0  0  0    1  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  1  -   5 11  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   0   0   0     1   1   .281      White ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .237
North cf              4   0   0   0     2   1   .286        Piniella ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     1   1   .255        Floyd ss            3   0   1   0     0   2   .314
Jackson rf            2   0   1   0     0   0   .296      Wohlford dh           3   0   0   0     0   1   .229
  Maxvill ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Hopkins ph,dh       2   0   0   0     0   0   .303
  Mangual rf          1   1   1   0     1   0   .196        Bevacqua ph,dh      0   0   0   1     0   0   .280
Johnson dh            1   1   0   0     3   0   .250      Otis cf               4   1   2   1     1   0   .290
  Lewis pr,dh         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Mayberry 1b           4   0   3   0     1   1   .315
  McKinney ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Rojas 2b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .259
Tenace c              5   0   1   1     0   0   .265      Schaal 3b             5   1   2   0     0   0   .286
Rudi lf               4   1   1   3     0   1   .236      Kirkpatrick lf        5   0   0   0     0   1   .320
Hegan 1b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .209      McRae rf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .162
Kubiak 2b             4   0   0   0     1   1   .279        Hovley rf           2   0   1   0     0   0   .234
Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Healy c               4   2   1   0     1   0   .245
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4   6   4     9   6             Totals               43   5  11   2     3   7

Time of Game: 4:01   Attendance: 20,426
Left on Base: A's 8, Royals 8
DP: A's 2, Royals 1
Errors: Bando, Healy
Doubles: Tenace (9), Mayberry (10), Healy (4)
Home Runs: Rudi (7), Otis (11)
Stolen Bases: Kubiak (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Bando (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Rudi (5), Bevacqua (2)
GIDP: Rudi (5), Kirkpatrick (5)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                    6.1   7   4   2   1   4   1  26   4.10
Fingers                 3.1   2   0   0   1   2   0  13   1.41
Knowles                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.10
Pina                    0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.51
Lindblad L(0-1)         1     1   1   0   1   1   0   5   5.00
Totals                 11.1  11   5   2   3   7   1  47

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby                   8     5   4   4   6   5   1  32   5.06
Wright                  1     1   0   0   2   1   0   6   3.79
Garber W(7-5)           3     0   0   0   1   0   0  10   3.46
Totals                 12     6   4   4   9   6   1  48

Passed Balls: Tenace (2)
Wild Pitches: Blue 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jim Odom


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied to right; North grounded out
(catcher unassisted); Bando singled; Jackson singled to right
[Bando out at home (right to shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: White struck out; Wohlford grounded out (pitcher to
first); Otis walked; Mayberry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Johnson walked; Tenace flied to left; Rudi
homered [Johnson scored]; Hegan grounded out (pitcher to first);
Kubiak walked; Kubiak stole second [Kubiak to third (error by
Healy)]; Campaneris grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Rojas lined to left; Schaal singled; Kirkpatrick
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Schaal out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: North grounded out (second to first); Bando was
called out on strikes; Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae popped to first in foul territory; Healy flied
to center; White popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Johnson walked; Tenace flied to left in foul
territory; Rudi grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
homered; Mayberry doubled; Blue threw a wild pitch [Mayberry to
third]; Rojas struck out; Schaal popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Hegan grounded out (pitcher to first); Kubiak
lined to center; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick flied to center; McRae grounded out
(shortstop to first); Healy doubled; PINIELLA BATTED FOR WHITE;
Blue threw a wild pitch [Healy scored]; Piniella flied to right;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: FLOYD REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING SS); North
walked; Bando walked [North to second]; MAXVILL BATTED FOR
JACKSON; North was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop to
third); Maxvill popped to shortstop; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals
2.

ROYALS 6TH: MANGUAL REPLACED MAXVILL (PLAYING RF); Wohlford
struck out; Otis flied to right; Mayberry singled; Rojas lined
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace grounded out (third to first); Rudi struck
out; Hegan singled; Kubiak struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Schaal singled to shortstop; Kirkpatrick flied to
center; McRae singled [Schaal to second]; FINGERS REPLACED BLUE
(PITCHING); Healy reached on an error by Bando [Schaal scored
(unearned), McRae scored (unearned), Healy to third]; Floyd
struck out; HOPKINS BATTED FOR WOHLFORD; Hopkins grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: HOPKINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Campaneris
flied to center; North struck out; Bando grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis grounded out (third to first); Mayberry walked;
Rojas flied to center; Schaal popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: HOVLEY REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); Mangual
singled to shortstop; Johnson walked [Mangual to second]; LEWIS
RAN FOR JOHNSON; WRIGHT REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Tenace
doubled [Mangual scored, Lewis to third]; Rudi hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Lewis scored, Tenace to third]; Hegan struck out;
Kubiak flied to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals
4.

ROYALS 9TH: LEWIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Kirkpatrick flied
to center; Hovley singled to third; Healy hit into a double play
(center to second to first) [Hovley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Campaneris walked; GARBER REPLACED WRIGHT
(PITCHING); North walked (walk was charged to Wright)
[Campaneris to second]; Bando out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
unassisted) [Campaneris to third, North to second]; Mangual was
walked intentionally; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR LEWIS; McKinney popped
to shortstop; Tenace forced Mangual (second unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 10TH: MCKINNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Floyd struck
out; Hopkins flied to center; Otis singled; KNOWLES REPLACED
FINGERS (PITCHING); Mayberry singled [Otis to third]; PINA
REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Rojas grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 11TH: Rudi flied to center; Hegan grounded out (second
to first); Kubiak flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 11TH: Schaal popped to third in foul territory; LINDBLAD
REPLACED PINA (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick struck out (catcher to
first); Hovley flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
4, Royals 4.

ATHLETICS 12TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
North grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals
4.

ROYALS 12TH: Healy walked; Floyd singled [Healy to second];
Tenace allowed a passed ball [Healy to third, Floyd to second];
BEVACQUA BATTED FOR HOPKINS; Bevacqua hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Healy scored (unearned)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Royals 5.