Paul Splittorff gave up a one-out pass to Phil Garner, yielded an infield hit by Claudell Washington and then retired the last 26 batters in a row while pitching the Royals to a 5-0 victory over the Athletics. John Mayberry homered with a man on base in the fourth inning and George Brett knocked in three runs with a double in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Sunday, August    3, 1975 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  1  0
Royals       0  0  0    2  0  0    0  3  x  -   5  8  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Garner 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .228      Pinson rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .225
C. Washington cf      3   0   1   0     0   0   .314      Otis cf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .254
Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Mayberry 1b           3   2   2   2     1   0   .277
Rudi lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Solaita dh            3   0   0   0     1   1   .269
Tenace 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .255        Scott pr,dh         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Williams dh           3   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Brett 3b              4   0   2   3     0   1   .298
Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .209      Cowens lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .233
Haney c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .071      Stinson c             2   0   1   0     1   0   .281
  Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .195      White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Abbott p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   0   1   0     1   3             Totals               31   5   8   5     3   4

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 26,833
Left on Base: A's 2, Royals 5
DP: A's 1, Royals 0
Doubles: Stinson (7), Brett (21)
Home Runs: Mayberry (22)
Stolen Bases: Jackson (12), Cowens (2), Pinson (4)
GIDP: Cowens (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Abbott L(5-3)           7.2   7   5   5   3   3   1  32   3.93
Lindblad                0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.04
Totals                  8     8   5   5   3   4   1  34

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(4-6)       9     1   0   0   1   3   0  29   3.71
Totals                  9     1   0   0   1   3   0  29

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 3B - Bill Deegan


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to right; Garner walked; C.
Washington singled [Garner to second]; Jackson forced C.
Washington (shortstop unassisted) [Garner to third]; Jackson
stole second; Rudi lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Pinson flied to right in foul
territory; Otis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace struck out; Williams grounded out (second
to first); Bando flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry singled to right; Solaita struck out; Brett
singled to left [Mayberry to second]; Cowens grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brett out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Haney struck out; Campaneris grounded out (third
to first); Garner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Stinson doubled to right; White flied out to right;
Patek popped to first in foul territory; Pinson popped to third
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: C. Washington flied out to center; Jackson
grounded out (third to first); Rudi popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis singled to center; Mayberry homered [Otis
scored]; Solaita grounded out (first unassisted); Brett flied to
left in foul territory; Cowens singled to center; Cowens stole
second; Stinson was walked intentionally; White popped to third;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Tenace lined to third; Williams flied out to
left; Bando popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson
grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Haney flied out to left; Campaneris grounded out
(second to first); Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); Solaita
popped to third; Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: C. Washington grounded out (pitcher to first);
Jackson grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Rudi flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Stinson
grounded out (second to first); White lined to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Tenace grounded out (pitcher to first); Williams
flied out to right; Bando flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Pinson singled
to shortstop; Pinson stole second; Otis lined to right; Mayberry
was walked intentionally; Solaita walked [Pinson to third,
Mayberry to second]; LINDBLAD REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); SCOTT
RAN FOR SOLAITA; Brett doubled to right [Pinson scored, Mayberry
scored, Scott scored]; Cowens struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MANGUAL BATTED
FOR HANEY; Mangual grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris
flied out to right; Garner grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 5.