Sal Bando hit two homers, smashing a 2-2 tie with his second blow and sending the Athletics on their way to a 5-2 victory over the Royals. Bando hit his first homer of the game in the second inning to account for the A's initial tally. After his second homer broke a tie in the ninth, the A's went on to add a pair of insurance runs on a single by Jeff Newman for the rookie catcher's first major league hit. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Thursday, July      1, 1976 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
A's          0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  3  -   5  9  1
Royals       0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   0   0     1   1   .278      Wohlford lf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .242
Baylor dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Otis cf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .300
Rudi lf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .258      Brett 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .359
Bando 3b              3   2   2   2     1   0   .228      Mayberry 1b           2   0   0   0     2   0   .244
Tenace 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .254      McRae dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .335
Washington rf         4   1   1   0     0   0   .225      Cowens rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .262
Garner 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .266      Martinez c            3   0   1   0     0   1   .284
Sandt ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .150        Quirk ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Haney c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .219        Stinson c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .255
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .204      Patek ss              2   0   0   1     0   1   .272
  Newman c            1   0   1   2     0   0  1.000        Rojas ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .254
P. Mitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .213
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Solaita ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .242
                                                          Bird p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   9   5     2   1             Totals               33   2   8   2     3   6

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance: 23,175
Left on Base: A's 5, Royals 8
DP: A's 0, Royals 1
Errors: Haney, Martinez
Doubles: Tenace (5)
Home Runs: Bando 2 (16)
Stolen Bases: North (32), Bando (7), Washington (18), Wohlford (14), Cowens (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Patek (6)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
P. Mitchell             7.2   7   2   2   3   4   0  33   5.11
Fingers W(4-5)          1.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   4   3.11
Totals                  9     8   2   2   3   6   0  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bird                    5.2   4   2   2   2   1   1  22   2.97
Pattin L(2-8)           2.1   3   2   2   0   0   1  10   2.93
Mingori                 0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   2.84
Littell                 0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.93
Totals                  9     9   5   5   2   1   2  37

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Larry McCoy


ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Baylor grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); Rudi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford grounded out (second to first); Otis flied
out to center; Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando homered; Tenace grounded out (shortstop to
first); Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); Garner lined
to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry walked; McRae singled to left [Mayberry to
second]; Cowens made an out to third; Martinez forced McRae
(shortstop to second) [Mayberry to third]; Patek struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Sandt popped to first in foul territory; Haney
grounded out (shortstop to first); North walked; North stole
second [North to third (error by Martinez)]; Baylor flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to right; Wohlford singled to left;
Wohlford stole second [Wohlford to third (error by Haney)]; Otis
singled to left [Wohlford scored]; Brett singled to right [Otis
to second]; Mayberry forced Brett (first to shortstop) [Otis to
third]; McRae lined to right; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
1, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi singled to left; Bando lined to right;
Tenace doubled to right [Rudi scored]; Washington lined to left;
Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens singled to center; Martinez singled to center
[Cowens to third]; Patek hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cowens
scored]; White flied out to center; Wohlford walked [Martinez to
second]; Otis forced Martinez (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Sandt singled to left; Haney forced Sandt
(pitcher to shortstop); North lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [Haney out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry
walked; McRae made an out to first; Cowens flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Baylor popped to third in foul territory; Rudi
grounded out (third to first); Bando walked; PATTIN REPLACED
BIRD (PITCHING); Bando stole second; Tenace lined to third; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Martinez was called out on strikes; Patek grounded
out (shortstop to first); White flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Washington singled to right; Washington stole
second; Garner flied out to right [Washington to third]; Sandt
popped to catcher in foul territory; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR HANEY;
Williams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: NEWMAN REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING C ); Wohlford
flied out to left; Otis struck out; Brett lined to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: North grounded out (second to first); Baylor
flied out to right; Rudi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry lined to shortstop; McRae grounded out
(third to first); Cowens singled to center; FINGERS REPLACED P.
MITCHELL (PITCHING); QUIRK BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Cowens stole
second; Quirk singled to left [Cowens out at home (left to
catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: STINSON REPLACED QUIRK (PLAYING C ); Bando
homered; Tenace singled to left; MINGORI REPLACED PATTIN
(PITCHING); Washington forced Tenace (pitcher to shortstop);
Garner singled to left [Washington to second]; LITTELL REPLACED
MINGORI (PITCHING); Sandt grounded out (second to first)
[Washington to third, Garner to second]; Newman singled to right
[Washington scored, Garner scored]; North grounded out (pitcher
to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 2.

ROYALS 9TH: ROJAS BATTED FOR PATEK; Rojas struck out; SOLAITA
BATTED FOR WHITE; Solaita struck out; Wohlford popped to third
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 2.