Athletics @ Royals
August 3, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 7 12 1
Royals 5 12 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 7 12 1
Royals 5 12 0

Bob Oliver Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .233
OBP .333 .276
At Bats 3 257
Hits 1 60
• Singles 0 48
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 5
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 3 22

Rollie Fingers Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 6 12
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Municipal Stadium - August 3, 1971
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Out
Rollie Fingers
Gene Tenace
Mike Hegan
Dick Green
Sal Bando
Bert Campaneris
Curt Blefary
Rick Monday
Reggie Jackson
Bob Oliver
Paul Schaal

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 7 12 1 5
Kansas City Royals 5 12 0 3
Winning Pitcher Bob Locker
Losing Pitcher Tom Burgmeier
Save Rollie Fingers
Game Winning RBI Rick Monday
Attendance 35,623
Time of Game 3 hours 5 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fingers fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Joe Keough pinch hits for Dennis Paepke. Keough hits a fly ball into left field. Blefary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Curt Blefary now playing left field. Rollie Fingers now pitching. Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Bill Butler now pitching. Monday hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkpatrick. Monday reaches second base with a double. Kirkpatrick throws the ball in to Schaal who tags Monday trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Green scores. Campaneris scores.
Top 9 Campaneris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Odom scores. Green moves to third. Campaneris moves to second.
Top 9 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Curt Blefary pinch hits for George Hendrick. Blefary strikes out.
Top 9 Blue Moon Odom pinch runs for Tommy Davis. Green hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Odom moves to third.
Top 9 Tommy Davis pinch hits for Bob Locker. Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Burgmeier is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Piniella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hendrick. Piniella reaches second base with a double. Piniella is thrown out after the base hit.
Bottom 8 Mike Hegan now playing first base. Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Locker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tenace hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burgmeier fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bando hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Larry Brown pinch hits for Mike Epstein. Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burgmeier fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Knoop strikes out.
Bottom 7 Patek hits a line drive into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Bob Oliver now playing first base. Ed Kirkpatrick now playing right field. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Monday hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Campaneris hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hendrick strikes out.
Top 7 Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Paepke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 George Hendrick now playing left field. Bob Locker now pitching. Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mangual hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Tenace is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Bando hits a popup towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Epstein takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Bobby Knoop now playing second base. Jackson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Jackson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Harrison hits a line driveHarrison is thrown out after the base hit.
Bottom 5 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis scores. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 5 Otis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Otis reaches second base with a double. Patek scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Rojas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blue throws towards second. Green fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Green. Patek moves to second.
Top 5 Monday strikes out.
Top 5 Campaneris hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella who is chasing the ball. Campaneris reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Blue strikes out.
Top 5 Green hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 York strikes out.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 4 Paepke hits a fly ball into left field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Schaal takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 The umpire calls a balk on Blue Harrison moves to second.
Bottom 4 Harrison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mangual. Piniella reaches second base with a double. Piniella is thrown out after the base hit.
Top 4 There go the runners. The throw from Paepke to Patek covering second. The throw back to home, and Epstein is out at the plate.
Top 4 Jim York now pitching. Mangual hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tenace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson scores. Epstein moves to third.
Top 4 Bando bunts towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. Jackson moves to third. Epstein moves to second.
Top 4 Epstein hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Monday scores. Jackson moves to second.
Top 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Monday moves to third.
Top 4 Monday takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Otis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 3 Wright strikes out.
Top 3 Campaneris hits a line drive towards third. Schaal reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blue strikes out.
Top 3 Green hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wright fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Paepke hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mangual hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 2 Tenace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Bando hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Harrison strikes out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Otis. The throw from Tenace and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Bottom 1 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Epstein hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wright fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Campaneris hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.