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California Angels 3 Kansas City Royals 6

September 9,1973

Visiting Team

California Angels (64-75)

Home Team

Kansas City Royals (78-64)

Game Date

September 9,1973

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Kauffman Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

16,636

Time of Game

2:56

Umpires

[HP]: Art Frantz [1B]: Frank Umont [2B]: Joe Brinkman [3B]: Dave Phillips

California Angels 3 Kansas City Royals 6

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1st inning: **Debut game for Frank Tanana**
1st inning: **Debut game for Frank Ortenzio**
2nd inning: HR/78.1-H **410' HR**
3rd inning: NP **Mike Epstein fouled ball off foot**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
California Angels	CAL	64-75		0	2	0		1	0	0		0	0	0			3	9	0		5	10	20	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Royals	KCA	78-64		0	2	1		0	3	0		0	0	x			6	8	2		2	3	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

California Angels - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mickey Rivers	cf	24.314	L	4	0	3	2		1	0	.423		7	161
2	Ken Berry	lf	32.122	R	4	0	0	0		1	1	.288		124	1244
3	Richie Scheinblum	dh	30.308	B	4	0	2	0		1	0	.279		88	392
4	Bob Oliver	3b	30.213	R	4	0	0	0		1	0	.263		129	688
5	Mike Epstein	1b	30.158	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.211		113	884
	Tom McCraw	ph-1b	32.292	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.247		78	1324
6	Leroy Stanton	rf	27.152	R	5	0	0	0		0	2	.234		101	237
7	Rudy Meoli	ss	22.131	L	2	2	1	0		2	0	.224		106	113
8	Dave Chalk	2b	23.010	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.091		7	7
	Vada Pinson	ph-lf	35.029	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.260		110	2227
9	Jeff Torborg	c	31.287	R	3	1	1	0		0	0	.216		90	562
	Charlie Sands	ph-c	25.266	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.308		6	36
Totals

2B: Tom McCraw (5), Jeff Torborg (7)

RBI: Mickey Rivers 2 (6)

GDP: Leroy Stanton (8)

SB: Rudy Meoli (1)

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Frank White	2b	23.005	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.256		34	34
2	Paul Schaal	3b	30.190	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.287		108	1050
3	Amos Otis	cf	26.136	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.302		137	652
4	Frank Ortenzio	1b	22.197	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.000		1	1
	John Mayberry	ph-1b	24.203	L	2	1	1	0		0	0	.277		138	389
5	Lou Piniella	lf	30.012	R	3	1	1	2		1	1	.255		134	700
6	Hal McRae	rf	28.061	R	3	1	2	2		1	0	.223		88	334
7	Rick Reichardt	dh	30.177	R	4	1	1	2		0	0	.256		79	987
8	Freddie Patek	ss	28.335	R	3	0	0	0		1	2	.229		119	683
9	Buck Martinez	c	24.306	R	2	0	0	0		2	0	.000		1	101
Totals

Errors: Frank White, Paul Schaal

2B: Lou Piniella (27), Hal McRae (14)

HR: Rick Reichardt (5)

RBI: Lou Piniella 2 (67), Hal McRae 2 (39), Rick Reichardt 2 (31)

GDP: Buck Martinez (1)

California Angels - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Frank Tanana	L	L 0-1	4.0	5	4	4	4	3	1		9.00	2.25		1	1
2	Dave Sells	R		0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0		3.71	1.59		48	58
3	Steve Barber	L		3.2	0	0	0	1	2	0		3.53	1.38		47	449
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Frank Tanana (0-0-0), Dave Sells (0-0-0), Steve Barber (0-0-0)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mark Littell	R		4.2	5	2	2	6	3	0		5.70	1.83		7	7
2	Al Fitzmorris	R	W 6-2	4.1	4	0	0	0	2	0		2.76	1.33		11	134
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mark Littell (0-0-0), Al Fitzmorris (0-0-0)