KANSAS CITY (32-55) @ CHICAGO (62-23) game 1
STARTING PITCHERS
13Y (7-8 2.44) 10Z (2-1 1.91)
This one scoreless thru 7, the Athletics finally get to Wilbur Wood, who made the emergency start, in the 8th as Bert Campaneris went deep with one in. The Sox don’t play .730 ball for nothing, sotmg bsck to knot the game in the bottom if the inning. Rookie sensation Rick Monday put the A.’s ahead for good as the visitors took the opener.
KCA 000 000 022 4 5 1
CWS 000 000 020 2 5 1
2B KCA Hunter 2
CWS King 4
3B KCA Monday 6
HR KCA Campaneris 2 (8th off W. Wood)
CWS Causey 1 (8th off Hunter
RBI KCA Campaneris 2(11) Monday 44 Roof 17
CWS Causey 11 King 10
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB R ER BF GSC
Hunter 8 5 1 3 8 2 2 33 69
W. Wood 7 4 1 3 2 2 2 28 60
WP Hunter 8-8 2.43 LP McMahon 4-4 2.17 SV Pierce 8
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 8 .. Hunter singled. Campaneris homered scoring two runs. KCA 2 CWS 0
BOTTOM 8 .. Causey homered. W. Williams walked. King doubled scoring a run. KCA 2 CWS 2
TOP 9 .. Harrelson walked. Monday tripled scoring a run. Roof sac fly scoring a run. KCA 4 CWS 2
STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 Triple RBI
NOTES: Athletics only managed 5 hits , but two were by Catfish Hunter. Tony Pierce punched out the side while preserving with win.
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