The Oakland Athletics lost to the Kansas City Royals, 5 to 3, on September 22, 1972.

1972 Oakland Athletics

Final

KCR

Royals

71-72

5

OAK

Athletics

85-59

3

KCR

OAK

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

1

0

4

0

1

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

4

2

9

0

0

R

5

3

H

6

9

E

0

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Paul Schaal 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1
Richie Scheinblum RF 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Steve Hovley PR,RF 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
John Mayberry 1B 4 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 4
Lou Piniella LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
Carl Taylor C 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
Cookie Rojas 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Freddie Patek SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
Dick Drago P 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 6 5 1 8 13 2 1 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Drago (W) 9.0 9 3 3 3 8 0
Totals 9.0 9 3 3 3 8 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bert Campaneris SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Joe Rudi LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Matty Alou RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Reggie Jackson CF 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Mike Epstein 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Tenace C 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sal Bando 3B 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dick Green 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Mincher PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ted Kubiak 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gonzalo Marquez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dal Maxvill 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Duncan PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tim Cullen 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vida Blue P 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Rollie Fingers P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Hegan PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 3 9 3 0 3 8 0 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vida Blue (L) 7.0 6 5 4 6 8 1
Rollie Fingers 2.0 0 0 0 2 5 0
Totals 9.0 6 5 4 8 13 1

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