THIS DATE IN MUNICIPAL STADIUM HISTORY SEPTEMBER 11 1956—The A’s lost their 5th in a row, falling 9-5 to the Yankees. Hank Bauer homered twice and Yogi Berra also went yard for New York. Harry Simpson, Hector Lopez and starting pitcher Al Ditmar all homered for KC, but Ditmar saw his record drop to 10-21 on the season. A—18,892 1958—The A’s were suddenly hot with a 5-game winning streak after defeating the Orioles 7-1. The game was much tighter than the score appears—Kansas City blew the doors off this one with a 5-run 8th inning that included a 3-run tater by Bob Cerv. Ned Garver struck out six in going the distance for the A’s. A—4,527. 1960--Baltimore blanked the Athletics 4-0. Steve Barber and Chuck Estrada combined to shut out the As on just five hits, while Dave Philley (Phanatic?) homered and Jim Gentile stole two bases for the Os. A--16,212. 1963--The Yankees thumped the As 8-2. Mickey Mantle went 3-for-4 with a homer, double and four RBI and Joe Pepitone had a homer and three RBI for Whitey Ford, who struck out five in going the distance. A--14,834. 1966--The As completed a three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers by a score of 5-1. Lew Krausse pitched a 3-hitter, striking out five, to improve his record to 13-8. Roger Repoz scored three of KCs five runs. A--8,553. 1968--In the first and only home playoff match ever in Spurs history, Kansas City and the San Diego Toros dueled to a 1-1 draw before a crowd of 5,042. Manfred Rummel scored KCs lone goal on a penalty kick in the 30th minute. It was the first of a two-match series based on aggregate goal scoring, which San Diego ultimately won five nights later at Balboa Stadium in a 1-0 shutout. 1970--Vida Blue of the As took a no-hitter into the 8th inning before Pat Kellys two-out single broke it up, but Blue cruised to a 3-0 one-hitter over the Royals, Blues first win ever over KC. Oakland hit four doubles in the game and the Royals committed three errors. A--6,993. 1971--The Royals found themselves 12 games above .500 for the first time in team history after darning the White Sox 4-2. KC had four doubles in the game (two by Paul Schaal). A--8,665. 1972--Paul Splittorff pitched a fine outing, a complete game three-hitter vs. Chcago, but his lone mistake, a 2-run homer to Dick Allen in the first inning, was a costly one as the White Sox took this one 2-1. Steve Hovley homered in the bottom of the 9th off starter Tom Bradley to trim the Sox lead to 2-1, but reliever Terry Fat Tub of Goo Forster (as David Letterman used to call him) picked up his 24th save of the season. A--6,602.
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