THIS DATE IN MUNICIPAL STADIUM HISTORY AUGUST 8 1960—The Washington Senators took a wild one from the A’s 10-7. Earl Battey had four hits and four RBI and Harmon Killebrew homered for the Nats while Dick Williams went 5-for-5 and Norm Siebern went 4-for-5 for KC. A—6,651. 1962—The Athletics stole a walk-off win (literally), 4-3 over the Minnesota Twins. With two out in the bottom of the 9th, Ed Charles daringly stole home to win the game with Joe Azcue at the plate. George Alusik had a homer and two RBI for the A’s, while Harmon Killebrew (who else?) and Bernie Allen each homered for the Twins. A—9,907. 1963—The White Sox took two of three from KC with a 5-3 win over the Athletics. Dave Nicholson, who later signed with the Royals but never played for them, homered off Dave Wickersham in the 2nd inning to ignite Chicago’s offense. A—8,488. 1965—Baltimore and Kansas City split a Sunday doubleheader, with the Orioles taking the first game 9-5 and KC prevailing in the second 4-3. Our old friend Norm Siebern hit a 2-run homer off Diego Segui in the 7th inning to tie the game 4-4, then the O’s pounced all over the A’s for five runs in the 9th. Mike Hershberger homered for the Athletics. In the second game, John O’Donoghue was working on a shutout before he allowed three runs in the top of the 8th, but relievers Jack Aker and Don Mossi combined to put out the fire. A—14,521. 1966—The A’s beat the Twins 6-1 to finish off a rare five-game series. Jim Nash struck out six in his complete game win. KC won this series three games to two, but what made it even more peculiar was that NEITHER team hit a home run in any of the five contests. A—7,139. 1967—The A’s split a twi-night doubleheader with the Red Sox, winning game one 5-3 and dropping the second 7-5. Rico Petrocelli and Tony Conigliaro homered off Catfish Hunter in the 8th and 9th innings, respectively in the first game, but Hunter limited the damage otherwise. Danny Cater and Hawk Harrelson each drove in two runs for Kansas City. In the second game, things were tied 4-4 until Boston scored three in the top of the 9th and the A’s could only respond with a single tally in the bottom of the inning. A—13,125. 1970--The Milwaukee Brewers won for the first time ever in Kansas City, 5-3 over the Royals. Ted Savage, who would finish his career with the Royals in 1971, hit a two-run homer and KC committed three errors in the game. A--8,383. 1971--Gail Hopkins went 4-for-4 with a solo homer as the Royals beat the Brewers 7-2 to finish their home stand at 5-4. Dick Drago pitched a complete game and drove in two runs with a double in the 4th. All of Milwaukees offense came on solo homers by Tommy Harper and Dave May. A--16,758. 1972--The Royals walked off with a 4-3 win over the Oakland As as Freddie Pateks 2-out single in the bottom of the 9th plated Lou Piniella from second base. It turned out to be the final Major League victory for reliever Ted Abernathy, and Rollie Fingers first career loss vs. the Royals, as Oakland uncharacteristically committed three errors in the game. A--13,386. 1987--Legendary Chiefs quarterback and KMBC Channel 9 sportscaster Len Dawson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, just a few miles from where he grew up in the town of Alliance, Ohio. Former coach Hank Stram introduced Dawson, who ironically played high school football at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, where the Chiefs played the San Francisco 49ers that day. The game was Frank Gansz first ever as KCs head coach and the Niners won 20-7.
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