Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Athletics
September 15, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1962 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 3, Kansas City Athletics 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Adair ss 5 1 1 0
Brandt rf 3 1 1 0
Robinson 3b 5 0 1 0
Gentile 1b 4 0 1 2
Powell lf 3 0 0 0
Nicholson cf 4 1 2 1
Triandos c 2 0 0 0
  Herzog ph 1 0 0 0
  Landrith c 0 0 0 0
Breeding 2b 4 0 0 0
Fisher p 2 0 0 0
  Barber p 0 0 0 0
  Snyder ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
  Shetrone ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 6 3
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tartabull cf 5 1 4 0
Cimoli rf 5 0 0 0
Lumpe 2b 5 0 1 1
Siebern 1b 4 1 2 0
Charles 3b 5 0 0 0
Wojcik lf 2 0 0 0
Causey ss 4 1 1 0
Sullivan c 5 1 2 2
Rakow p 3 0 1 1
  Jimenez ph 1 0 1 0
  Howser pr 0 0 0 0
  Wyatt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 12 4
Baltimore 002 000 001 0361
Kansas City 100 020 000 14120
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher   4.2 6 3 3 1 2
  Barber   1.1 0 0 0 1 3
  Hoeft   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Wilhelm  L (7-10) 1.1 4 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.1
12
4
4
5
8
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rakow   9.0 6 3 3 4 8
  Wyatt  W (10-7) 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
10.0
6
3
3
6
9

  E–Powell (6).  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Landrith 3 (5).  2B–Baltimore Gentile (21,off Rakow), Kansas City Tartabull 2 (5,off Fisher,off Hoeft).  3B–Kansas City Sullivan (2,off Fisher).  HR–Baltimore Nicholson (6,9th inning off Rakow 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Gentile (15,by Wyatt); Causey (5,by Wilhelm).  Team LOB–8.  Team–12.  SB–Brandt (8,2nd base off Wyatt/Sullivan); Tartabull (17,2nd base off Fisher/Triandos); Charles (18,2nd base off Hoeft/Triandos); Siebern (3,2nd base off Wilhelm/Landrith).  WP–Rakow (8).  IBB–Wilhelm (3,Causey); Wyatt (6,Gentile).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Al Smith.  T–2:58.
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