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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Baltimore Orioles 4, Kansas City Athletics 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Adair ss,2b 6 1 3 0
Snyder lf 4 1 1 2
Robinson 3b 5 0 2 0
Gentile 1b 5 0 1 0
Lau c 6 0 2 1
Nicholson cf 6 1 1 1
Herzog rf 5 1 2 0
Breeding 2b 3 0 0 0
  Powell ph 1 0 1 0
  McGuire ss 1 0 0 0
Roberts p 2 0 0 0
  Shetrone ph 1 0 1 0
  Luebke p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Stock p 0 0 0 0
  Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 4 14 4
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tartabull cf 5 1 2 1
Wojcik rf,lf 5 1 2 1
Lumpe 2b 5 0 1 0
Siebern 1b 4 1 2 1
Charles 3b 5 1 1 2
Jimenez lf 3 0 1 0
  Cimoli rf 2 0 0 0
Causey ss 5 0 1 0
Sullivan c 4 1 0 0
Fischer p 3 0 0 0
  Wyatt p 0 0 0 0
  Alusik ph 0 0 0 0
  Howser pr 0 0 0 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 10 5
Baltimore 100 010 011 004142
Kansas City 000 220 000 015100
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts   6.0 8 4 4 1 0
  Luebke   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Stock   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Hoeft  L (4-8) 2.1 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
10.2
10
5
4
3
2
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Fischer   7.2 11 3 3 0 2
  Wyatt   1.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Wickersham  W (10-3) 2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
11.0
14
4
4
3
4

  E–Adair (17), B Robinson (11).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Herzog (13,off Fischer); Lau (11,off Wyatt), Kansas City Jimenez (24,off Roberts); Tartabull (6,off Roberts).  3B–Baltimore Adair (4,off Fischer).  HR–Baltimore Nicholson (7,8th inning off Fischer 0 on, 2 out), Kansas City Charles (16,4th inning off Roberts 1 on, 1 out).  SH–B Robinson (8,off Wickersham); Tartabull (8,off Stock); Wickersham (2,off Hoeft).  HBP–Snyder (2,by Wickersham).  IBB–Gentile (16,by Wickersham); Sullivan (4,by Roberts).  Team LOB–14.  Team–9.  SB–Gentile (1,2nd base off Wickersham/Sullivan); Snyder (7,3rd base off Wickersham/Sullivan); Wojcik (1,2nd base off Roberts/Lau).  HBP–Wickersham (7,Snyder).  IBB–Roberts (6,Sullivan); Wickersham (1,Gentile).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Al Smith, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:46.  A–7,884.
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