Kansas City Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
June 28, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1963 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Athletics 1, Baltimore Orioles 2

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Del Greco cf 4 0 0 0
Causey ss 3 0 0 0
Charles 3b 4 0 1 0
Siebern lf 4 1 1 0
Cimoli rf 3 0 1 0
  Alusik pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Harrelson 1b 4 0 2 1
Sullivan c 4 0 0 0
Esposito 2b 3 0 0 0
Pena p 3 0 1 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 0 2 1
Snyder cf 4 1 1 1
Johnson 2b 3 0 1 0
Gentile 1b 3 0 1 0
Powell lf 3 0 1 0
Smith rf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 3 1 1 0
Brown c 3 0 1 0
Barber p 4 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Kansas City 000 000 100160
Baltimore 000 001 001290
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Pena  L (5-10) 8.1 9 2 2 3 7
Totals
8.1
9
2
2
3
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Barber  W (12-5) 9.0 6 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
5

  E–None.  2B–Kansas City Harrelson (2,off Barber), Baltimore Powell (11,off Pena); Aparicio (11,off Pena).  HR–Baltimore Snyder (3,9th inning off Pena 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Brown (3,off Pena).  HBP–Johnson (1,by Pena); Snyder (2,by Pena).  IBB–Gentile (5,by Pena).  Team–11.  SB–Snyder (5,2nd base off Pena/Sullivan); Aparicio (20,3rd base off Pena/Sullivan).  HBP–Pena 2 (2,Johnson,Snyder).  IBB–Pena (2,Gentile).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Sam Carrigan, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:27.  A–18,818.
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