Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Athletics
July 21, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1963 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 2, Kansas City Athletics 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Snyder cf 3 0 0 0
Powell lf 4 0 0 0
Orsino c 4 0 1 0
  Saverine pr 0 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 3 1 1 0
Gentile 1b 3 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 1 2 2
Brandt rf 3 0 0 0
Pappas p 2 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 0
  Gaines pr 0 0 0 0
  Brunet p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tartabull cf 4 0 0 0
Causey ss 4 2 2 1
Lumpe 2b 4 1 1 1
Lau c 3 0 1 1
Alusik rf 3 0 0 0
Charles 3b 1 0 0 0
Essegian lf 3 0 1 0
  Del Greco pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Harrelson 1b 3 0 0 0
Drabowsky p 3 0 1 0
Totals 28 3 6 3
Baltimore 000 020 000250
Kansas City 000 201 00x360
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Pappas  L (8-5) 6.0 6 3 3 2 2
  Hall   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Brunet   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
2
3
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Drabowsky  W (2-6) 9.0 5 2 2 2 6
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Lau (6,off Pappas).  3B–Kansas City Lumpe (5,off Pappas).  HR–Baltimore Johnson (6,5th inning off Drabowsky 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Causey (6,6th inning off Pappas 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  IBB–Charles (6,by Pappas).  Team–3.  SB–Snyder (11,2nd base off Drabowsky/Lau); Johnson (2,2nd base off Drabowsky/Lau); Causey (3,2nd base off Pappas/Orsino).  IBB–Pappas (3,Charles).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Al Smith, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:06.  A–10,543.
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