Washington Senators vs Kansas City Athletics
May 4, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1965 at Municipal Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 4, Kansas City Athletics 2

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 1 1
McMullen 3b 4 1 1 0
Lock cf 4 0 1 1
Howard lf 2 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
Held rf,lf 4 1 1 0
Sievers 1b 2 1 2 0
  Chance ph,1b 2 0 0 0
McCabe c 4 0 0 1
Hamlin ss 4 1 1 0
Ortega p 2 0 0 0
  Ridzik p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkland ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Green 2b 4 0 2 0
Causey ss 4 0 1 0
Campaneris lf 2 0 1 0
Mathews cf 4 0 0 0
Harrelson rf 4 1 1 0
  Hershberger rf 0 0 0 0
Gentile 1b 4 0 1 0
Charles 3b 3 1 1 0
Bryan c 4 0 2 1
O'Donoghue p 1 0 0 0
  Sheldon p 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood ph 1 0 0 0
  Stock p 0 0 0 0
  Lachemann ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 1
Washington 010 111 000470
Kansas City 010 100 000293
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Ortega  W (1-3) 6.1 7 2 2 3 2
  Ridzik   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Kline  SV (5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
3
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
O'Donoghue  L (1-3) 4.0 5 3 2 2 2
  Sheldon   3.0 2 1 1 1 4
  Stock   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
3
7

  E–Causey (1), Harrelson (2), Bryan (1).  DP–Washington 2, Kansas City 1.  PB–Bryan (3).  2B–Kansas City Causey (4,off Ridzik).  3B–Kansas City Bryan (2,off Ortega); Charles (1,off Ortega).  SH–Ortega (1,off Sheldon).  SB–Campaneris 2 (5,2nd base off Ortega/McCabe 2).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:33.  A–4,206.
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