Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
April 19, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1969 at Municipal Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 2, Kansas City Royals 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Hershberger lf 4 0 1 0
  Nossek lf 0 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 1 1 0
Bando 3b 4 1 1 1
Cater 1b 3 0 0 0
Green 2b 4 0 3 1
Monday cf 4 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 3 0 1 0
  Roof c 0 0 0 0
Odom p 3 0 0 0
  Krausse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Keough rf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 1 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 1 0
  Burgmeier pr 0 0 0 0
Fiore 1b,cf 2 0 0 0
Foy 3b,ss 3 1 0 0
Piniella lf 4 0 1 1
Adair 2b 4 0 0 0
Oliver cf,3b 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 1 0
Nelson p 1 0 0 0
  Spriggs ph 1 0 1 0
  Rios ss 0 0 0 0
  Harrison ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Oakland 000 200 000270
Kansas City 000 000 100141
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom  W (2-1) 8.1 4 1 1 3 3
  Krausse  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson  L (1-1) 6.0 6 2 2 0 6
  Jones   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
7

  E–Hernandez (4).  DP–Oakland 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Oakland Pagliaroni (1,off Nelson); Bando (1,off Nelson), Kansas City Spriggs (2,off Odom).  3B–Kansas City Piniella (1,off Odom).  SH–Fiore (1,off Odom).  CS–Green (1,2nd base by Nelson/Rodriguez).  WP–Jones (1).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Jake O'Donnell.  T–2:09.  A–16,747.
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