Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
April 20, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1969 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 5, Kansas City Royals 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 1 0
Reynolds lf 4 1 2 0
  Nossek lf 0 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 1 1 2
Bando 3b 4 1 0 0
Cater 1b 5 1 1 0
Green 2b 5 1 2 0
Monday cf 4 0 0 1
Duncan c 3 0 1 2
Hunter p 1 0 0 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
  Roland p 0 0 0 0
  Donaldson ph 1 0 0 0
  Wyatt p 1 0 0 0
  Krausse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 8 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Keough rf 5 0 0 0
Fiore cf,1b 3 1 1 0
Piniella lf,cf 4 2 2 2
Foy ss,3b 2 2 2 1
Kirkpatrick 3b,lf 4 0 1 1
Harrison 1b 4 1 1 0
  Hernandez ss 0 0 0 0
Taylor c 4 1 1 3
Rios 2b 3 0 2 0
Bunker p 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 10 7
Oakland 000 230 000580
Kansas City 202 000 03x7103
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   2.2 5 4 4 2 2
  Sprague   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Roland   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Wyatt  L (0-1) 3.1 2 2 2 2 1
  Krausse   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
4
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bunker   4.0 6 5 4 3 0
  Drabowsky  W (2-0) 5.0 2 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
4
6

  E–Foy 2 (3), Rios (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Oakland Cater (3,off Bunker); Duncan (1,off Bunker), Kansas City Piniella (2,off Hunter); Foy (1,off Hunter); Kirkpatrick (1,off Hunter).  HR–Oakland Jackson (2,5th inning off Bunker 1 on, 0 out), Kansas City Piniella (2,1st inning off Hunter 1 on, 1 out); Taylor (1,8th inning off Krausse 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Reynolds (1,by Bunker).  SH–Bunker (1,off Roland); Drabowsky (1,off Krausse).  SB–Jackson (2,2nd base off Bunker/Taylor); Foy (3,2nd base off Hunter/Duncan).  CS–Rios (1,2nd base by Hunter/Duncan).  WP–Bunker (1).  HBP–Bunker (1,Reynolds).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Jake O'Donnell, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:32.  A–31,872.
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