Seattle Pilots vs Kansas City Royals
April 22, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1969 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Pilots and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Pilots 1, Kansas City Royals 2

Seattle Pilots ab   r   h rbi
Harper 2b 1 1 0 0
  Gil 2b 2 0 0 0
Gosger cf 2 0 0 0
Davis lf 3 0 1 1
  Vidal pr 0 0 0 0
Hegan rf 4 0 1 0
Rollins 3b 4 0 0 0
Mincher 1b 4 0 1 0
Haney c 3 0 0 0
Oyler ss 2 0 0 0
  Comer ph 1 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
Segui p 2 0 0 0
  Whitaker ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly cf 4 1 2 0
Fiore 1b 3 0 0 0
Piniella lf 3 0 1 1
Foy 3b 4 0 0 0
Keough rf 4 0 0 0
Adair 2b 3 1 2 0
Rodriguez c 1 0 1 0
  Campanis c 2 0 1 0
Rios ss 4 0 0 0
Hedlund p 3 0 1 1
  Drabowsky p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
Seattle 100 000 000132
Kansas City 010 010 00x281
  Seattle Pilots IP H R ER BB SO
Segui  L (1-2) 7.0 6 2 2 3 4
  Aker   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
3
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hedlund  W (1-0) 7.0 2 1 1 2 5
  Drabowsky  SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
7

  E–Mincher (1), Oyler (4), Rodriguez (1).  2B–Kansas City Piniella (3,off Segui); Kelly (3,off Segui).  3B–Seattle Hegan (1,off Hedlund).  SF–Davis (1,off Hedlund); Piniella (1,off Segui).  SB–Harper (9,2nd base off Hedlund/Rodriguez); Mincher (2,2nd base off Hedlund/Rodriguez); Kelly (2,3rd base off Segui/Haney).  BK–Segui (1).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:25.  A–9,066.
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