California Angels vs Kansas City Royals
April 25, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1969 at Municipal Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 6, Kansas City Royals 3

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Johnstone cf 4 2 1 2
Fregosi ss 4 0 1 3
Johnson rf 5 0 2 1
  Satriano c 0 0 0 0
Reichardt lf 1 0 1 0
Stuart 1b 3 0 0 0
  Messersmith p 0 0 0 0
  Voss ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 5 1 2 0
Egan c 3 0 0 0
  Amaro ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Knoop 2b 3 1 1 0
  Davalillo ph,rf 1 1 0 0
May p 1 0 0 0
  Morton ph 1 0 0 0
  Repoz 1b 2 1 1 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly cf 3 1 0 0
Fiore 1b 3 1 1 0
Piniella lf 3 0 0 0
Foy 3b 3 1 1 2
Adair 2b 4 0 2 1
Campanis c 4 0 0 0
Oliver rf 3 0 0 0
Rios ss 3 0 0 0
Butler p 2 0 1 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
California 000 020 1306101
Kansas City 201 000 000350
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
May   4.0 4 3 3 4 4
  Messersmith   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wilhelm  W (1-1) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Butler   7.0 7 3 3 4 7
  Drabowsky  L (2-1) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Jones   0.1 0 1 1 0 0
  Wickersham   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
6
8

  E–Repoz (1).  2B–California Johnson 2 (2,off Butler 2).  HR–California Johnstone (3,5th inning off Butler 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Amaro (3,off Drabowsky); Piniella (1,off May).  HBP–Johnstone (1,by Jones); Fiore (1,by Wilhelm).  IBB–Reichardt (3,by Butler).  SB–Foy 2 (5,3rd base off May/Egan,2nd base off May/Egan).  CS–Rios (2,2nd base by May/Egan).  WP–Wilhelm (1), Wickersham (1).  HBP–Wilhelm (1,Fiore); Jones (2,Johnstone).  IBB–Butler (1,Reichardt).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Cal Drummond.  T–2:45.  A–12,013.
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