Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
April 30, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1969 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 2, Kansas City Royals 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
May lf 4 1 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 1 2 1
Melton 3b 3 0 0 0
Pavletich 1b 4 0 0 0
Josephson c 3 0 1 1
Bradford rf 2 0 0 0
Hansen 2b 4 0 2 0
  Alomar pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Held cf 4 0 0 0
John p 3 0 1 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly cf 4 1 3 1
Adair 2b 4 0 1 0
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0
Foy 3b 3 0 1 0
Harrison 1b 4 0 1 1
Oliver rf 4 0 1 0
Campanis c 3 2 2 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
  Rodriguez ph 1 0 1 0
  Rios pr 0 0 0 0
Butler p 3 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 2
Chicago 200 000 000261
Kansas City 110 000 0013100
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
John   8.0 8 2 2 1 7
  Wood  L (2-1) 0.2 2 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
10
3
2
2
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Butler   8.0 6 2 2 5 8
  Drabowsky  W (3-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
5
8

  E–Melton (3).  DP–Chicago 2.  PB–Josephson (4).  2B–Chicago Aparicio (3,off Butler), Kansas City Campanis (2,off John).  3B–Chicago Aparicio (1,off Butler), Kansas City Oliver (1,off Wood).  IBB–Campanis (1,by Wood).  SB–Foy (6,2nd base off John/Josephson).  WP–John (2).  IBB–Wood (1,Campanis).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Emmett Ashford, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:38.  A–9,036.
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