Seattle Pilots vs Oakland Athletics
May 2, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1969 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Seattle Pilots and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Pilots 7, Oakland Athletics 8

Seattle Pilots ab   r   h rbi
Harper 2b 4 1 1 0
Hegan rf 5 1 2 2
Comer cf 4 1 1 1
Mincher 1b 4 0 1 0
  Kennedy pr 0 0 0 0
Rollins 3b 5 1 1 1
Ranew lf 4 1 2 0
McNertney c 4 1 1 1
Oyler ss 2 1 0 0
Barber p 0 0 0 0
  Brandon p 0 0 0 0
  Gosger ph 1 0 0 0
  Bouton p 0 0 0 0
  Whitaker ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 1 2
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  Vidal ph 1 0 0 0
  Brabender p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 1 0
Reynolds lf 4 2 1 1
Jackson rf 2 2 1 0
Bando 3b 3 1 1 1
Cater 1b 5 0 3 3
Green 2b 3 1 1 1
Monday cf 4 0 0 0
Roof c 4 0 2 1
Nash p 2 0 0 0
  Sprague p 1 1 1 0
  Lindblad p 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 8 12 7
Seattle 010 032 1007101
Oakland 420 002 00x8122
  Seattle Pilots IP H R ER BB SO
Barber   0.0 1 3 2 2 0
  Brandon   1.0 2 1 0 0 0
  Bouton   3.0 4 2 2 0 2
  O'Donoghue   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Aker  L (0-2) 2.0 4 2 2 2 1
  Brabender   1.0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
6
7
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Nash   5.2 7 6 3 3 4
  Sprague   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Lindblad  W (1-0) 2.1 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
10
7
4
5
8

  E–Mincher (2), Campaneris 2 (4).  DP–Seattle 1, Oakland 2.  2B–Seattle McNertney (2,off Nash); Rollins (4,off Sprague), Oakland Sprague (1,off Aker).  3B–Seattle Hegan (2,off Nash); Harper (1,off Lindblad).  HR–Oakland Reynolds (1,2nd inning off Bouton 0 on, 1 out); Bando (6,2nd inning off Bouton 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Green (1,by Aker).  CS–Hegan (1,2nd base by Nash/Roof); Comer (1,2nd base by Nash/Roof); Jackson (2,2nd base by Brabender/McNertney).  SB–Jackson (5,2nd base off Bouton/McNertney); Bando (1,2nd base off Brabender/McNertney).  HBP–Aker (1,Green).  U-HP–Emmett Ashford, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Bill Kinnamon.  T–3:12.  A–4,823.
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