Kansas City Royals vs California Angels
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 Anaheim Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 9, California Angels 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 5 0 2 1
Fiore cf 4 2 1 0
  Keough cf 0 0 0 0
Piniella lf 5 0 2 1
Foy 3b 3 2 0 0
Harrison 1b 5 1 2 2
Schaal 2b 4 1 2 1
Oliver rf 4 2 3 3
Rodriguez c 4 1 0 0
Jones p 5 0 1 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 13 8
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Johnson rf 3 0 0 0
  Voss rf 2 0 0 0
Fregosi ss 3 1 2 0
Johnstone cf 4 1 2 0
Reichardt lf 5 1 2 1
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0
Stuart 1b 4 1 1 1
Egan c 2 0 0 1
Knoop 2b 4 0 1 0
Murphy p 2 0 0 0
  Ortega p 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Amaro ph 1 0 0 0
  Brunet p 0 0 0 0
  Morton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 3
Kansas City 001 142 1009131
California 002 000 020493
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (2-1) 8.2 9 4 3 4 8
  Drabowsky  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
4
8
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Murphy  L (1-1) 4.1 6 5 4 2 1
  Ortega   0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Fisher   2.0 4 1 0 0 0
  Brunet   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
7
3
2

  E–Fiore (2), Egan (2), Knoop (1), Murphy (2).  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Egan (1).  2B–Kansas City Fiore (2,off Murphy); Harrison (1,off Fisher), California Rodriguez (5,off Jones); Stuart (1,off Jones).  3B–Kansas City Harrison (1,off Brunet).  HR–Kansas City Oliver (2,5th inning off Ortega 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Oliver (1,off Murphy).  HBP–Foy (1,by Murphy); Rodriguez (3,by Murphy); Johnstone (2,by Jones).  SF–Egan (1,off Jones).  SB–Rodriguez (1,2nd base off Murphy/Egan); Hernandez (3,3rd base off Fisher/Egan); Fiore (3,2nd base off Fisher/Egan).  CS–Rodriguez (1,Home by Murphy/Egan); Piniella (1,3rd base by Murphy/Egan).  WP–Jones (5), Murphy (2).  HBP–Jones (3,Johnstone); Murphy 2 (2,Foy,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:46.
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