Seattle Pilots vs Oakland Athletics
May 4, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1969 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Seattle Pilots defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Pilots 6, Oakland Athletics 4

Seattle Pilots ab   r   h rbi
Harper 2b 5 2 3 1
Hegan rf 5 0 3 1
Comer cf,lf 3 2 1 1
Davis lf 5 0 1 0
  Gosger cf 0 0 0 0
Mincher 1b 3 1 1 2
Rollins 3b 3 1 1 0
Velazquez c 4 0 0 0
Oyler ss 4 0 1 0
Pattin p 4 0 1 1
  O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 1
Reynolds lf 4 1 2 0
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Bando 3b 4 1 2 0
Cater 1b 4 0 1 2
Green 2b 4 1 2 1
Hershberger cf 3 1 1 0
  Monday ph 1 0 0 0
Roof c 3 0 1 0
Fingers p 2 0 0 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
  Roland p 0 0 0 0
  Pagliaroni ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Seattle 111 011 1006122
Oakland 200 000 101491
  Seattle Pilots IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  W (4-1) 8.0 9 4 4 1 6
  O'Donoghue  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Fingers  L (2-1) 6.0 11 6 5 1 5
  Sprague   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Roland   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
3
6

  E–Reynolds (1).  DP–Seattle 2, Oakland 1.  2B–Seattle Hegan (2,off Fingers); Davis (4,off Fingers), Oakland Bando (4,off Pattin); Hershberger (1,off Pattin).  HR–Seattle Comer (3,5th inning off Fingers 0 on, 2 out); Mincher (5,6th inning off Fingers 0 on, 0 out); Harper (1,7th inning off Fingers 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Green (4,9th inning off Pattin 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Rollins (4,by Sprague).  IBB–Mincher (1,by Sprague).  SF–Campaneris (1,off Pattin).  SB–Harper (12,2nd base off Fingers/Roof).  CS–Hegan (2,2nd base by Fingers/Roof).  HBP–Sprague (2,Rollins).  IBB–Sprague (1,Mincher).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Emmett Ashford, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:31.
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