Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
May 16, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1969 at Municipal Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 5, Kansas City Royals 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 5 3 2 1
Blair cf 5 1 1 0
Robinson F. rf 6 0 3 3
Powell 1b 4 0 2 1
  Salmon pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Rettenmund lf 4 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 1 2 0
Dalrymple c 1 0 0 0
  Etchebarren ph,c 0 0 0 0
Hardin p 3 0 0 0
  Leonhard p 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 4 0 2 0
Kelly cf 5 2 1 0
Keough rf 4 0 2 0
Foy 3b 4 0 1 2
Kirkpatrick lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Harrison 1b 3 0 0 0
  Burgmeier pr 0 1 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Rooker p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
Adair 2b 4 0 2 0
  Rios pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Campanis c 3 0 1 0
  Piniella ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Nelson p 3 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 10 3
Baltimore 001 010 001 025110
Kansas City 100 001 001 003101
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hardin   7.1 7 2 2 2 1
  Leonhard   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Watt  W (1-0) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
10
3
3
3
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson   8.0 7 3 3 6 2
  Drabowsky   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Wickersham   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Jones  L (2-2) 1.0 1 1 1 3 0
  Rooker   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
11.0
11
5
5
9
2

  E–Nelson (2).  DP–Baltimore 1, Kansas City 3.  2B–Baltimore Belanger (2,off Drabowsky); Powell (7,off Jones), Kansas City Foy (4,off Hardin); Kelly (4,off Hardin).  3B–Baltimore Belanger (1,off Nelson).  SH–Rettenmund (1,off Jones); Keough (1,off Hardin).  SF–Powell (3,off Nelson); Foy (2,off Hardin).  IBB–Dalrymple (1,by Nelson); B Robinson (4,by Jones).  SB–Johnson (1,2nd base off Nelson/Campanis).  CS–Hernandez (4,3rd base by Leonhard/Dalrymple).  IBB–Nelson (1,Dalrymple); Jones (1,B Robinson).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–3:02.  A–15,487.
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