Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
June 9, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1969 at Yankee Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 7, New York Yankees 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 5 1 1 0
Kelly cf 4 1 2 2
Foy 3b 4 0 1 0
Fiore 1b 4 1 2 0
Piniella lf 4 1 1 0
Adair 2b 4 1 1 1
Rodriguez c 4 2 2 3
Oliver rf 4 0 0 0
Nelson p 2 0 0 1
Totals 35 7 10 7
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 0 2 0
Kenney 3b 3 0 0 0
Murcer rf 4 0 0 0
White lf 4 0 1 0
Pepitone 1b 2 1 1 1
Lyttle cf 3 0 0 0
Gibbs c 3 0 0 0
Michael ss 3 0 0 0
Kekich p 1 0 1 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  Tresh ph 1 0 0 0
  Downing p 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Kansas City 000 050 0117100
New York 010 000 000151
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson  W (4-4) 9.0 5 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kekich  L (0-2) 4.2 6 5 5 0 0
  Aker   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Downing   3.0 4 1 1 0 0
  McDaniel   1.0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
0
0

  E–McDaniel (2).  DP–Kansas City 2, New York 1.  2B–Kansas City Hernandez (7,off Kekich), New York Clarke (8,off Nelson); Kekich (1,off Nelson).  HR–Kansas City Rodriguez (2,5th inning off Kekich 2 on, 0 out); Kelly (3,8th inning off Downing 0 on, 0 out), New York Pepitone (17,2nd inning off Nelson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Nelson (2,off Downing).  SF–Nelson (1,off McDaniel).  IBB–Pepitone (2,by Nelson).  SB–Kelly (14,2nd base off Aker/Gibbs).  WP–Nelson (5).  IBB–Nelson (4,Pepitone).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Jake O'Donnell, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:04.  A–8,355.
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