Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals
June 28, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1969 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 4, Kansas City Royals 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 5 0 1 0
Oliva rf 5 0 1 0
Killebrew 1b,3b 5 1 1 0
Allison lf 1 1 1 0
  Reese ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 3 1 2 0
  Manuel ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 2 1 2 2
Quilici 2b 3 0 0 0
  Carew ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Renick 3b 3 0 1 2
  Tischinski c 1 0 0 0
Boswell p 4 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Foy 3b 3 0 2 0
Kelly rf,cf 3 0 0 0
Fiore 1b,rf,1b 2 1 2 1
Oliver cf,1b 4 1 1 0
  Kirkpatrick rf 0 0 0 0
Martinez c 3 2 1 1
Piniella lf 4 2 2 1
Rios 2b 3 0 0 0
  Cisco p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 1 2
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 4 1 2 1
Butler p 1 0 0 0
  Adair 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 11 6
Minnesota 000 004 0004101
Kansas City 001 102 03x7110
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Boswell  L (9-8) 7.2 11 7 6 5 6
  Worthington   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
5
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Butler   6.0 8 4 4 2 7
  Cisco  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 2 2
  Drabowsky  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
9

  E–Renick (3).  DP–Minnesota 2.  PB–Mitterwald (3).  2B–Minnesota Oliva (17,off Butler); Cardenas 2 (11,off Butler 2); Tovar (7,off Cisco), Kansas City Piniella (13,off Boswell).  HR–Kansas City Martinez (1,4th inning off Boswell 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Cardenas (5,off Butler); Butler (3,off Boswell).  IBB–Martinez (1,by Boswell).  SB–Oliver (3,2nd base off Boswell/Tischinski).  CS–Foy (9,2nd base by Boswell/Tischinski).  WP–Boswell (4).  IBB–Boswell (2,Martinez).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:35.  A–10,283.
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