Seattle Pilots vs Kansas City Royals
July 5, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1969 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Pilots and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Pilots 4, Kansas City Royals 6

Seattle Pilots ab   r   h rbi
Harper 3b 5 0 0 0
Hegan rf,1b 4 2 2 1
Comer cf 3 0 1 0
Mincher 1b 4 0 2 2
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Hovley lf,rf 4 0 1 0
McNertney c 4 0 0 0
Donaldson 2b 4 0 1 0
Lund ss 3 1 1 0
  Gil ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Marshall p 1 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0
  Rollins ph 1 0 0 0
  Bouton p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph,lf 2 1 1 1
Totals 36 4 9 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 5 0 2 1
Foy 2b 3 0 1 1
Fiore 1b 3 0 0 0
Oliver cf 4 0 1 0
Piniella lf 4 1 2 0
Martinez c 4 2 2 0
Schaal 3b 4 1 3 1
Hernandez ss 3 1 2 2
Hedlund p 2 1 2 0
  Burgmeier p 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 6 16 5
Seattle 101 000 200492
Kansas City 020 300 10x6161
  Seattle Pilots IP H R ER BB SO
Marshall  L (3-10) 3.0 10 5 5 1 0
  O'Donoghue   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bouton   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Locker   2.0 4 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
6
6
2
0
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hedlund   4.2 6 2 2 2 1
  Burgmeier  W (3-0) 1.2 2 2 1 0 0
  Drabowsky  SV (8) 2.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
2
3

  E–Harper (14), Marshall (2), Fiore (7).  DP–Seattle 2.  2B–Seattle Mincher 2 (9,off Hedlund 2); Davis (18,off Burgmeier); Donaldson (4,off Drabowsky), Kansas City Schaal (1,off Marshall).  SB–Schaal (1,2nd base off Bouton/McNertney).  CS–Fiore (2,2nd base by Bouton/McNertney).  BK–Marshall (1), Bouton (1).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:46.  A–10,268.
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