Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 8, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1969 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 7, Oakland Athletics 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 5 0 0 0
Alcaraz ss 3 0 1 0
  Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Spriggs ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  O'Riley p 0 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 1 1 2
  Hedlund p 0 0 0 0
Fiore cf,1b 4 1 1 0
Foy 3b,ss,3b 4 0 2 0
Piniella lf 4 0 0 1
Adair 2b 4 1 1 0
Harrison 1b 3 0 1 0
  Hernandez pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 2 2 1
Cram p 1 0 0 0
  Oliver ph,3b,cf 2 2 1 2
Totals 35 7 10 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 0 0
Tartabull cf 4 1 1 0
Jackson rf 2 1 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 1 0
Francona 1b 4 1 0 1
Cater lf 4 0 2 1
Green 2b 4 0 2 1
Haney c 2 0 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
  Duncan c 0 0 0 0
  Brooks ph 1 0 0 0
Krausse p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 0
  Lewis pr 0 0 0 0
  Lachemann p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Kansas City 010 020 0137100
Oakland 000 300 000371
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Cram   4.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Fitzmorris  W (1-0) 3.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Jones   0.2 0 0 0 2 1
  O'Riley   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hedlund  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Krausse   7.0 7 3 3 0 4
  Lachemann  L (3-1) 1.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Fingers   1.0 1 1 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
3
4

  E–Duncan (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Tartabull (9,off Cram).  HR–Kansas City Oliver (12,5th inning off Krausse 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Piniella (8,off Lachemann).  HBP–Oliver (2,by Krausse); Rodriguez (8,by Lachemann).  SB–Keough (4,3rd base off Fingers/Duncan).  CS–Oliver (4,2nd base by Krausse/Haney).  WP–Lachemann (4).  HBP–Krausse (5,Oliver); Lachemann (2,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Jake O'Donnell, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:28.  A–2,791.
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