Kansas City Royals vs California Angels
September 10, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1969 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, California Angels 11

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 4 1 1 1
Fiore 1b 3 0 1 3
  Healy ph,c 1 0 0 0
Piniella lf 2 0 0 0
  Northey cf 1 0 0 0
Foy 3b 3 0 1 0
  Morehead p 0 0 0 0
  Keough cf,lf 2 0 1 0
Oliver cf,3b 4 0 1 0
  Zachary p 0 0 0 0
  Spriggs ph 0 0 0 0
  Rooker pr 0 0 0 0
Adair 2b 3 1 2 0
  Rios pr,ss 1 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
Martinez c 2 1 1 0
  Campanis c 1 0 0 0
  Harrison 1b 0 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 1 0 0 0
  Alcaraz ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Butler p 1 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Riley p 0 0 0 0
  Schaal 3b 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Rico 3b 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 1 2 1
Johnstone cf 5 3 2 0
Fregosi ss 4 2 2 0
  Perez pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Reichardt lf 6 1 1 2
Morton rf 2 0 2 5
  Voss ph,rf 4 0 1 1
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 3 0
Spencer 1b 4 0 1 0
Azcue c 4 1 2 0
Messersmith p 3 2 1 1
Totals 41 11 17 10
Kansas City 030 000 010481
California 242 110 01x11170
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Butler  L (7-10) 1.1 3 4 4 3 0
  Fitzmorris   0.2 2 2 2 1 1
  O'Riley   1.2 5 3 2 2 0
  Morehead   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Jones   1.1 2 0 0 1 2
  Zachary   2.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
17
11
10
9
4
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith  W (14-9) 9.0 8 4 4 7 8
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
7
8

  E–Piniella (6).  DP–California 1.  2B–Kansas City Adair (6,off Messersmith); Fiore (11,off Messersmith); Kelly (19,off Messersmith), California Morton (10,off Fitzmorris); Voss (10,off Morehead); Azcue (6,off Zachary).  HBP–Spriggs (1,by Messersmith).  HBP–Messersmith (4,Spriggs).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–3:09.  A–6,009.
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