Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
September 17, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1969 at Municipal Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 2 2 0
Monday cf 4 0 1 1
Brooks rf 5 1 3 2
Bando 3b 5 0 1 0
Green 2b 2 0 1 0
  Kubiak 2b 3 0 0 0
Rudi 1b 4 0 1 0
Reynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Roof c 4 0 0 0
Hunter p 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 0
  Odom pr 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 10 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 5 0 2 0
Alcaraz 2b 5 1 1 0
Fiore 1b 4 1 2 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick cf 4 0 0 0
Foy 3b 4 0 0 1
Piniella lf 4 0 2 0
Martinez c 4 0 1 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 2 0 0 0
  Spriggs ph 1 0 0 0
  Rios ss 1 0 0 0
Rooker p 3 0 1 0
  Rodriguez c 0 0 0 0
  Harrison ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 9 1
Oakland 002 000 000 13101
Kansas City 000 100 001 0291
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  W (10-15) 9.0 8 2 2 0 6
  Lindblad  SV (9) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
9
2
2
0
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  L (4-14) 9.1 10 3 3 2 5
  Drabowsky   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
3
3
2
6

  E–Green (10), Alcaraz (1).  2B–Oakland Rudi (3,off Rooker), Kansas City Fiore (13,off Hunter).  HR–Oakland Brooks (2,3rd inning off Rooker 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Campaneris (57,2nd base off Rooker/Martinez); Kelly (39,2nd base off Hunter/Roof).  CS–Foy (16,2nd base by Hunter/Roof).  WP–Hunter (7).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Jake O'Donnell, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:30.  A–9,999.
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