Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
April 7, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1970 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 6, Kansas City Royals 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 1 0
Monday cf 3 2 2 1
Alou lf 5 1 2 1
Jackson rf 4 0 1 1
Bando 3b 5 1 1 2
Mincher 1b 4 1 2 1
Green 2b 5 0 1 0
Fernandez c 2 0 0 0
Odom p 3 0 0 0
  Fingers p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 3 2 2 0
Fiore 1b 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 2 3
Oliver 3b 4 1 2 0
Piniella lf 3 0 0 0
Alcaraz 2b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0
Bunker p 0 1 0 0
  Spriggs ph 1 0 1 0
  Rooker p 0 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 3
Oakland 103 110 0006101
Kansas City 102 001 000470
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom  W (1-0) 5.0 6 4 3 3 3
  Fingers  SV (1) 4.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bunker  L (0-1) 5.0 9 6 6 3 8
  Rooker   2.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Drabowsky   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
6
11

  E–Monday (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Rodriguez 2 (2).  2B–Oakland Monday (1,off Bunker); Alou (1,off Drabowsky).  3B–Oakland Campaneris (1,off Bunker); Monday (1,off Bunker), Kansas City Oliver (1,off Odom).  HR–Oakland Bando (1,3rd inning off Bunker 1 on, 2 out); Mincher (1,5th inning off Bunker 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Jackson (1,2nd base off Bunker/Rodriguez).  CS–Piniella (1,2nd base by Fingers/Fernandez).  WP–Odom 2 (2).  BK–Bunker (1).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:52.  A–18,127.
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