Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
April 8, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1970 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 0, Kansas City Royals 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Monday cf 3 0 1 0
Alou lf 4 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 2 0
Mincher 1b 4 0 0 0
Green 2b 4 0 1 0
Fernandez c 0 0 0 0
  Odom pr 0 0 0 0
  Duncan c 0 0 0 0
Hunter p 2 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 4 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 2 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 2 0
Oliver 1b 4 1 1 0
Kirkpatrick lf 4 0 1 1
Alcaraz 2b 3 0 1 1
Hernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Campanis c 2 0 0 0
  Spriggs pr 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez c 0 0 0 0
Drago p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Oakland 000 000 000042
Kansas City 000 100 01x260
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  L (0-1) 6.0 5 1 1 1 8
  Segui   2.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
3
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  W (1-0) 9.0 4 0 0 5 4
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
5
4

  E–Campaneris (1), Monday (2).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Schaal (1,off Hunter); Oliver (1,off Segui).  SH–Bando (1,off Drago); Drago (1,off Segui); Alcaraz (1,off Segui).  IBB–Kelly (1,by Segui).  SB–Bando (1,2nd base off Drago/Campanis); Green (1,2nd base off Drago/Campanis); Kelly 2 (2,2nd base off Hunter/Fernandez,2nd base off Segui/Duncan); Spriggs (1,3rd base off Segui/Duncan).  CS–Jackson (1,3rd base by Drago/Campanis).  IBB–Segui (1,Kelly).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:03.  A–8,668.
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