Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
April 26, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1970 at Municipal Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 10, Kansas City Royals 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 5 1 1 3
Belanger ss 4 2 1 0
Robinson F. rf 3 1 0 0
  May rf 2 0 0 0
Powell 1b 4 0 1 0
Blair cf 3 2 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 5 1 3 4
Johnson 2b 4 1 1 2
Dalrymple c 3 1 1 0
McNally p 1 0 0 0
  Leonhard p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 1 0 0 0
  Hardin p 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 1 1 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 10 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 3 1 2 1
Otis cf 4 2 2 0
Piniella lf 5 1 2 2
Oliver 3b 3 2 1 3
Kirkpatrick 1b 5 1 2 2
Adair 2b 3 0 1 1
Hernandez ss 4 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 1 1 0
  Schaal ph 1 0 0 0
Morehead p 1 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 1 1 1 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 12 9
Baltimore 500 020 03010100
Kansas City 310 013 1009121
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally   0.1 4 3 3 1 0
  Leonhard   1.1 1 1 1 3 1
  Lopez   2.2 1 1 1 3 2
  Hardin   0.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Hall  W (2-1) 2.0 3 2 2 0 2
  Richert  SV (4) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
8
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Morehead   5.0 6 7 2 3 8
  Fitzmorris  L (0-1) 3.1 4 3 3 2 2
  Drago   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
10
5
5
10

  E–Oliver (2).  DP–Baltimore 3, Kansas City 1.  PB–Dalrymple (1).  2B–Baltimore B Robinson 2 (7,off Morehead 2); Blair (4,off Morehead).  3B–Kansas City Otis (2,off McNally).  HR–Baltimore Johnson (3,1st inning off Morehead 1 on, 2 out); Buford (3,8th inning off Fitzmorris 2 on, 2 out), Kansas City Kirkpatrick (3,5th inning off Lopez 0 on, 1 out); Oliver (5,6th inning off Hall 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Morehead (1,off Leonhard).  SB–Kelly (7,2nd base off Hall/Dalrymple).  CS–Kelly (4,2nd base by Lopez/Dalrymple).  WP–McNally (2).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–3:11.  A–17,695.
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