California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
May 16, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1970 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the California Angels 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

California Angels 3, Oakland Athletics 11

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0
Fregosi ss 4 1 0 0
Johnstone cf 4 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 1 2 1
Spencer 1b 4 0 0 0
McMullen 3b 3 1 1 2
Repoz rf 2 0 0 0
Egan c 3 0 0 0
Murphy p 1 0 0 0
  Doyle p 0 0 0 0
  Voss ph 1 0 0 0
  Shank p 0 0 0 0
  Ruiz ph 1 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 3 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 2 2 1
Monday cf 4 3 1 1
Alou lf 3 2 2 2
  Tartabull lf 0 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 0 1 0
Bando 3b 5 1 1 2
Mincher 1b 3 1 2 1
Duncan c 5 1 1 2
Green 2b 5 1 1 1
Dobson p 4 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 11 10
California 000 021 000334
Oakland 101 500 04x11111
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Murphy  L (4-3) 3.2 6 7 6 3 3
  Doyle   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Shank   3.0 2 0 0 2 1
  LaRoche   1.0 3 4 3 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
11
9
5
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  W (3-4) 9.0 3 3 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
3
3
2
1
4

  E–Alomar 2 (5), Murphy 2 (4), Jackson (2).  DP–California 1.  2B–Oakland Bando (4,off LaRoche); Mincher (8,off LaRoche).  3B–Oakland Monday (3,off Murphy).  HR–California McMullen (2,5th inning off Dobson 1 on, 1 out), Oakland Alou (2,1st inning off Murphy 0 on, 2 out); Duncan (6,4th inning off Murphy 1 on, 0 out); Green (3,4th inning off Murphy 0 on, 0 out); Campaneris (3,8th inning off LaRoche 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Alou (2,off Murphy).  HBP–Campaneris (1,by Murphy); Monday (1,by LaRoche).  SB–Jackson (8,2nd base off Murphy/Egan); Campaneris (7,2nd base off Murphy/Egan).  WP–Doyle (1).  HBP–Murphy (2,Campaneris); LaRoche (1,Monday).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Jake O'Donnell, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:14.  A–5,653.
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