Washington Senators vs Kansas City Royals
June 9, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1970 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Washington Senators 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)
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Washington Senators 1, Kansas City Royals 8

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Maye rf 3 0 1 0
Stroud cf 3 0 1 0
Howard 1b 4 0 0 0
Reichardt lf 4 1 1 0
Allen 2b 4 0 1 0
  Cullen 2b 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 1
Brinkman ss 4 0 1 0
French c 3 0 1 0
Cox p 1 0 0 0
  Unser ph 1 0 0 0
  Shellenback p 0 0 0 0
  Roseboro ph 1 0 0 0
  Hannan p 0 0 0 0
  Nen ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 3 2 2 0
Schaal 2b 3 1 0 0
Otis cf 3 3 2 3
Oliver 3b 4 2 3 2
Keough 1b 3 0 2 2
Piniella lf 3 0 1 1
Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Drago p 4 0 1 0
Totals 31 8 12 8
Washington 000 001 000170
Kansas City 401 010 20x8121
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Cox  L (3-5) 4.0 7 5 5 2 2
  Shellenback   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Hannan   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  W (4-4) 9.0 7 1 1 3 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
3

  E–Schaal (8).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Washington Reichardt (4,off Drago), Kansas City Kelly 2 (5,off Cox,off Hannan).  3B–Kansas City Otis (4,off Cox); Oliver (4,off Cox).  HR–Kansas City Oliver (11,3rd inning off Cox 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Rodriguez (2,off Drago); Piniella (4,off Cox); Keough (1,off Shellenback).  SB–Otis (10,2nd base off Hannan/French).  CS–Hernandez (3,2nd base by Cox/French); Kelly (10,2nd base by Cox/French).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:14.  A–7,404.
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