Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
July 22, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 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 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rettenmund rf,lf 4 1 2 1
Blair cf 5 0 0 0
Robinson F. 1b,rf 3 0 1 1
Robinson B. 3b 5 0 1 0
Motton lf 1 1 0 0
  Crowley ph,1b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b,ss,2b 4 2 1 0
Etchebarren c 3 0 0 0
  Hendricks ph,c 1 0 0 0
Belanger ss 2 0 1 1
  Buford ph,2b 2 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
McNally p 4 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Powell ph 1 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
  Salmon ph,ss 1 0 1 1
Totals 40 4 7 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 5 2 1 0
Otis cf 6 0 1 1
Piniella lf 6 1 3 0
Oliver 1b 6 0 1 1
Schaal 3b 3 0 1 0
  Kirkpatrick ph,c 2 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 0 1
Rodriguez c 3 0 1 0
  Sorrell ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 5 0 0 0
Butler p 1 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 1 0 1 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Campanis ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 2 0 0 0
Totals 47 3 9 3
Baltimore 100 200 000 000 1470
Kansas City 001 000 020 000 0391
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally   7.2 8 3 3 1 5
  Watt   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Hall   2.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Richert  W (4-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Drabowsky  SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
9
3
3
3
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Butler   3.0 3 3 3 4 1
  Fitzmorris   3.0 2 0 0 3 3
  Wright   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Abernathy  L (3-3) 5.0 2 1 1 4 3
Totals
13.0
7
4
4
11
8

  E–Oliver (9).  DP–Baltimore 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Baltimore Rettenmund (9,off Butler), Kansas City Piniella (15,off McNally); Fitzmorris (3,off McNally).  SH–Blair 2 (3,off Butler,off Abernathy); Hendricks (1,off Abernathy).  SF–F Robinson (3,off Butler); Rettenmund (2,off Fitzmorris).  SB–Kelly (24,2nd base off McNally/Etchebarren).  WP–Abernathy (1).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–3:41.  A–9,130.
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