Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
August 6, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 3, Kansas City Royals 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 1
Monday cf 4 0 1 1
Alou lf 4 0 1 0
Bando 3b 3 1 0 0
Davis rf 4 1 0 0
Mincher 1b 1 0 0 0
Fernandez c 3 1 1 1
  Jackson ph 0 0 0 0
  Duncan c 0 0 0 0
Green 2b 2 0 0 0
  Donaldson ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Segui p 3 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Lachemann p 0 0 0 0
  Hovley ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 3 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 4 0 1 1
Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 3 1 1 2
Piniella lf 4 1 1 0
Kirkpatrick c 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0
Oliver 1b 4 1 1 2
Schaal 3b 3 1 1 0
Severson ss 4 0 1 0
Rooker p 0 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 2 0 1 0
  Sorrell ph 0 0 0 0
  Campanis ph 0 1 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Oakland 030 000 000330
Kansas City 000 000 50x581
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Segui   6.1 5 3 3 0 3
  Locker  L (1-2) 0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Lindblad   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Lachemann   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
2
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker   1.2 1 3 1 4 1
  Fitzmorris  W (5-3) 5.1 2 0 0 1 4
  Abernathy  SV (5) 2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
3
3
1
7
6

  E–Rojas (5).  HR–Kansas City Otis (11,7th inning off Segui 0 on, 0 out); Oliver (22,7th inning off Segui 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Mincher (2,off Rooker).  HBP–Schaal (1,by Lachemann).  WP–Locker (4).  HBP–Lachemann (2,Schaal).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Jake O'Donnell.  T–2:43.  A–9,833.
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