Washington Senators vs Kansas City Royals
August 28, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 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."

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Washington Senators 1, Kansas City Royals 3

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Brinkman ss 4 1 0 0
Comer cf 3 0 2 0
Howard 1b,lf 4 0 1 0
Reichardt lf 3 0 1 1
  Epstein ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Grieve rf 4 0 1 0
Casanova c 4 0 0 0
Cullen 2b 2 0 0 0
Hannan p 1 0 0 0
  Goossen ph 1 0 1 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Maye ph 1 0 0 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Spriggs rf 4 1 2 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 3 1 1 1
Piniella lf 3 1 1 2
Oliver 1b 2 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 3 0 0 0
Matchick ss 3 0 1 0
Martinez c 3 0 0 0
Rooker p 2 0 1 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3
Washington 000 001 000170
Kansas City 000 201 00x370
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Hannan  L (9-6) 5.0 4 2 2 2 0
  Brown   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Grzenda   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
2
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  W (8-14) 7.2 6 1 1 2 4
  Abernathy   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier  SV (1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Washington 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Washington Grieve (3,off Rooker).  3B–Kansas City Spriggs (2,off Brown); Otis (8,off Brown).  HR–Kansas City Piniella (10,4th inning off Hannan 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Rodriguez (4,2nd base by Rooker/Martinez); Spriggs (3,2nd base by Hannan/Casanova).  BK–Hannan (1).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:15.  A–9,317.
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