Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
September 13, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 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 7, Kansas City Royals 8

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 6 0 0 0
Hovley cf 5 1 1 0
Alou lf 6 0 1 1
Davis 1b 5 1 2 2
Bando 3b 4 1 1 0
Jackson rf 4 1 3 1
Tenace c 6 1 2 1
Green 2b 6 1 1 1
Hunter p 3 1 0 1
  Lindblad p 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Donaldson ph 1 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Driscoll ph 0 0 0 0
  Lachemann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 7 11 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 4 2 3 0
Otis cf 4 2 0 1
Oliver 1b 6 1 2 1
Piniella lf 6 0 3 4
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 1
Rodriguez c 5 0 2 0
Matchick 2b 3 0 0 0
  Rojas ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez ss 2 1 1 0
Severson ss,2b 6 1 1 0
Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Morehead p 2 0 1 0
  Spriggs ph 1 0 0 0
  Monteagudo p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 0 1 0 0
  Abernathy p 1 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 46 8 14 8
Oakland 070 000 000 0007112
Kansas City 103 000 030 0018141
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   6.2 11 4 4 4 6
  Lindblad   0.1 0 3 0 2 0
  Fingers   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Locker   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lachemann  L (3-3) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
11.1
14
8
5
6
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris   1.0 4 5 5 1 0
  Morehead   5.0 4 2 2 1 4
  Monteagudo   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Abernathy  W (8-3) 4.0 2 0 0 5 3
Totals
12.0
11
7
7
8
9

  E–Bando (19), Jackson (11), Rodriguez (6).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Oakland Green (7,off Fitzmorris); Alou (24,off Monteagudo), Kansas City Piniella (23,off Hunter); Severson (10,off Hunter).  IBB–Hovley (2,by Morehead).  SF–Schaal (2,off Hunter); Otis (5,off Fingers).  SB–Jackson 2 (24,2nd base off Abernathy/Rodriguez 2); Campaneris (37,2nd base off Abernathy/Rodriguez); Otis (28,2nd base off Hunter/Tenace).  CS–Bando (10,2nd base by Morehead/Rodriguez).  WP–Morehead (7).  IBB–Morehead (3,Hovley).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Emmett Ashford, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–3:55.  A–9,824.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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