Kansas City Royals vs California Angels
April 6, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 1971 at Anaheim Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, California Angels 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 0 2 0
Keough rf 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
Piniella lf 4 2 2 0
Oliver 1b 3 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 2 1 0 2
Schaal 3b 4 0 2 1
Martinez c 2 0 0 1
Drago p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0
Fregosi ss 4 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 0 2 0
Conigliaro rf 4 0 1 0
Spencer 1b 4 1 2 0
McMullen 3b 3 0 1 0
Moses c 3 0 0 0
Berry cf 3 0 0 0
Wright p 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph 1 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 0
Kansas City 020 101 000490
California 000 010 000161
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  W (1-0) 9.0 6 1 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
0
2
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  L (0-1) 5.2 8 4 4 2 1
  Allen   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Fisher   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  LaRoche   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
5

  E–McMullen (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Martinez (1); Moses (1).  2B–Kansas City Piniella (1,off Wright); Patek 2 (2,off Wright,off LaRoche); Otis (1,off Wright).  SH–Oliver (1,off Wright).  SF–Martinez (1,off Wright); Rojas (1,off Wright).  CS–Keough (1,2nd base by Wright/Moses); Martinez (1,2nd base by Wright/Moses).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:16.  A–24,434.
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