California Angels vs Kansas City Royals
April 15, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1971 at Municipal Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 5, Kansas City Royals 2

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 6 1 3 2
Fregosi ss 5 1 2 2
Johnson lf 6 0 1 1
Conigliaro rf 4 0 2 0
Spencer 1b 3 0 0 0
McMullen 3b 5 0 2 0
  O'Brien pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Moses c 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Torborg c 0 0 0 0
  Ruiz ph 0 1 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Berry cf 5 1 1 0
Murphy p 4 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Queen p 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 5 11 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 0 2 0
Kirkpatrick rf,c 5 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0
Oliver 1b 5 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 5 1 2 0
Schaal 3b 5 1 3 0
May c 2 0 1 0
  Keough pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Knoop ph 1 0 0 0
Dal Canton p 2 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Paepke ph,rf 1 0 1 2
Totals 41 2 11 2
California 001 000 100 035111
Kansas City 000 000 002 002110
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Murphy   8.1 9 2 2 2 4
  LaRoche   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Queen   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Fisher  W (2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Allen  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
11.0
11
2
2
3
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton   7.0 8 2 2 2 5
  Abernathy   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  York  L (0-2) 2.0 3 3 3 1 3
Totals
11.0
11
5
5
4
9

  E–Johnson (3).  2B–California Conigliaro 2 (4,off Dal Canton 2); Fregosi (3,off Dal Canton); McMullen (2,off Dal Canton); Berry (2,off Dal Canton), Kansas City Otis (2,off Murphy); Patek (4,off Murphy); Rojas (3,off Murphy); Paepke (1,off Queen).  3B–California Alomar (1,off Dal Canton).  HBP–Spencer (1,by Abernathy).  IBB–Otis (1,by Fisher).  SB–Johnson (1,2nd base off Dal Canton/May); Patek (4,2nd base off Fisher/Torborg).  CS–Piniella (1,2nd base by Murphy/Moses).  HBP–Abernathy (2,Spencer).  IBB–Fisher (1,Otis).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Merlyn Anthony, 3B–George Maloney.  T–3:30.  A–7,510.
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