Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
May 15, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1971 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 4, Kansas City Royals 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 1 0
Rudi lf 4 0 1 0
  Odom pr 0 0 0 0
Jackson rf 2 1 1 1
Epstein 1b 4 0 1 1
Bando 3b 3 0 0 1
Hovley cf 3 0 0 0
  Mangual ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Duncan c 3 0 1 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown 2b 0 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Fingers p 2 2 2 0
  Knowles p 1 0 0 0
  Tenace c 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 1 1 0
Keough rf 1 1 0 0
  Paepke ph 1 1 1 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 1 2 2
Hopkins 1b 4 0 2 2
  Oliver 1b 0 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick lf,rf,c 4 0 1 1
Rojas 2b,lf 3 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 2 0 0 0
May c 3 0 1 0
  Knoop 2b 1 0 0 0
Dal Canton p 2 0 0 0
  Savage ph,lf,rf 2 1 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
Oakland 001 020 010470
Kansas City 000 100 40x583
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Fingers   5.0 4 1 1 3 2
  Knowles  L (2-3) 2.0 4 4 4 1 2
  Locker   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
5
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton  W (4-1) 7.0 5 3 2 3 3
  Burgmeier   0.1 1 1 0 2 0
  Abernathy  SV (6) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
5
5

  E–Patek (7), Burgmeier (1), Dal Canton (1).  2B–Kansas City Kirkpatrick (5,off Fingers); Otis (6,off Knowles).  3B–Oakland Jackson (1,off Dal Canton).  SH–Rudi (7,off Dal Canton).  HBP–Schaal (2,by Fingers); Patek (1,by Fingers).  CS–Epstein (1,2nd base by Dal Canton/May); Patek (3,3rd base by Fingers/Duncan).  SB–Patek (6,2nd base off Fingers/Duncan).  HBP–Fingers 2 (6,Schaal,Patek).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:50.  A–12,667.
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