Kansas City Royals vs California Angels
September 22, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 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 10, California Angels 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 1 0 0
Schaal 3b 3 2 1 1
Otis cf 5 1 1 2
Piniella lf 5 0 3 0
Oliver rf 5 2 2 3
Paepke c 3 0 0 0
  Floyd pr,2b 0 2 0 0
Harrison 1b 4 0 2 1
Knoop 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 1
  Keough pr 1 1 1 1
  Martinez c 0 0 0 0
Hedlund p 3 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Valdespino ph 2 1 1 1
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 11 10
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar ss 5 0 0 0
Rivers cf 5 1 2 0
Fregosi lf 4 1 2 1
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Queen p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
McMullen 3b 4 1 1 0
Spencer 1b 2 0 0 0
Parker 2b 4 0 1 1
Repoz rf 3 0 1 1
Kusnyer c 4 0 0 0
May p 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Berry lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Kansas City 100 000 00910110
California 000 002 100373
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hedlund   6.2 7 3 3 3 1
  Abernathy  W (4-5) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier  SV (17) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
1
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
May   7.0 4 1 1 4 5
  Allen  L (4-6) 1.0 1 3 2 1 0
  LaRoche   0.1 3 4 4 1 0
  Queen   0.2 3 2 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
10
7
7
7

  E–Alomar (15), Parker (4), Kusnyer (1).  DP–California 1.  2B–Kansas City Valdespino (6,off LaRoche), California Fregosi (13,off Hedlund).  IBB–Patek (3,by LaRoche).  HBP–Repoz (1,by Abernathy); Berry (3,by Burgmeier).  SB–Otis (51,2nd base off Queen/Kusnyer).  CS–Piniella (3,2nd base by May/Kusnyer).  WP–Queen (6).  HBP–Abernathy (6,Repoz); Burgmeier (7,Berry).  IBB–LaRoche (10,Patek).  U-HP–Jake O'Donnell, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:43.  A–5,030.
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