Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
April 19, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Kansas City Royals 0, Oakland Athletics 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 2 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0
Oliver rf 3 0 0 0
May c 3 0 0 0
Floyd ss 2 0 0 0
  Hansen ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Drago p 1 0 1 0
  Fitzmorris p 1 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 1 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 1 2 0
Jackson rf 4 1 1 0
Bando 3b 4 1 2 1
Epstein 1b 4 1 2 1
Brooks cf 2 0 1 2
Duncan c 4 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 1 0
Holtzman p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Kansas City 000 000 000–051
Oakland 000 400 00x–490
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  L (0-1) 3.0 6 4 4 1 0
  Fitzmorris   4.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Abernathy   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
2
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  W (1-0) 9.0 5 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
0
1
  E–Oliver (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Kansas City Rojas (1,off Holtzman), Oakland Rudi (2,off Fitzmorris).  WP–Fitzmorris (1).  U-HP–Hank Morgenweck, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:08.
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