Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
May 20, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. 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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Oakland Athletics 8, Kansas City Royals 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 2 1 0
Rudi lf 5 1 2 0
Jackson rf 5 1 1 1
Bando 3b 4 1 3 2
Epstein 1b 4 1 1 3
  Hegan 1b 1 0 0 0
Brown O. cf 4 1 2 0
Duncan c 4 0 0 0
Clark 2b 3 0 1 1
  Odom pr 0 1 0 0
  Brown L. 2b 1 0 0 0
Segui p 2 0 0 0
  Horlen p 0 0 0 0
  Mangual ph 1 0 1 1
  Fingers p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 1 2 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 1
Scheinblum rf 5 0 0 0
Piniella lf 5 2 3 3
Kirkpatrick c 4 0 3 1
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0
Schaal 3b 4 1 1 0
Knoop 2b 3 0 1 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
  Hansen 2b 0 0 0 0
Fitzmorris p 2 1 2 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Hovley ph 1 0 0 0
  Rooker p 0 0 0 0
  Rojas ph 1 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 14 5
Oakland 400 002 0028121
Kansas City 000 130 0105143
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Segui   4.0 7 3 3 2 0
  Horlen   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Fingers  W (2-1) 4.0 5 1 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
14
5
4
4
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris  L (0-3) 5.1 8 6 6 1 4
  Murphy   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Rooker   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Burgmeier   1.0 1 2 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
6
1
6

  E–Jackson (4), Mayberry (1), Schaal (5), Knoop (1).  DP–Oakland 3, Kansas City 2.  2B–Oakland O Brown (1,off Fitzmorris); Clark (2,off Fitzmorris); Bando 2 (5,off Rooker,off Burgmeier), Kansas City Schaal (5,off Segui); Patek (5,off Segui); Kirkpatrick (2,off Horlen).  HR–Oakland Epstein (3,1st inning off Fitzmorris 2 on, 1 out), Kansas City Piniella (4,4th inning off Segui 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Campaneris (4,off Burgmeier).  IBB–Mayberry (3,by Horlen).  SB–Campaneris 2 (7,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Kirkpatrick,3rd base off Fitzmorris/Kirkpatrick); Piniella (3,2nd base off Horlen/Duncan).  WP–Horlen (1).  IBB–Horlen (2,Mayberry).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:53.  A–9,559.
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