Kansas City Royals vs California Angels
July 30, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1972 at Anaheim 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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Kansas City Royals 3, California Angels 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Rojas 2b 6 0 2 1
Otis cf 5 0 0 0
Scheinblum rf 3 0 0 0
  Hovley pr,rf 2 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick c 5 0 0 0
Piniella lf 5 0 2 0
Mayberry 1b 4 2 2 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0
Patek ss 4 1 4 2
Hedlund p 2 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 11 3
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pinson rf,lf 5 0 2 2
Cardenas ss 5 0 1 0
Parker 2b,3b 4 0 0 0
Oliver 1b 5 1 1 1
Spencer lf 4 0 0 0
  Stanton rf 0 0 0 0
McMullen 3b 3 0 1 0
  Alomar pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Berry cf 4 2 2 0
Torborg c 2 0 1 1
  Stephenson ph 0 0 0 0
  Hiatt ph,c 1 0 1 0
Messersmith p 2 0 1 0
  Barber p 0 0 0 0
  Kosco ph 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 10 4
Kansas City 000 011 010 003110
California 000 010 200 014100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hedlund   6.1 7 3 3 1 3
  Burgmeier   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wright   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Abernathy   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Fitzmorris  L (2-4) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
4
4
2
6
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith   6.0 7 2 2 3 6
  Barber   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Allen  W (3-7) 4.0 4 1 1 2 0
Totals
11.0
11
3
3
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, California 2.  2B–Kansas City Rojas (18,off Messersmith); Patek (20,off Messersmith), California Messersmith (1,off Hedlund).  HR–California Oliver (13,11th inning off Fitzmorris 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hedlund (1,off Messersmith).  HBP–Scheinblum (1,by Barber).  SB–Piniella 2 (5,2nd base off Messersmith/Torborg 2); Pinson (13,2nd base off Hedlund/Kirkpatrick).  WP–Hedlund (1).  HBP–Barber (1,Scheinblum).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–3:11.  A–13,966.
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