California Angels vs Kansas City Royals
August 4, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1972 at Municipal 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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California Angels 6, Kansas City Royals 5

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pinson lf 6 2 5 3
Cardenas ss 4 0 2 0
Berry cf 5 0 1 1
Oliver 1b 5 0 1 1
McMullen 3b 5 0 1 0
Stephenson c 4 0 0 0
Stanton rf 5 2 2 0
Alomar 2b 3 1 2 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Spencer ph 0 0 0 0
  Llenas ph 1 1 1 1
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 15 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Otis cf 5 1 3 1
Rojas 2b 3 2 1 0
Scheinblum rf 4 0 1 1
Kirkpatrick c 4 0 1 2
Piniella lf 1 0 0 0
  Hovley pr,lf 2 1 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 1 1
Patek ss 3 1 0 0
Dal Canton p 3 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
California 001 000 400 16151
Kansas City 101 001 110 0580
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   6.0 5 3 2 5 8
  Allen   0.0 0 1 1 3 0
  Fisher  W (4-4) 4.0 3 1 1 3 1
Totals
10.0
8
5
4
11
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton   6.0 8 3 3 1 2
  Burgmeier   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Wright   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Abernathy  L (2-3) 2.0 4 1 1 1 2
Totals
10.0
15
6
6
4
7

  E–Ryan (5).  2B–California Llenas (3,off Burgmeier), Kansas City Otis (17,off Fisher).  3B–Kansas City Scheinblum (3,off Ryan).  SH–Cardenas 2 (8,off Wright,off Abernathy); Piniella (1,off Ryan).  SF–Kirkpatrick (2,off Fisher).  IBB–Mayberry (7,by Ryan).  CS–Cardenas (1,3rd base by Dal Canton/Kirkpatrick).  SB–Patek 2 (21,2nd base off Ryan/Stephenson,2nd base off Fisher/Stephenson); Hovley (2,2nd base off Fisher/Stephenson).  IBB–Ryan (1,Mayberry).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–3:18.  A–9,044.
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