Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
August 9, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 2, Kansas City Royals 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 1 0
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 3 0 1 0
Jackson cf 4 1 1 0
Alyea rf 2 1 0 0
  Hegan ph 0 0 0 0
Duncan c 4 0 1 1
Cullen 2b 2 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 1 0 0 1
  Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 0
Blue p 2 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Mangual ph 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 1 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 2 2 2
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
Scheinblum rf 2 1 0 1
Piniella lf 4 0 2 1
Schaal 3b 3 0 1 0
Hopkins 1b 4 0 2 0
Kirkpatrick c 3 0 0 0
Hedlund p 2 0 0 0
  Angelini p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 4
Oakland 000 000 200242
Kansas City 000 102 20x590
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (4-7) 5.1 5 3 3 1 4
  Locker   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Knowles   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
2
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hedlund  W (4-5) 6.1 4 2 2 2 2
  Angelini   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Abernathy  SV (1) 2.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
4
2

  E–Campaneris (16), Epstein (8).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Piniella 2 (26,off Blue 2); Rojas (20,off Blue); Patek (21,off Knowles); Hopkins (2,off Knowles).  HR–Kansas City Rojas (3,7th inning off Knowles 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Epstein (7,by Abernathy).  SF–Scheinblum (3,off Blue).  WP–Angelini (1).  HBP–Abernathy (3,Epstein).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:30.  A–17,877.
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