Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 22, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. 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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Kansas City Royals 5, Oakland Athletics 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Schaal 3b 4 1 1 1
Otis cf 3 1 1 0
Scheinblum rf 3 0 1 1
  Hovley pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 3
Piniella lf 3 0 0 0
Taylor c 2 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0
Patek ss 3 1 1 0
Drago p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 6 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0
Rudi lf 5 0 1 0
Alou rf 3 0 1 0
Jackson cf 3 2 1 0
Epstein 1b 4 0 0 0
Tenace c 4 1 2 0
Bando 3b 4 0 2 3
Green 2b 1 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 1 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 0 0 0 0
  Marquez ph 1 0 0 0
  Maxvill 2b 0 0 0 0
  Duncan ph 1 0 0 0
  Cullen 2b 0 0 0 0
Blue p 3 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Hegan ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Kansas City 001 000 040560
Oakland 000 100 020392
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  W (12-16) 9.0 9 3 3 3 8
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (6-9) 7.0 6 5 4 6 8
  Fingers   2.0 0 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
6
5
4
8
13

  E–Green (3), Maxvill (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Oakland 1.  PB–Tenace (5).  2B–Oakland Rudi (29,off Drago); Bando (20,off Drago).  HR–Kansas City Mayberry (22,8th inning off Blue 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Schaal (3,off Blue).  SB–Patek (31,2nd base off Blue/Tenace); Piniella (6,2nd base off Fingers/Tenace).  CS–Taylor (1,2nd base by Blue/Tenace).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–3:02.  A–6,501.
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