Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
April 19, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1973 at Royals 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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Oakland Athletics 8, Kansas City Royals 16

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 1 3 1
  Kubiak 3b 0 1 0 0
Mangual cf 3 0 2 0
  North ph,cf 1 2 0 0
Rudi lf 3 0 0 0
  Conigliaro lf 1 0 1 2
Jackson rf 2 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph,rf 2 0 1 2
Bando 3b 3 1 2 1
  Maxvill 3b,ss 2 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 4 1 2 2
Fosse c 2 0 0 0
  Haney c 2 0 1 0
McKinney dh 5 1 2 0
Green 2b 5 1 1 0
Odom p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 15 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 3 2 0
  Floyd ss 0 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 4 3 1 1
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 5 3 4 4
Mayberry 1b 5 1 2 0
Kirkpatrick rf 5 2 2 3
  Hovley rf 1 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 2 3 2
  Marshall lf 1 0 0 0
Hopkins dh 4 1 1 0
  Bevacqua ph,dh,2b 2 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 5 1 3 3
Taylor c 3 0 1 2
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 16 19 15
Oakland 021 102 0208151
Kansas City 443 130 10x16191
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom  L (0-3) 0.1 3 4 4 2 1
  Lindblad   4.0 12 11 10 4 1
  Knowles   3.2 4 1 1 3 2
Totals
8.0
19
16
15
9
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (3-0) 7.0 12 6 5 3 1
  Wright   1.0 3 2 2 3 0
  Garber  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
8
7
6
1

  E–Bando (3), Schaal (4).  DP–Kansas City 4.  2B–Oakland Green (1,off Splittorff); Conigliaro (1,off Splittorff), Kansas City Kirkpatrick (2,off Lindblad); Patek 2 (4,off Lindblad,off Knowles); Schaal 2 (2,off Lindblad 2); Mayberry (2,off Lindblad).  3B–Kansas City Otis (1,off Odom).  HR–Oakland Tenace (4,2nd inning off Splittorff 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Otis (3,3rd inning off Lindblad 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Piniella (2,2nd base off Lindblad/Fosse).  WP–Lindblad (1).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:10.  A–17,441.
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