Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
May 31, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1973 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 1, Kansas City Royals 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry dh 4 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 0 1 0
Grich 2b 4 0 1 0
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Coggins rf 4 0 1 0
Baylor lf 4 1 1 1
Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0
Hendricks c 3 0 2 0
Belanger ss 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Baker ss 0 0 0 0
Cuellar p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 6 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 2 2 0 0
Bevacqua 2b 3 2 1 1
  Floyd 2b 0 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 2 0 1 1
Otis cf 4 0 2 2
Piniella lf 4 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick rf 2 0 1 0
Wohlford dh 3 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0
Healy c 4 0 0 0
Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 6 4
Baltimore 000 000 100160
Kansas City 200 000 20x461
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  L (2-6) 0.0 1 2 2 3 0
  Pena   6.2 4 2 2 3 0
  Jackson   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
6
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Garber  W (5-1) 9.0 6 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
4

  E–Bevacqua (1).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Coggins (2,off Garber).  HR–Baltimore Baylor (3,7th inning off Garber 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Wohlford (1,off Jackson).  HBP–Patek (2,by Pena).  IBB–Kirkpatrick (2,by Pena).  SB–Patek (12,2nd base off Pena/Hendricks).  HBP–Pena (2,Patek).  IBB–Pena (1,Kirkpatrick).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Merlyn Anthony, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:19.  A–11,975.
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