Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
June 2, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1973 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 1, Kansas City Royals 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 5 0 1 1
Ragland 2b 4 0 2 0
Hendrick rf 4 0 2 0
Spikes lf 4 0 0 0
Duncan c 4 0 0 0
Ellis 1b 4 0 1 0
Williams dh 4 1 1 0
Torres cf 2 0 0 0
  Chambliss ph 1 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 2 0
  Gamble ph 1 0 1 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 10 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 0 2 2
Hovley rf 5 0 1 1
Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick c 4 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 2 2 0 0
Hopkins dh 4 1 4 0
  Wohlford pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Bevacqua 2b 4 1 3 2
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Cleveland 000 010 0001100
Kansas City 030 000 02x5100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (3-2) 7.1 9 5 5 4 5
  Farmer   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Hilgendorf   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (8-3) 5.0 7 1 1 0 4
  Bird  SV (2) 4.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
0
7

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Kirkpatrick (1).  2B–Cleveland Hendrick (8,off Splittorff), Kansas City Patek 2 (10,off Wilcox,off Farmer); Hovley (4,off Wilcox); Hopkins (4,off Wilcox).  3B–Kansas City Bevacqua (1,off Wilcox).  HBP–Torres (2,by Bird).  IBB–Mayberry (4,by Wilcox).  WP–Splittorff (4).  HBP–Bird (1,Torres).  IBB–Wilcox (2,Mayberry).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:34.  A–14,919.
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