Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
June 12, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1973 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Baltimore Orioles 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Schaal 3b 4 1 1 1
Rojas 2b 5 1 1 2
Otis cf 5 1 1 1
Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0
Hopkins dh 2 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick rf 3 0 1 0
Floyd ss 2 0 0 0
  Hovley ph 1 0 0 0
  White ss 1 0 0 0
Healy c 2 1 2 0
Busby p 0 0 0 0
  Angelini p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry lf,rf 2 1 1 1
Coggins rf 3 0 0 0
  Baylor ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Davis dh 5 0 1 1
  Cabell pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Powell 1b 4 0 1 0
  Crowley 1b 1 0 0 0
Williams c 4 1 1 2
Grich 2b 3 1 2 1
Blair cf 3 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 3 1 2 0
Belanger ss 3 1 1 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 5
Kansas City 000 100 300463
Baltimore 011 020 002691
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Busby   5.2 6 4 2 4 5
  Angelini   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Bird  L (1-3) 1.2 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.1
9
6
4
6
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer   6.0 4 3 3 6 2
  Jackson  W (2-0) 3.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
6
4

  E–Rojas (5), Otis (4), Floyd (4), Robinson (6).  2B–Baltimore Bumbry (3,off Busby).  3B–Kansas City Healy (1,off Palmer); Schaal (2,off Palmer).  HR–Kansas City Otis (9,4th inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out); Rojas (2,7th inning off Jackson 1 on, 0 out), Baltimore Grich (6,2nd inning off Busby 0 on, 2 out); Williams (8,9th inning off Bird 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Belanger (5,off Busby); Blair (4,off Busby).  IBB–Robinson (3,by Busby).  CS–Bevacqua (1,2nd base by Jackson/Williams).  SB–Bumbry (8,2nd base off Busby/Healy).  WP–Palmer (5).  IBB–Busby (2,Robinson).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:50.  A–6,406.
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