California Angels vs Kansas City Royals
July 29, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1973 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 6, Kansas City Royals 7

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar ss 5 1 1 0
Llenas 3b 5 1 3 0
  Gallagher 3b 0 0 0 1
McCraw dh 5 1 1 2
  Oliver ph,dh,rf 0 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 6 0 2 1
Scheinblum rf 4 1 1 0
  May p 0 0 0 0
  Sells p 0 0 0 0
Berry cf 4 0 1 1
Stanton lf 5 0 1 0
Stephenson c 5 1 3 1
  Grabarkewitz pr 0 1 0 0
  Stelmaszek c 0 0 0 0
Meoli 2b 5 0 1 0
Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Barber p 0 0 0 0
  Lange p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 6 14 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 6 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 6 2 3 0
Otis cf 5 3 4 2
Mayberry 1b 5 0 1 1
Kirkpatrick lf 3 0 0 0
  Piniella ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Reichardt dh 5 1 2 2
  Hopkins ph,dh 1 0 1 1
Hovley rf 3 0 2 1
  McRae ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Bevacqua 3b 5 0 2 0
Taylor c 4 1 1 0
Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 7 17 7
California 012 010 010 016142
Kansas City 000 002 300 027171
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   5.2 8 2 2 1 3
  Barber   0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Lange   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  May  L (6-9) 3.1 4 2 2 2 1
  Sells   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
17
7
7
4
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago   6.0 9 4 4 2 2
  Bird   4.2 4 2 2 1 2
  Hoerner  W (1-0) 0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
14
6
6
4
4

  E–Llenas (1), Stanton (5), Bevacqua (6).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Rojas 2 (20,off Ryan,off May); Otis (16,off Ryan); Reichardt (10,off Ryan); Hovley (8,off Ryan); Mayberry (15,off Barber).  3B–California Scheinblum (2,off Drago).  HR–California McCraw (2,3rd inning off Drago 1 on, 2 out); Stephenson (1,8th inning off Bird 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Berry (7,off Drago).  SF–Gallagher (3,off Bird).  IBB–Scheinblum (5,by Bird); Oliver (4,by Hoerner); Mayberry (10,by May); Piniella (6,by Sells).  SB–Hovley (3,2nd base off Ryan/Stephenson); Bevacqua (1,2nd base off Ryan/Stephenson).  CS–Taylor (1,2nd base by May/Stephenson).  WP–Sells (8).  IBB–May (2,Mayberry); Sells (4,Piniella); Bird (5,Scheinblum); Hoerner (1,Oliver).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–John Rice.  T–3:21.  A–23,306.
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