California Angels vs Kansas City Royals
September 8, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1973 at Royals Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 9, Kansas City Royals 6

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 3 3 3
Pinson lf 5 0 2 2
Robinson dh 5 0 1 1
Oliver 3b 4 1 2 1
Epstein 1b 3 0 0 0
  Berry ph 1 0 0 0
  McCraw 1b 1 0 0 0
Stanton rf 5 1 1 2
Sands c 4 1 2 0
Chalk ss 4 2 2 0
Alomar 2b 4 1 1 0
Singer p 0 0 0 0
  May p 0 0 0 0
  Monteagudo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 14 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Hovley dh 3 1 2 1
  McRae ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 5 0 1 3
  Floyd 2b 0 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 2 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick rf 5 0 1 0
Piniella lf 5 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 1 2 0 0
Taylor c 4 1 1 0
  Poquette ph 1 1 0 0
Patek ss 2 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 0 0 0 0
  Wohlford ph 0 1 0 0
  White ss 1 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 1 2
Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 7 6
California 100 030 0509143
Kansas City 001 003 002670
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Singer   5.1 5 3 3 4 1
  May   0.1 1 1 1 2 1
  Monteagudo  W (2-1) 3.1 1 2 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
6
4
8
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris   4.1 7 4 4 1 5
  Mingori  L (1-1) 3.0 5 4 4 1 5
  Hoerner   1.2 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
2
13

  E–Oliver (8), Chalk (1), Alomar (15).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–California Rivers (1,off Fitzmorris); Robinson (26,off Fitzmorris); Oliver (14,off Mingori), Kansas City Kirkpatrick (21,off Singer); Rojas (26,off May).  HR–California Stanton (8,8th inning off Mingori 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Hovley (2,3rd inning off Singer 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Oliver (5,by Mingori).  HBP–Schaal (4,by Monteagudo); McRae (6,by Monteagudo).  SB–Rivers 2 (3,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Taylor 2).  HBP–Monteagudo 2 (4,Schaal,McRae).  IBB–Mingori (6,Oliver).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–3:13.
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