Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
June 12, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1976 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 6, Kansas City Royals 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Singleton rf,lf 3 1 2 1
Grich 2b 5 1 2 0
Jackson cf,rf 5 1 2 3
May dh 3 0 1 2
  Stillman pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Muser 1b 3 0 0 0
  Blair ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Bumbry lf 3 0 0 0
  Mora ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson 3b 0 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b,1b 4 1 1 0
Hendricks c 3 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 0 0
Belanger ss 4 2 1 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 9 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b 4 2 2 0
Otis cf 3 0 1 0
Brett 3b 2 0 0 2
Mayberry 1b 3 2 1 1
McRae dh 4 2 2 0
Cowens rf 2 0 0 0
Poquette lf 2 0 2 1
  Wohlford ph,lf 1 0 0 1
Patek ss 4 1 1 0
Stinson c 2 0 0 0
  Martinez ph,c 2 0 2 1
Busby p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 11 6
Baltimore 010 020 003690
Kansas City 022 010 02x7111
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  L (3-4) 4.0 6 5 5 2 0
  Grimsley   3.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Miller   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
3
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Busby  W (3-1) 5.0 6 3 2 1 3
  Mingori   3.2 3 3 3 1 1
  Pattin  SV (5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
2
4

  E–Patek (7).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Grich 2 (7,off Busby,off Mingori); Singleton (7,off Busby), Kansas City D Nelson (1,off Alexander); McRae (16,off Grimsley).  3B–Kansas City Martinez (1,off Miller).  HR–Baltimore R Jackson (4,9th inning off Mingori 2 on, 2 out), Kansas City Mayberry (7,3rd inning off Alexander 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–L May 2 (2,by Busby,by Pattin).  SH–D Nelson (1,off Grimsley); Cowens (1,off Miller); Wohlford (3,off Miller).  SF–Brett 2 (4,off Alexander,off Grimsley).  IBB–Otis (2,by Grimsley).  SB–L May (2,2nd base off Busby/Stinson); D Nelson (1,2nd base off Alexander/Hendricks); Otis (7,2nd base off Grimsley/Hendricks); Patek (31,2nd base off Miller/Hendricks).  HBP–Busby (2,L May); Pattin (2,L May).  IBB–Grimsley (2,Otis).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:39.  A–19,693.
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