Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
August 31, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1976 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 3, Baltimore Orioles 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette lf 4 1 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 2 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 3 2
McRae dh 4 1 1 0
Cowens rf 4 0 1 0
Stinson c 3 0 0 1
Patek ss 2 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson 2b 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
White 2b,ss 3 0 2 0
Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 3 1 0
  Blair cf 0 0 0 0
Grich 2b 4 1 2 1
Jackson rf 2 0 0 0
May 1b 2 0 0 1
  Muser 1b 0 0 0 0
Singleton lf 4 0 2 2
Crowley dh 3 0 0 0
  Harper ph,dh 1 0 1 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
Kansas City 100 000 1103102
Baltimore 201 000 10x460
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  L (6-11) 6.2 5 4 2 3 4
  Mingori   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
2
4
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (19-11) 7.2 10 3 2 0 4
  Miller  SV (6) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
0
6

  E–White (19), Pattin (1).  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Dempsey (3).  2B–Baltimore Harper (3,off Mingori).  SF–Stinson (2,off Palmer); L May (6,off Pattin).  CS–Cowens (15,2nd base by Palmer/Dempsey); Grich (6,2nd base by Mingori/Stinson).  SB–Bumbry 2 (29,2nd base off Pattin/Stinson 2); R Jackson (21,2nd base off Pattin/Stinson).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:49.  A–8,661.
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