Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
June 26, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Kansas City Royals 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Chalk ss 2 1 1 0
  Picciolo pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 6 1 2 0
Newman 1b 5 1 2 2
Heath c 4 2 2 1
Page dh 4 0 1 0
Armas cf 3 1 1 1
  Murray cf 1 0 1 1
Gross 3b 5 0 2 0
Bryant rf 4 0 0 1
McCatty p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson rf 6 1 1 0
Brett 3b 5 1 2 0
Otis cf 5 0 2 2
Porter c 4 1 0 0
Scott 1b 5 1 3 1
LaCock dh 4 0 1 1
White 2b 5 1 2 0
Braun lf 4 1 2 2
Patek ss 3 1 1 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
  Cruz ss 0 0 0 0
  Washington ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Paschall p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 14 6
Oakland 004 001 001 06123
Kansas City 100 300 002 17141
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty   8.0 10 6 4 5 2
  Todd  L (2-4) 1.0 4 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
5
6
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   2.2 6 4 4 3 1
  Gale   3.1 3 1 1 2 3
  Mingori   1.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Paschall   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Hrabosky  W (5-3) 2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
12
6
6
8
5

  E–Chalk 2 (2), Edwards (10), Brett (17).  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Porter (5).  2B–Oakland Newman (7,off Splittorff); Armas (4,off Splittorff); Gross (13,off Gale), Kansas City White 2 (14,off McCatty 2); Brett (19,off Todd).  SH–Chalk (3,off Mingori); Page (1,off Hrabosky).  SF–Bryant (1,off Gale).  HBP–Heath (1,by Gale); Scott (2,by McCatty).  IBB–Braun (1,by McCatty); Porter (5,by Todd).  CS–Henderson (1,2nd base by Splittorff/Porter).  SB–Wilson (32,2nd base off McCatty/Heath).  WP–McCatty (1).  HBP–McCatty (3,Scott); Gale (2,Heath).  IBB–McCatty (5,Braun); Todd (4,Porter).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–3:46.  A–24,550.
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