Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
June 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 6, Kansas City Royals 7

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 4 0 1 1
Edwards 2b 5 1 2 0
Gross 3b 4 1 0 0
Newman 1b 4 2 2 3
Page dh 4 1 1 0
Guerrero ss 4 1 0 0
Armas rf 3 0 0 1
  Murray rf 0 0 0 0
Essian c 3 0 2 0
Bryant lf 4 0 0 1
Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 3 1 0 0
Brett 3b 4 2 2 1
Otis cf 4 0 1 1
Porter c 4 1 1 0
Cowens rf 5 1 2 1
LaCock 1b 3 0 1 2
White 2b 3 1 1 1
Braun dh 3 0 0 0
Patek ss 2 0 0 1
  Quirk ph 1 0 1 0
  Washington pr 0 1 0 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 7
Oakland 032 000 100681
Kansas City 110 002 012792
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kingman   5.2 4 4 4 3 3
  Heaverlo  L (3-8) 2.2 4 3 3 4 0
  Todd   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
9
7
7
7
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura   7.0 7 6 3 3 1
  Pattin   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Hrabosky  W (6-3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
3
4
2

  E–Essian (6), Brett 2 (20).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Oakland Newman (8,off Gura), Kansas City LaCock (15,off Kingman).  HR–Oakland Newman (13,3rd inning off Gura 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Armas (2,off Gura); Patek (1,off Kingman).  SH–Wilson (7,off Heaverlo).  IBB–Brett (9,by Heaverlo); Porter (6,by Heaverlo).  SB–Henderson (3,2nd base off Hrabosky/Porter); Wilson (33,2nd base off Kingman/Essian); Brett (11,2nd base off Kingman/Essian); White (12,2nd base off Kingman/Essian).  WP–Kingman 2 (2).  IBB–Heaverlo 2 (13,Brett,Porter).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:28.  A–22,307.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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