Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
August 9, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1969 at Cleveland Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 10, Cleveland Indians 0

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Keough rf 5 0 1 1
Schaal 3b 4 2 0 1
Fiore 1b 4 3 3 1
Foy cf 4 2 2 1
Kirkpatrick lf 3 1 1 1
Martinez c 4 1 2 3
Adair 2b 5 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 2 1 1 0
Butler p 3 0 0 1
Totals 34 10 10 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b 3 0 0 0
Camilli 3b 4 0 0 0
Horton 1b 3 0 0 0
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Harrelson rf 3 0 0 0
Cardenal cf 3 0 0 0
Sims c 1 0 0 0
  Peterson ph 0 0 0 0
  Suarez c 1 0 0 0
Leon ss 3 0 1 0
Hargan p 1 0 0 0
  Law p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton ph 1 0 0 0
  Burchart p 0 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 1 0
Kansas City 104 040 01010101
Cleveland 000 000 000010
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Butler  W (6-6) 9.0 1 0 0 4 8
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
4
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan  L (4-9) 4.0 9 9 9 4 2
  Law   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Burchart   3.0 1 1 1 3 3
  Pizarro   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
10
10
9
7

  E–Foy (13).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Kansas City Hernandez (12,off Hargan).  HR–Kansas City Fiore (9,1st inning off Hargan 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Butler (5,off Hargan).  HBP–Schaal (1,by Burchart).  CS–Harrelson (7,2nd base by Butler/Martinez).  WP–Burchart (1).  HBP–Burchart (1,Schaal).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:24.  A–5,075.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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