Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
May 6, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1972 at Memorial 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 9, Baltimore Orioles 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 2 2 1
Rojas 2b 1 2 0 0
  Knoop 2b 2 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 0 0
Piniella lf 3 2 2 3
  Hovley rf 2 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 1
Scheinblum rf,lf 5 0 2 2
Schaal 3b 3 1 1 1
Kirkpatrick c 4 1 1 1
Drago p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 9 9
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Rettenmund rf 3 0 1 0
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 4 0
Baylor lf 4 0 2 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 0 2 0
Oates c 3 1 1 1
Cuellar p 0 0 0 0
  Leonhard p 0 0 0 0
  Shopay ph 1 0 1 0
  Scott p 0 0 0 0
  Buford ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 11 1
Kansas City 431 010 000990
Baltimore 000 010 0001111
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  W (2-1) 9.0 11 1 1 2 6
Totals
9.0
11
1
1
2
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  L (1-2) 0.1 2 4 3 3 0
  Leonhard   2.2 4 4 4 2 2
  Scott   4.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Jackson   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
9
8
6
4

  E–Robinson (2).  DP–Kansas City 6.  2B–Kansas City Patek (1,off Leonhard).  HR–Kansas City Kirkpatrick (2,3rd inning off Leonhard 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Oates (1,5th inning off Drago 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Drago (1,off Scott).  SF–Mayberry (1,off Leonhard).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Hank Morgenweck, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:21.  A–8,903.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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