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Royals 1 @ Orioles 9
Memorial Stadium
August 1, 1970

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Royals, played on August 1, 1970 at Memorial Stadium. The home team Orioles beat the visiting Royals with a score of 9 to 1.

Game Summary

DateAugust 1, 1970 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 1 H: 6 E: 4 LOB: 8
Runs: 1
Hits: 6
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Baltimore Orioles
R: 9 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 9
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherJim Palmer  
Losing PitcherDick Drago  
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Game Winning RBIElrod Hendricks 

Game Info

DateAugust 1, 1970 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamBaltimore Orioles 
Visiting Starting PitcherDick Drago  
Home Starting PitcherJim Palmer  
BallparkMemorial Stadium 
CityBaltimore 
StateMD 
Attendance13,640 
Time of Game2 hours 29 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bob Stewart
1B: Ron Luciano
2B: Red Flaherty
3B: Merle Anthony

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pat Kelly  Right Fielder 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Ed Kirkpatrick  Catcher 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Bob Oliver  First Baseman 
Billy Sorrell  Third Baseman 
Rich Severson  Second Baseman 
Jackie Hernandez  Shortstop 
Dick Drago  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

Baltimore Orioles Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Buford  Left Fielder 
Merv Rettenmund  Center Fielder 
Boog Powell  First Baseman 
Frank Robinson  Right Fielder 
Elrod Hendricks  Catcher 
Brooks Robinson  Third Baseman 
Davey Johnson  Second Baseman 
Mark Belanger  Shortstop 
Jim Palmer  Pitcher 
Earl Weaver  Manager 

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Royals 1 @ Orioles 9
Memorial Stadium
August 1, 1970

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/1/1970 -- Kansas City at Baltimore (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Baltimore          AB  R  H RBI
Kelly P, rf           3  0  0  0   Buford D, lf          5  0  0  0   
Otis A, cf            4  1  2  0   Rettenmund M, cf      5  4  4  1   
Kirkpatrick E, c      4  0  0  0   Powell B, 1b          5  1  1  1   
Piniella L, lf        4  0  1  1   Robinson F, rf        4  0  2  1   
Oliver B, 1b          3  0  2  0   Hendricks E, c        4  1  3  3   
Sorrell B, 3b         4  0  0  0   Robinson B, 3b        4  0  0  1   
Severson R, 2b        4  0  0  0   Johnson D, 2b         5  1  3  0   
Hernandez J, ss       4  0  1  0   Belanger M, ss        4  1  0  0   
Drago D, p            0  0  0  0   Palmer J, p           3  1  1  1   
Burgmeier T, p        0  0  0  0                                      
Wright K, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Campanis J, ph        1  0  0  0                                      
O'Riley D, p          1  0  0  0                                      
Schaal P, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  1  6  1                        39  9 14  8

Kansas City      000 000 010 --  1
Baltimore        101 400 03x --  9

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Drago D (L)           3.1  8  6  3  1  3
Burgmeier T           0.1  1  0  0  1  0
Wright K              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
O'Riley D             4.0  5  3  3  0  1

  Baltimore            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Palmer J (W)          9.0  6  1  1  2  5

E -- Powell B, Sorrell B 3, Robinson B, Hernandez J
DP -- Baltimore 1
LOB -- Kansas City 8, Baltimore 10
2B -- Otis A 2
HR -- Hendricks E
SB -- Otis A
SH -- Drago D, Palmer J
HBP -- by Wright K (Robinson B)
WP -- O'Riley D
Balk -- Drago D
T -- 2:29
A -- 13640

    

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