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Angels 6 @ Royals 5
Municipal Stadium
August 4, 1972

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the California Angels, played on August 4, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Angels with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 4, 1972 
Visiting Team
California Angels
R: 6 H: 15 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 6
Hits: 15
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherEddie Fisher  
Losing PitcherTed Abernathy  
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Game Winning RBIVada Pinson 

Game Info

DateAugust 4, 1972 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCalifornia Angels 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherNolan Ryan  
Home Starting PitcherBruce Dal Canton  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance9,044 
Time of Game3 hours 18 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry McCoy
1B: Jim Honochick
2B: Lou DiMuro
3B: Bill Deegan

California Angels Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vada Pinson  Left Fielder 
Leo Cardenas  Shortstop 
Ken Berry  Center Fielder 
Bob Oliver  First Baseman 
Ken McMullen  Third Baseman 
John Stephenson  Catcher 
Leroy Stanton  Right Fielder 
Sandy Alomar  Second Baseman 
Nolan Ryan  Pitcher 
Del Rice  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Richie Scheinblum  Right Fielder 
Ed Kirkpatrick  Catcher 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Bruce Dal Canton  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

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Angels 6 @ Royals 5
Municipal Stadium
August 4, 1972

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/4/1972 -- California at Kansas City (N)

  California         AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Pinson V, lf          6  2  5  3   Otis A, cf            5  1  3  1   
Cardenas L, ss        4  0  2  0   Rojas C, 2b           3  2  1  0   
Berry K, cf           5  0  1  1   Scheinblum R, rf      4  0  1  1   
Oliver B, 1b          5  0  1  1   Kirkpatrick E, c      4  0  1  2   
McMullen K, 3b        5  0  1  0   Piniella L, lf        1  0  0  0   
Stephenson J, c       4  0  0  0   Hovley S, pr-lf       2  1  1  0   
Stanton L, rf         5  2  2  0   Mayberry J, 1b        4  0  0  0   
Alomar S, 2b          3  1  2  0   Schaal P, 3b          4  0  1  1   
Ryan N, p             2  0  0  0   Patek F, ss           3  1  0  0   
Spencer J, ph         0  0  0  0   Dal Canton B, p       3  0  0  0   
Llenas W, ph          1  1  1  1   Burgmeier T, p        0  0  0  0   
Allen L, p            0  0  0  0   Wright K, p           0  0  0  0   
Fisher E, p           2  0  0  0   Keough J, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Abernathy T, p        0  0  0  0   
                                   Hopkins G, ph         1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  6 15  6                        35  5  8  5

California       001 000 400 1 --  6
Kansas City      101 001 110 0 --  5

  California           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ryan N                6.0  5  3  2  5  8
Allen L*              0.0  0  1  1  3  0
Fisher E (W)          4.0  3  1  1  3  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dal Canton B+         6.0  8  3  3  1  2
Burgmeier T#          0.0  2  2  2  0  0
Wright K              2.0  1  0  0  2  3
Abernathy T (L)       2.0  4  1  1  1  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
  # Pitched to 2 batters in 7th

E -- Ryan N
LOB -- California 12, Kansas City 13
2B -- Llenas W, Otis A
3B -- Scheinblum R
SB -- Patek F 2, Hovley S
CS -- Cardenas L
SH -- Piniella L, Cardenas L 2
SF -- Kirkpatrick E
T -- 3:18
A -- 9044

    

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