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Angels 4 @ Royals 3
Municipal Stadium
August 6, 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 6, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Angels with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 6, 1972 
Visiting Team
California Angels
R: 4 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 3 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Winning Pitcher—Dave Sells  
Losing Pitcher—Ken Wright  
Save—Andy Messersmith  
Game Winning RBI—Sandy Alomar 

Game Info

DateAugust 6, 1972 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamCalifornia Angels 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherSteve Barber  
Home Starting PitcherRoger Nelson  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 40 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lou DiMuro
1B: Bill Deegan
2B: Larry McCoy
3B: Jim Honochick

California Angels Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vada Pinson  Left Fielder 
Sandy Alomar  Second Baseman 
Leo Cardenas  Shortstop 
Jim Spencer  First Baseman 
Ken McMullen  Third Baseman 
John Stephenson  Catcher 
Ken Berry  Center Fielder 
Leroy Stanton  Right Fielder 
Steve Barber  Pitcher 
Del Rice  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Richie Scheinblum  Right Fielder 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Ed Kirkpatrick  Catcher 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Gail Hopkins  First Baseman 
Roger Nelson  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

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Angels 4 @ Royals 3
Municipal Stadium
August 6, 1972

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         Game of 8/6/1972, game 1 -- California at Kansas City (D)

  California         AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Pinson V, lf          3  0  0  1   Patek F, ss           4  0  1  0   
Alomar S, 2b-ss       5  0  1  1   Floyd B, ss           0  0  0  0   
Cardenas L, ss        4  1  2  0   Keough J, ph          1  0  1  0   
Motton C, pr          0  0  0  0   Rojas C, 2b           1  1  0  0   
Kusnyer A, c          1  0  0  0   Otis A, cf            4  1  2  0   
Spencer J, 1b         3  0  1  0   Scheinblum R, rf      3  0  2  1   
McMullen K, 3b        3  1  1  2   Piniella L, lf        4  0  0  1   
Stephenson J, c       3  0  1  0   Kirkpatrick E, c      4  1  1  1   
Parker B, ph-2b       1  0  0  0   Schaal P, 3b          3  0  0  0   
Berry K, cf           4  0  0  0   Hopkins G, 1b         3  0  0  0   
Stanton L, rf         4  2  3  0   Mayberry J, 1b        1  0  1  0   
Barber S, p           0  0  0  0   Nelson R, p           3  0  1  0   
Oliver B, ph          1  0  0  0   Angelini N, p         0  0  0  0   
Sells D, p            0  0  0  0   Hovley S, ph          1  0  0  0   
Llenas W, ph          1  0  0  0   Wright K, p           0  0  0  0   
Messersmith A, p      0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  4  9  4                        32  3  9  3

California       000 001 111 --  4
Kansas City      100 001 100 --  3

  California           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Barber S              6.0  5  2  2  5  0
Sells D (W)           2.0  3  1  1  0  0
Messersmith A (S)     1.0  1  0  0  1  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Nelson R              7.2  7  3  3  3  1
Angelini N            0.1  0  0  0  0  1
Wright K (L)          1.0  2  1  1  1  1

DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- California 8, Kansas City 11
2B -- Scheinblum R 2, Stanton L 2, Cardenas L
3B -- Cardenas L, Stanton L
HR -- Kirkpatrick E, McMullen K
SB -- Otis A
CS -- Rojas C
SH -- Rojas C 2
SF -- Piniella L, McMullen K, Pinson V
T -- 2:40
A -- 0

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