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Kansas City Royals @ California Angels

1969-07-15 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 7376 · 67°F, sunny, dry · 2:02

California Angels defeated Kansas City Royals 5–2. California Angels put up 3 in the 8th. Tom Murphy earned the win. Jim Spencer went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7
CAL	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3		5	6

W: Tom Murphy L: Bill Butler SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Art Frantz · 1B: Hank Soar · 2B: Merle Anthony · 3B: Emmett Ashford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pat Kelly	3	2	1	0	0	0
Paul Schaal	3	0	2	0	1	1
Mike Fiore	4	0	2	1	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	0	1	0	0	0
Buck Martinez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Oliver	4	0	0	0	0	2
Juan Rios	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jackie Hernandez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Butler	2	0	0	0	1	2

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sandy Alomar	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jay Johnstone	3	2	1	0	1	2
Rick Reichardt	3	1	0	0	0	1
Jim Fregosi	3	0	1	1	0	2
Bubba Morton	2	0	0	1	1	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	0	2	0	0	1
Tom Egan	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jim Spencer	2	1	1	1	1	0
Tom Murphy	3	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Butler	8.0	6	3	10

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Murphy	9.0	7	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pat Kelly: S1/BG
Paul Schaal: SB2
Paul Schaal: W
Mike Fiore: S9.2-H;1X3(965);B-2(TH3)
Lou Piniella: 63
Buck Martinez: 53

Bot 1

Sandy Alomar: 7/L
Jay Johnstone: D8/89
Rick Reichardt: 53
Jim Fregosi: S8.2-H
Bubba Morton: W.1-2
Aurelio Rodriguez: K

Top 2

Bob Oliver: K/C
Juan Rios: 53
Jackie Hernandez: 63

Bot 2

Tom Egan: K
Jim Spencer: W
Tom Murphy: 3/FL
Sandy Alomar: 7/L

Top 3

Bill Butler: W
Pat Kelly: 46(1)/FO
Paul Schaal: SB2
Paul Schaal: SB3
Paul Schaal: CSH(12)
Paul Schaal: K

Bot 3

Jay Johnstone: K
Rick Reichardt: K
Jim Fregosi: K

Top 4

Mike Fiore: S9
Lou Piniella: 3/FL
Buck Martinez: 53.1-2
Bob Oliver: 13

Bot 4

Bubba Morton: 7/F7D
Aurelio Rodriguez: 53
Tom Egan: K

Top 5

Juan Rios: 4/P
Jackie Hernandez: 43
Bill Butler: K/C

Bot 5

Jim Spencer: HR/9
Tom Murphy: 6/P
Sandy Alomar: 53
Jay Johnstone: K/C

Top 6

Pat Kelly: HP
Paul Schaal: WP.1-2
Paul Schaal: S6/G.2-3
Mike Fiore: 46(1)3/GDP.3-H
Lou Piniella: S8
Buck Martinez: 8/L

Bot 6

Rick Reichardt: 9/F
Jim Fregosi: K23
Bubba Morton: 6/P

Top 7

Bob Oliver: K
Juan Rios: 53
Jackie Hernandez: K

Bot 7

Aurelio Rodriguez: S5/G
Tom Egan: K
Jim Spencer: 3/FL
Tom Murphy: K

Top 8

Bill Butler: K
Pat Kelly: 9/F
Paul Schaal: S8
Mike Fiore: 43

Bot 8

Sandy Alomar: S5/BG.B-2(E5/TH1)
Jay Johnstone: W
Rick Reichardt: E1/TH/SH.2-H(NR);1-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Jim Fregosi: 13/SH.2-3
Bubba Morton: 7/SF.3-H(UR)
Aurelio Rodriguez: S8
Tom Egan: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Lou Piniella: 53
Buck Martinez: S9
Bob Oliver: 64(1)3/GDP