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Kansas City Royals @ California Angels

1970-04-17 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 24154 · 61°F · 2:27

Kansas City Royals defeated California Angels 7–5. Kansas City Royals put up 2 in the 5th. Dave Morehead earned the win and Jim Rooker picked up the save. Jay Johnstone went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	7	10
CAL	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	7

W: Dave Morehead L: Tom Murphy SV: Jim Rooker

Umpires — HP: Jim Odom · 1B: Bill Kunkel · 2B: Ed Runge · 3B: Bill Haller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Spriggs	5	3	4	0	0	1
Ed Kirkpatrick	4	1	2	0	0	0
Amos Otis	4	0	0	1	0	2
Bob Oliver	3	0	1	3	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Alcaraz	3	1	1	0	1	0
Rich Severson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ellie Rodriguez	2	1	0	0	1	0
Dave Morehead	2	1	0	0	1	1
Jim Rooker	1	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Schaal	1	0	0	0	0	0

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sandy Alomar	5	1	1	0	0	1
Jim Fregosi	3	2	0	0	1	1
Bill Voss	4	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Johnson	4	1	2	1	0	1
Jay Johnstone	4	1	3	4	0	0
Roger Repoz	3	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Azcue	4	0	0	0	0	1
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Murphy	3	0	0	0	0	2
Billy Cowan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Reichardt	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Morehead	7.0	7	1	5
Jim Rooker	2.0	0	1	1

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Murphy	6.1	8	2	3
Eddie Fisher	1.2	1	1	0
Paul Doyle	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Spriggs: S8
Ed Kirkpatrick: S9.1-H(E9/TH)(UR)
Amos Otis: 54(1)/FO
Bob Oliver: SB2
Bob Oliver: 63
Lou Piniella: 3/FL

Bot 1

Sandy Alomar: K
Jim Fregosi: K/C
Bill Voss: 3

Top 2

Luis Alcaraz: W
Rich Severson: S8.1-2
Ellie Rodriguez: HP.2-3;1-2
Dave Morehead: 6(1)3/GDP.3-H;2-3
George Spriggs: K

Bot 2

Alex Johnson: 9/L
Jay Johnstone: S9
Roger Repoz: S9.1-2
Joe Azcue: K
Aurelio Rodriguez: 2/FL

Top 3

Ed Kirkpatrick: E4/G
Amos Otis: 7/L.1-3(E7/TH)
Bob Oliver: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Lou Piniella: 53

Bot 3

Tom Murphy: 63
Sandy Alomar: S5
Jim Fregosi: E1/TH.1-2
Bill Voss: 8.2-3
Alex Johnson: S9.3-H(UR);1-3
Jay Johnstone: S7.3-H(UR);1-3
Roger Repoz: 6

Top 4

Luis Alcaraz: S7
Rich Severson: 54(1)3/GDP
Ellie Rodriguez: 9

Bot 4

Joe Azcue: 7
Aurelio Rodriguez: 9
Tom Murphy: K

Top 5

Dave Morehead: W
George Spriggs: S8.1-2
Ed Kirkpatrick: PB.2-3;1-2
Ed Kirkpatrick: 8
Amos Otis: K
Bob Oliver: T9.3-H;2-H
Lou Piniella: 8

Bot 5

Sandy Alomar: 43
Jim Fregosi: W
Bill Voss: 8/L
Alex Johnson: S7.1-2
Jay Johnstone: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Roger Repoz: 9

Top 6

Luis Alcaraz: 7
Rich Severson: 13
Ellie Rodriguez: 43

Bot 6

Joe Azcue: 9
Aurelio Rodriguez: 4
Tom Murphy: K

Top 7

Dave Morehead: K/C
George Spriggs: S9
Ed Kirkpatrick: S9.1-3
Amos Otis: 8/SF.3-H;1-2
Bob Oliver: 9

Bot 7

Sandy Alomar: 7
Jim Fregosi: 7
Bill Voss: 43

Top 8

Lou Piniella: 53
Luis Alcaraz: 8
Rich Severson: 3/FL

Bot 8

Alex Johnson: K
Jay Johnstone: 9
Billy Cowan: 8/L

Top 9

Ellie Rodriguez: W
Jim Rooker: PB.1-2
Jim Rooker: S7.2-H(UR)
George Spriggs: BK.1-2
George Spriggs: S1.2-3
Paul Schaal: FC6.3XH(625);1-2;B-1
Amos Otis: CS3(25)
Amos Otis: K

Bot 9

Joe Azcue: 4
Aurelio Rodriguez: 7
Rick Reichardt: W
Sandy Alomar: 8/L

Notes & reviews

Luis Alcaraz got ball 4 when Tom Murphy went to his mouth
Royals Manager Charlie Metro ejected by 3B umpire Bill Haller

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