Orioles @ Royals
July 30, 1969

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Orioles	4	8	1
Royals	2	10	1

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Orioles	4	8	1
Royals	2	11	1

Ed Kirkpatrick Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.213
OBP	.000	.286
At Bats	0	174
Hits	0	37
• Singles	0	25
• Doubles	0	5
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	5
Walks	0	17
RBI’s	0	23

Eddie Watt Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
2	1	10

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Municipal Stadium - July 30, 1969

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Single

Eddie Watt

Elrod Hendricks

Boog Powell

Davey Johnson

Brooks Robinson

Mark Belanger

Don Buford

Paul Blair

Frank Robinson

Ed Kirkpatrick

Bob Oliver

Buck Martinez

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Baltimore Orioles	4	8	1	4
Kansas City Royals	2	11	1	7
Winning Pitcher	Dave McNally
Losing Pitcher	Roger Nelson
Save	Eddie Watt
Game Winning RBI	Don Buford
Attendance	13,648
Time of Game	2 hours 6 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ed Kirkpatrick pinch hits for Juan Rios. Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Martinez moves to third. There goes Oliver trying to get to third. Buford throws the ball in to Robinson, who tags Oliver for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Keough hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Martinez moves to second.

Bottom 9 Hawk Taylor pinch hits for Moe Drabowsky. Eddie Watt now pitching. Taylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Martinez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 9 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards second. Rios scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Top 9 Hendricks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 9 Johnson strikes out.

Bottom 8 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Foy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford. Foy reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 8 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Hernandez strikes out.

Top 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Powell hits a popup towards first. Foy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rios settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Rios hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 7 Keough bunts towards the mound. McNally fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 7 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Juan Rios now playing second base. Blair hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Buford hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Keough. Buford reaches second base with a double. Belanger scores. McNally goes all the way around to score.

Top 7 McNally hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Belanger moves to second.

Top 7 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 7 Hendricks hits a popup towards short. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Adair hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Piniella moves to second.

Bottom 6 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 6 Foy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hendricks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 6 Robinson hits a popup towards short. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Powell hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 6 Blair strikes out.

Bottom 5 Hernandez strikes out.

Bottom 5 Nelson strikes out.

Bottom 5 There goes Keough. The throw from Hendricks and he is out, Belanger applying the tag.

Bottom 5 Keough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 McNally hits a line drive towards short. Hernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Oliver strikes out.

Bottom 4 Adair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger misplays the ball. That's an error on Belanger.

Bottom 4 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Nelson fires to first and has Johnson trapped. There's the throw to Hernandez who tags Johnson for the out.

Top 4 Hendricks hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Robinson tags and scores.

Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Robinson moves to third.

Top 4 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 4 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Foy hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Schaal strikes out.

Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 3 Nelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 3 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Blair takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 There goes Buford. The throw from Martinez and he is safe. Buford steals second.

Top 3 Buford takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 McNally strikes out.

Top 3 There goes Belanger. The throw from Martinez and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.

Top 3 Belanger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 3 Hendricks hits a popup, foul, towards first. Foy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops it up and throws to first, with McNally covering, for the out.

Bottom 2 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Adair is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Powell hits a popup in front of the plate. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 McNally spins and fires to second, and Martinez is picked off.

Bottom 1 Martinez hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Martinez reaches second base with a double. Piniella scores.

Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Foy scores. Piniella moves to second.

Bottom 1 Piniella takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 There goes Foy. The throw from Hendricks and he is safe. Foy steals third.

Bottom 1 There goes Foy. The throw from Hendricks and he is safe. Foy steals second.

Bottom 1 Foy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Hernandez strikes out.

Top 1 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Adair settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Blair hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Buford hits a line drive into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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