Boston’s Vicente Romo outdueled Kansas City’s Roger Nelson, and the Red Sox withstood two late rallies to capture a 1-0 win over the Royals at Municipal Stadium. Romo held the Royals to three hits in 7 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked one. Kansas City only had one runner reach third base while … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1969 Edition: August 17

Big innings were the story of the day as the Royals and Red Sox split a doubleheader at Municipal Stadium, with Boston winning the first game 10-1 before the Royals withstood a late rally for an 8-7 win in the second game. The two teams combined for six innings where they scored more than one … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1969 Edition: August 16

The Royals’ scheduled home game against Boston was rained out. Hardly surprising, as Municipal Airport in downtown Kansas City received an official total of 7.44 inches of rain. At the time, it was the largest 24-hour rainfall total ever recorded in Kansas City, and the previous record was set in September 1914. The game was … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1969 Edition: August 15

Sometimes, when you’re an expansion (read: bad) team, you need the other side to give you some breaks. On this day, the Senators were happy to oblige. The Royals took advantage of several Washington miscues in a 7-3 win at RFK Stadium. Senators starter Jim Miles had no problems with the top of the Royals’ … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1969 Edition: August 13

The Royals pulled off two successful squeeze bunts—in the same inning! They keyed a three-run rally which helped Kansas City defeat the Senators 6-3 at RFK Stadium in Washington. Although the Senators scored two runs in the first off Royals starter Wally Bunker, the Royals came back right away with those three runs in the … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1969 Edition: August 12

A late defensive miscue cost the Royals and Jim Rooker another hard-luck loss as the Senators defeated the Royals 2-1 at RFK Stadium in Washington. With the score tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the eighth and one out, Rooker walked his counterpart, Washington starter Dick Bosman. With two outs, Hank Allen singled. Frank … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1969 Edition: August 11

This one got out of hand quickly. Cleveland scored seven runs in the first three innings and cruised to an 8-1 victory over the Royals at Cleveland Stadium. Royals starter Chris Zachary retired the first two men he faced in the first inning, but then the roof caved in. Frank Baker hit a ground-rule double, … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1969 Edition: August 10

In the brief history of the Royals to this point, they hadn’t really come close to the franchise’s first no-hitter. That was to be expected, being an expansion team and all. They had had a couple of games where they allowed three hits, but most games were like the previous two, where they allowed a … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1969 Edition: August 9

Cleveland took advantage of a crucial first inning error, scoring four runs and putting the Royals in a hole they could not recover from in the Indians’ 7-4 win at Cleveland Stadium. Kansas City actually took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first. Joe Keough started the game with a walk, and with … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1969 Edition: August 8