The run-producing trio of Cookie Rojas, Amos Otis and Pat Kelly batted the Royals to an 8-4 victory over the Indians. Otis started the scoring with a homer in the first inning. After Kelly walked in the sixth, Rojas homered to tie the score at 3-3 and Otis followed with his second smash of the game to put the Royals ahead. Kansas City Royals 8, Cleveland Indians 4Game Played on Saturday, July 25, 1970 (Day game) at Cleveland StadiumRoyals 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 - 8 9 1 Indians 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 6 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kelly rf 4 2 2 2 1 0 .250 Pinson rf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .302 Rojas 2b 5 1 2 4 0 0 .208 Nettles 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .230 Otis cf 5 2 2 2 0 0 .303 Foster lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .281 Piniella lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .302 Sims c 3 0 2 1 1 0 .273 Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Horton 1b 4 0 0 1 0 2 .259 Schaal 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .255 Uhlaender cf 3 1 2 2 1 0 .241 Rodriguez c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .240 Leon ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .237 Fitzmorris pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .357 Klimchock 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Abernathy p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .111 Brown ph,2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Hernandez ss 4 1 0 0 0 1 .230 Austin p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Johnson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .038 Bradford ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .197 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Lasher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kirkpatrick ph,c 1 1 0 0 1 0 .227 Higgins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hinton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Ellsworth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 8 9 8 4 5 Totals 33 4 6 4 6 7 Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 18,853 Left on Base: Royals 4, Indians 8 DP: Royals 0, Indians 2 Errors: Schaal, Leon Doubles: Nettles (8) Home Runs: Otis 2 (9), Rojas (2), Uhlaender (6) Stolen Bases: Kelly (25) Caught Stealing: Sims (3) GIDP: Rodriguez (9), Otis (3) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson 5 5 4 4 5 6 1 25 3.56 Burgmeier W(3-4) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.43 Abernathy SV(4) 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 2.17 Totals 9 6 4 4 6 7 1 39 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Austin 6 4 4 4 2 5 3 23 5.91 Lasher L(2-8) 1 3 4 3 1 0 0 7 3.59 Higgins 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 4.88 Ellsworth 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.92 Totals 9 9 8 7 4 5 3 39 Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz ROYALS 1ST: Kelly flied out to left; Rojas grounded out (third to first); Otis homered; Piniella struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Pinson walked; Nettles walked [Pinson to second]; Foster walked [Pinson to third, Nettles to second]; Sims singled to right [Pinson scored, Nettles to third, Foster to second]; Horton forced Sims (shortstop to second) [Nettles scored, Foster to third]; Uhlaender singled to center [Foster scored, Horton to second]; Leon struck out; Klimchock flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 3. ROYALS 2ND: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal flied out to center; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 3. INDIANS 2ND: Austin was called out on strikes; Pinson flied out to right; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 3. ROYALS 3RD: Hernandez lined to third; Johnson popped to first in foul territory; Kelly grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 3. INDIANS 3RD: Foster struck out; Sims singled to center; Sims was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 3. ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis popped to third; Piniella singled to right; Oliver was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 3. INDIANS 4TH: Uhlaender flied out to left; Leon reached on an error by Schaal [Leon to first]; Klimchock popped to first in foul territory; Austin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 3. ROYALS 5TH: Schaal walked; Rodriguez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Schaal out at second]; Hernandez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 3. INDIANS 5TH: Pinson flied out to right; Nettles doubled to right; Foster popped to shortstop; Sims walked; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 3. ROYALS 6TH: Johnson was called out on strikes; Kelly walked; Rojas homered [Kelly scored]; Otis homered; Piniella flied out to right; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 3. INDIANS 6TH: Uhlaender homered; Leon walked; BURGMEIER REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); BROWN BATTED FOR KLIMCHOCK; Brown singled to right [Leon to second]; BRADFORD BATTED FOR AUSTIN; Bradford struck out; Pinson flied out to right; Nettles flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 4. ROYALS 7TH: BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); LASHER REPLACED BRADFORD (PITCHING); Schaal flied out to left; Rodriguez singled to left; FITZMORRIS RAN FOR RODRIGUEZ; Hernandez reached on an error by Leon [Fitzmorris to third, Hernandez to first]; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR BURGMEIER; Kirkpatrick walked [Hernandez to second]; Kelly singled to right [Fitzmorris scored, Hernandez scored (unearned), Kirkpatrick to third]; Kelly stole second; Rojas singled to right [Kirkpatrick scored, Kelly scored]; Otis grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rojas out at second]; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Indians 4. INDIANS 7TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); KIRKPATRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Foster grounded out (pitcher to first); Sims grounded out (second to first); Horton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Indians 4. ROYALS 8TH: HIGGINS REPLACED LASHER (PITCHING); Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); Schaal walked; Abernathy singled to center [Schaal to second]; Hernandez flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 8, Indians 4. INDIANS 8TH: Uhlaender walked; Leon forced Uhlaender (shortstop to second); Brown lined to right; HINTON BATTED FOR HIGGINS; Hinton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Indians 4. ROYALS 9TH: ELLSWORTH REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted); Kelly singled to right; Rojas grounded out (third to first) [Kelly to second]; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Indians 4. INDIANS 9TH: Pinson grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles grounded out (second to first); Foster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Indians 4. |
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