Although collecting only one hit off Sam McDowell, the Royals took advantage of the lefthander's wildness and defeated the Indians, 5-2. In the fourth inning, after passes to Bob Oliver and Ed Kirkpatrick around a single by Dennis Paepke had loaded the bases, McDowell walked Jerry May, Dick Drago and Freddie Patek to force in three runs. After McDowell departed with one out in the sixth, the Royals got three more hits off Indian relievers, including a two-run single by Patek in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 2

Game Played on Friday, April 23, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium

Indians      0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  8  0
Royals       0  0  0    3  0  0    0  2  x  -   5  4  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lowenstein 2b         4   0   0   0     0   1   .207      Patek ss              4   0   1   3     1   1   .239
R. Foster rf,lf       4   0   0   0     0   0   .219      Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     1   0   .333
Pinson cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Piniella lf           5   0   0   0     0   3   .222
Fosse c               4   0   2   0     0   1   .224      Oliver 1b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .246
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .133      Paepke rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .235
Harrelson 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .159      Schaal 3b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .327
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kirkpatrick cf        1   2   0   0     3   0   .179
Uhlaender lf,rf       3   2   2   0     1   0   .333      May c                 3   0   0   1     1   2   .263
Brown ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .220      Drago p               0   0   0   1     2   0   .125
McDowell p            2   0   2   1     0   0   .286        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Colbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hopkins ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hodge ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .600        Taylor ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .111
  Machemehl p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hinton 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2   8   2     1   3             Totals               27   5   4   5    11   6

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance:  7,696
Left on Base: Indians 7, Royals 10
DP: Indians 0, Royals 1
Errors: Paepke
Triples: Schaal (2)
Stolen Bases: Uhlaender (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Drago (3)
GIDP: Brown (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell L(0-3)         5.1   1   3   3   9   4   0  26   4.13
Colbert                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.00
Machemehl               1.1   2   2   2   1   2   0   7   7.94
Mingori                 0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   1.93
Totals                  8     4   5   5  11   6   0  39

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(3-1)            7.1   8   2   2   1   3   0  31   2.01
Burgmeier SV(1)         0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.87
Abernathy               1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9     8   2   2   1   3   0  36

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jake O'Donnell, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Lou DiMuro


INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein flied out to left; R. Foster grounded
out (third to first); Pinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Rojas grounded out (third to
first); Piniella popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Fosse flied out to center; Nettles flied out to
left; Harrelson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Oliver grounded out (third to first); Paepke
grounded out (third to first); Schaal walked; Kirkpatrick
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Uhlaender singled to center; Uhlaender stole
second; Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); McDowell singled
to left [Uhlaender scored]; Lowenstein reached on an error by
Paepke [McDowell to third, Lowenstein to second]; R. Foster
grounded out (third to first); Pinson flied out to right; 1 R, 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: May lined to shortstop; Drago walked; Patek flied
out to center; Rojas walked [Drago to second]; Piniella struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Fosse struck out; Nettles lined to center;
Harrelson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Oliver walked; Paepke singled to left [Oliver to
second]; Schaal popped to third in foul territory; Kirkpatrick
walked [Oliver to third, Paepke to second]; May walked [Oliver
scored, Paepke to third, Kirkpatrick to second]; Drago walked
[Paepke scored, Kirkpatrick to third, May to second]; Patek
walked [Kirkpatrick scored, May to third, Drago to second];
Rojas popped to first in foul territory; Piniella struck out; 3
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Uhlaender walked; Brown grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Uhlaender out at second]; On a
bunt McDowell singled to pitcher; Lowenstein made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Oliver popped to third in foul territory; Paepke
grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal made an out to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 3.

INDIANS 6TH: R. Foster grounded out (third to first); Pinson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Fosse singled to center;
Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Kirkpatrick walked; May struck out; COLBERT REPLACED
MCDOWELL (PITCHING); Drago out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
pitcher) [Kirkpatrick to second]; Patek flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Uhlaender singled to right; Brown singled to center [Uhlaender
to second]; HODGE BATTED FOR COLBERT; Hodge singled to center
[Brown to second, Uhlaender scored]; Lowenstein struck out; R.
Foster flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2,
Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: MACHEMEHL REPLACED HODGE (PITCHING); Rojas flied out
to left; Piniella struck out; Oliver singled to right; Paepke
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
2, Royals 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Pinson grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Fosse singled to shortstop; BURGMEIER REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING);
Nettles forced Fosse (catcher to shortstop); Harrelson lined to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: R. FOSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); UHLAENDER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Schaal tripled; Kirkpatrick was
walked intentionally; May struck out; HOPKINS BATTED FOR
BURGMEIER; MINGORI REPLACED HARRELSON (PITCHING); HINTON
REPLACED MACHEMEHL (PLAYING 1B); TAYLOR BATTED FOR HOPKINS;
Taylor walked [Kirkpatrick to second]; Patek singled to left
[Taylor to second, Kirkpatrick scored, Schaal scored]; Rojas
forced Patek (third to second) [Taylor to third]; Piniella
popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 2, Royals 5.

INDIANS 9TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Uhlaender
flied out to center; Brown popped to catcher in foul territory;
Hinton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Royals 5.

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