| Having beaten the Orioles in the previous night's game for the first time since May 9, 1969, the Royals did it again by rapping a club record-tying total of six doubles to gain a 5-2 victory. Boog Powell and Frank Robinson hit back-to-back homers for the Orioles' runs. [The Sporting News] |
Kansas City Royals 5, Baltimore Orioles 2
Game Played on Saturday, May 1, 1971 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium
Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 Royals 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 x - 5 11 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Buford lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .313 Patek ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 .253 Johnson 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .342 Rojas 2b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .333 Powell 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .219 Otis cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .295 F. Robinson rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .295 Piniella lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .217 Blair cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .236 B. Robinson 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .232 Schaal 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .338 Etchebarren c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .167 Taylor rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .235 Dalrymple ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 Kirkpatrick c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .265 Belanger ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Bunker p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hendricks ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .190 York p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 McNally p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Shopay ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Hardin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Salmon ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Watt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Totals 34 2 7 2 4 3 Totals 33 5 11 5 3 6 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 8,151 Left on Base: Orioles 9, Royals 8 DP: Orioles 1, Royals 0 Doubles: Johnson (4), Belanger (5), Otis (3), Piniella (3), Schaal (4), Rojas 2 (7), Patek (5) Home Runs: Powell (6), F. Robinson (1) Sacrifice Hits: Otis (1) GIDP: Otis (2) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McNally L(4-1) 4 5 3 3 2 2 0 18 2.81 Hardin 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 9 6.75 Watt 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 10 3.18 Totals 8 11 5 5 3 6 0 37 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bunker W(2-1) 5.2 5 2 2 2 1 2 24 4.87 York 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 13 5.29 Abernathy SV(4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.69 Totals 9 7 2 2 4 3 2 38 Passed Balls: Etchebarren (2) Wild Pitches: York (1) Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Red Flaherty ORIOLES 1ST: Buford grounded out (second to first); Johnson doubled to left; Powell flied out to center [Johnson to third]; F. Robinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to center; Rojas singled to left; Otis grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Rojas out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Blair flied out to right; B. Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first); Etchebarren walked; Belanger flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal walked; Taylor forced Schaal (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ORIOLES 3RD: McNally flied out to left; Buford struck out; Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Kirkpatrick struck out; Bunker struck out; Patek walked; Rojas flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Powell flied out to right; F. Robinson grounded out (third to first); Blair lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Otis doubled; Piniella doubled to right [Otis scored]; Oliver grounded out (third to first); Schaal doubled [Piniella scored]; Taylor singled to center [Schaal scored]; Kirkpatrick forced Taylor (first to shortstop); Bunker forced Kirkpatrick (third to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 3. ORIOLES 5TH: B. Robinson singled to shortstop; Etchebarren flied out to right; Belanger doubled to left [B. Robinson to third]; SHOPAY BATTED FOR MCNALLY; Shopay lined to third; Buford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 3. ROYALS 5TH: HARDIN REPLACED SHOPAY (PITCHING); Patek flied out to left; Rojas doubled to right; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Piniella singled to center [Rojas scored]; Oliver struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 4. ORIOLES 6TH: Johnson flied out to right; Powell homered; F. Robinson homered; Blair flied out to center; B. Robinson walked; YORK REPLACED BUNKER (PITCHING); Etchebarren flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 6TH: Schaal flied out to right; Taylor struck out; Kirkpatrick singled to right; York grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Royals 4. ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger flied out to left; SALMON BATTED FOR HARDIN; Salmon struck out; Buford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 7TH: WATT REPLACED SALMON (PITCHING); Patek doubled to left; Rojas doubled [Patek scored]; Otis out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Rojas to third]; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Royals 5. ORIOLES 8TH: Johnson singled to left; Powell popped to second; F. Robinson lined to right; Blair flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Royals 5. ROYALS 8TH: Schaal grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Taylor singled to pitcher; Kirkpatrick struck out; York walked [Taylor to second]; Etchebarren allowed a passed ball [York to second, Taylor to third]; Patek popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Royals 5. ORIOLES 9TH: B. Robinson grounded out (third to first); DALRYMPLE BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; Dalrymple walked; HENDRICKS BATTED FOR BELANGER; Hendricks singled to right [Dalrymple to second]; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR WATT; York threw a wild pitch [Hendricks to second, Dalrymple to third]; Rettenmund struck out; Buford walked; ABERNATHY REPLACED YORK (PITCHING); Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 2, Royals 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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