The Royals, who were held to one hit by Steve Dunning in the first five innings, erupted for five hits and four runs in the sixth to defeat the Indians, 4-2. Joe Keough led off with a single and Amos Otis homered. Kansas City Royals 4, Cleveland Indians 2Game Played on Wednesday, May 5, 1971 (Day game) at Cleveland StadiumRoyals 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 - 4 7 1 Indians 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 11 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 4 0 0 1 1 1 .245 Heidemann ss 5 1 3 0 0 0 .242 Keough rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .227 Leon 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .170 Otis cf 4 1 1 2 1 1 .278 Ford rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Kirkpatrick c 5 0 0 0 0 3 .247 Pinson cf 3 0 0 1 0 2 .245 Oliver 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .238 Fosse c 3 1 2 0 1 0 .258 Taylor lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .304 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .159 Rojas 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .327 Harrelson 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .210 Schaal 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Uhlaender lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .260 Drago p 3 0 0 0 1 3 .083 Hinton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Dunning p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Machemehl p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Hodge ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Pascual p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 Bradford ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .171 Totals 33 4 7 4 6 9 Totals 34 2 11 2 1 6 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 3,056 Left on Base: Royals 9, Indians 8 DP: Royals 0, Indians 0 Errors: Keough, Dunning Doubles: Rojas (8), Harrelson (2) Home Runs: Otis (4) Stolen Bases: Rojas (5) Caught Stealing: Patek (2), Uhlaender (1) Sacrifice Hits: Keough (1), Leon (1) Sacrifice Flies: Pinson (1) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Drago W(4-1) 8.1 10 2 2 1 6 0 34 1.89 Burgmeier SV(2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.08 Totals 9 11 2 2 1 6 0 37 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dunning L(2-2) 5.2 6 4 4 5 6 1 28 3.10 Mingori 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.69 Machemehl 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6.06 Pascual 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 3.09 Totals 9 7 4 4 6 9 1 40 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz ROYALS 1ST: On a bunt Patek reached on an error by Dunning; Keough out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Patek to second]; Patek was caught stealing third (pitcher to third); Otis walked; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Heidemann singled to left; Leon singled to right [Heidemann to third]; Ford made an out to second; Pinson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Heidemann scored]; Fosse walked [Leon to second]; Nettles struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 1. ROYALS 2ND: Oliver flied out to left; Taylor grounded out (second to first); Rojas walked; Rojas stole second; Schaal grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 2ND: Harrelson doubled to center [Harrelson out at third (center to shortstop to third)]; Uhlaender flied out to center; Dunning was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 1. ROYALS 3RD: Drago struck out; Patek made an out to third; Keough walked; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 3RD: Heidemann singled to center; Leon out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Heidemann to second]; Ford grounded out (shortstop to first) [Heidemann to third]; Pinson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 1. ROYALS 4TH: Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; Oliver struck out; Taylor grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 4TH: Fosse flied out to right; Nettles flied out to center; Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 1. ROYALS 5TH: Rojas flied out to right; Schaal singled to center; Drago struck out; Patek lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 5TH: Uhlaender singled to shortstop; Uhlaender was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Dunning struck out; Heidemann flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 1. ROYALS 6TH: Keough singled to center; Otis homered [Keough scored]; Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver singled to left; Taylor singled to shortstop [Oliver to second]; Rojas doubled to left [Taylor to third, Oliver scored]; Schaal was walked intentionally; Drago struck out; Patek walked [Taylor scored, Rojas to third, Schaal to second]; MINGORI REPLACED DUNNING (PITCHING); Keough grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 1. INDIANS 6TH: Leon was called out on strikes; Ford flied out to center; Pinson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 1. ROYALS 7TH: MACHEMEHL REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Otis struck out; Kirkpatrick flied out to right; Oliver popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 1. INDIANS 7TH: Fosse singled to center; Nettles flied out to right; Harrelson flied out to center; Uhlaender singled to left [Fosse to second]; HODGE BATTED FOR MACHEMEHL; Hodge flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 1. ROYALS 8TH: PASCUAL REPLACED HODGE (PITCHING); Taylor singled to left; Rojas flied out to right; Schaal made an out to catcher; Drago walked [Taylor to second]; Patek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 1. INDIANS 8TH: Heidemann singled to center; Leon grounded out (third to first) [Heidemann to second]; Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 1. ROYALS 9TH: Keough flied out to left; Otis lined to center; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 1. INDIANS 9TH: Fosse singled to right; Nettles lined to center; Harrelson singled to left [Fosse to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); HINTON BATTED FOR UHLAENDER; Hinton forced Harrelson (second to shortstop) [Fosse to third]; BRADFORD BATTED FOR PASCUAL; Bradford singled to center [Hinton to second, Fosse scored]; Keough dropped a foul fly hit by Heidemann for an error; Heidemann popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 2. |
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