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.

After Ed Kirkpatrick grounded out, Bob Oliver and Carl Taylor singled and Cookie Rojas doubled to score Oliver. Following an intentional pass to Paul Schaal, Dick Drago struck out but Freddie Patek walked to force in the Royals' fourth run. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Wednesday, May       5, 1971 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       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.