Bruce Dal Canton pitched a five-hitter and Amos Otis had a perfect night at bat with four hits, driving in all of the Royals' runs, to defeat the Orioles, 4-1. Otis knocked in one run with a single in the fifth inning and homered with two men on base in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Monday, May       10, 1971 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  1  0    3  0  0  -   4 11  2
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  5  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   1   2   0     0   0   .258      Buford lf             4   1   0   0     0   1   .305
Rojas 2b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .336      Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .253
  Knoop 2b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Powell 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .210
Otis cf               4   1   4   4     0   0   .296      F. Robinson rf        4   0   0   0     0   1   .284
Oliver 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Blair cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .216
Paepke rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .258      B. Robinson 3b        4   0   2   0     0   0   .257
Schaal 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Johnson 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .297
Taylor lf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .200      Dalrymple c           3   0   0   0     0   0   .125
May c                 4   0   2   0     0   0   .323      McNally p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .200
Dal Canton p          4   1   0   0     0   1   .000        Shopay ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .273
                                                            Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4  11   4     1   6             Totals               33   1   5   0     1   4

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  5,577
Left on Base: Royals 7, Orioles 6
DP: Royals 0, Orioles 0
Errors: Patek, Taylor
Doubles: Otis (5), May (3)
Home Runs: Otis (5)
Stolen Bases: Blair (2)
Caught Stealing: Otis (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton W(3-1)       9     5   1   0   1   4   0  34   1.99
Totals                  9     5   1   0   1   4   0  34

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McNally L(5-2)          8    10   4   4   1   5   1  34   2.77
Richert                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.86
Totals                  9    11   4   4   1   6   1  38

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to center; Rojas flied out to right;
Otis doubled to left; Oliver popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford grounded out (second to first); Belanger
flied out to left; Powell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Paepke grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal
singled to right; Taylor struck out; May singled to left [Schaal
to second]; Dal Canton flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: F. Robinson flied out to right; Blair singled to
left; Blair stole second; B. Robinson flied out to center;
Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Orioles 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to right; Rojas popped to catcher in
foul territory; Otis singled to shortstop; Otis was picked off
and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dalrymple grounded out (shortstop to first);
McNally struck out; Buford grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Oliver flied out to center; Paepke singled to left;
Schaal forced Paepke (shortstop to second); Taylor struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Belanger popped to catcher in foul territory;
Powell struck out; F. Robinson grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 5TH: May flied out to right; Dal Canton struck out; Patek
singled to right; Rojas singled to left [Patek to third]; Otis
singled to left [Rojas to second, Patek scored]; Oliver forced
Rojas (third unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Blair popped to shortstop; B. Robinson flied out to
left; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Paepke flied out to right; Schaal struck out; Taylor
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Dalrymple grounded out (first unassisted); McNally
singled; Buford struck out; Belanger walked [McNally to second];
Powell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1,
Orioles 0.

ROYALS 7TH: May doubled to right; On a bunt Dal Canton reached
on a fielder's choice [May out at third (pitcher to third)];
Patek popped to first in foul territory; Rojas walked [Dal
Canton to second]; Otis homered [Dal Canton scored, Rojas
scored]; Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: F. Robinson struck out; Blair lined to shortstop;
B. Robinson singled to left; Johnson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Paepke flied out to center; Schaal popped to first;
Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: KNOOP REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 2B); Dalrymple
grounded out (second to first); SHOPAY BATTED FOR MCNALLY;
Shopay singled to center; Buford forced Shopay (first to
shortstop) [Buford to second (error by Patek)]; Belanger reached
on an error by Taylor [Belanger to second, Buford scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Powell popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 9TH: RICHERT REPLACED SHOPAY (PITCHING); May grounded out
(pitcher to first); Dal Canton grounded out (second to first);
Patek singled to left; Knoop struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 4, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: F. Robinson flied out to right; Blair flied out to
center; B. Robinson singled to center; Johnson flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 1.