Baltimore Orioles 5, Kansas City Royals 4

Game Played on Tuesday, May 11, 1971 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Royals       2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1    0  -   4 10  1
Orioles      0  0  0    1  2  0    0  1  0    1  -   5 11  3


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Buford lf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .299
Keough rf             4   2   2   0     1   0   .224      Blair cf              5   1   3   0     0   1   .234
Otis cf               5   1   3   1     0   1   .310      B. Robinson 3b        2   1   0   1     2   0   .252
Hopkins 1b            5   0   1   2     0   1   .238      Powell 1b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Kirkpatrick lf        5   0   2   0     0   0   .245      Johnson 2b            3   1   1   0     2   1   .298
Rojas 2b              5   1   0   0     0   0   .322      Rettenmund rf         5   1   4   2     0   0   .246
Schaal 3b             3   0   1   1     2   0   .333      Hendricks c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .136
May c                 5   0   0   0     0   1   .278        Etchebarren ph,c    0   0   0   1     0   0   .222
Drago p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .071      Belanger ss           4   0   2   1     0   0   .264
  Oliver ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Dobson p              2   0   0   0     1   1   .067
  Rooker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Paepke ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .250        Shopay ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   4  10   4     3   4             Totals               35   5  11   5     5   5

Time of Game: 3:07   Attendance:  4,979
Left on Base: Royals 10, Orioles 9
DP: Royals 2, Orioles 2
Errors: Hopkins, Johnson, Belanger 2
Doubles: Hopkins (1), Keough 2 (4), Blair (5), Johnson (6)
Triples: Otis (1)
Stolen Bases: Rettenmund (2)
Sacrifice Flies: B. Robinson (2), Etchebarren (1)
GIDP: Keough (4), May (2), B. Robinson 2 (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago                   5     8   3   3   3   4   0  25   2.22
Rooker                  3     2   1   1   0   1   0  10  10.13
Abernathy L(1-2)        1.1   1   1   1   2   0   0   7   1.15
Totals                  9.1  11   5   5   5   5   0  42

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson                  8.2  10   4   3   2   3   0  39   2.55
Richert                 0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.60
Watt W(1-0)             1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.70
Totals                 10    10   4   3   3   4   0  44

Passed Balls: Hendricks (3)
Wild Pitches: Dobson (2)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Keough
walked; Otis singled to center [Keough to second]; Hopkins
doubled to left [Otis scored, Keough scored]; Kirkpatrick
grounded out (second to first) [Hopkins to third]; Rojas popped
to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford grounded out (first unassisted); Blair
singled to center; B. Robinson grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Blair out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Schaal walked; May reached on an error by Johnson
(assist by Belanger) [Schaal to second]; On a bunt Drago forced
Schaal (pitcher to third) [May to second]; Patek singled to
center [Drago to second, May to third]; Keough grounded into a
double play (first to catcher to first) [May out at home]; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Powell grounded out (second to first); Johnson
struck out; Rettenmund singled to left; Hendricks popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Otis grounded out (first unassisted); Hopkins
grounded out (second to first); Kirkpatrick flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: On a bunt Belanger singled to first; Dobson walked
[Belanger to second]; Buford popped to second; Blair struck out;
B. Robinson walked [Belanger to third, Dobson to second]; Powell
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (third to first); Schaal reached
on an error by Belanger; May forced Schaal (shortstop to
second); Drago grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rettenmund singled to right; Rettenmund stole second; Hendricks
struck out; Belanger singled to left [Rettenmund scored]; Dobson
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek flied out to right; Keough grounded out
(pitcher to first); Otis singled to center; Dobson threw a wild
pitch [Otis to second]; Hopkins grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Buford singled to right; Blair doubled to right
[Buford to third]; B. Robinson hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Blair to third, Buford scored]; Powell lined to second; Johnson
walked; Rettenmund singled to right [Johnson to second, Blair
scored]; Hendricks flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 2, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Kirkpatrick singled to right; Rojas forced
Kirkpatrick (second to shortstop); Hendricks allowed a passed
ball [Rojas to second]; Schaal singled to center [Rojas scored
(unearned), Schaal to second (on throw)]; May struck out; OLIVER
BATTED FOR DRAGO; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: ROOKER REPLACED OLIVER (PITCHING); Belanger
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dobson flied out to right;
Buford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Keough
doubled; Otis struck out; Hopkins popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: On a bunt Blair singled to third; B. Robinson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Blair out at second]; Powell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Kirkpatrick singled to center; Rojas flied out to
center; Schaal reached on an error by Belanger [Kirkpatrick to
second]; May grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Kirkpatrick out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: Johnson doubled to left; Rettenmund grounded out
(second to first) [Johnson to third]; ETCHEBARREN BATTED FOR
HENDRICKS; Etchebarren hit a sacrifice fly to center [Johnson
scored]; Belanger grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 4.

ROYALS 9TH: ETCHEBARREN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); PAEPKE
BATTED FOR ROOKER; Paepke struck out; Patek grounded out (third
to first); Keough doubled to right; Otis tripled [Keough
scored]; RICHERT REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Hopkins struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED PAEPKE (PITCHING); SHOPAY BATTED
FOR RICHERT; Shopay flied out to left; Hopkins dropped a foul
fly hit by Buford for an error; Buford grounded out (second to
first); Blair popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Orioles 4.

ROYALS 10TH: WATT REPLACED SHOPAY (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick
grounded out (second to first); Rojas flied out to center;
Schaal walked; May popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 10TH: B. Robinson walked; Powell lined to center;
Johnson walked [B. Robinson to second]; Rettenmund singled to
shortstop [Johnson to second, B. Robinson scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 5.