A single by Jerry May in the third inning was the only hit that Mike Cuellar allowed in pitching the Orioles to a 6-0 victory over the Royals. After May's safety, Cuellar retired 19 straight batters before walking Bob Oliver, who was the only other Royal to reach base. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 6, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Wednesday, May       12, 1971 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  1  1
Orioles      0  1  0    0  1  0    4  0  x  -   6 12  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Buford lf             5   2   2   0     0   1   .304
Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .312      Blair cf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .243
Otis cf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .302      Powell 1b             2   1   1   1     2   0   .206
Oliver 1b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .225      B. Robinson 3b        2   0   2   2     1   0   .266
Schaal 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .324      Johnson 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Paepke rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Rettenmund rf         4   2   3   0     0   0   .277
Taylor lf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .189      Hendricks c           3   0   2   2     0   0   .161
  McCormick p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .255
  York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cuellar p             4   0   0   0     0   0   .095
  Severson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fitzmorris p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
May c                 3   0   1   0     0   0   .282
Hedlund p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .067
  Kirkpatrick ph,lf   2   0   0   0     0   0   .240

Totals               27   0   1   0     1   1             Totals               31   6  12   5     4   1

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance:  5,900
Left on Base: Royals 2, Orioles 8
DP: Royals 2, Orioles 0
Errors: Patek
Doubles: Rettenmund (1)
Triples: Rettenmund (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Hedlund (1), Hendricks (2), Blair (1)
Sacrifice Flies: B. Robinson (3)
GIDP: Johnson (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund L(3-2)          5     7   2   2   3   1   0  23   2.58
McCormick               1     3   3   3   1   0   0   7  13.50
York                    1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   5.12
Fitzmorris              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.82
Totals                  8    12   6   6   4   1   0  38

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar W(3-1)          9     1   0   0   1   1   0  29   3.86
Totals                  9     1   0   0   1   1   0  29

Passed Balls: May (2)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas flied
out to right; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford struck out; Blair singled to left; Powell
walked [Blair to second]; B. Robinson walked [Blair to third,
Powell to second]; Johnson lined into a double play (shortstop
unassisted) [Powell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Oliver grounded out (third to first); Schaal
grounded out (third to first); Paepke flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Rettenmund tripled; Hendricks singled to right
[Rettenmund scored]; May allowed a passed ball [Hendricks to
second]; Belanger popped to first in foul territory; Cuellar
grounded out (second to first) [Hendricks to third]; Buford
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Orioles 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Taylor struck out; May singled to center; Hedlund
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [May to second];
Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Blair flied out to right; Powell walked; B.
Robinson singled to left [Powell to second]; Johnson grounded
into a double play (third to first) [Powell out at third]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis lined
to left; Oliver popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Rettenmund singled to center; Hendricks out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Rettenmund to second];
Belanger grounded out (third to first); Cuellar flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Schaal popped to shortstop; Paepke grounded out
(shortstop to first); Taylor grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Buford singled to left; Blair out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Buford to second]; Powell lined to left
[Buford to third]; B. Robinson singled to left [Buford scored];
Johnson flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Orioles 2.

ROYALS 6TH: May flied out to center; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR
HEDLUND; Kirkpatrick popped to shortstop; Patek lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: KIRKPATRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MCCORMICK
REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Rettenmund flied out to center;
Hendricks flied out to right; Belanger walked; Cuellar popped to
catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Rojas flied out to center; Otis flied out to left;
Oliver walked; Schaal forced Oliver (shortstop to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: Buford singled to left; Blair singled to left
[Buford to second]; Powell singled to right [Buford scored,
Blair to third, Powell to second (on throw)]; YORK REPLACED
MCCORMICK (PITCHING); B. Robinson hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Blair scored, Powell scored (error by Patek)]; Johnson popped
to second; Rettenmund doubled to right; Hendricks singled to
right [Rettenmund scored]; Belanger grounded out (second to
first); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 6.

ROYALS 8TH: Paepke grounded out (third to first); SEVERSON
BATTED FOR YORK; Severson grounded out (first unassisted); May
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: FITZMORRIS REPLACED SEVERSON (PITCHING); Cuellar
grounded out (second to first); Buford grounded out (shortstop
to first); Blair grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 6.

ROYALS 9TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted); Patek
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 6.