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The Royals, who never had won more than four games in a row previously in the club's brief history, gained their fifth straight victory by defeating the Yankees, 6-2. The Royals clinched the outcome in the first inning when Paul Schaal homered, Amos Otis singled and Cookie Rojas homered. Freddie Patek batted in three other runs with singles in the seventh and ninth. Kansas City Royals 6, New York Yankees 2Game Played on Friday, June 4, 1971 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IRoyals 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 6 11 2 Yankees 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 4 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 5 0 3 3 0 0 .251 Clarke 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .252 Schaal 3b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .288 Munson c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .244 Otis cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .299 Murcer cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .367 Oliver 1b 3 0 1 0 1 2 .250 White lf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .287 Rojas 2b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .318 Ellis 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .297 Paepke rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .255 Alou rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Keough ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Cater 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Savage lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .162 Hansen 3b 2 1 0 0 0 0 .263 Kirkpatrick ph,lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .261 Michael ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .254 May c 4 2 1 0 0 0 .262 Peterson p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .080 Wright p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .071 Woods ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .207 Burgmeier p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Hardin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 6 11 6 2 6 Totals 33 2 4 1 2 9 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 10,803 Left on Base: Royals 5, Yankees 6 DP: Royals 0, Yankees 3 Errors: Patek, Schaal, Cater Doubles: May (7), Woods (1), White (7) Home Runs: Schaal (4), Rojas (3) GIDP: Schaal (4), May (3), Rojas (3) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wright W(2-2) 5.2 2 1 0 2 8 0 22 2.40 Burgmeier SV(4) 3.1 2 1 0 0 1 0 13 1.21 Totals 9 4 2 0 2 9 0 35 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Peterson L(5-5) 7 8 4 3 1 6 2 29 4.06 Hardin 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 9 5.06 Totals 9 11 6 5 2 6 2 38 Wild Pitches: Burgmeier (1) Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Don Denkinger ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal homered; Otis singled to left; Oliver struck out; Rojas homered [Otis scored]; Paepke was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Clarke struck out; Munson reached on an error by Patek [Munson to second]; Murcer singled to second [Munson to third]; White singled to center [Murcer to third, Munson scored (unearned)]; Ellis struck out; Alou made an out to second; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 2ND: Savage grounded out (third to first); May grounded out (shortstop to first); Wright struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 2ND: Cater struck out; Michael struck out; Peterson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 3RD: On a bunt Patek singled to third; Schaal grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Patek out at second]; Otis singled to left; Oliver singled to center [Otis to second]; Rojas forced Oliver (shortstop to second); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 3RD: Clarke struck out; Munson flied out to center; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 4TH: Paepke grounded out (shortstop to first); Savage singled to center; May grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Savage out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 4TH: White made an out to second; Ellis flied out to left; Alou grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 5TH: Wright struck out; Patek flied out to right; Schaal grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 5TH: Cater made an out to second; Michael grounded out (shortstop to first); Peterson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 6TH: Otis struck out; Oliver struck out; Rojas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 6TH: Clarke grounded out (first unassisted); Munson grounded out (third to first); Murcer walked; BURGMEIER REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); White walked (walk was charged to Wright) [Murcer to second]; Ken Wright left with a finger injury; Ellis made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 7TH: Paepke grounded out (pitcher to first); Savage walked; May reached on an error by Cater [Savage to second]; On a bunt Burgmeier forced Savage (pitcher to third) [May to second]; HANSEN REPLACED CATER (PLAYING 3B); Patek singled to center [Burgmeier to second, May scored (unearned)]; Schaal flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 1. YANKEES 7TH: Alou lined to center; Hansen reached on an error by Schaal; On a bunt Michael made an out to catcher; WOODS BATTED FOR PETERSON; Woods doubled to right [Hansen to third]; Burgmeier threw a wild pitch [Woods to third, Hansen scored (unearned)]; Clarke grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 2. ROYALS 8TH: HARDIN REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); Otis flied out to center; Oliver walked; Rojas grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Oliver out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 2. YANKEES 8TH: Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); White doubled to left; Ellis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 2. ROYALS 9TH: KEOUGH BATTED FOR PAEPKE; Keough grounded out (second to first); KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR SAVAGE; Kirkpatrick singled to right; May doubled to left [Kirkpatrick to third]; Burgmeier lined to left; Patek singled to left [May scored, Kirkpatrick scored]; Schaal grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Yankees 2. YANKEES 9TH: KEOUGH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); KIRKPATRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Alou flied out to center; Hansen grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Yankees 2. |
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