The Royals collected three runs in the first inning and went on to defeat the Angels, 5-0, behind the six-hit hurling of Dick Drago. In their opening burst, singles by Paul Schaal and Cookie Rojas, a double by Amos Otis, infield out by Chuck Harrison and single by Lou Piniella produced the Royals' runs. Rojas singled again in the seventh for the 1,000th hit of his major league career. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, California Angels 0
Game Played on Thursday, June      17, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0
Royals       3  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  x  -   5 10  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .216      Schaal 3b             4   1   3   1     0   0   .284
Fregosi ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .219      Rojas 2b              4   2   2   0     0   0   .299
Gonzalez rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .257      Otis cf               4   1   2   1     0   1   .303
Johnson lf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .257      Harrison 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .300
McMullen 3b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .236      Piniella lf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .245
Spencer 1b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .197      Oliver rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .237
Berry cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .203      May c                 4   0   0   0     0   1   .256
Torborg c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .067      Severson ss           2   1   0   0     1   0   .182
  Stephenson ph,c     1   0   0   0     0   0   .315      Drago p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .080
May p                 1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
  Wright ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .163
  Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Repoz ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .198
  Queen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   6   0     2   4             Totals               32   5  10   4     1   4

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 10,509
Left on Base: Angels 7, Royals 5
DP: Angels 0, Royals 2
Doubles: Berry (11), Otis (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Drago (5)
GIDP: Berry (9), Gonzalez (2)
Hit by Pitch: Berry (2,by Drago)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May L(3-5)              4     7   4   4   1   1   0  20   3.65
Allen                   2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   4.81
Queen                   2     2   1   1   0   1   0   7   1.61
Totals                  8    10   5   5   1   4   0  34

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(7-2)            9     6   0   0   2   4   0  34   2.37
Totals                  9     6   0   0   2   4   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Drago (3)
Wild Pitches: Queen (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - John Rice


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (shortstop to first); Fregosi
was called out on strikes; Gonzalez singled to center; Johnson
walked [Gonzalez to second]; McMullen forced Johnson (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Schaal singled to center; Rojas singled to right
[Schaal to third]; Otis doubled to left [Rojas to third, Schaal
scored]; Harrison grounded out (shortstop to first) [Rojas
scored]; Piniella singled to center [Otis scored, Piniella to
second (on throw)]; Oliver grounded out (third to first); May
popped to second; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 3.

ANGELS 2ND: Spencer popped to catcher in foul territory; Berry
doubled to center; Torborg lined to second; May was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 2ND: Severson grounded out (shortstop to first); Drago
grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal singled to center;
Rojas flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals
3.

ANGELS 3RD: Alomar was called out on strikes; Fregosi struck
out; Gonzalez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Otis struck out; Harrison singled to left; Piniella
flied out to right; Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 3.

ANGELS 4TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); McMullen
singled to center; Spencer singled to center [McMullen to
second]; Berry grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Spencer out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 4TH: May flied out to left; Severson walked; Drago out on
a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Severson to second];
Schaal singled to left [Severson scored]; Rojas flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 4.

ANGELS 5TH: Torborg flied out to left; WRIGHT BATTED FOR MAY;
Wright grounded out (second to first); Alomar flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: ALLEN REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Otis lined to
second; Harrison grounded out (third to first); Piniella singled
to left; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Royals 4.

ANGELS 6TH: Fregosi popped to first in foul territory; Gonzalez
flied out to left; Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Severson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Drago struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 4.

ANGELS 7TH: McMullen singled to center; Spencer flied out to
right; Berry was hit by a pitch [McMullen to second]; STEPHENSON
BATTED FOR TORBORG; Stephenson flied out to left; REPOZ BATTED
FOR ALLEN; Repoz flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Angels 0, Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: STEPHENSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); QUEEN
REPLACED REPOZ (PITCHING); Schaal grounded out (second to
first); Rojas singled to left; Otis singled to left [Rojas to
third, Otis out at second (left to second)]; Queen threw a wild
pitch [Rojas scored]; Harrison flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 5.

ANGELS 8TH: Alomar singled to pitcher; Fregosi flied out to
right; Gonzalez grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Alomar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Piniella flied out to center; Oliver popped to third
in foul territory; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
0, Royals 5.

ANGELS 9TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); McMullen
grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer walked; Berry
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Royals 5.