Amos Otis, who singled and scored in the fourth inning, smashed a homer in the ninth to provide the Royals with a 2-1 victory over the Angels. Mickey Rivers and Tony Gonzalez doubled for the Angels' run in the first. Otis, after hitting his single in the fourth, crossed the plate on a double by Ed Kirkpatrick and sacrifice fly by Gail Hopkins. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 2, California Angels 1
Game Played on Tuesday, June      29, 1971 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  4  1
Angels       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Schaal 3b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .286      Alomar 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .314      Rivers cf             3   1   2   0     0   0   .571
Otis cf               3   2   2   1     1   0   .309      Gonzalez lf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .248
Kirkpatrick c         4   0   2   0     0   0   .259      Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .218
Hopkins 1b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .260      Conigliaro rf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .230
  Savage pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      McMullen 3b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .240
  Oliver 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .236        Ruiz pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .247      O'Brien ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .224
Keough rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Moses c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .227
Floyd ss              2   0   0   0     1   0   .167      Murphy p              2   0   0   0     1   0   .075
Hedlund p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .063        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               28   2   4   2     4   1             Totals               29   1   5   1     2   4

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance:  8,297
Left on Base: Royals 5, Angels 6
DP: Royals 0, Angels 1
Errors: Hopkins
Doubles: Kirkpatrick (9), Rivers (1), Gonzalez (4)
Home Runs: Otis (12)
Stolen Bases: Savage (3)
Caught Stealing: Rivers (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Hedlund (4), Alomar (6), Rivers (1), O'Brien (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Hopkins (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund W(7-4)          9     5   1   1   2   4   0  34   2.81
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   4   0  34

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Murphy L(4-10)          8     4   2   2   4   1   1  31   4.37
LaRoche                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.08
Totals                  9     4   2   2   4   1   1  34

Passed Balls: Moses (6)

Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney


ROYALS 1ST: Schaal walked; Rojas lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [Schaal out at first]; Otis walked; Kirkpatrick
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar popped to third; Rivers doubled to right;
Gonzalez doubled to center [Rivers scored]; Spencer lined to
first; Conigliaro flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Angels 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Hopkins grounded out (pitcher to first); Piniella
grounded out (second to first); Keough grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 2ND: McMullen grounded out (third to first); O'Brien
popped to shortstop; Moses was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Floyd flied out to left; Hedlund grounded out (third
to first); Schaal grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Murphy walked; Alomar reached on an error by Hopkins
(assist by Hedlund) on a sacrifice bunt [Murphy to second,
Alomar to first]; Rivers out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Murphy to third, Alomar to second]; Gonzalez flied to
left in foul territory; Spencer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas flied out to right; Otis singled to center;
Kirkpatrick doubled to right [Otis to third]; Hopkins hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Otis scored, Kirkpatrick to third];
Piniella grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Conigliaro lined to center; McMullen struck out;
O'Brien grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Angels 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Keough grounded out (shortstop to first); Floyd
walked; Hedlund out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Floyd to second]; Moses allowed a passed ball [Floyd to third];
Schaal walked; Rojas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Moses lined to left; Murphy grounded out (shortstop
to first); Alomar flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Angels 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis flied out to center; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(second to first); Hopkins flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Rivers singled to right; Gonzalez flied out to left;
Spencer singled to left [Rivers to second]; Rivers was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); Conigliaro grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Keough
grounded out (first to pitcher); Floyd grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: McMullen walked; O'Brien out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [McMullen to second]; Moses grounded out
(third to first); Murphy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Hedlund grounded out (third to first); Schaal flied
out to center; Rojas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 8TH: Alomar flied out to center; Rivers popped to
shortstop; Gonzalez popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis homered; Kirkpatrick singled to right; LAROCHE
REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Hopkins forced Kirkpatrick (first to
shortstop); SAVAGE RAN FOR HOPKINS; Savage stole second;
Piniella popped to shortstop; Keough flied out to center; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 9TH: OLIVER REPLACED SAVAGE (PLAYING 1B); Spencer flied
out to center; Conigliaro struck out; McMullen singled to
center; RUIZ RAN FOR MCMULLEN; O'Brien struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 1.