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Thursday July 1, 1971
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The Royals made it 2-3-4 in scoring to gain a 9-4 victory over the Angels. Amos Otis homered with a man on base for two runs in the first inning.

Three scored in the fourth on a walk to Bobby Floyd, single by Dick Drago, double by Paul Schaal and single by Joe Keough. The Royals then wrapped it up with four runs in the ninth, Amos Otis hitting a single for his third RBI. [The Sporting News]


Kansas City Royals 9, California Angels 4

Game Played on Thursday, July 1, 1971 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Royals       2  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  4  -   9 11  0
Angels       0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   4  6  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Schaal 3b             3   2   1   2     2   1   .290      Rivers cf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .267
Keough rf             5   2   3   1     0   2   .232      Fregosi ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .191
Otis cf               5   2   2   3     0   0   .308      Gonzalez lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .252
Kirkpatrick c         4   0   1   1     0   0   .259      Stephenson c          4   1   1   0     0   0   .298
Hopkins 1b            4   1   1   1     1   1   .260      Spencer 1b            4   1   1   2     0   0   .216
  Oliver 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .238      McMullen 3b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .244
Piniella lf           5   0   2   0     0   1   .253      Conigliaro rf         4   0   1   1     0   2   .226
Knoop 2b              4   0   0   0     1   1   .214      Alomar 2b             3   0   0   1     0   1   .235
Floyd ss              3   1   0   1     2   1   .154      Messersmith p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .158
Drago p               5   1   1   0     0   4   .121        Queen ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fisher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            O'Brien ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .228
                                                            Lasher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            A. Reynolds p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   9  11   9     6  11             Totals               33   4   6   4     1   8

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance:  6,657
Left on Base: Royals 9, Angels 3
DP: Royals 0, Angels 0
Errors: Spencer
Doubles: Schaal (14), Otis (13)
Triples: Kirkpatrick (1)
Home Runs: Otis (13), Spencer (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Kirkpatrick (6)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(8-4)            9     6   4   4   1   8   1  34   3.61
Totals                  9     6   4   4   1   8   1  34

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith L(7-8)      5     7   5   5   2   4   1  25   3.92
Fisher                  3     0   0   0   2   6   0  11   2.29
Lasher                  0.1   4   4   4   1   0   0   6  27.00
A. Reynolds             0.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   4.81
Totals                  9    11   9   9   6  11   1  45

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


ROYALS 1ST: Schaal flied out to right; Keough singled to right;
Otis homered [Keough scored]; Kirkpatrick flied out to center;
Hopkins walked; Piniella singled to center [Hopkins to second];
Knoop flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Rivers was called out on strikes; Fregosi was called
out on strikes; Gonzalez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Floyd was called out on strikes; Drago was called
out on strikes; Schaal was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Stephenson singled to left; Spencer flied out to
center; McMullen singled to second [Stephenson to second];
Conigliaro singled to center [Stephenson scored, McMullen to
third]; Alomar forced Conigliaro (shortstop to second) [McMullen
scored]; Messersmith struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
2, Angels 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Keough struck out; Otis grounded out (third to
first); Kirkpatrick tripled to right; Hopkins flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 3RD: Rivers was called out on strikes; Fregosi grounded
out (shortstop to first); Gonzalez singled to center; Stephenson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Angels 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella flied out to left; Knoop grounded out
(shortstop to first); Floyd walked; Drago singled to center
[Floyd to second]; Schaal doubled to center [Floyd scored, Drago
scored]; Keough singled to right [Schaal scored]; Otis popped to
shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Angels 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Spencer popped to first; McMullen grounded out
(shortstop to first); Conigliaro was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Angels 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Hopkins
reached on an error by Spencer (assist by Alomar) [Hopkins to
first]; Piniella lined to center; Knoop flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Angels 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Alomar grounded out (shortstop to first); QUEEN
BATTED FOR MESSERSMITH; Queen grounded out (second to first);
Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Angels 2.

ROYALS 6TH: FISHER REPLACED QUEEN (PITCHING); Floyd grounded out
(first unassisted); Drago struck out; Schaal walked; Keough
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Angels 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Fregosi popped to second; Gonzalez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Stephenson grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Angels 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis flied out to left; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(second to first); Hopkins struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Spencer popped to catcher in foul territory;
McMullen grounded out (pitcher to first); Conigliaro struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Angels 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Piniella struck out; Knoop struck out; Floyd walked;
Drago was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
5, Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: Alomar was called out on strikes; O'BRIEN BATTED FOR
FISHER; O'Brien singled to right; Rivers was called out on
strikes; Fregosi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 5, Angels 2.

ROYALS 9TH: LASHER REPLACED O'BRIEN (PITCHING); Schaal walked;
Keough singled to left [Schaal to second]; Otis doubled to left
[Schaal scored, Keough to third]; Kirkpatrick hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Keough scored, Otis to third (on throw)]; Hopkins
singled to center [Otis scored]; Piniella singled to left
[Hopkins to second]; A. REYNOLDS REPLACED LASHER (PITCHING);
Knoop walked [Hopkins to third, Piniella to second]; Floyd
forced Knoop (shortstop to second) [Hopkins scored, Piniella to
third]; Drago struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 9,
Angels 2.

ANGELS 9TH: OLIVER REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 1B); Gonzalez
walked; Stephenson lined to third; Spencer homered [Gonzalez
scored]; McMullen lined to center; Conigliaro grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 9, Angels 4.



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