Although held to only two hits by Sam McDowell, the Royals were able to beat the Indians, 1-0. Dick Drago, who posted his fourth shutout of the season, walked in the sixth inning, took second on a sacrifice by Freddie Patek and scored game's run on a single by Lou Piniella. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 1, Cleveland Indians 0
Game Played on Thursday, July      15, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   1  2  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Uhlaender cf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .282      Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Pinson lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .266      Schaal 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .277
Nettles 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Rojas 2b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .313
Chambliss 1b          3   0   2   0     1   0   .311      Piniella lf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .249
R. Foster rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .249      Paepke rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .229
Leon 2b               3   0   0   0     0   1   .264        Keough rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Heidemann ss          2   0   1   0     0   0   .189      Oliver 1b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .237
  Hodge ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .235      May c                 3   0   0   0     0   1   .247
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Kirkpatrick cf        3   0   0   0     0   1   .235
Suarez c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .145      Drago p               2   1   0   0     1   1   .103
  Baker ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .187
  Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McDowell p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .208
  Hinton ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .267

Totals               31   0   8   0     1   2             Totals               25   1   2   1     3   5

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance:  9,663
Left on Base: Indians 5, Royals 4
DP: Indians 0, Royals 4
Doubles: Nettles (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (3)
GIDP: Pinson (5), Leon (10), Nettles (8)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell L(9-9)         7     2   1   1   3   4   0  26   3.00
Hennigan                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.00
Totals                  8     2   1   1   3   5   0  29

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(10-5)           9     8   0   0   1   2   0  32   3.20
Totals                  9     8   0   0   1   2   0  32

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


INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender singled to left; Pinson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Uhlaender out at
second]; Nettles popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to center; Schaal singled to center;
Rojas lined to shortstop; Piniella forced Schaal (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Chambliss singled to center; R. Foster forced
Chambliss (third to second); Leon grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [R. Foster out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Paepke grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
walked; May struck out; Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Heidemann singled to center; Suarez grounded out
(first unassisted) [Heidemann to second]; McDowell was called
out on strikes; Uhlaender grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Drago grounded out (third to first); Patek grounded
out (second to first); Schaal flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Pinson flied out to right; Nettles popped to
catcher in foul territory; Chambliss singled to left; R. Foster
singled to left [Chambliss to second]; Leon struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (third to first); Piniella popped
to first in foul territory; Paepke was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Heidemann grounded out (third to first); Suarez
flied out to center; McDowell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Oliver struck out; May grounded out (third to
first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Uhlaender popped to shortstop; Pinson singled to
center; Nettles grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Pinson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Drago walked; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Drago to second]; Schaal lined to right; Rojas
walked; Piniella singled to center [Drago scored, Rojas to
third]; Paepke forced Piniella (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); R.
Foster flied out to center; Leon flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Oliver flied out to right; May grounded out (third
to first); Kirkpatrick popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 1.

INDIANS 8TH: KEOUGH REPLACED PAEPKE (PLAYING RF); HODGE BATTED
FOR HEIDEMANN; Hodge singled to center; BAKER BATTED FOR SUAREZ;
Baker flied out to center; HINTON BATTED FOR MCDOWELL; Hinton
forced Hodge (shortstop to second); Uhlaender grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: HINTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); STANLEY REPLACED
HODGE (PLAYING SS); HENNIGAN REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Drago
struck out; Patek flied out to center; Schaal grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Pinson made an out to shortstop; Nettles doubled to
right; Chambliss walked; R. Foster hit into a double play (left
to shortstop to second) [Chambliss out at second]; Chris
Chambliss out on appeal when he missed 2B on way back to 1B;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 1.