Freddie Patek, Paul Schaal and Lou Piniella collected two hits apiece to pace the Royals to a 7-2 victory over the Indians. The Royals actually decided the outcome with three runs in the first inning. Patek walked and stole second. Schaal also walked and Cookie Rojas was safe on an error by Ray Lamb, loading the bases.

Ed Kirkpatrick hit a sacrifice fly to score Patek. After an intentional pass to Gail Hopkins, Piniella singled Schaal across the plate. Rojas then scored the third run when a balk was called on Lamb. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 7, Cleveland Indians 2

Game Played on Saturday, July 17, 1971 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium

Indians      0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  3
Royals       3  0  2    0  0  1    1  0  x  -   7 10  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Uhlaender cf          4   0   2   0     0   0   .286      Patek ss              5   2   2   0     0   0   .267
Pinson lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .265      Schaal 3b             4   1   2   1     1   0   .280
Clark 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Rojas 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .310
Nettles 3b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .262      Kirkpatrick cf        4   1   1   1     0   2   .239
R. Foster rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .254      Hopkins 1b            2   1   1   0     1   0   .299
Bevacqua 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .218        Oliver 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Heidemann ss          4   1   1   0     0   0   .193      Piniella lf           4   1   2   2     0   0   .254
Suarez c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .180      Keough rf             2   0   0   1     1   1   .234
Lamb p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .129      May c                 2   0   0   0     2   1   .242
  Paul p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hedlund p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .105
  Chambliss ph        1   0   0   1     0   0   .302        Burgmeier p         2   0   0   0     0   2   .200
  Colbert p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
  Hinton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               34   2   9   2     0   2             Totals               33   7  10   5     5   6

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 10,319
Left on Base: Indians 5, Royals 9
DP: Indians 2, Royals 2
Errors: Clark, Nettles, Lamb
Doubles: Heidemann (6), Suarez (5), Hopkins (4), Piniella (10), Patek (13)
Home Runs: Nettles (15)
Stolen Bases: Patek (33)
Sacrifice Flies: Kirkpatrick (7), Keough (1)
GIDP: Clark (1), May (7), Hedlund (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lamb L(5-6)             1.1   4   3   3   3   0   0  11   2.57
Paul                    0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.08
Colbert                 4     4   3   2   1   3   0  17   4.61
Mingori                 2     2   1   0   1   2   0  10   1.98
Totals                  8    10   7   5   5   6   0  40

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund W(8-5)          5     6   2   2   0   1   1  20   2.79
Burgmeier SV(7)         4     3   0   0   0   1   0  14   1.44
Totals                  9     9   2   2   0   2   1  34

Balks: Lamb (1)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender singled to right; Pinson forced Uhlaender
(second to shortstop); Clark grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Pinson out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to center; Patek stole second; Schaal
walked; Rojas reached on an error by Lamb [Patek to third,
Schaal to second, Rojas to first]; Kirkpatrick hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Patek scored, Schaal to third, Rojas to second];
Hopkins was walked intentionally; Piniella singled to right
[Schaal scored, Rojas to third, Hopkins to second]; Lamb balked
[Rojas scored, Hopkins to third, Piniella to second]; Keough
walked; May grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Piniella out at third]; 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Royals 3.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles flied out to left; R. Foster grounded out
(third to first); Bevacqua lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 2ND: Hedlund singled to center; Patek popped to first in
foul territory; Schaal singled to left [Hedlund to second]; PAUL
REPLACED LAMB (PITCHING); Rojas flied out to center; Kirkpatrick
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Royals 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Heidemann doubled to right; Suarez flied out to
right [Heidemann to third]; CHAMBLISS BATTED FOR PAUL; Chambliss
grounded out (second to first) [Heidemann scored]; Uhlaender
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 3RD: COLBERT REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PITCHING); Hopkins
doubled to right; Piniella doubled to left [Hopkins scored];
Keough reached on an error by Clark [Piniella to third, Keough
to first]; May walked [Keough to second]; Hedlund grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Piniella scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Keough to third, May out at second]; Patek
flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1,
Royals 5.

INDIANS 4TH: Pinson grounded out (second to first); Clark
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles homered; R. Foster
singled to right; Bevacqua singled to right [R. Foster to
second]; Heidemann grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 5.

ROYALS 4TH: Schaal flied out to right; Rojas grounded out
(second to first); Kirkpatrick flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 5.

INDIANS 5TH: Suarez grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert
struck out; Uhlaender singled to right; Pinson flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 5.

ROYALS 5TH: Hopkins grounded out (first to pitcher); Piniella
grounded out (shortstop to first); Keough struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 5.

INDIANS 6TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED HEDLUND (PITCHING); Clark struck
out; Nettles popped to shortstop; R. Foster popped to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: May struck out; Burgmeier struck out; Patek doubled
to right; Schaal singled to center [Patek scored]; Rojas forced
Schaal (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Royals 6.

INDIANS 7TH: OLIVER REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 1B); Bevacqua
popped to shortstop; Heidemann grounded out (second to first);
Suarez doubled to left; HINTON BATTED FOR COLBERT; Hinton flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 6.

ROYALS 7TH: MINGORI REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick
singled to second; Mike Hedlund left with slight back
strain; Oliver reached on an error by Nettles [Kirkpatrick
to third, Oliver to first]; Piniella grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Oliver to second]; Keough hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Kirkpatrick scored (unearned), Oliver to third]; May was walked
intentionally; Burgmeier struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 7.

INDIANS 8TH: Uhlaender grounded out (pitcher to first); Pinson
singled to center; Clark lined into a double play (second to
first) [Pinson out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2,
Royals 7.

ROYALS 8TH: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); Schaal popped
to shortstop; Rojas singled to left; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 7.

INDIANS 9TH: Nettles singled to center; R. Foster flied out to
right; Bevacqua lined to shortstop; Heidemann lined to first; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 7.

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