The Royals, who knocked out Cuellar in the previous night's game, unleashed their bats against Jim Palmer and beat the Orioles again, 7-2. The Royals, who had a homer by Lou Piniella, were ahead only 3-2 when they broke the game open with four runs in the fifth inning.

Amos Otis and Gail Hopkins singled and both scored on a double by Cookie Rojas. Piniella followed with a triple and counted himself on a sacrifice fly by Joe Keough. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 7, Baltimore Orioles 2
Game Played on Wednesday, July      21, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Orioles      1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  0
Royals       0  1  2    0  4  0    0  0  x  -   7 10  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .306      Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .264
Blair cf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .257      Schaal 3b             2   1   1   0     2   0   .283
B. Robinson 3b        3   0   1   1     1   0   .291      Otis cf               4   2   3   0     0   0   .318
F. Robinson 1b        3   0   0   0     1   2   .306      Hopkins 1b            3   1   2   0     1   0   .339
Rettenmund rf         4   0   2   0     0   1   .298        Oliver 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Hendricks c           3   1   1   0     1   0   .253      Rojas 2b              3   1   1   3     0   0   .319
Johnson 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Piniella lf           4   2   2   2     0   1   .268
Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Keough rf             3   0   1   1     0   1   .236
Palmer p              2   0   1   1     0   0   .197      May c                 2   0   0   0     2   0   .240
  Motton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .174      Fitzmorris p          3   0   0   0     0   2   .133
  Boswell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Burgmeier p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Salmon ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .120

Totals               34   2  10   2     3   5             Totals               29   7  10   6     5   5

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 13,239
Left on Base: Orioles 8, Royals 5
DP: Orioles 3, Royals 2
Doubles: B. Robinson (14), Keough (8), Rojas (21)
Triples: Piniella (3)
Home Runs: Piniella (2)
Stolen Bases: Blair (11), Otis (28), Hopkins (3)
Caught Stealing: Blair (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Rojas (6), Keough (2)
GIDP: F. Robinson (17), Johnson (9), Otis (11), Rojas (7)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(11-6)          6     9   7   7   5   5   1  30   2.90
Boswell                 2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   5.50
Totals                  8    10   7   7   5   5   1  36

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris W(2-1)       5     8   2   2   3   2   0  24   4.82
Burgmeier SV(8)         4     2   0   0   0   3   0  13   1.33
Totals                  9    10   2   2   3   5   0  37

Wild Pitches: Palmer (2)
Balks: Palmer (1)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford singled to right; Blair flied out to right;
B. Robinson doubled [Buford scored]; F. Robinson walked;
Rettenmund flied out to center; Hendricks grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Schaal singled to center; Otis
singled to left [Schaal to second]; Hopkins forced Otis (third
to second) [Schaal to third, Hopkins to first]; Rojas grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals
0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Johnson popped to second; Belanger flied out to
center; Palmer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella homered; Keough struck out; May popped to
first in foul territory; Fitzmorris struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Buford flied out to right; Blair singled to left;
Blair stole second; B. Robinson walked; F. Robinson grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [B. Robinson
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to left; Schaal walked; Otis singled
to center [Schaal to second]; Palmer threw a wild pitch [Schaal
to third]; Hopkins walked [Otis to second]; Rojas hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Schaal scored]; Otis stole third;
Hopkins stole second; Palmer balked [Otis scored, Hopkins to
third]; Piniella was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: Rettenmund was called out on strikes; Hendricks
walked; Johnson singled to center [Hendricks to second];
Belanger popped to second; Palmer singled to left [Hendricks
scored, Johnson to second]; Buford grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Keough doubled to left; May walked; Fitzmorris lined
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop) [Keough out at
second]; Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 2, Royals 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Blair singled to left; Blair was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); B. Robinson popped to first; F.
Robinson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Schaal grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis singled
to left; Hopkins singled to first [Otis to second]; Rojas
doubled [Otis scored, Hopkins scored]; Piniella tripled to left
[Rojas scored]; Keough hit a sacrifice fly to center [Piniella
scored]; May walked; Fitzmorris was called out on strikes; 4 R,
4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Royals 7.

ORIOLES 6TH: Rettenmund singled to right; Hendricks singled to
center [Rettenmund to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED FITZMORRIS
(PITCHING); Johnson grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Rettenmund to third, Hendricks out at second];
Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 2, Royals 7.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek popped to third in foul territory; Schaal
walked; Otis grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Schaal out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Royals
7.

ORIOLES 7TH: MOTTON BATTED FOR PALMER; Motton struck out; Buford
was called out on strikes; Blair lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 2, Royals 7.

ROYALS 7TH: BOSWELL REPLACED MOTTON (PITCHING); Hopkins singled
to right; Rojas grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Hopkins out at second]; Piniella grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Royals 7.

ORIOLES 8TH: OLIVER REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 1B); B. Robinson
grounded out (second to first); F. Robinson was called out on
strikes; Rettenmund singled to right; Hendricks forced
Rettenmund (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
2, Royals 7.

ROYALS 8TH: Keough grounded out (first to pitcher); May popped
to second; Burgmeier flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 2, Royals 7.

ORIOLES 9TH: Johnson popped to catcher in foul territory;
Belanger flied out to right; SALMON BATTED FOR BOSWELL; Salmon
singled to center; Buford forced Salmon (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Royals 7.