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. Kansas City Royals 7, Baltimore Orioles 2Game Played on Wednesday, July 21, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal StadiumOrioles 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. |
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