The Royals knocked out Sam McDowell with a three-run outburst in the fifth inning and defeated the Indians, 6-4. A walk to Gail Hopkins and double by Jerry May produced the first run. After a pass to Chuck Harrison and safe bunt by Freddie Patek, Paul Schaal hit a sacrifice fly.

Amos Otis walked to reload the sacks and Cookie Rojas singled to drive in another run. The Royals picked up another counter in the sixth and capped their scoring with a homer by Otis in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Friday, July      23, 1971 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  4  1    1  0  0  -   6 11  0
Indians      0  0  0    2  1  0    0  1  0  -   4 10  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   1   1   0     0   0   .263      Uhlaender cf          4   0   0   0     1   0   .276
Schaal 3b             4   0   0   1     0   0   .276      Pinson lf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Otis cf               4   1   3   1     1   1   .322      Nettles 3b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .269
Rojas 2b              4   0   2   2     1   1   .320      R. Foster rf          5   1   2   1     0   0   .243
Piniella lf           5   0   1   0     0   0   .267      Chambliss 1b          4   1   2   0     0   0   .301
Paepke rf             2   0   0   0     0   2   .222      Leon 2b,ss            3   1   1   1     1   0   .262
  Kirkpatrick ph,rf   2   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Heidemann ss          3   0   1   0     0   0   .190
Hopkins 1b            3   2   1   0     1   0   .328        Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Oliver 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .232        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
May c                 4   1   2   2     0   0   .247        Baker ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .184
Splittorff p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .053        Colbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Harrison ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .151      Suarez c              3   0   1   1     0   0   .197
  Rooker p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McDowell p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .203
  Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Bevacqua 2b         1   0   0   0     1   0   .206

Totals               36   6  11   6     4   4             Totals               36   4  10   4     3   1

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 14,004
Left on Base: Royals 8, Indians 9
DP: Royals 0, Indians 1
Errors: Nettles
Doubles: May (13), Hopkins (7), Leon (6), Suarez (6)
Triples: Chambliss (3)
Home Runs: Otis (15), Nettles (17), R. Foster (8)
Caught Stealing: Otis (5), Nettles (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Schaal (2)
GIDP: Hopkins (3)
Hit by Pitch: Suarez (1,by Splittorff)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              4     6   2   2   1   1   0  19   2.44
Rooker W(2-7)           3     3   2   2   1   0   2  13   5.54
Abernathy               1.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   6   1.90
Burgmeier SV(9)         0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.32
Totals                  9    10   4   4   3   1   2  40

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell L(10-10)       4.1   5   4   4   4   3   0  22   2.97
Hennigan                1.2   3   2   2   0   0   1   8   4.26
Farmer                  0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.72
Mingori                 1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.87
Colbert                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.52
Totals                  9    11   6   6   4   4   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Splittorff (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Odom


ROYALS 1ST: Patek lined to left; Schaal flied out to right; Otis
singled to left; Rojas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson
grounded out (third to first); Nettles flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella popped to third; Paepke struck out; Hopkins
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: R. Foster singled to left; Chambliss grounded out
(second to first) [R. Foster to second]; Leon walked; Heidemann
forced Leon (second to shortstop) [R. Foster to third]; Suarez
was hit by a pitch [Heidemann to second]; McDowell struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

ROYALS 3RD: May grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Splittorff popped to third; Patek reached on an error by Nettles
[Patek to first]; Schaal grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Uhlaender grounded out (pitcher to first); Pinson
grounded out (second to pitcher); Nettles singled to right;
Nettles was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis singled to left; Otis was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Rojas walked; Piniella lined to
center; Paepke was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: R. Foster flied out to center; Chambliss tripled to
right; Chris Chambliss ran to 3B as Dennis Paepke argued he
made a shoestring catch; Leon doubled to left [Chambliss
scored]; Heidemann singled to center [Leon to third]; Suarez
doubled to left [Leon scored, Heidemann to third]; McDowell
lined to second; Uhlaender grounded out (second to first); 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Hopkins walked; May doubled to left [Hopkins
scored]; HARRISON BATTED FOR SPLITTORFF; Harrison walked; Patek
singled to pitcher [May to third, Harrison to second]; Schaal
lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [May scored]; Otis walked
[Harrison to third, Patek to second]; Rojas singled to left
[Harrison scored, Patek scored, Otis to second]; HENNIGAN
REPLACED MCDOWELL (PITCHING); Piniella forced Rojas (shortstop
to second) [Otis to third]; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR PAEPKE;
Kirkpatrick lined to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4,
Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: KIRKPATRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ROOKER
REPLACED HARRISON (PITCHING); Pinson flied out to center;
Nettles homered; R. Foster grounded out (third to first);
Chambliss grounded out (second to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Hopkins doubled to right; May singled to right
[Hopkins scored]; On a bunt Rooker made an out to pitcher; Patek
popped to shortstop; Schaal forced May (shortstop to second); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Leon lined to second; Heidemann flied out to right;
Suarez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5,
Indians 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis homered; FARMER REPLACED HEIDEMANN (PITCHING);
BEVACQUA REPLACED HENNIGAN (PLAYING 2B); LEON CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING SS); Rojas popped to second; Piniella singled to right;
Kirkpatrick singled to right [Piniella to third]; MINGORI
REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING); Hopkins grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Kirkpatrick out at second]; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Bevacqua walked; Uhlaender popped to shortstop;
Pinson popped to shortstop; Nettles popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.

ROYALS 8TH: May grounded out (pitcher to first); Rooker flied
out to center; Patek popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: R. Foster homered; Chambliss singled to center;
ABERNATHY REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); Leon popped to second;
BAKER BATTED FOR MINGORI; Baker forced Chambliss (first to
shortstop); Suarez grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 4.

ROYALS 9TH: COLBERT REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Schaal grounded
out (pitcher to first); Otis struck out; Rojas singled to right;
Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 6, Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: OLIVER REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 1B); Bevacqua
grounded out (third to first); Uhlaender walked; Pinson singled
to left [Uhlaender to second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED ABERNATHY
(PITCHING); Nettles grounded out (second to pitcher) [Uhlaender
to third, Pinson to second]; R. Foster grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 4.