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. Kansas City Royals 6, Cleveland Indians 4Game Played on Friday, July 23, 1971 (Night game) at Cleveland StadiumRoyals 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. |
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