The Indians, who were defeated in the opener of a doubleheader, 4-3, snapped their five-game losing streak by beating the Royals in the nightcap, 2-1. The Royals won the lidlifter with one concentrated burst, scoring all their runs in the third inning on walks to Dick Drago and Paul Schaal, a single by Amos Otis, pass to Gail Hopkins, single by Cooke Rojas and sacrifice fly by Lou Piniella.

In the nightcap, the Indians broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth when Jim Clark walked, Jack Heidemann sacrificed and Ken Suarez singled. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Cleveland Indians 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      25, 1971 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  5  1
Indians      0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   3  7  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Uhlaender cf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Schaal 3b             4   1   1   0     1   1   .272      Leon 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Otis cf               3   1   1   1     1   1   .317      Pinson rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Hopkins 1b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .328      Nettles 3b            4   1   3   1     0   0   .275
  Oliver 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   1     0   0   .295
Rojas 2b              4   0   1   2     0   0   .318      R. Foster lf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .244
Piniella lf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .266      Heidemann ss          3   0   1   0     0   0   .190
Kirkpatrick rf        3   0   0   0     1   1   .225        Hinton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Paepke c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .228      Suarez c              2   0   0   1     0   1   .185
Drago p               2   1   0   0     1   1   .114        Hodge ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
                                                          Lamb p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                            Colbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                            Clark ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .133
                                                            A. Foster p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .059
                                                            Baker ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .176
                                                            Hargan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .091

Totals               31   4   5   4     6   5             Totals               33   3   7   3     0   1

Time of Game: 2:23
Left on Base: Royals 7, Indians 5
DP: Royals 0, Indians 2
Errors: Schaal, Pinson, Hargan
Doubles: Schaal (18), Nettles (13)
Home Runs: Nettles (18), Chambliss (5)
Stolen Bases: Otis (29)
Caught Stealing: Patek (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Drago (6), Lamb (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Suarez (2)
GIDP: Rojas (8)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(12-5)           9     7   3   3   0   1   2  35   3.05
Totals                  9     7   3   3   0   1   2  35

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lamb L(5-8)             2.1   2   3   3   3   1   0  12   3.12
Colbert                 2.2   2   1   1   2   2   0  12   4.48
A. Foster               2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.95
Hargan                  2     1   0   0   1   0   0   8   6.25
Totals                  9     5   4   4   6   5   0  38

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to right; Schaal doubled to left;
Otis walked; Hopkins popped to second; Rojas forced Otis (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender grounded out (shortstop to first); Leon
reached on an error by Schaal [Leon to first]; Pinson forced
Leon (shortstop to second); Nettles singled to second [Pinson to
second]; Chambliss forced Nettles (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

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

INDIANS 2ND: R. Foster singled to third; Heidemann singled to
center [R. Foster to third]; Suarez hit a sacrifice fly to
center [R. Foster scored]; Lamb out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Heidemann to second]; Uhlaender popped to shortstop;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Drago walked; Patek popped to third in foul
territory; Schaal walked [Drago to second]; Otis singled to
center [Drago scored, Schaal to third]; COLBERT REPLACED LAMB
(PITCHING); Otis stole second; Hopkins was walked intentionally;
Rojas singled to right [Schaal scored, Otis scored, Hopkins to
third]; Piniella grounded out (second to first) [Hopkins scored,
Rojas to second]; Kirkpatrick was walked intentionally; Paepke
forced Kirkpatrick (third to second); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 4, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Leon grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson
grounded out (second to first); Nettles doubled to right;
Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Royals 4, Indians 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Drago flied out to right; Patek singled to center;
Schaal reached on an error by Pinson [Patek to second, Schaal to
first]; Otis struck out while Patek was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: R. Foster flied out to left; Heidemann grounded out
(second to first); Suarez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Hopkins grounded out (second to first); Rojas popped
to catcher in foul territory; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: CLARK BATTED FOR COLBERT; Clark grounded out (first
unassisted); Uhlaender grounded out (second to first); Leon
singled to center; Pinson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 1.

ROYALS 6TH: A. FOSTER REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick
flied out to center; Paepke flied out to right; Drago struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Nettles homered; Chambliss grounded out (second to
first); R. Foster popped to catcher in foul territory; Heidemann
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Indians 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal
struck out; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Suarez struck out; BAKER BATTED FOR A. FOSTER;
Baker made an out to shortstop; Uhlaender grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 2.

ROYALS 8TH: HARGAN REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Hopkins reached on
an error by Hargan (assist by Chambliss) [Hopkins to first];
Rojas grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Hopkins out at second]; Piniella singled to center; Kirkpatrick
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: OLIVER REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 1B); Leon flied
out to right; Pinson grounded out (second to first); Nettles
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Paepke walked; Drago out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Paepke to second]; Patek grounded out (third to
first); Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: Chambliss homered; R. Foster flied out to left;
HINTON BATTED FOR HEIDEMANN; Hinton popped to shortstop; HODGE
BATTED FOR SUAREZ; Hodge popped to shortstop in foul territory;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 3.