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A homer by Frank Robinson for the Orioles' only hit off Dick Drago was enough to beat the Royals, 1-0, in a game stopped by rain after 4½ innings. Robinson's drive in the first was the 493rd of his career, tying him with Lou Gehrig for 11th place on the all-time homer list. Jim Palmer, who pitched for the Orioles, limited the Royals to a pair of singles. [The Sporting News] Baltimore Orioles 1, Kansas City Royals 0Game Played on Friday, July 30, 1971 (Night game) at Memorial StadiumRoyals 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1 Orioles 1 0 0 0 x - 1 1 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 .267 Rettenmund lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .307 Keough rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .245 Blair cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Otis cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .314 F. Robinson rf 2 1 1 1 0 0 .295 Hopkins 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Powell 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Piniella lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Hendricks c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Rojas 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1 .314 B. Robinson 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Schaal 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Johnson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Kirkpatrick c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Belanger ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Drago p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .111 Palmer p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Totals 16 0 2 0 1 4 Totals 13 1 1 1 0 3 Time of Game: 0:48 Attendance: 6,828 Left on Base: Royals 2, Orioles 0 DP: Royals 0, Orioles 1 Errors: Kirkpatrick Home Runs: F. Robinson (18) GIDP: Hopkins (4) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Drago L(12-6) 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 13 3.03 Totals 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 13 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer W(12-6) 5 2 0 0 1 4 0 17 2.94 Totals 5 2 0 0 1 4 0 17 Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Don Denkinger ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to left; Keough grounded out (second to first); Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first); Blair flied out to right; F. Robinson homered; Powell grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 1. ROYALS 2ND: Hopkins popped to first; Piniella grounded out (second to first); Rojas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 2ND: Hendricks grounded out (first to pitcher); B. Robinson flied out to center; Johnson lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 1. ROYALS 3RD: Schaal flied out to center; Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher); Drago was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 3RD: Kirkpatrick dropped a foul fly hit by Belanger for an error; Belanger was called out on strikes; Palmer struck out; Rettenmund flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 1. ROYALS 4TH: Patek walked; Keough singled to left [Patek to second]; Otis was called out on strikes; Hopkins grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Keough out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 4TH: Blair grounded out (second to first); F. Robinson popped to shortstop; Powell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 1. ROYALS 5TH: Piniella flied out to center; Rojas singled to center; Schaal struck out; Kirkpatrick forced Rojas (shortstop unassisted); Game called because of rain; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 1. |
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