Pat Dobson extended his personal winning streak to 12 games by pitching the Orioles to a 4-0 victory over the Royals. The triumph was his 15th of the season, one more than the righthander achieved all last year with the Padres.

The Orioles gave Dobson an adequate cushion in the first inning when singles by Mark Belanger and Boog Powell, a forceout by Frank Robinson, single by Merv Rettenmund and double by Brooks Robinson produced three runs. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Saturday, July      31, 1971 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
Orioles      3  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  9  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .264      Buford lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .289
Keough rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .250        Blair cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .313      Belanger ss           3   1   2   0     1   1   .274
Hopkins 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .308      Powell 1b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .230
Piniella lf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .265      F. Robinson rf        3   1   0   0     1   1   .292
Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .312      Rettenmund cf,lf      4   1   1   1     0   0   .306
Schaal 3b             3   0   2   0     0   1   .263      B. Robinson 3b        4   1   2   2     0   0   .288
Kirkpatrick c         3   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Johnson 2b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .276
Dal Canton p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .087      Hendricks c           3   0   0   0     1   0   .242
  Rooker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dobson p              3   0   1   1     0   1   .143
  Knoop ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
  Hedlund p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Oliver ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .232
  Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   5   0     0   6             Totals               30   4   9   4     5   4

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 13,222
Left on Base: Royals 3, Orioles 8
DP: Royals 1, Orioles 2
Doubles: Otis (18), Keough (10), B. Robinson (16), Powell (13)
Caught Stealing: Johnson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Dobson (10)
GIDP: Otis (13), Oliver (7), Powell (7)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton L(8-5)       3.1   6   4   4   2   1   0  18   3.38
Rooker                  1.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   6   5.33
Hedlund                 2     1   0   0   2   0   0   8   3.12
Abernathy               1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.43
Totals                  8     9   4   4   5   4   0  36

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson W(15-4)          9     5   0   0   0   6   0  30   2.65
Totals                  9     5   0   0   0   6   0  30

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz


ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to shortstop; Keough flied out to
center; Otis doubled to left; Hopkins flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford flied out to center; Belanger singled to
center; Powell singled to second [Belanger to second]; F.
Robinson forced Powell (first to shortstop) [Belanger to third,
F. Robinson to first]; Rettenmund singled to pitcher [Belanger
scored, F. Robinson to second]; B. Robinson doubled to right [F.
Robinson scored, Rettenmund scored]; Johnson flied out to
center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 2ND: Hendricks popped to shortstop; Dobson grounded out
(second to first); Buford walked; Belanger was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Kirkpatrick struck out; Dal Canton struck out; Patek
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 3RD: Powell flied out to right; F. Robinson grounded out
(catcher to first); Rettenmund flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Keough singled to left; Otis grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Keough out at second]; Hopkins
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: B. Robinson singled to left; Johnson walked [B.
Robinson to second]; Hendricks grounded out (first unassisted)
[B. Robinson to third, Johnson to second]; Dobson singled to
left [B. Robinson scored, Johnson to third]; ROOKER REPLACED DAL
CANTON (PITCHING); Buford struck out; Belanger walked while
Johnson was caught stealing home (catcher to third to catcher)
[Dobson to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Piniella popped to second; Rojas flied out to
center; Schaal singled to center; Kirkpatrick flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 5TH: Powell doubled to left; F. Robinson was called out
on strikes; Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first); B.
Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 4.

ROYALS 6TH: KNOOP BATTED FOR ROOKER; Knoop grounded out (third
to first); Patek flied out to left; Keough doubled; Otis flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: HEDLUND REPLACED KNOOP (PITCHING); Johnson flied
out to center; Hendricks walked; Dobson out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Hendricks to second]; Buford flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Hopkins grounded out (second to first); Piniella
struck out; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger singled to center; Powell grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Belanger out at second]; F.
Robinson walked; Rettenmund grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 4.

ROYALS 8TH: BLAIR REPLACED BUFORD (PLAYING CF); RETTENMUND
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Schaal singled to center;
Kirkpatrick forced Schaal (first to shortstop) [Kirkpatrick to
first]; OLIVER BATTED FOR HEDLUND; Oliver grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Kirkpatrick out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED OLIVER (PITCHING); B. Robinson
flied out to right; Johnson singled to center; Hendricks flied
out to left; Dobson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Keough grounded
out (third to first); Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Orioles 4.