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Tuesday August 10, 1971
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Kansas City Royals 3, Washington Senators 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Tuesday, August 10, 1971 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    1  1  0  -   3  6  1
Senators     1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              3   1   2   0     1   0   .265      Unser cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .270
Keough rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .255      Randle 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Otis cf               3   1   1   1     1   0   .316      Mincher 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .296
Hopkins 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .308      Howard lf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .290
Rojas 2b              3   1   1   1     1   0   .309      Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     1   3   .229
Piniella lf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .273      Nelson 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Schaal 3b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .262        Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kirkpatrick c         3   0   0   0     0   0   .219        Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hedlund p             2   0   0   0     1   1   .095        Cox p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .080
  Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Billings c            2   0   0   0     1   0   .247
                                                          Cullen ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .193
                                                          Thompson p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .111
                                                            Allen 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .278

Totals               28   3   6   3     6   2             Totals               29   1   4   1     3   5

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance:  6,409
Left on Base: Royals 4, Senators 4
DP: Royals 1, Senators 4
Errors: Hedlund
Stolen Bases: Patek (37), Rojas (8), Mincher (3)
GIDP: Keough (6), Patek (5), Kirkpatrick (8), Hopkins (7)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund W(9-6)          7     2   1   1   3   4   0  25   3.03
Abernathy SV(17)        2     2   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.36
Totals                  9     4   1   1   3   5   0  32

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Thompson L(0-4)         7.1   5   3   3   6   2   0  29   4.58
Pina                    0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.98
Riddleberger            0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.83
Cox                     1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.31
Totals                  9     6   3   3   6   2   0  34

Wild Pitches: Thompson 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Larry Barnett


ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Patek stole second; Keough struck out;
Otis flied out to right [Patek to third]; Hopkins flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Unser walked; Randle flied out to right; Mincher
forced Unser (second to shortstop); Mincher stole second; Howard
singled to center [Mincher scored]; Burroughs walked [Howard to
second]; Nelson forced Burroughs (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Senators 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Piniella
popped to first; Schaal walked; Kirkpatrick flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Senators 1.

SENATORS 2ND: Billings grounded out (third to first); Cullen
grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Senators 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Hedlund struck out; Patek singled to right; Keough
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Patek
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Senators 1.

SENATORS 3RD: Unser flied out to center; Randle lined to center;
Mincher grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Senators 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis walked; Thompson threw a wild pitch [Otis to
second]; Hopkins grounded out (second to first) [Otis to third];
Rojas singled to left [Otis scored]; Piniella grounded out
(second to first) [Rojas to second]; Thompson threw a wild pitch
[Rojas to third]; Schaal grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 1.

SENATORS 4TH: Howard grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burroughs struck out; Nelson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick popped to first in foul territory;
Hedlund walked; Patek grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Hedlund out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Senators 1.

SENATORS 5TH: Billings walked; Cullen singled to left [Billings
to second]; Billings was out trying to advance to third (catcher
to third); Cullen was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Hedlund [Cullen to second]; Thompson struck out; Unser flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Keough grounded out (third to first); Otis popped to
first; Hopkins grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 1.

SENATORS 6TH: Randle was called out on strikes; Mincher grounded
out (first to second to pitcher); Howard flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Rojas walked; Rojas stole second; Piniella singled
to right [Rojas scored, Piniella out at second (right to
shortstop)]; Schaal walked; Kirkpatrick grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop to first) [Schaal out at second]; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Senators 1.

SENATORS 7TH: Burroughs was called out on strikes; Nelson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Billings grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Senators
1.

ROYALS 8TH: Hedlund flied out to right; Patek singled to center;
Keough singled to left [Patek to third]; PINA REPLACED NELSON
(PITCHING); ALLEN REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING 3B); Otis singled
to center [Patek scored, Keough to third]; RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED
PINA (PITCHING); Hopkins grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to first) [Otis out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 3, Senators 1.

SENATORS 8TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED HEDLUND (PITCHING); Cullen
flied out to left; Allen grounded out (first to pitcher); Unser
singled to left; Randle forced Unser (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Senators 1.

ROYALS 9TH: COX REPLACED RIDDLEBERGER (PITCHING); Rojas popped
to second; Piniella flied out to center; Schaal flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Senators 1.

SENATORS 9TH: Mincher singled to center; Howard lined into a
double play (second to first) [Mincher out at first]; Burroughs
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
Senators 1.



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