With Paul Splittorff pitching a one-hitter, the Royals gained a 1-0 victory over the Senators when rain stopped the first game of a scheduled twi-night doubleheader with two out in the top half of the sixth inning. The second game was postponed. The Royals scored their run off Bill Gogolewski in the first inning on a single by Joe Keough, double by Amos Otis and sacrifice fly by Cookie Rojas. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 1, Washington Senators 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    11, 1971 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1
Senators     0  0  0    0  0  x  -   0  1  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .266      Nelson 3b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .278
Keough rf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .256      Randle 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Otis cf               3   0   2   0     0   0   .318      Howard 1b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .288
Hopkins 1b            2   0   0   0     1   1   .305      Billings lf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Rojas 2b              2   0   0   1     0   1   .307      Burroughs rf          2   0   1   0     0   0   .243
Piniella lf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Casanova c            2   0   0   0     0   1   .217
Schaal 3b             2   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Unser cf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Kirkpatrick c         2   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Harrah ss             2   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Splittorff p          2   0   1   0     0   0   .100      Gogolewski p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .067

Totals               21   1   6   1     1   3             Totals               17   0   1   0     0   5

Time of Game: 1:10   Attendance:  2,799
Left on Base: Royals 5, Senators 2
DP: Royals 0, Senators 0
Errors: Patek
Doubles: Otis (22), Burroughs (3)
Caught Stealing: Otis (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Rojas (7)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(5-5)       5     1   0   0   0   5   0  17   2.37
Totals                  5     1   0   0   0   5   0  17

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gogolewski L(2-2)       5.2   6   1   1   1   3   0  23   2.76
Totals                  5.2   6   1   1   1   3   0  23

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek was called out on strikes; Keough singled to
left; Otis doubled to left [Keough to third]; Hopkins was walked
intentionally; Rojas hit a sacrifice fly to right [Keough
scored, Otis to third]; Piniella forced Hopkins (second to
shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Nelson was called out on strikes; Randle grounded
out (third to first); Howard reached on an error by Patek
[Howard to first]; Billings forced Howard (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Schaal singled to second; Kirkpatrick popped to
catcher in foul territory; Splittorff singled to second [Schaal
to second]; Patek popped to first in foul territory; Keough
popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Burroughs grounded out (pitcher to first);
Casanova struck out; Unser grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Otis singled to center; Otis was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Hopkins struck out; Rojas was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators
0.

SENATORS 3RD: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Gogolewski
struck out; Nelson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella flied out to center; Schaal flied out to
right; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 0.

SENATORS 4TH: Randle grounded out (pitcher to first); Howard
struck out; Billings grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Splittorff flied out to left; Patek singled to
center; Keough flied out to right; Otis forced Patek (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 0.

SENATORS 5TH: Burroughs doubled to center; Casanova grounded out
(third to first); Unser grounded out (second to first)
[Burroughs to third]; Harrah was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Hopkins grounded out (second to first); Rojas lined
to center; game called after 72 minute rain delay; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Senators 0.