The Royals extended their winning streak to five games with a 2-0 victory in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader before their string was snapped by the Senators in the nightcap, 2-1. Ken Wright, with last-out help from Tom Burgmeier, was the Royals' winner in the lidlifter. The Royals scored on a walk and singles by Freddie Patek and Cookie Rojas in the third inning and again on a triple by Rojas and single by Amos Otis in the sixth. Kansas City Royals 2, Washington Senators 0 (Game 1)Game Played on Thursday, August 12, 1971 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy StadiumRoyals 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 Senators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Senators AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .268 Unser cf 4 0 2 0 1 1 .271 Rojas 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .309 Randle 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .230 Otis cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .318 Allen ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Billings ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Oliver rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .241 Mincher 1b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .297 Harrison 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .230 Howard lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .286 Schaal 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Burroughs rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .244 Paepke c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .224 Nelson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277 Wright p 3 1 0 0 0 2 .048 Casanova c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .215 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Cullen ss 3 0 0 0 0 3 .191 Cox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .080 McCraw ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Shellenback p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .148 Harrah ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Totals 31 2 8 2 1 3 Totals 32 0 6 0 6 6 Time of Game: 2:09 Left on Base: Royals 3, Senators 11 DP: Royals 0, Senators 3 Doubles: Mincher (19), Burroughs (4), Randle (9) Triples: Rojas (2) Caught Stealing: Rojas (3), Unser (5) GIDP: Schaal (6), Rojas (10) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wright W(3-4) 8.2 6 0 0 6 6 0 37 2.70 Burgmeier SV(11) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.74 Totals 9 6 0 0 6 6 0 38 Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Shellenback L(3-9) 6 6 2 2 1 2 0 23 3.41 Cox 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.22 Totals 9 8 2 2 1 3 0 32 Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to right; Rojas flied out to left; Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Senators 0. SENATORS 1ST: Unser walked; Randle was called out on strikes; Unser was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Mincher doubled to center; Howard flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Senators 0. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella flied out to right; Oliver struck out; Harrison grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Senators 0. SENATORS 2ND: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson singled to left; Casanova flied out to left; Cullen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Senators 0. ROYALS 3RD: Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); Paepke walked; Wright forced Paepke (shortstop to second); Patek singled to center [Wright to second]; Rojas singled to center [Wright scored, Patek to third]; Rojas was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Senators 0. SENATORS 3RD: Shellenback walked; Unser struck out; Randle flied out to right; Mincher flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Senators 0. ROYALS 4TH: Otis lined to center; Piniella popped to first; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Senators 0. SENATORS 4TH: Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); Burroughs doubled to left; Nelson flied out to left; Casanova walked; Cullen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Senators 0. ROYALS 5TH: Harrison singled to pitcher; Schaal grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Harrison out at second]; Paepke grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Senators 0. SENATORS 5TH: Shellenback grounded out (second to first); Unser flied out to right; Randle doubled to left; Mincher walked; Howard walked [Randle to third, Mincher to second]; Burroughs forced Mincher (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, Senators 0. ROYALS 6TH: Wright struck out; Patek flied to right in foul territory; Rojas tripled; Otis singled to second [Rojas scored]; Piniella forced Otis (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Senators 0. SENATORS 6TH: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Casanova struck out; Cullen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Senators 0. ROYALS 7TH: Oliver singled to left; HARRAH REPLACED SHELLENBACK (PLAYING SS); COX REPLACED CULLEN (PITCHING); Harrison singled to second [Oliver to second]; Schaal lined into a double play (second unassisted) [Oliver out at second]; Paepke popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Senators 0. SENATORS 7TH: Harrah grounded out (first unassisted); On a bunt Unser singled to first; ALLEN BATTED FOR RANDLE; Allen popped to catcher in foul territory; Mincher walked [Unser to second]; Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Senators 0. ROYALS 8TH: ALLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Wright was called out on strikes; Patek singled to left; Rojas grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Patek out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Senators 0. SENATORS 8TH: Burroughs flied out to right; Nelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Casanova popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Senators 0. ROYALS 9TH: Otis grounded out (second to first); Piniella grounded out (third to first); Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Senators 0. SENATORS 9TH: MCCRAW BATTED FOR COX; McCraw grounded out (second to first); Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); Unser singled to second; BURGMEIER REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); BILLINGS BATTED FOR ALLEN; Billings flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Senators 0. |
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