Lou Piniella batted in three runs with a single and double as the Royals concentrated their attack in the fifth and sixth innings to defeat the Senators, 8-5. The Royals snapped a five-game losing streak, while the Senators were stopped on their string of four victories.

Piniella's single drove in two of the Royals' five runs in the fifth and his double accounted for one of three tallies in the sixth. Bob Oliver had a run-scoring single in each stanza. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, Washington Senators 5
Game Played on Saturday, August    21, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Senators     1  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  0  -   5  7  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  5  3    0  0  x  -   8 13  0


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              4   1   1   1     1   0   .275      Patek ss              4   1   2   0     1   2   .274
Nelson 3b             3   0   1   2     0   0   .279      Keough cf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .269
Mincher 1b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .296      Hopkins 1b            4   2   1   1     1   0   .288
Howard lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .290      Piniella lf           5   2   2   3     0   0   .265
Allen 2b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .270      Rojas 2b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  Randle pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .233        Knoop ph,2b         2   2   2   1     1   0   .215
  Harrah ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .216      Oliver rf             4   0   3   2     0   0   .245
Burroughs rf          3   1   1   0     1   1   .276      Schaal 3b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .259
Billings c            4   1   1   1     0   1   .252      Kirkpatrick c         3   0   0   0     1   1   .215
Cullen ss,2b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .189      Hedlund p             3   0   0   0     0   0   .083
Thompson p            1   0   0   0     1   1   .077        York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Cox p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .080        Burgmeier p         1   0   1   0     0   0   .235
  McCraw ph           0   1   0   0     0   0   .222
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .211
  Maddox ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .202

Totals               30   5   7   5     4   5             Totals               35   8  13   7     5   4

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance:  8,489
Left on Base: Senators 5, Royals 8
DP: Senators 0, Royals 2
Doubles: Unser (13), Cullen (11), Burroughs (6), Hopkins (13), Piniella (18)
Stolen Bases: Patek (41)
Caught Stealing: Patek (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Nelson (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Mincher (4)
Hit by Pitch: McCraw (3,by York)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Thompson L(1-5)         4.1   8   5   5   3   0   0  23   4.28
Cox                     1.2   4   3   3   2   2   0  10   3.36
Lindblad                2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.61
Totals                  8    13   8   8   5   4   0  40

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund W(11-6)         6     4   2   2   2   4   0  23   2.95
York                    0.1   2   3   3   2   0   0   6   2.86
Burgmeier SV(13)        2.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   8   1.76
Totals                  9     7   5   5   4   5   0  37

Hit by Pitch: York (3)
Wild Pitches: Cox (4)

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


SENATORS 1ST: Unser doubled; Nelson out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Unser to third]; Mincher hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Unser scored]; Howard singled to right; Allen grounded
out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 1,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to left; Patek stole second; Keough
lined to shortstop; Hopkins popped to third in foul
territory; 23 minute rain delay with 1-0 count on
Piniella; Piniella popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 1, Royals 0.

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

ROYALS 2ND: Rojas flied out to center; Oliver singled to right;
Schaal singled to right [Oliver to second]; Kirkpatrick popped
to shortstop; Hedlund grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Senators 1, Royals 0.

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

ROYALS 3RD: Patek singled to right; Keough flied out to center;
Patek was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Hopkins
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 1, Royals 0.

SENATORS 4TH: Howard was called out on strikes; Allen grounded
out (second to first); Burroughs doubled to center; Billings
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators
1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella grounded out (second to first); KNOOP
BATTED FOR ROJAS; Knoop walked; Oliver grounded out (third to
first) [Knoop to second]; Schaal walked; Kirkpatrick grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 1, Royals
0.

SENATORS 5TH: KNOOP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cullen was
called out on strikes; Thompson walked; Unser lined into a
double play (third to first) [Thompson out at first]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Hedlund flied out to left; Patek walked; Keough
singled to right [Patek to third]; Hopkins doubled to left
[Patek scored, Keough to third]; Piniella singled to left
[Keough scored, Hopkins scored]; Knoop singled to left [Piniella
to third]; COX REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Oliver singled to
right [Piniella scored, Knoop to third]; Cox threw a wild pitch
[Knoop scored, Oliver to second]; Schaal struck out; Kirkpatrick
was walked intentionally; Hedlund grounded out (shortstop to
first); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 1, Royals 5.

SENATORS 6TH: Nelson grounded out (first unassisted); Mincher
grounded out (first unassisted); Howard flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek struck out; Keough flied out to center;
Hopkins walked; Piniella doubled to left [Hopkins scored]; Knoop
singled to center [Piniella scored, Knoop to second (on throw)];
Oliver singled to center [Knoop scored, Oliver out at second
(center to second)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 1, Royals 8.

SENATORS 7TH: Allen walked; RANDLE RAN FOR ALLEN; YORK REPLACED
HEDLUND (PITCHING); Burroughs walked [Randle to second];
Billings singled to left [Randle scored, Burroughs to second];
Cullen popped to first in foul territory; MCCRAW BATTED FOR COX;
McCraw was hit by a pitch [Burroughs to third, Billings to
second]; Unser walked [Burroughs scored, Billings to third,
McCraw to second]; Nelson singled to center [Billings scored,
McCraw scored, Unser to third]; BURGMEIER REPLACED YORK
(PITCHING); Mincher lined into a double play (second to first)
[Nelson out at first]; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 5, Royals
8.

ROYALS 7TH: HARRAH REPLACED RANDLE (PLAYING SS); CULLEN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); LINDBLAD REPLACED MCCRAW (PITCHING);
Schaal flied out to center; Kirkpatrick struck out; Burgmeier
singled to center; Patek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Senators 5, Royals 8.

SENATORS 8TH: Howard flied out to center; Harrah popped to
catcher in foul territory; Burroughs was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 5, Royals 8.

ROYALS 8TH: Keough grounded out (second to first); Hopkins
grounded out (first unassisted); Piniella lined to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 5, Royals 8.

SENATORS 9TH: Billings lined to center; Cullen flied out to
left; MADDOX BATTED FOR LINDBLAD; Maddox singled to center;
Unser grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Senators 5, Royals 8.