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John Mayberry smashed his first A. L. homer to start the Royals off to a 4-0 victory over the Indians behind the five-hit hurling of Paul Splittorff. Cookie Rojas drove in the two other runs with a double and sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 4, Cleveland Indians 0Game Played on Friday, April 28, 1972 (Night game) at Municipal StadiumIndians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 Royals 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 x - 4 12 0 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Unser cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Patek ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .400 Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schaal 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .175 Leon 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .143 Otis cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .179 A. Johnson lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .317 Mayberry 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .318 Fosse c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .289 Piniella lf 3 1 3 0 0 0 .279 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Oliver rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .289 Bell rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .229 Rojas 2b 3 0 1 2 0 0 .326 McCraw 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 May c 3 1 3 0 1 0 .313 Brohamer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .455 Splittorff p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Lowenstein 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Duffy ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Phillips ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .111 Camilli ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Stanley ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 0 5 0 2 3 Totals 30 4 12 4 2 4 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 7,647 Left on Base: Indians 6, Royals 8 DP: Indians 2, Royals 1 Doubles: Rojas (3), Mayberry (2), Piniella (3) Triples: Piniella (1) Home Runs: Mayberry (1) Sacrifice Hits: Splittorff 2 (2) Sacrifice Flies: Rojas (1) GIDP: A. Johnson (3), Splittorff (1), Rojas (4) Hit by Pitch: Piniella (2,by Perry) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry L(2-2) 7 10 3 3 1 4 1 30 2.59 Riddleberger 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 4.50 Totals 8 12 4 4 2 4 1 36 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(2-1) 9 5 0 0 2 3 0 33 0.41 Totals 9 5 0 0 2 3 0 33 Hit by Pitch: Perry (1) Wild Pitches: Splittorff (1) Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney INDIANS 1ST: Unser grounded out (second to first); Leon walked; A. Johnson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Leon out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Schaal grounded out (second to first); Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. INDIANS 2ND: Fosse singled; Nettles made an out to second; Bell flied out to center; McCraw flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry homered; Piniella tripled; Oliver reached on a fielder's choice [Piniella out at home (second to third)]; Rojas doubled [Oliver scored]; May singled [Rojas to third]; Splittorff grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [May out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 2. INDIANS 3RD: Duffy grounded out (third to first); Perry was called out on strikes; Unser flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to left; Schaal made an out to catcher; Otis singled; Mayberry doubled to center [Otis out at home (center to second to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 2. INDIANS 4TH: Leon was called out on strikes; A. Johnson singled; Splittorff threw a wild pitch [A. Johnson to second]; Fosse singled [A. Johnson stayed at second]; Nettles forced Fosse (shortstop to second) [A. Johnson to third]; Bell forced Nettles (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 4TH: Piniella was hit by a pitch; Oliver struck out; Rojas grounded into a double play (second to first) [Piniella out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 2. INDIANS 5TH: McCraw grounded out (pitcher to first); Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); Perry flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: May singled; Splittorff out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [May to second]; Patek reached on a fielder's choice [May out at third (third to second to third)]; Schaal walked [Patek to second]; Otis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 2. INDIANS 6TH: On a bunt Unser made an out to pitcher; Leon grounded out (third to first); A. Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Piniella doubled; Oliver grounded out (second to first) [Piniella to third]; Rojas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 2. INDIANS 7TH: Fosse grounded out (second to first); Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell walked; BROHAMER BATTED FOR MCCRAW; Brohamer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED BROHAMER (PLAYING 1B); May singled; Splittorff out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [May to second]; Patek singled [May scored, Patek to second (on throw)]; Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first) [Patek to third]; Otis grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 3. INDIANS 8TH: PHILLIPS BATTED FOR DUFFY; Phillips grounded out (shortstop to first); CAMILLI BATTED FOR PERRY; Camilli was called out on strikes; Unser singled to right; Leon flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 3. ROYALS 8TH: PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); STANLEY REPLACED CAMILLI (PLAYING SS); RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); Mayberry flied out to right; Piniella singled to right; Oliver singled to left [Piniella to third]; Rojas hit a sacrifice fly to left [Piniella scored]; May walked [Oliver to second]; Splittorff grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 4. INDIANS 9TH: A. Johnson singled; Fosse forced A. Johnson (shortstop to second); Nettles flied out to center; Bell forced Fosse (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 4. |
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