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 0
Game Played on Friday, April     28, 1972 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Indians      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.