Gaylord Perry pitched a five-hitter and Alex Johnson smashed  a three-run homer as the Indians defeated the Royals, 7-2, for their fourth straight victory and eighth in the last nine games. Johnson belted his homer in the third inning after a pass to Del Unser and single by Jack Brohamer. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Wednesday, May       10, 1972 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   2  5  0
Indians      0  0  3    0  0  3    0  1  x  -   7 10  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   1   1     0   1   .244      Unser cf              3   1   0   0     1   1   .228
Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Brohamer 2b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .347
Hovley cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .238      A. Johnson lf         4   1   1   3     0   0   .297
Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .342      Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Scheinblum rf         4   0   1   1     0   1   .250      McCraw 1b             2   1   0   0     2   0   .328
Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .224      Fosse c               4   2   2   0     0   0   .310
Schaal 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .192      Bell rf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .268
Kirkpatrick c         3   1   1   0     0   1   .296      Duffy ss              4   1   1   2     0   0   .217
Hedlund p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Perry p               3   0   2   1     0   1   .167
  Keough ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Rooker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Nelson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   5   2     2   7             Totals               32   7  10   6     3   3

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance:  4,596
Left on Base: Royals 4, Indians 4
DP: Royals 1, Indians 1
Doubles: Hovley (1), Patek (2)
Home Runs: A. Johnson (3)
Stolen Bases: Bell (4)
GIDP: Rojas (5)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund L(0-3)          5     5   3   3   1   1   1  21   3.42
Rooker                  1     3   3   3   1   2   0   7   4.05
Murphy                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.91
Nelson                  1     1   1   1   1   0   0   4   6.00
Totals                  8    10   7   7   3   3   1  35

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(5-2)            9     5   2   2   2   7   0  33   2.02
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   7   0  33

Passed Balls: Kirkpatrick (2)
Wild Pitches: Nelson (1)

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Russ Goetz


ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Rojas struck out; Hovley grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians
0.

INDIANS 1ST: Unser flied out to center; Brohamer grounded out
(pitcher to first); A. Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella flied out to right; Scheinblum struck out;
Mayberry walked; Schaal forced Mayberry (shortstop to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles grounded out (catcher to first); McCraw
made an out to second; Fosse singled to left; Bell flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Kirkpatrick struck out; Hedlund struck out; Patek
made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); Perry
struck out; Unser walked; Brohamer singled to center [Unser to
second]; A. Johnson homered [Unser scored, Brohamer scored];
Nettles popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Hovley
grounded out (first to pitcher); Piniella singled to left;
Scheinblum grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: McCraw flied out to center; Fosse flied out to
left; Bell singled to center; Duffy lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Schaal was
called out on strikes; Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Perry singled to left; Unser made an out to
pitcher; Brohamer flied out to center; A. Johnson forced Perry
(pitcher to shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Indians 3.

ROYALS 6TH: KEOUGH BATTED FOR HEDLUND; Keough walked; Patek
lined to shortstop; Rojas grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Keough out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: ROOKER REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Nettles flied
out to left; McCraw walked; Fosse singled to left [McCraw to
third]; Kirkpatrick allowed a passed ball [Fosse to second];
Bell struck out; Duffy singled to right [McCraw scored, Fosse
scored, Duffy to second]; Perry singled to center [Duffy
scored]; Unser struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Indians 6.

ROYALS 7TH: Hovley doubled to left; Piniella flied out to
center; Scheinblum singled to left [Hovley scored]; Mayberry
forced Scheinblum (second to shortstop); Schaal flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 6.

INDIANS 7TH: MURPHY REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); Brohamer singled
to center [Brohamer out at second (center to second)]; A.
Johnson flied out to center; Nettles grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 6.

ROYALS 8TH: Kirkpatrick singled to left; HOPKINS BATTED FOR
MURPHY; Hopkins grounded out (third to first) [Kirkpatrick to
second]; Patek doubled to right [Kirkpatrick scored]; Rojas
flied out to right; Hovley flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 6.

INDIANS 8TH: NELSON REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); McCraw walked;
Fosse forced McCraw (second to shortstop); Bell singled to left
[Fosse to third]; Bell stole second; Nelson threw a wild pitch
[Fosse scored, Bell to third]; Duffy flied into a double play
(left to left to catcher to third) [Bell out at third]; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 7.

ROYALS 9TH: Piniella flied out to left; Scheinblum grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 2, Indians 7.