Richie Scheinblum and Lou Piniella, who are among the league's leading batters, each collected three hits to pace the Royals to a 6-3 victory over the Indians. Scheinblum boosted his average to .340 and Piniella to .320. Ed Kirkpatrick and Amos Otis joined in the Royals' attack with homers, while the Indians had circuit clouts by Graig Nettles and Ray Fosse. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Friday, July      7, 1972 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       0  1  0    0  2  0    2  1  0  -   6 10  0
Indians      0  1  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   3  7  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   0   0   0     0   0   .230      McCraw cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .264
Otis cf               4   1   1   1     1   0   .299      Brohamer 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Piniella lf           5   2   3   0     0   0   .320      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Scheinblum rf         5   2   3   1     0   0   .340      A. Johnson lf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .230
Mayberry 1b           4   0   2   1     1   0   .300      Nettles 3b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .237
Kirkpatrick c         3   1   1   1     2   0   .294      Lolich rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Rojas 2b              4   0   0   1     0   1   .290      Fosse c               3   1   1   1     0   0   .250
Schaal 3b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .219      Duffy ss              3   1   2   0     0   0   .215
  Floyd pr,3b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .197      Wilcox p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Drago p               2   0   0   1     2   0   .054        Leon ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .201
                                                            Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Colbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
                                                            Unser ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .192
                                                            Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6  10   6     8   2             Totals               33   3   7   3     0   2

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance:  7,595
Left on Base: Royals 12, Indians 3
DP: Royals 1, Indians 0
Errors: Brohamer
Doubles: Scheinblum 2 (11), Mayberry (11), Piniella (16), Duffy (5)
Home Runs: Kirkpatrick (6), Otis (4), Nettles (6), Fosse (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Drago (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Rojas (4)
GIDP: Wilcox (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(7-7)            9     7   3   3   0   2   2  33   2.44
Totals                  9     7   3   3   0   2   2  33

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox L(6-10)          5     6   3   3   5   1   1  26   2.93
Hennigan                1     2   2   2   0   0   0   5   3.60
Riddleberger            0.2   0   0   0   3   0   0   5   2.52
Colbert                 1.1   2   1   1   0   0   1   6   4.43
Mingori                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.30
Totals                  9    10   6   6   8   2   2  45

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - Art Frantz


ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
walked; Piniella singled to center [Otis to second]; Scheinblum
popped to third in foul territory; Mayberry grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: McCraw grounded out (second to first); Brohamer
grounded out (first unassisted); Chambliss flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick homered; Rojas struck out; Schaal
grounded out (third to first); Drago walked; Patek made an out
to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: A. Johnson flied out to center; Nettles homered;
Lolich flied out to right; Fosse flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Otis grounded out (third to first); Piniella
grounded out (third to first); Scheinblum doubled to left;
Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy singled to shortstop; Wilcox grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Duffy out at
second]; McCraw grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Kirkpatrick walked; Rojas forced Kirkpatrick (third
to second); Schaal walked [Rojas to second]; Drago out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Schaal to second, Rojas to
third]; Patek grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Brohamer made an out to second; Chambliss singled
to left; A. Johnson struck out; Nettles lined to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis flied out to center; Piniella singled to left;
Scheinblum singled to left [Piniella to third]; Mayberry doubled
to right [Scheinblum to third, Piniella scored]; Kirkpatrick was
walked intentionally; Rojas hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Scheinblum scored]; Schaal made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Lolich flied out to left; Fosse flied out to left;
Duffy doubled to left; LEON BATTED FOR WILCOX; Leon singled to
center [Duffy scored]; McCraw forced Leon (second to shortstop);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 2.

ROYALS 6TH: HENNIGAN REPLACED LEON (PITCHING); Drago grounded
out (third to first); Patek flied out to right; Otis flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Brohamer lined to center; Chambliss lined to
center; A. Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella doubled to right; Scheinblum doubled to
left [Scheinblum to third (error by Brohamer), Piniella scored];
RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED HENNIGAN (PITCHING); Mayberry was walked
intentionally; Kirkpatrick flied out to right; Rojas flied out
to right; Schaal walked [Mayberry to second]; FLOYD RAN FOR
SCHAAL; Drago walked [Scheinblum scored, Mayberry to third,
Floyd to second]; COLBERT REPLACED RIDDLEBERGER (PITCHING);
Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 5, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: FLOYD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Nettles made an
out to shortstop; Lolich grounded out (third to first); Fosse
homered; Duffy lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5,
Indians 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis homered; Piniella flied out to center;
Scheinblum grounded out (first unassisted); Mayberry singled to
center; Kirkpatrick forced Mayberry (second to third); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: UNSER BATTED FOR COLBERT; Unser struck out; McCraw
singled to right; Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted)
[McCraw to second]; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.

ROYALS 9TH: MINGORI REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); Rojas flied out
to center; Floyd struck out; Drago popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 9TH: A. Johnson grounded out (second to first); Nettles
flied out to center; Lolich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.