Led by Amos Otis and Richie Scheinblum, who batted in nine runs between them, the Royals defeated the Indians in a doubleheader, 6-4 and 8-5. Otis hit a homer, double and two singles in the first game to produce four runs and homered again in the second game for his fifth RBI of the day.

He also walked twice in the nightcap and scored on both occasions. Scheinblum hit a sacrifice fly and three-run double in the second game. Graig Nettles homered in each half of the twinbill for the Indians. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Cleveland Indians 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      9, 1972 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       0  0  1    2  0  0    0  3  0  -   6 12  0
Indians      0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4 10  4


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   2   2   0     0   1   .238      Bell cf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .228
Otis cf               5   2   4   4     0   0   .309      Brohamer 2b           4   1   2   0     1   1   .260
Piniella lf           4   0   1   1     1   0   .319      Lolich rf             2   1   0   0     1   1   .218
xScheinblum rf        4   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Unser rf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .187
Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     2   1   .296        Fosse ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .259
Kirkpatrick c         5   0   2   0     0   1   .297      Nettles 3b            5   1   2   3     0   0   .242
Rojas 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .290      A. Johnson lf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Floyd 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .205      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .267
Splittorff p          3   1   1   0     0   0   .239      Leon ss               3   0   2   0     1   0   .207
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Moses c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .175
  Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Colbert p             1   0   0   0     1   0   .222
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Riddleberger p      1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            McCraw ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .268

Totals               37   6  12   5     4   4             Totals               36   4  10   4     4   7

Time of Game: 2:31
Left on Base: Royals 9, Indians 9
DP: Royals 1, Indians 3
Errors: Nettles, Leon 2, Moses
Doubles: Kirkpatrick (9), Piniella (17), Patek (17), Otis (13), Floyd (2)
Home Runs: Otis (5), Nettles (7)
Caught Stealing: Otis (7)
GIDP: Piniella (16), Floyd (4), Nettles (3)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(9-4)       7     6   3   3   2   5   1  29   2.49
Wright                  1.1   3   1   1   2   2   0   9   3.86
Burgmeier SV(8)         0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.36
Totals                  9    10   4   4   4   7   1  40

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colbert                 6    10   3   2   2   2   0  29   4.30
Riddleberger L(1-1)     3     2   3   0   2   2   1  13   2.33
Totals                  9    12   6   2   4   4   1  42

Wild Pitches: Wright (1)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Otis singled to
center; Piniella grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Otis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell singled to left; Brohamer singled to first
[Bell to second]; Lolich struck out; Nettles made an out to
shortstop; A. Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Indians 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Scheinblum made an out to third; Mayberry walked;
Kirkpatrick doubled to right [Mayberry to third]; Rojas was
walked intentionally; Floyd made an out to second; Splittorff
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals
0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Chambliss was called out on strikes; Leon singled
to right; Moses flied out to right; Colbert walked [Leon to
second]; Bell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Indians 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek struck out; Otis reached on an error by Leon;
Piniella doubled to center [Otis scored (unearned), Piniella to
third (error by Leon)]; Scheinblum reached on catcher's
interference by Moses; Mayberry was called out on strikes;
Kirkpatrick lined to third; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 3 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Brohamer singled to center; Lolich walked [Brohamer
to second]; Nettles homered [Brohamer scored, Lolich scored]; A.
Johnson grounded out (third to first); Chambliss grounded out
(shortstop to first); Leon grounded out (second to pitcher); 3
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas singled to center; Floyd grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rojas out at
second]; Splittorff singled to center; Patek doubled to left
[Splittorff to third]; Otis singled to center [Patek scored,
Splittorff scored]; Otis was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Moses grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert
flied out to center; Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Scheinblum
popped to first in foul territory; Mayberry flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Brohamer struck out; Lolich popped to catcher in
foul territory; Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 3.

ROYALS 6TH: UNSER REPLACED LOLICH (PLAYING RF); Kirkpatrick
singled to right; Rojas flied out to right; Floyd flied out to
right; Splittorff made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: A. Johnson flied out to center; Chambliss flied out
to left; Leon singled to center; Moses flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek singled to right; Otis doubled to right [Patek
to third]; RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED COLBERT (PITCHING); Piniella
was walked intentionally; Scheinblum hit into a double play
(third to catcher to first) [Piniella to second, Otis to third,
Patek out at home]; Mayberry walked; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Riddleberger struck out; Bell grounded out (third
to first); Brohamer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Rojas lined to center; Floyd doubled to center;
TAYLOR BATTED FOR SPLITTORFF; Taylor grounded out (second to
first) [Floyd to third]; Patek reached on an error by Nettles
[Floyd scored (unearned)]; Otis homered (unearned) [Patek scored
(unearned)]; Piniella lined to left; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: WRIGHT REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Unser struck
out; Nettles singled to right; A. Johnson flied out to right;
Chambliss singled to center [Nettles to second]; Leon walked
[Nettles to third, Chambliss to second]; Moses was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Scheinblum struck out; Mayberry lined to left;
Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians
3.

INDIANS 9TH: MCCRAW BATTED FOR RIDDLEBERGER; McCraw singled to
first; Wright threw a wild pitch [McCraw to second]; Bell flied
out to left; Brohamer walked; FOSSE BATTED FOR UNSER; BURGMEIER
REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Fosse singled to left [Brohamer to
second, McCraw scored]; Nettles grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Fosse out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 4.