Led by Lou Piniella, who rapped six hits and drove in five runs, the Royals beat the Indians in both games of a twi-night doubleheader, 6-5 and 11-8. Piniella had four hits in the opener and drove in two runs. In the eighth inning, Richie Scheinblum walked. Steve Hovley, running for Scheinblum, took third on a single by John Mayberry and scored the winning run on a double by Piniella.

In the nightcap, Piniella batted in two runs with a single in the first inning and the Royals then exploded for seven more in the second. Mayberry and Cookie Rojas each hit a two-run double. Piniella capped his big night with a homer in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Cleveland Indians 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Tuesday, July      18, 1972 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Indians      0  2  0    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   5  9  1
Royals       0  0  0    0  2  3    0  1  x  -   6 15  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Duffy ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .223      Patek ss              5   1   2   0     0   1   .235
  Unser ph            1   0   1   2     0   0   .190      Otis cf               4   1   0   0     1   1   .309
  Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Scheinblum rf         2   1   1   1     2   0   .332
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Hovley pr,rf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .217
  Fosse ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .247      Mayberry 1b           5   1   3   2     0   0   .289
Brohamer 2b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .260      Piniella lf           5   0   4   2     0   0   .322
Lolich rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .197      Kirkpatrick c         4   0   0   1     1   0   .300
A. Johnson lf         4   0   1   0     0   0   .227      Rojas 3b,2b           4   0   2   0     1   0   .287
Nettles 3b            3   2   2   0     1   0   .252      Knoop 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .220
Bell cf               3   2   2   1     1   0   .236        Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .171
Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   2     0   0   .257        Floyd 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .186
Moses c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .164      Splittorff p          2   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Wilcox p              1   0   0   0     1   0   .235        Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burgmeier p         1   0   1   0     0   0   .400
  Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McCraw ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .275
  Leon ss             0   0   0   0     1   0   .206

Totals               33   5   9   5     4   4             Totals               36   6  15   6     6   2

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 10,707
Left on Base: Indians 6, Royals 14
DP: Indians 2, Royals 1
Errors: Hilgendorf
Doubles: Unser (10), Nettles (16), Piniella 2 (21)
Triples: Bell (1)
Caught Stealing: Brohamer (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Moses (1), Splittorff (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Scheinblum (2)
GIDP: Nettles (4)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox                  4.1   8   2   2   2   2   0  23   3.26
Hilgendorf              1.1   3   3   3   1   0   0   8   6.75
Hennigan                0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.92
Riddleberger L(1-2)     1.1   3   1   1   1   0   0   8   2.43
Farmer                  0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   3.94
Totals                  8    15   6   6   6   2   0  44

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              6     7   5   5   2   2   0  25   3.03
Abernathy               0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.24
Burgmeier W(5-2)        1.2   1   0   0   2   0   0   8   2.09
Wright SV(2)            0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   1.17
Totals                  9     9   5   5   4   4   0  38

Passed Balls: Kirkpatrick (7)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Duffy flied out to right; Brohamer struck out but
advanced to first on a passed ball; Brohamer was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Lolich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to right; Otis was called out on
strikes; Scheinblum grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 2ND: A. Johnson popped to first in foul territory;
Nettles walked; Bell tripled to right [Nettles scored];
Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bell scored]; Moses
flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; Piniella
singled to center; Kirkpatrick forced Piniella (first to
shortstop); Rojas singled to right [Kirkpatrick to second];
Knoop walked [Kirkpatrick to third, Rojas to second]; Splittorff
flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Wilcox walked; Wilcox was picked off first (catcher
to first); Duffy singled to third; Brohamer flied out to right;
Lolich popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek singled to third; Otis flied out to right;
Scheinblum walked [Patek to second]; Mayberry made an out to
shortstop; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

INDIANS 4TH: A. Johnson singled to center; Nettles grounded into
a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [A. Johnson out at
second]; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to center; Rojas singled to
third; Knoop singled to right [Rojas to second]; Splittorff out
on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Knoop to second, Rojas to
third]; Patek struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2,
Royals 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Chambliss grounded out (third to first); Moses
popped to first in foul territory; Wilcox flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis lined to center; Scheinblum singled to right;
Mayberry singled to right [Scheinblum to second]; Piniella
singled [Mayberry to third, Scheinblum scored]; HILGENDORF
REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick reached on an error by
Hilgendorf [Piniella to third, Mayberry scored]; Rojas hit into
a double play (center to catcher) [Piniella out at home]; 2 R, 3
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Duffy grounded out (third to first); Brohamer
singled to left; Lolich made an out to second; A. Johnson
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Knoop grounded out (shortstop to first); Splittorff
singled to right; Patek singled [Splittorff to second]; Otis
walked [Splittorff to third, Patek to second]; Scheinblum hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Otis to second, Patek to third,
Splittorff scored]; Mayberry singled to center [Otis scored,
Patek scored]; HENNIGAN REPLACED HILGENDORF (PITCHING); Piniella
doubled to right [Mayberry to third]; Kirkpatrick was walked
intentionally; Rojas flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Indians 2, Royals 5.

INDIANS 7TH: Nettles singled; Bell singled to left [Nettles to
second]; Chambliss singled to left [Bell to second, Nettles
scored]; ABERNATHY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Moses out on
a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Chambliss to second, Bell
to third]; MCCRAW BATTED FOR HENNIGAN; McCraw struck out; UNSER
BATTED FOR DUFFY; Unser doubled to right [Chambliss scored, Bell
scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED ABERNATHY (PITCHING); Brohamer flied
out to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); LEON
REPLACED MCCRAW (PLAYING SS); Knoop grounded out (shortstop to
first); Burgmeier singled to center; Patek flied out to left;
Otis flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Royals
5.

INDIANS 8TH: Lolich lined to center; A. Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Nettles doubled to right; Bell was walked
intentionally; Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Scheinblum walked; HOVLEY RAN FOR SCHEINBLUM;
Mayberry singled to center [Hovley to third]; Piniella doubled
to right [Mayberry to third, Hovley scored]; Kirkpatrick
grounded out (third to first); FARMER REPLACED RIDDLEBERGER
(PITCHING); Rojas was walked intentionally; HOPKINS BATTED FOR
KNOOP; Hopkins lined into a double play (first unassisted)
[Rojas out at first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Royals 6.

INDIANS 9TH: FLOYD REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 3B); ROJAS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); HOVLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
Moses made an out to third; Leon walked; FOSSE BATTED FOR
FARMER; WRIGHT REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Fosse struck out;
Brohamer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5,
Royals 6.