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Wednesday July 19, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Gaylor Perry, who won 16 games for the Giants last year before being traded to the Indians, equalled that total by defeating the Royals, 6-1. Perry also drove in two runs with a pair of singles. [The Sporting News]


Cleveland Indians 6, Kansas City Royals 1

Game Played on Wednesday, July 19, 1972 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium

Indians      0  4  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   6 12  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              5   0   2   0     0   0   .209      Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Brohamer 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .310
McCraw lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Scheinblum rf         4   0   2   0     0   0   .331
Nettles 3b            4   2   2   0     0   0   .259      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .260      Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .321
Lowenstein rf         3   2   2   0     0   1   .267      Kirkpatrick c         4   1   1   0     0   0   .298
Fosse c               2   0   0   1     1   0   .248      Rojas 3b,2b           4   0   3   0     0   0   .298
Duffy ss              4   1   3   2     0   0   .229      Knoop 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Perry p               4   0   2   2     0   1   .167        Keough ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .179
                                                            Floyd 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .184
                                                          Drago p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .047
                                                            Fitzmorris p        1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Hovley ph           1   0   0   1     0   0   .214
                                                            Hedlund p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .316
                                                            Hopkins ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .171
                                                            Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .400

Totals               34   6  12   5     1   2             Totals               33   1   7   1     1   1

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance:  8,952
Left on Base: Indians 4, Royals 6
DP: Indians 1, Royals 4
Errors: Drago
Doubles: Duffy (6), Lowenstein (3)
Triples: Duffy (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Lowenstein (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Fosse (2)
GIDP: Brohamer 2 (5), Fosse (11), Unser (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(16-7)           9     7   1   1   1   1   0  34   1.72
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   1   0  34

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago L(7-10)           1.1   5   4   3   0   0   0  10   2.59
Fitzmorris              3.2   2   0   0   0   1   0  11   3.36
Hedlund                 2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.00
Burgmeier               2     5   2   2   1   0   0  10   2.57
Totals                  9    12   6   5   1   2   0  37

Passed Balls: Fosse (11)

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


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

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (catcher to first); Otis lined to
shortstop; Scheinblum singled to center; Mayberry grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles singled to right; Chambliss singled to
right [Nettles to second]; Lowenstein reached on an error by
Drago on a sacrifice bunt [Lowenstein to second, Chambliss to
third, Nettles scored (no RBI)]; Fosse hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Chambliss scored, Lowenstein to third]; Duffy tripled to
center [Lowenstein scored (unearned)]; Perry singled to right
[Duffy scored]; Unser singled to right [Perry to third];
FITZMORRIS REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Brohamer grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Unser out at
second]; 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first);
Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Rojas
singled to right; Fosse allowed a passed ball [Rojas to second];
Knoop grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 4, Royals 0.

INDIANS 3RD: McCraw flied out to left; Nettles grounded out
(pitcher to first); Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Fitzmorris grounded out (pitcher to first); Patek
grounded out (third to first); Otis lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Lowenstein singled; Fosse grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Lowenstein out at second];
Duffy doubled to left; Perry struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Scheinblum flied out to left; Mayberry grounded out
(first to pitcher); Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Unser flied to left in foul territory; Brohamer
grounded out (shortstop to first); McCraw lined to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick singled to left; Rojas singled to center
[Kirkpatrick to second]; Knoop flied to right in foul territory
[Rojas to second, Kirkpatrick to third]; HOVLEY BATTED FOR
FITZMORRIS; Hovley grounded out (third to first) [Rojas to
third, Kirkpatrick scored]; Patek grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 1.

INDIANS 6TH: HEDLUND REPLACED HOVLEY (PITCHING); Nettles flied
out to center; Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted);
Lowenstein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); Scheinblum
singled to right; Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Scheinblum to second]; Piniella grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Fosse flied out to right; Duffy grounded out (third
to first); Perry grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Rojas singled to
right; KEOUGH BATTED FOR KNOOP; Keough struck out; HOPKINS
BATTED FOR HEDLUND; Hopkins walked [Rojas to second]; Patek
lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 1.

INDIANS 8TH: FLOYD REPLACED KEOUGH (PLAYING 3B); ROJAS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); BURGMEIER REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING);
Unser singled to center; Brohamer grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Unser out at second]; McCraw
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis singled to left; Scheinblum lined into a double
play (pitcher to first) [Otis out at first]; Mayberry flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Nettles singled to right; Chambliss lined to
shortstop; Lowenstein doubled to center [Nettles to third];
Fosse was walked intentionally; Duffy singled to center [Fosse
to second, Lowenstein to third, Nettles scored]; Perry singled
to center [Duffy to second, Fosse to third, Lowenstein scored];
Unser grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Perry out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 6, Royals
1.

ROYALS 9TH: Piniella flied out to left; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rojas grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Royals 1.



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