| Kurt Bevacqua drove in two runs with a triple in the second inning and scored himself on a double by Steve Hovley to start the Royals off to a 5-1 victory over the Indians. A double by Freddie Patek added the Royals' two other runs in the eighth. [The Sporting News] |
Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Saturday, June 2, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Indians 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 10 0 Royals 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 x - 5 10 0 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bell 3b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .257 Patek ss 5 0 2 2 0 2 .236 Ragland 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .350 Hovley rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .271 Hendrick rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .258 Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .298 Spikes lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .223 Otis cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .300 Duncan c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Kirkpatrick c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .340 Ellis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Williams dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .254 Schaal 3b 2 2 0 0 2 0 .287 Torres cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .164 Hopkins dh 4 1 4 0 0 0 .366 Chambliss ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .158 Wohlford pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 Cardenas ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 .190 Bevacqua 2b 4 1 3 2 0 1 .349 Gamble ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 1 10 1 0 7 Totals 34 5 10 5 4 6 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 14,919 Left on Base: Indians 9, Royals 9 DP: Indians 0, Royals 1 Doubles: Hendrick (8), Patek 2 (10), Hovley (4), Hopkins (4) Triples: Bevacqua (1) GIDP: Bell (7) Hit by Pitch: Torres (2,by Bird) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilcox L(3-2) 7.1 9 5 5 4 5 0 35 4.82 Farmer 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5.28 Hilgendorf 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.93 Totals 8 10 5 5 4 6 0 38 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(8-3) 5 7 1 1 0 4 0 21 2.66 Bird SV(2) 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 16 1.50 Totals 9 10 1 1 0 7 0 37 Passed Balls: Kirkpatrick (1) Hit by Pitch: Bird (1) Wild Pitches: Splittorff (4) Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Don Denkinger INDIANS 1ST: Bell was called out on strikes; Ragland flied out to center; Hendrick doubled to center; Spikes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek doubled; Hovley reached on a fielder's choice [Patek out at third (second to third)]; Steve Hovley popped the ball behind the mound; Mayberry struck out; Otis walked [Hovley to second]; Kirkpatrick lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. INDIANS 2ND: Duncan flied out to left; Ellis singled; Williams struck out; Torres struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella flied out to center; Schaal walked; Hopkins singled [Schaal to third]; Bevacqua tripled [Schaal scored, Hopkins scored]; Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Hovley doubled [Bevacqua scored]; Mayberry was walked intentionally; Otis struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 3. INDIANS 3RD: Cardenas singled to pitcher; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cardenas out at second]; Ragland singled to shortstop; Splittorff threw a wild pitch [Ragland to second]; Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 3. ROYALS 3RD: Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Piniella grounded out (third to first); Schaal flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 3. INDIANS 4TH: Spikes grounded out (pitcher to first); Duncan popped to catcher; Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 3. ROYALS 4TH: Hopkins singled; Bevacqua singled [Hopkins to third]; Patek struck out; Hovley was called out on strikes; Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 3. INDIANS 5TH: Williams singled to third; Kirkpatrick allowed a passed ball [Williams to second]; Torres flied out to center; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first) [Williams to third]; Bell singled [Williams scored]; Ragland singled [Bell to third]; Hendrick forced Ragland (second to shortstop); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 5TH: Otis popped to first in foul territory; Kirkpatrick popped to third in foul territory; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. INDIANS 6TH: BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Spikes grounded out (third to first); Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); Ellis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 6TH: Schaal flied out to right; Hopkins doubled to right; On a bunt Bevacqua singled to first [Hopkins to third]; Patek struck out; Hovley grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. INDIANS 7TH: Williams grounded out (third to first); Torres was hit by a pitch; On a bunt Cardenas singled to third [Torres to second]; Bell struck out; Ragland flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry popped to catcher in foul territory; Otis lined to left; Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. INDIANS 8TH: Hendrick singled; Spikes was called out on strikes; Duncan popped to catcher in foul territory; Ellis forced Hendrick (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 8TH: Piniella lined to shortstop; Schaal walked; Hopkins singled [Schaal to third]; WOHLFORD RAN FOR HOPKINS; FARMER REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Bevacqua was called out on strikes; Patek doubled [Schaal scored, Wohlford scored]; HILGENDORF REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING); Hovley grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 5. INDIANS 9TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Williams popped to third in foul territory; CHAMBLISS BATTED FOR TORRES; Chambliss struck out; GAMBLE BATTED FOR CARDENAS; Gamble singled; Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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