Homers by John Mayberry and Lou Piniella, each with a man on base, helped the Royals defeat the Indians, 7-2, as Paul Splittorff posted his 10th victory of the season. The Royals scored three runs in the third inning on singles by Fran Healy and Steve Hovley, a sacrifice fly by Amos Otis and Mayberry's homer. Kansas City Royals 7, Cleveland Indians 2Game Played on Friday, June 15, 1973 (Night game) at Cleveland StadiumRoyals 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 - 7 13 0 Indians 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White ss 5 0 0 0 0 3 .143 Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Hovley rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .243 Williams lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .238 Otis cf 4 0 0 1 0 2 .284 Hendrick cf 3 1 2 2 1 0 .260 Mayberry 1b 4 2 2 2 1 1 .311 Spikes rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Kirkpatrick lf 4 1 3 1 1 0 .348 Ellis 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Piniella dh 5 1 1 2 0 0 .234 Duncan c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Rojas 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .266 Lolich dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .196 Schaal 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Ragland 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Healy c 4 1 3 1 0 0 .241 Duffy ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .169 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 7 13 7 2 8 Totals 30 2 4 2 1 2 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 7,654 Left on Base: Royals 9, Indians 2 DP: Royals 0, Indians 0 Errors: Ragland Triples: Kirkpatrick (2) Home Runs: Mayberry (16), Piniella (5), Hendrick (9) Stolen Bases: Kirkpatrick (2), Healy (1) Caught Stealing: Williams (1) Sacrifice Hits: Schaal (3) Sacrifice Flies: Otis (3) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(10-3) 9 4 2 2 1 2 1 31 2.64 Totals 9 4 2 2 1 2 1 31 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tidrow L(4-7) 7.1 12 5 4 1 7 1 36 4.16 Hilgendorf 1.2 1 2 2 1 1 1 7 2.14 Totals 9 13 7 6 2 8 2 43 Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Larry McCoy ROYALS 1ST: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Hovley grounded out (second to first); Otis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Bell singled to left; Williams forced Bell (catcher to shortstop); Williams was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Hendrick walked; Spikes struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry struck out; Kirkpatrick singled to right; Piniella lined to right; Rojas singled to left [Kirkpatrick to third]; Schaal lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Ellis grounded out (third to first); Duncan popped to first; Lolich grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. ROYALS 3RD: Healy singled to right; White flied out to center; Hovley singled to left [Healy to third]; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Healy scored]; Mayberry homered [Hovley scored]; Kirkpatrick walked; Kirkpatrick stole second; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Ragland grounded out (shortstop to first); Duffy grounded out (third to first); Bell flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 0. ROYALS 4TH: Rojas flied out to right; Schaal struck out; Healy singled to left; Healy stole second; White struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Williams singled to center; Hendrick homered [Williams scored]; Spikes lined to center; Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 2. ROYALS 5TH: Hovley was called out on strikes; Otis grounded out (second to first); Mayberry singled to right; Kirkpatrick singled to right [Mayberry to second]; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 2. INDIANS 5TH: Lolich was called out on strikes; Ragland grounded out (shortstop to first); Duffy popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 2. ROYALS 6TH: Rojas popped to shortstop; Schaal singled to left; Healy grounded out (pitcher to first) [Schaal to second]; White struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 2. INDIANS 6TH: Bell lined to shortstop; Williams flied out to center; Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 2. ROYALS 7TH: Hovley flied out to left; Otis struck out; Mayberry reached on an error by Ragland; Kirkpatrick tripled to right [Mayberry scored (unearned)]; Piniella flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 2. INDIANS 7TH: Spikes flied out to right; Ellis flied out to left; Duncan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 2. ROYALS 8TH: Rojas singled to left; Schaal out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Rojas to second]; Healy singled to third [Rojas scored, Healy to second (on throw)]; HILGENDORF REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); White struck out (catcher to first); Hovley grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Indians 2. INDIANS 8TH: Lolich popped to second; Ragland flied out to left; Duffy flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Indians 2. ROYALS 9TH: Otis popped to second; Mayberry walked; Kirkpatrick forced Mayberry (shortstop unassisted); Piniella homered [Kirkpatrick scored]; Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Indians 2. INDIANS 9TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams popped to first in foul territory; Hendrick singled to left; Spikes lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Indians 2. |
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