The Royals scored three unearned runs on only one hit in the 11th inning to defeat the Indians, 5-2. The Indians' runs came on homers by Oscar Gamble and Dave Duncan. The Royals counted on a double by Frank White and single by Cookie Rojas in the first and added their second run on a homer by Gail Hopkins in the fifth.

Amos Otis walked with one out in the 11th and scored when John Mayberry and Ed Kirkpatrick reached base on successive errors. Mayberry then crossed the plate on a wild pitch and, after Lou Piniella flied out, Kurt Bevacqua doubled to drive in the last run. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 2

Game Played on Saturday, June 16, 1973 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Royals       1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  3  -   5  7  2
Indians      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  -   2  6  3


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .167      Bell 3b               5   0   0   0     0   0   .270
  McRae ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .154      Brohamer 2b           5   0   0   0     0   0   .210
  Floyd ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Hendrick cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .256
Rojas 2b              5   0   1   1     0   1   .265      Spikes lf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .219
Otis cf               4   1   1   0     1   0   .283      Gamble rf             4   1   3   1     0   0   .298
Mayberry 1b           5   1   0   0     0   0   .304      Ellis dh              2   0   0   0     2   1   .292
Kirkpatrick rf        5   1   0   1     0   0   .339      Duncan c              4   1   1   1     0   2   .216
Piniella lf           5   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .168
Hopkins dh            3   1   2   1     0   0   .313      Duffy ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .174
  Bevacqua ph,dh      2   0   1   1     0   0   .295        Lowenstein ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Schaal 3b             4   0   0   0     1   0   .280      Bosman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Healy c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .241        Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   5   7   4     2   2             Totals               36   2   6   2     2   8

Time of Game: 3:11   Attendance:  5,726
Left on Base: Royals 6, Indians 3
DP: Royals 2, Indians 1
Errors: Rojas, Healy, Bell, Brohamer, Hilgendorf
Doubles: White (1), Bevacqua (4)
Home Runs: Hopkins (2), Gamble (10), Duncan (12)
Stolen Bases: Rojas (6), Spikes (2)
Caught Stealing: Gamble (3), Spikes (2)
GIDP: Healy (1), Bell (8), Hendrick (3)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby                   9.1   6   2   2   2   7   2  33   5.12
Garber W(6-4)           1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.24
Totals                 11     6   2   2   2   8   2  38

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman                  8     6   2   2   0   1   1  30   4.72
Hilgendorf L(3-2)       2.1   0   3   0   2   1   0  11   2.00
Timmermann              0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.63
Totals                 11     7   5   2   2   2   1  44

Wild Pitches: Timmermann (3)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Hank Morgenweck


ROYALS 1ST: White doubled to left; 41 minute rain delay;
Rojas singled to center [White scored]; Rojas stole second; Otis
popped to shortstop; Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Rojas to third]; Kirkpatrick flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Brohamer
grounded out (second to pitcher); Hendrick grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Hopkins
singled to left; Schaal reached on an error by Bell [Hopkins to
third, Schaal to first]; Healy grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Schaal out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes struck out; Gamble homered; Ellis popped to
third in foul territory; Duncan flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Rojas grounded
out (shortstop to first); Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); Duffy
singled to left; Bell grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Duffy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 1, Indians 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Kirkpatrick
flied out to right; Piniella popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Brohamer reached on an error by Rojas; Hendrick
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Brohamer out at second]; Spikes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Hopkins homered; Schaal grounded out (third to
first); Healy lined to right; White grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Gamble singled to center; Gamble was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first); Ellis walked;
Duncan struck out; Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas grounded out (third to first); Otis popped to
second; Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Duffy struck out; Bell flied out to center;
Brohamer grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Indians 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Piniella grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hopkins flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Spikes
singled to center; Spikes stole second [Spikes to third (error
by Healy)]; Spikes was picked off and caught stealing home
(pitcher to third); Gamble singled to right; Ellis struck out; 0
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Schaal popped to shortstop; Healy singled to center;
White flied out to center; Rojas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Duncan homered; Chambliss struck out; Duffy
grounded out (third to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis singled to left; HILGENDORF REPLACED BOSMAN
(PITCHING); Mayberry flied out to center; Kirkpatrick popped to
catcher in foul territory; Piniella popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: Brohamer popped to shortstop; Hendrick struck out;
Spikes popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2,
Indians 2.

ROYALS 10TH: BEVACQUA BATTED FOR HOPKINS; Bevacqua flied out to
right; Schaal walked; Healy struck out; MCRAE BATTED FOR WHITE;
McRae forced Schaal (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Royals 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 10TH: FLOYD REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING SS); Gamble grounded
out (second to first); Ellis walked; GARBER REPLACED BUSBY
(PITCHING); Duncan struck out; Chambliss forced Ellis (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 2.

ROYALS 11TH: Rojas popped to second; Otis walked; Mayberry
reached on an error by Hilgendorf [Otis to third, Mayberry to
first]; Kirkpatrick reached on an error by Brohamer [Otis scored
(unearned) (RBI), Mayberry to third, Kirkpatrick to second];
TIMMERMANN REPLACED HILGENDORF (PITCHING); Timmermann threw a
wild pitch [Mayberry scored (unearned), Kirkpatrick to third];
Piniella lined to first; Bevacqua doubled to right [Kirkpatrick
scored (unearned)]; Schaal grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Indians 2.

INDIANS 11TH: LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR DUFFY; Lowenstein grounded
out (second to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brohamer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 5, Indians 2.

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