The hitting of Frank White and Amos Otis in the first game and Lou Piniella, Bobby Floyd and Fran Healy in the second game paced the Royals to a sweep of a doubleheader with the Indians, 6-3 and 6-2. Dick Drago pitched a complete game in the opener as the Royals beat Gaylord Perry, who failed in a seventh attempt to gain his seventh victory. White banged out three hits and drove in two runs, while Otis accounted for three RBIs with a homer and single.

In the nightcap, Mike Kekich made his first start for the Indians and was kayoed in the third inning after giving up six runs, four of them unearned. Piniella and Healy each homered with a man on base, while Floyd batted in two runs with a single. Ken Wright held the Indians to three hits in 8 1/3 innings before yielding the mound to Gene Garber, who gave up one more hit. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Cleveland Indians 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, June      17, 1973 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       2  1  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   6  9  0
Indians      1  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White ss              4   1   3   2     0   1   .273      Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .269
Hovley cf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .242      Brohamer 2b           3   2   1   0     1   0   .213
Otis dh               5   1   2   3     0   0   .286        Cardenas ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .300      Hendrick cf           4   1   2   1     0   0   .260
Kirkpatrick rf        3   0   0   0     1   0   .333      Spikes lf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .220
Piniella lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .226      Gamble rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .297
Rojas 2b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .266      Ellis dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .282
Schaal 3b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .280      Duncan c              4   0   1   0     0   2   .217
Healy c               3   1   1   0     1   1   .244      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .165
Drago p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duffy ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .170
                                                            Lowenstein ph,2b    1   0   1   0     0   0   .272
                                                          Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   9   6     5   5             Totals               33   3   8   3     1   4

Time of Game: 2:39
Left on Base: Royals 6, Indians 5
DP: Royals 2, Indians 1
Doubles: Hovley (5), Brohamer (6)
Triples: White (1)
Home Runs: Otis (10), Hendrick (10)
Stolen Bases: Rojas (7)
Caught Stealing: Kirkpatrick (4)
Sacrifice Flies: White (1)
GIDP: Piniella (11), Brohamer (3), Chambliss (2)
Hit by Pitch: Chambliss (3,by Drago)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(7-5)            9     8   3   3   1   4   1  35   4.12
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   4   1  35

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(6-9)            9     9   6   6   5   5   1  39   3.13
Totals                  9     9   6   6   5   5   1  39

Passed Balls: Duncan 2 (13)
Hit by Pitch: Drago (4)
Wild Pitches: Perry (9)

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


ROYALS 1ST: White tripled to center; Hovley doubled to right
[White scored]; Otis singled to right [Hovley scored]; Mayberry
walked [Otis to second]; Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Piniella
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Mayberry out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell flied out to center; Brohamer walked; Hendrick
singled to right [Brohamer to third]; Spikes singled to left
[Brohamer scored, Hendrick to second]; Gamble forced Spikes
(shortstop unassisted) [Hendrick to third]; Ellis forced Gamble
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians
1.

ROYALS 2ND: Rojas singled to center; Rojas stole second; Schaal
popped to shortstop; Healy walked; White singled to center
[Rojas scored, Healy to third]; Hovley flied out to center; Otis
grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
3, Indians 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Duncan struck out; Chambliss was hit by a pitch;
Duffy popped to shortstop; Bell forced Chambliss (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Kirkpatrick
walked; Duncan allowed a passed ball [Kirkpatrick to second];
Perry threw a wild pitch [Kirkpatrick to third]; Piniella struck
out; Rojas walked; Kirkpatrick was caught stealing home (catcher
to second to catcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians
1.

INDIANS 3RD: Brohamer doubled to left; Hendrick grounded out
(shortstop to first); Spikes grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Brohamer to third]; Gamble singled to center [Brohamer scored];
Ellis struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Schaal singled to left; Healy singled to right
[Schaal to third]; White hit a sacrifice fly to left [Schaal
scored, Healy to second]; Hovley grounded out (shortstop to
first); Otis homered [Healy scored]; Mayberry popped to second;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Duncan grounded out (third to first); Chambliss
grounded out (second to pitcher); Duffy flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to center; Piniella walked;
Duncan allowed a passed ball [Piniella to second]; Rojas
grounded out (second to first) [Piniella to third]; Schaal was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians
2.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell singled to right; Brohamer grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bell out at second];
Hendrick homered; Spikes struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 6, Indians 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Healy struck out; White struck out; Hovley was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians
3.

INDIANS 6TH: Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); Ellis
flied out to center; Duncan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry
flied out to right; Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Chambliss lined to left; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR
DUFFY; Lowenstein singled to center; Bell forced Lowenstein
(pitcher to second); Brohamer grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.

ROYALS 8TH: CARDENAS REPLACED BROHAMER (PLAYING SS); LOWENSTEIN
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Piniella grounded out (shortstop to
first); Rojas flied out to center; Schaal popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Hendrick flied out to center; Spikes grounded out
(third to first); Gamble popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 6, Indians 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Healy flied out to right; White singled to left;
Hovley flied out to left; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Ellis flied out to center; Duncan singled to left;
Chambliss grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Duncan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6,
Indians 3.