Hal McRae batted in four runs with a pair of doubles and Rick Reichardt knocked in three with a sacrifice fly and homer as the Royals defeated the Orioles, 9-4. Amos Otis accounted for the Royals' other two RBIs with a single and homer. Earl Williams drove in three of the Orioles' runs with a double and single and also scored himself on a single by Andy Etchebarren.

The Royals the broke game apart with six runs in the third inning. After a walk and safe bunts by Freddie Patek and Cookie Rojas loaded the bases, Otis drove in one run with a single, McRae cleared the sacks with a double and Reichardt wrapped up the outburst with a two-run homer. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 9, Baltimore Orioles 4

Game Played on Saturday, August 11, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 - 4 10 1 Royals 0 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 x - 9 11 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rettenmund rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Patek ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .230 Grich 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .233 Rojas 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .271 Blair cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Floyd 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .382 Davis dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Otis cf 5 2 2 2 0 0 .305 Baylor lf 4 2 3 0 0 0 .257 Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .290 Robinson 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .236 McRae rf 4 2 2 4 0 0 .214 Brown pr,3b 1 1 0 0 1 0 .280 Hovley rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Williams 1b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .226 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Etchebarren c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .244 Reichardt dh 2 1 1 3 1 0 .250 Belanger ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .229 Bevacqua 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .271 McNally p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Taylor c 1 1 1 0 3 0 .235 Watt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reynolds p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 10 4 2 2 Totals 34 9 11 9 5 2 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 37,010 Left on Base: Orioles 6, Royals 7 DP: Orioles 1, Royals 2 Errors: Brown Doubles: Williams (13), McRae 2 (8), Taylor (6) Triples: Baylor (4) Home Runs: Reichardt (4), Otis (22) Sacrifice Flies: Reichardt (2) GIDP: Robinson (14), Williams (9), Rojas (12) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McNally L(10-13) 2.1 6 7 7 1 1 0 14 3.23 Watt 4 4 2 2 2 0 2 17 3.13 Reynolds 1.2 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 2.10 Totals 8 11 9 9 5 2 2 40 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(15-6) 9 10 4 4 2 2 0 37 3.37 Totals 9 10 4 4 2 2 0 37 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Red Flaherty ORIOLES 1ST: Rettenmund flied out to center; Grich struck out; Blair struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to second; Rojas flied out to center; Otis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Davis grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Baylor singled to third; Robinson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Baylor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry singled to center; McRae doubled [Mayberry scored]; Piniella grounded out (second to first) [McRae to third]; Reichardt hit a sacrifice fly to left [McRae scored]; Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 2. ORIOLES 3RD: Williams flied out to center; Etchebarren grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger walked; Rettenmund flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: Taylor walked; On a bunt Patek singled [Taylor to second]; On a bunt Rojas singled to first [Taylor to third, Patek to second]; Otis singled to left [Taylor scored, Patek to third, Rojas to second]; Mayberry was called out on strikes; McRae doubled to left [Patek scored, Rojas scored, Otis scored]; WATT REPLACED MCNALLY (PITCHING); Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Reichardt homered [McRae scored]; Bevacqua flied out to center; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 8. ORIOLES 4TH: Grich popped to first; Blair popped to shortstop; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 8. ROYALS 4TH: Taylor walked; Patek forced Taylor (shortstop to second); Rojas grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Patek out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 8. ORIOLES 5TH: Baylor flied out to right; Robinson singled to center; BROWN RAN FOR ROBINSON; Williams grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Brown out at second]; Brooks Robinson left with slight sprain left ankle; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 8. ROYALS 5TH: BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Otis grounded out (third to first); Mayberry flied out to center; McRae popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 8. ORIOLES 6TH: FLOYD REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 2B); Etchebarren flied out to center; Belanger grounded out (third to first); Rettenmund singled to center; Grich forced Rettenmund (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 8. ROYALS 6TH: Piniella popped to second; Reichardt flied out to right; Bevacqua singled to left; Taylor doubled to right [Bevacqua to third]; Patek flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 8. ORIOLES 7TH: Blair flied out to right; Davis flied out to center; Baylor singled to left; Brown walked [Baylor to second]; Williams doubled to left [Baylor scored, Brown scored]; Etchebarren singled to right [Williams scored]; Belanger singled to center [Etchebarren to second]; Rettenmund flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 8. ROYALS 7TH: Floyd flied out to left; Otis homered; Mayberry walked; REYNOLDS REPLACED WATT (PITCHING); McRae flied out to right; Piniella reached on an error by Brown [Mayberry to second]; Reichardt walked [Mayberry to third, Piniella to second]; Bevacqua was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 9. ORIOLES 8TH: HOVLEY REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); Blair flied out to center; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 9. ROYALS 8TH: Taylor walked; Patek flied out to right; Floyd singled to center [Taylor to second]; Otis flied out to center; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 9. ORIOLES 9TH: Baylor tripled; Brown popped to first; Williams singled to left [Baylor scored]; Etchebarren singled to center [Williams to second]; Belanger popped to first in foul territory; Rettenmund lined to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, Royals 9.

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