Undefeated since an opening-day loss to the Yankees, Gaylord Perry extended his personal winning streak to nine games by pitching the Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Royals. However, his string of 22 scoreless innings came to an end in the first when the Royals counted on a walk to Fred Patek, a sacrifice and single by John Mayberry. The Indians then swung into action with a homer by Leron Lee in their half of the first and back-to-back blows by Oscar Gamble and Dave Duncan in the fourth. The Royals did not get a hit off Perry after the first until singles by Richie Scheinblum and Fran Healy around a walk to Tony Solaita produced their other run in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Sunday, June      2, 1974 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  6  1
Indians      1  0  0    3  0  0    1  0  x  -   5  7  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   1   0   0     1   0   .228      Duffy ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .195
Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .304      Lowenstein 3b         3   1   1   1     1   0   .265
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .268      Lee lf                3   1   2   1     1   0   .296
Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   1     1   0   .251      Spikes rf             3   0   1   1     1   0   .294
McRae rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .331      Hendrick cf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .266
Pinson lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .230      Blanco 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .148
Scheinblum dh         4   1   2   0     0   0   .134      Gamble dh             4   1   1   1     0   2   .281
  Floyd pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Duncan c              4   1   1   1     0   0   .182
Brett 3b              1   0   0   0     1   0   .205      Brohamer 2b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .339
  Solaita ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .313      G. Perry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  White pr,3b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .256
Healy c               3   0   1   1     1   0   .277
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   6   2     6   5             Totals               30   5   7   5     6   4

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 23,817
Left on Base: Royals 8, Indians 7
DP: Royals 0, Indians 1
Errors: McDaniel
Home Runs: Lee (3), Gamble (4), Duncan (6)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (11)
Caught Stealing: Lee (1), Duffy (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Rojas (3)
GIDP: Healy (5)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(5-5)       3.1   6   4   3   3   2   3  18   3.78
McDaniel                4.2   1   1   1   3   2   0  18   3.89
Totals                  8     7   5   4   6   4   3  36

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
G. Perry W(9-1)         9     6   2   2   6   5   0  37   1.46
Totals                  9     6   2   2   6   5   0  37

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Art Frantz


ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Rojas out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Patek to second]; Otis struck out; Mayberry singled
to left [Patek scored]; McRae walked [Mayberry to second];
Pinson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Duffy lined to third; Lowenstein grounded out
(second to first); Lee homered; Spikes walked; Hendrick walked
[Spikes to second]; Blanco walked [Spikes to third, Hendrick to
second]; Gamble struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1,
Indians 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Scheinblum flied out to left; Brett grounded out
(pitcher to first); Healy walked; Patek flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Duncan popped to first; Brohamer popped to
shortstop; Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas popped to second; Otis grounded out (shortstop
to first); Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Lowenstein singled to center; Lee singled to left
[Lowenstein to second]; Lee was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to second to third); Spikes flied out to right;
Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae lined to third; Pinson struck out; Scheinblum
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Blanco grounded out (second to first); Gamble
homered; Duncan homered; Brohamer singled to right; MCDANIEL
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Duffy reached on a fielder's
choice [Brohamer to third (error by McDaniel), Duffy to second];
Lowenstein grounded out (second to first) [Brohamer scored
(unearned)]; Lee was walked intentionally; Spikes grounded out
(first unassisted); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1,
Indians 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett walked; Healy grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Brett out at second]; Patek
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Blanco
flied out to right; Gamble struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Indians 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis struck
out; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Duncan grounded out (third to first); Brohamer
struck out; Duffy walked; Duffy was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians
4.

ROYALS 7TH: McRae popped to first in foul territory; Pinson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Scheinblum singled to right;
SOLAITA BATTED FOR BRETT; Solaita walked [Scheinblum to second];
WHITE RAN FOR SOLAITA; Healy singled to right [Scheinblum
scored, White to second]; On a bunt Patek popped to catcher in
foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 4.

INDIANS 7TH: WHITE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Lowenstein
walked; Lee flied out to center; Lowenstein stole second; Spikes
singled to center [Lowenstein scored]; Hendrick forced Spikes
(third to second); Blanco flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Rojas flied to right in foul territory; Otis singled
to left; Mayberry walked [Otis to second]; McRae singled to
right [Otis out at home (right to catcher), Mayberry to second];
Pinson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2,
Indians 5.

INDIANS 8TH: Gamble lined to center; Duncan grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brohamer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 5.

ROYALS 9TH: Scheinblum singled to right; FLOYD RAN FOR
SCHEINBLUM; White was called out on strikes; Healy popped to
first in foul territory; Patek forced Floyd (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 5.