The first major league pitcher to win 10 games this season, Gaylord Perry achieved that mark when the Indians defeated the Royals, 3-1. Paul Splittorff was the loser of the duel on two unearned runs. The Indians started the game with a run in the first inning when Frank Duffy was safe on an error by Fred Patek, advanced on an infield out and scored on a single by Charlie Spikes. The Royals came back with their tally on a triple by Frank White and sacrifice fly by Vada Pinson. The tie then persisted until the Indians scored another unearned run in the eighth on a double by Joe Lis, infield hit by Spikes and wild throw by White. Lis iced the victory with the Indians' only earned run on a homer in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 3, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Friday, June      7, 1974 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Indians      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   3  6  0
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Duffy ss              4   1   0   0     0   0   .192      White 2b              3   1   1   0     0   1   .228
Lowenstein 3b         4   0   0   0     0   1   .249        Scheinblum ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .132
  Crosby 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Floyd 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Lee lf                4   1   2   0     0   0   .314      Pinson rf             2   0   0   1     0   0   .225
Spikes rf             3   0   2   1     1   0   .303      Otis cf               3   0   1   0     1   1   .282
Hendrick cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .272      Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Lis 1b                4   1   1   1     0   0   .200      McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .315
Gamble dh             2   0   0   0     2   1   .275      Wohlford lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .279
Duncan c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .179      Patek ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .232
Alvarado 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .120      Brett 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .244
G. Perry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Healy c               2   0   0   0     1   0   .256
                                                          Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   6   2     3   3             Totals               29   1   4   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 13,841
Left on Base: Indians 6, Royals 5
DP: Indians 1, Royals 1
Errors: White, Patek
Doubles: Lee (4)
Triples: White (1)
Home Runs: Lis (1)
Stolen Bases: Otis (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Pinson (3)
GIDP: Duncan (3)
Hit by Pitch: Pinson (2,by G. Perry)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
G. Perry W(10-1)        9     4   1   1   2   5   0  33   1.43
Totals                  9     4   1   1   2   5   0  33

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(5-6)       9     6   3   1   3   3   1  36   3.50
Totals                  9     6   3   1   3   3   1  36

Hit by Pitch: G. Perry (4)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Duffy reached on an error by Patek; Lowenstein
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Duffy to second]; Lee grounded
out (third to first); Spikes singled to center [Duffy scored
(unearned)]; Hendrick lined to second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: White tripled; Pinson hit a sacrifice fly to center
[White scored]; Otis flied out to center; Mayberry flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Lis grounded out (third to first); Gamble struck
out; Duncan popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae struck out; Wohlford grounded out (shortstop
to first); Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Royals 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Alvarado popped to shortstop; Duffy grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lowenstein grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett popped to third; Healy flied out to right;
White lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals
1.

INDIANS 4TH: Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); Spikes
walked; Hendrick popped to second; Lis forced Spikes (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Pinson popped to third; Otis walked; Mayberry
singled to left [Otis to second]; McRae flied out to right;
Wohlford forced Mayberry (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Gamble flied out to right; Duncan singled to left;
Alvarado flied out to left; Duffy flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek singled to right; Brett hit into a double play
(first to shortstop) [Patek out at second]; Healy walked; White
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Lowenstein struck out; Lee singled to center;
Spikes flied out to center; Hendrick grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Pinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
singled to center; Mayberry flied out to center; Otis stole
second; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Lis flied out to center; Gamble walked; Duncan
flied out to right; Alvarado lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Wohlford struck out; Patek grounded out (second to
first); Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Duffy flied out to center; Lowenstein grounded out
(second to first); Lee doubled to left; Spikes singled to second
[Lee scored (error by White) (unearned) (no RBI), Spikes to
second]; Hendrick was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: CROSBY REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING 3B); Healy flied
out to center; SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR WHITE; Scheinblum popped to
shortstop; Pinson was hit by a pitch; Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 1.

INDIANS 9TH: FLOYD REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PLAYING 2B); Lis
homered; Gamble walked; Duncan grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Gamble out at second]; Alvarado
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 9TH: Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher); McRae
lined to right; Wohlford flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Royals 1.