The Indians, who piled up 19 hits, broke away with six runs in the last two innings to win the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 12-8, but the Royals came slugging back to gain a 13-2 victory in the second game. Hal McRae hit three doubles and a homer for the Royals in the opener and drove in six of their runs. The Royals held a 7-6 lead going into the eighth inning when the Indians scored twice to beat Steve Busby, who was bidding for his 20th victory. John Ellis doubled and counted the tying tally on a single by Frank Duffy. After an infield out and sacrifice, Rico Carty doubled to drive in Duffy with the go-ahead run. The Indians iced the verdict with four runs off Lindy McDaniel in the ninth, three counting on a bases-loaded triple by Ellis.

The Royals settled the issue quickly in the nightcap, scoring seven runs in the first inning. McRae hit his fourth double of the night to produce one run and George Brett batted in a pair with a triple. Joe Lis broke up Nelson Briles' shutout bid with a homer for the Indians' runs in the eighth. John Mayberry, just off the disabled list, matched that with a two-run drive in the Royals' half of the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 12, Kansas City Royals 8 (Game 1)
Game Played on Tuesday, August    27, 1974 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Indians      0  2  3    1  0  0    0  2  4  -  12 19  2
Royals       3  1  0    3  0  0    0  0  1  -   8 13  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Duffy ss              6   1   3   3     0   1   .241      Patek ss              3   1   0   0     1   0   .227
Torres cf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .175        Pinson ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Carty dh              6   0   4   2     0   0   .450        White ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .218
Spikes rf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .280      Wohlford rf           4   3   2   0     1   0   .289
Gamble lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .293      Otis cf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .293
  Hermoso 2b          1   1   1   0     0   0   .213      McRae lf              5   2   4   6     0   0   .317
McCraw 1b             4   2   2   1     1   1   .303      Cepeda dh             4   1   0   0     1   0   .207
Lis 3b                3   1   1   2     0   1   .199      Rojas 2b              4   0   2   1     1   0   .284
  Lee ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Bevacqua 1b,3b        5   0   2   1     0   1   .191
  Lowenstein 3b       1   1   1   0     0   0   .248      Brett 3b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Duncan c              3   1   1   1     0   1   .195        Mayberry ph,1b      3   0   0   0     0   1   .258
  Smith ph,lf         1   1   0   0     1   0   .133      Healy c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Alvarado 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .191      Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ellis ph,c          2   2   2   3     0   0   .293        McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Peterson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               45  12  19  12     2   5             Totals               39   8  13   8     4   2

Time of Game: 2:58
Left on Base: Indians 9, Royals 8
DP: Indians 1, Royals 1
Errors: Spikes, Lis
Doubles: Spikes (18), Duncan (10), McCraw (13), Carty 2 (4), Ellis (17), Lowenstein (12), McRae 3 (30), Pinson (15)
Triples: Ellis (5)
Home Runs: Lis (5), McRae (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Torres (2)
GIDP: Spikes (14)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peterson                3     7   6   4   4   1   0  20   4.03
Hilgendorf W(4-2)       4     3   1   1   0   1   0  15   4.17
Buskey SV(14)           2     3   1   1   0   0   1   8   3.62
Totals                  9    13   8   6   4   2   1  43

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby L(19-11)          7.1  15   8   8   1   3   1  37   3.37
McDaniel                1.2   4   4   4   1   2   0  11   3.55
Totals                  9    19  12  12   2   5   1  48

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Lou DiMuro


INDIANS 1ST: Duffy was called out on strikes; Torres grounded
out (shortstop to first); Carty singled to left; Spikes doubled
to right [Carty to third]; Gamble grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Wohlford
reached on an error by Lis; On a bunt Otis singled to third
[Wohlford to second]; McRae doubled to left [Wohlford scored
(unearned), Otis scored, McRae to third (on throw to home)];
Cepeda walked; Rojas reached on a fielder's choice [McRae out at
home (first to catcher), Cepeda to third]; Indians Coach
Larry Doby ejected by 1B umpire Dave Phillips arguing that Hal
McRae interfered with Dave Duncan's throw to 3B after McRae was
tagged out at HP; Indians Manager Ken Aspromonte ejected by HP
umpire Jim Odom for continuing the argument; Bevacqua
singled to center [Cepeda scored (unearned), Rojas to second];
Brett forced Rojas (third unassisted); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 3.

INDIANS 2ND: McCraw walked; Lis struck out; Duncan doubled to
right [McCraw scored]; Alvarado grounded out (third to first);
Duffy singled to center [Duncan scored]; Torres popped to
second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 2ND: Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wohlford walked; Otis singled
to center [Wohlford to second]; McRae doubled to left [Wohlford
scored, Otis to third]; Cepeda flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 4.

INDIANS 3RD: Carty flied out to center; Spikes singled to
center; Gamble forced Spikes (second to shortstop); McCraw
doubled to right [Gamble scored]; Lis hit an inside the park
homer to center [McCraw scored]; Duncan struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Royals 4.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas walked; Bevacqua singled to right [Rojas to
third]; MAYBERRY BATTED FOR BRETT; Mayberry struck out;
George Brett fouled ball off his foot; Dave Duncan threw to 1B;
HP umpire Jim Odom called Brett out then ejected him; then the
umpires reversed call at 1B and ruled it a foul ball; ejection
stood; Healy lined into a double play (third to first)
[Bevacqua out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5,
Royals 4.

INDIANS 4TH: MAYBERRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BEVACQUA
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Alvarado grounded out (third to
first); Duffy popped to second; Torres singled to center; Carty
doubled to right [Torres scored]; Spikes grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Royals 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek walked; Wohlford singled to right [Patek to
third]; HILGENDORF REPLACED PETERSON (PITCHING); Otis popped to
catcher in foul territory; McRae doubled to left [Patek scored,
Wohlford scored]; Cepeda popped to catcher in foul territory;
Rojas singled to right [McRae scored]; Bevacqua grounded out
(pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Royals 7.

INDIANS 5TH: Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); McCraw
grounded out (pitcher to first); Lis popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Royals 7.

ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry popped to third; Healy grounded out (third
to first); Patek popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 6, Royals 7.

INDIANS 6TH: Duncan grounded out (third to first); Alvarado
flied out to left; Duffy singled to center; Torres grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Royals 7.

ROYALS 6TH: Wohlford grounded out (third to first); Otis popped
to shortstop; McRae grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Royals 7.

INDIANS 7TH: Carty singled to shortstop; Spikes grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Carty out at
second]; Gamble singled to catcher; McCraw singled to center
[Gamble to second]; LEE BATTED FOR LIS; Lee grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 6, Royals 7.

ROYALS 7TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED LEE (PLAYING 3B); Cepeda
grounded out (third to first); Rojas singled to right [Rojas to
second (error by Spikes)]; Bevacqua struck out; Mayberry flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Royals 7.

INDIANS 8TH: SMITH BATTED FOR DUNCAN; Smith lined to center;
ELLIS BATTED FOR ALVARADO; Ellis doubled to left; Duffy singled
to left [Ellis scored, Duffy to second (on throw to home)];
MCDANIEL REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Torres out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Duffy to third]; Carty doubled to
center [Duffy scored]; Spikes popped to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 8, Royals 7.

ROYALS 8TH: ELLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SMITH STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); HERMOSO REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING 2B); BUSKEY
REPLACED HILGENDORF (PITCHING); Healy grounded out (shortstop to
first); PINSON BATTED FOR PATEK; Pinson doubled; Wohlford
singled to left [Pinson out at home (left to catcher), Wohlford
to second (on throw to home)]; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 8, Royals 7.

INDIANS 9TH: WHITE REPLACED PINSON (PLAYING SS); Hermoso singled
to center; McCraw struck out; Lowenstein doubled to right
[Hermoso to third]; Smith was walked intentionally; Ellis
tripled to right [Hermoso scored, Lowenstein scored, Smith
scored]; Duffy reached on a fielder's choice [Ellis scored];
Torres struck out; Carty flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 12, Royals 7.

ROYALS 9TH: McRae homered; Cepeda grounded out (third to first);
Rojas grounded out (second to first); Bevacqua grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 12, Royals
8.