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Indians 7 @ Royals 5
Municipal Stadium
May 1, 1970

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Indians, played on May 1, 1970 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 7 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 1, 1970 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 7 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 14
Runs: 7
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 15 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 15
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherPhil Hennigan  
Losing PitcherMoe Drabowsky  
SaveDennis Higgins  
Game Winning RBIChuck Hinton 

Game Info

DateMay 1, 1970 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherDean Chance  
Home Starting PitcherDave Morehead  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance6,365 
Time of Game2 hours 58 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Nestor Chylak
1B: Russ Goetz
2B: Don Denkinger
3B: Art Frantz

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ted Uhlaender  Center Fielder 
Eddie Leon  Second Baseman 
Vada Pinson  Right Fielder 
Tony Horton  First Baseman 
Graig Nettles  Third Baseman 
Ray Fosse  Catcher 
Roy Foster  Left Fielder 
Jack Heidemann  Shortstop 
Dean Chance  Pitcher 
Alvin Dark  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jackie Hernandez  Shortstop 
Pat Kelly  Right Fielder 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Bob Oliver  Third Baseman 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Joe Keough  First Baseman 
Jerry Adair  Second Baseman 
Ellie Rodriguez  Catcher 
Dave Morehead  Pitcher 
Charlie Metro  Manager 

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Indians 7 @ Royals 5
Municipal Stadium
May 1, 1970

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         Game of 5/1/1970 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (N)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Uhlaender T, cf       5  2  2  1   Hernandez J, ss       5  1  2  0   
Leon E, 2b            3  0  0  0   Kelly P, rf           4  0  1  1   
Klimchock L, ph       1  0  0  0   Otis A, cf            5  2  5  0   
Hennigan P, p         0  0  0  0   Oliver B, 3b          5  0  1  0   
Hinton C, ph-2b       2  1  2  2   Piniella L, lf        5  1  2  3   
Pinson V, rf          6  1  2  1   Keough J, 1b          3  0  1  1   
Horton T, 1b          3  0  1  0   Adair J, 2b           3  0  1  0   
Nettles G, 3b         4  0  0  0   Rodriguez E, c        1  0  0  0   
Fosse R, c            4  1  2  1   Campanis J, c         3  1  1  0   
Foster R, lf          4  0  1  0   Morehead D, p         2  0  1  0   
Heidemann J, ss       3  0  0  0   Hedlund M, p          0  0  0  0   
Brown L, ph-ss        2  1  2  0   Drabowsky M, p        0  0  0  0   
Chance D, p           1  0  0  1   Wright K, p           0  0  0  0   
Miller B, p           0  0  0  0   Kirkpatrick E, ph     1  0  0  0   
Nagelson R, ph        0  0  0  0   Bunker W, p           0  0  0  0   
Fuller V, 2b          0  0  0  0                                      
Sims D, ph            0  0  0  0                                      
Hargan S, pr          0  1  0  0                                      
Higgins D, p          1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  7 12  6                        37  5 15  5

Cleveland        111 000 040 --  7
Kansas City      301 100 000 --  5

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Chance D              3.2 12  5  5  1  2
Miller B              1.1  1  0  0  1  0
Hennigan P (W)        2.0  1  0  0  1  2
Higgins D (S)         2.0  1  0  0  0  4

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Morehead D*           6.0  6  3  2  5  3
Hedlund M+            1.0  1  2  2  1  0
Drabowsky M (L)#      0.0  2  2  2  0  0
Wright K              1.0  1  0  0  0  1
Bunker W              1.0  2  0  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
  # Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Keough J, Hernandez J
DP -- Cleveland 2, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Cleveland 14, Kansas City 9
2B -- Otis A, Pinson V, Uhlaender T, Hinton C
3B -- Pinson V
HR -- Piniella L
SH -- Morehead D
SF -- Chance D
HBP -- by Wright K (Horton T)
WP -- Morehead D 3
T -- 2:58
A -- 6365

    

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