Royals @ Indians
July 9, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 6 12 0
Indians 4 10 4
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 6 12 0
Indians 4 10 4

Graig Nettles Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .243
OBP .500 .336
At Bats 4 247
Hits 2 60
• Singles 1 40
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 7
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 3 30

Tom Burgmeier Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 7
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - July 9, 1972
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Tom Burgmeier
Ed Kirkpatrick
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
Bobby Floyd
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Richie Scheinblum
Graig Nettles
Ray Fosse
Jack Brohamer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 6 12 0 9
Cleveland Indians 4 10 4 9
Winning Pitcher Paul Splittorff
Losing Pitcher Denny Riddleberger
Save Tom Burgmeier
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 31 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Ray Fosse pinch hits for Del Unser. Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Fosse hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCraw scores. Brohamer moves to second.
Bottom 9 Brohamer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. McCraw moves to second.
Bottom 9 Tommy McCraw pinch hits for Denny Riddleberger. McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry fields the ball and throws to Wright covering. Safe.
Top 9 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Top 9 Mayberry hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Scheinblum strikes out.
Bottom 8 Moses is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Leon takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to third. Chambliss moves to second.
Bottom 8 Chambliss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Ken Wright now pitching. Unser strikes out.
Top 8 Piniella hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Otis hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 8 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles juggles the ball. That's an error on Nettles. Floyd scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Carl Taylor pinch hits for Paul Splittorff. Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Floyd moves to third.
Top 8 Floyd hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Floyd reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Rojas hits a line drive into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Brohamer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Floyd fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Riddleberger strikes out.
Top 7 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Riddleberger covering, for the out.
Top 7 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it, throws to home for one, and over to first - double play. Otis moves to third. Piniella moves to second.
Top 7 Denny Riddleberger now pitching. Piniella is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Otis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Unser. Otis reaches second base with a double. Patek moves to third.
Top 7 Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Moses hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Leon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Splittorff hits a popup towards short. Leon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Floyd hits a fly ball into right field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Del Unser now playing right field. Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lolich hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brohamer strikes out.
Top 5 Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Scheinblum hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Colbert hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes Otis. The throw from Moses and he is out, Brohamer applying the tag.
Top 4 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Splittorff scores. Patek scores.
Top 4 Patek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Patek reaches second base with a double. Splittorff moves to third.
Top 4 Splittorff hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Leon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first, with Splittorff covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Floyd fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Nettles hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Lolich takes first base on ball four. Brohamer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brohamer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive towards third. Nettles reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mayberry is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Scheinblumhits a dribbler in front of the plate. Moses interferes with Scheinblum who is awarded first base.
Top 3 Piniella hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Bell chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Leon. Leon fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Leon. Otis goes all the way around to score. Piniella moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon misplays the ball. That's an error on Leon.
Top 3 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Colbert takes first base on ball four. Leon moves to second.
Bottom 2 Moses hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Leon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Chambliss is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Splittorff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Splittorff for the out.
Top 2 Floyd hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rojas is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lolich. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double. Mayberry moves to third.
Top 2 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Scheinblum hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nettles hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lolich strikes out.
Bottom 1 Brohamer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry fields the ball and throws to Splittorff covering. Safe. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.