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Royals 6 @ Indians 4
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 23, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Royals, played on July 23, 1971 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians were bested by the visiting Royals with a score of 6 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJuly 23, 1971 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 6 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 4 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Winning Pitcher—Jim Rooker  
Losing Pitcher—Sam McDowell  
Save—Tom Burgmeier  
Game Winning RBI—Cookie Rojas 

Game Info

DateJuly 23, 1971 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherPaul Splittorff  
Home Starting PitcherSam McDowell  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance14,004 
Time of Game2 hours 50 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Marty Springstead
1B: Jim Honochick
2B: Larry McCoy
3B: Jim Odom

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Dennis Paepke  Right Fielder 
Gail Hopkins  First Baseman 
Jerry May  Catcher 
Paul Splittorff  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ted Uhlaender  Center Fielder 
Vada Pinson  Left Fielder 
Graig Nettles  Third Baseman 
Roy Foster  Right Fielder 
Chris Chambliss  First Baseman 
Eddie Leon  Second Baseman 
Jack Heidemann  Shortstop 
Ken Suarez  Catcher 
Sam McDowell  Pitcher 
Alvin Dark  Manager 

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Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 23, 1971

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         Game of 7/23/1971 -- Kansas City at Cleveland (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Patek F, ss           5  1  1  0   Uhlaender T, cf       4  0  0  0   
Schaal P, 3b          4  0  0  1   Pinson V, lf          5  0  1  0   
Otis A, cf            4  1  3  1   Nettles G, 3b         5  1  2  1   
Rojas C, 2b           4  0  2  2   Foster R, rf          5  1  2  1   
Piniella L, lf        5  0  1  0   Chambliss C, 1b       4  1  2  0   
Paepke D, rf          2  0  0  0   Leon E, 2b-ss         3  1  1  1   
Kirkpatrick E, ph-rf  2  0  1  0   Heidemann J, ss       3  0  1  0   
Hopkins G, 1b         3  2  1  0   Farmer E, p           0  0  0  0   
Oliver B, 1b          0  0  0  0   Mingori S, p          0  0  0  0   
May J, c              4  1  2  2   Baker F, ph           1  0  0  0   
Splittorff P, p       1  0  0  0   Colbert V, p          0  0  0  0   
Harrison C, ph        0  1  0  0   Suarez K, c           3  0  1  1   
Rooker J, p           2  0  0  0   McDowell S, p         2  0  0  0   
Abernathy T, p        0  0  0  0   Hennigan P, p         0  0  0  0   
Burgmeier T, p        0  0  0  0   Bevacqua K, 2b        1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  6 11  6                        36  4 10  4

Kansas City      000 041 100 --  6
Cleveland        000 210 010 --  4

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Splittorff P          4.0  6  2  2  1  1
Rooker J (W)*         3.0  3  2  2  1  0
Abernathy T           1.1  1  0  0  1  0
Burgmeier T (S)       0.2  0  0  0  0  0

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
McDowell S (L)        4.1  5  4  4  4  3
Hennigan P+           1.2  3  2  2  0  0
Farmer E              0.1  2  0  0  0  0
Mingori S             1.2  0  0  0  0  0
Colbert V             1.0  1  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 7th

E -- Nettles G
DP -- Cleveland 1
LOB -- Kansas City 8, Cleveland 9
2B -- Leon E, Suarez K, May J, Hopkins G
3B -- Chambliss C
HR -- Nettles G, Otis A, Foster R
CS -- Nettles G, Otis A
SF -- Schaal P
HBP -- by Splittorff P (Suarez K)
T -- 2:50
A -- 14004

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