Royals @ Orioles
May 11, 1971

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Royals 4 10 1
Orioles 4 10 3
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Royals 4 10 1
Orioles 5 11 3

Merv Rettenmund Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .233
OBP .750 .387
At Bats 4 60
Hits 3 14
• Singles 3 12
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 1 9

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 5
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Memorial Stadium - May 11, 1971
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Single
Ted Abernathy
Jerry May
Gail Hopkins
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Ed Kirkpatrick
Amos Otis
Joe Keough
Merv Rettenmund
Davey Johnson
Brooks Robinson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 4 10 1 10
Baltimore Orioles 5 11 3 9
Winning Pitcher Eddie Watt
Losing Pitcher Ted Abernathy
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Merv Rettenmund
Attendance 4,979
Time of Game 3 hours 7 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Robinson scores. Johnson moves to second.

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Bottom 10 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 10 Powell hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 May hits a popup, foul, towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Schaal takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Eddie Watt now pitching. Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Blair hits a popup towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Buford 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 9 Buford hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hopkins settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Hopkins.
Bottom 9 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Tom Shopay pinch hits for Pete Richert. Shopay hits a fly ball into left field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Pete Richert now pitching. Hopkins strikes out.
Top 9 Otis hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Blair, who is chasing the ball. Otis reaches third base with a triple. Keough scores.
Top 9 Keough hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rettenmund. Keough reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Andy Etchebarren now catching. Dennis Paepke pinch hits for Jim Rooker. Paepke strikes out.
Bottom 8 Belanger 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 8 Andy Etchebarren pinch hits for Elrod Hendricks. Etchebarren hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson tags and scores.
Bottom 8 Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kirkpatrick. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 8 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger misplays the ball. That's an error on Belanger. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Top 8 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Powell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Blair bunts towards third. Schaal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Hopkins hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Otis strikes out.
Top 7 Keough hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Keough reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dobson hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Rooker now pitching. Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bob Oliver pinch hits for Dick Drago. Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 May strikes out.
Top 6 Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rojas scores. Schaal moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 The ball gets by Hendricks for a passed ball. Rojas moves to second.
Top 6 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Hendricks hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rettenmund hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blair scores. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Powell hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rojas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Buford tags and scores. Blair tags and moves to third.
Bottom 5 Blair hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Keough. Blair reaches second base with a double. Buford moves to third.
Bottom 5 Buford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Otis moves to second.
Top 5 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dobson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Belanger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rettenmund scores.
Bottom 4 Hendricks strikes out.
Bottom 4 There goes Rettenmund. The throw from May and he is safe. Rettenmund steals second.
Bottom 4 Rettenmund hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Drago hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Drago for the out.
Top 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger misplays the ball. That's an error on Belanger.
Top 4 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Powell hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Belanger moves to third. Dobson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Blair strikes out.
Bottom 3 Buford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dobson takes first base on ball four. Belanger moves to second.
Bottom 3 Belanger bunts towards first. Hopkins fields the ball and throws to Drago covering. Safe.
Top 3 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Otis for the out.
Bottom 2 Hendricks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rettenmund hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell fields it, throws to home for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 2 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. May moves to third. Drago moves to second.
Top 2 Drago bunts towards the mound. Dobson fields it and throws to third for the out. May moves to second.
Top 2 May hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Schaal moves to second.
Top 2 Schaal takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drago fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Blair hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buford for the out.
Top 1 Rojas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hopkins moves to third.
Top 1 Hopkins hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford. Hopkins reaches second base with a double. Keough scores. Otis goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Keough moves to second.
Top 1 Keough takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.