Royals @ Indians
August 21, 1974

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 6 12 0
Indians 6 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 6 12 0
Indians 7 9 1

Charlie Spikes Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .286
OBP .750 .342
At Bats 2 413
Hits 1 118
• Singles 0 84
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 17
Walks 2 30
RBI’s 2 62

Doug Bird Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 9
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 21, 1974
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Single
Doug Bird
Fran Healy
Tony Solaita
Cookie Rojas
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Hal McRae
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Charlie Spikes
Rico Carty
Frank Duffy

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 6 12 0 6
Cleveland Indians 7 9 1 7
Winning Pitcher Tom Buskey
Losing Pitcher Steve Mingori
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Charlie Spikes
Attendance 11,294
Time of Game 2 hours 55 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Doug Bird now pitching. Spikes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Duffy scores. Carty moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Carty hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lis scores. Duffy moves to third.
Bottom 9 Duffy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lis moves to second.
Bottom 9 Joe Lis pinch hits for John Lowenstein. Lis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Alvarado hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Al Cowens now playing right field. Torres 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 9 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Torres settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brett moves to third.
Top 9 Patek hits a line drive towards the mound. Buskey reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Healy bunts towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brett moves to second.
Top 9 Dave Duncan now catching. Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado misplays the ball. That's an error on Alvarado.
Bottom 8 Lee strikes out.
Bottom 8 Steve Mingori now pitching. Tommy Smith pinch runs for John Ellis. Gamble hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ellis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Spikes hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rojas hits a line drive into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Solaita hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Carty hits a line drive into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Duffy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lowenstein hits a line drive into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowenstein fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Pinson hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 7 Patek strikes out.
Top 7 Healy hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Ellis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brett moves to second.
Top 7 Tom Buskey now pitching. Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rojas moves to third.
Top 7 Rojas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Rojas reaches second base with a double. Solaita scores.
Top 7 Solaita hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Solaita reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Cepeda strikes out.
Bottom 6 Alvarado hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Torres strikes out.
Bottom 6 Lee hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Torres settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowenstein fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pattin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Marty Pattin now pitching. Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pattin fields it and throws to first for the out. Spikes moves to second.
Bottom 5 Spikes takes first base on ball four. Duffy scores.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Duffy moves to third.
Bottom 5 There goes Duffy. The throw from Healy and he is safe. Duffy steals second.
Bottom 5 Carty strikes out.
Bottom 5 Duffy takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Healy strikes out.
Top 5 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alvarado scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lowenstein hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Alvarado hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gamble scores. Lee moves to second.
Bottom 4 Torres strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gamble moves to third.
Bottom 4 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Ellis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Solaita hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowenstein fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McRae hits a line drive towards third. Lowenstein reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Spikes. The throw from Healy and he is out, Rojas applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Spikes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Carty hits a line drive towards first. Solaita reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Duffy strikes out.
Top 3 Otis hits a line drive into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Pinson. The throw from Ellis and he is safe. Pinson steals second.
Top 3 Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Patek hits a popup towards short. Duffy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Healy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Brett hits a line drive into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lowenstein strikes out.
Bottom 2 Alvarado 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 2 Torres strikes out.
Top 2 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Solaita hits a line drive into right field. Spikes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lee hits a popup towards the mound. Dal Canton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Gamble. The throw from Healy and he is safe. Gamble steals second.
Bottom 1 Gamble takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Ellis hits a popup towards first. Solaita settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Spikes hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Healy for a passed ball. Lowenstein scores. Carty moves to second.
Bottom 1 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out. Lowenstein moves to third.
Bottom 1 Duffy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Lowenstein. The throw from Healy and he is safe. Lowenstein steals second.
Bottom 1 Lowenstein hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 McRae strikes out.
Top 1 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Patek. The throw from Ellis and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Top 1 Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.