Orioles @ Royals
July 21, 1971

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Top 9 R H E
Orioles 2 10 0
Royals 7 10 0
Top 9 R H E
Orioles 2 10 0
Royals 7 10 0

Don Buford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .307
OBP .250 .426
At Bats 4 290
Hits 1 89
• Singles 1 62
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 54
RBI’s 0 43

Tom Burgmeier Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 7
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Municipal Stadium - July 21, 1971
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Out
Tom Burgmeier
Jerry May
Bob Oliver
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Joe Keough
Don Buford
Chico Salmon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Baltimore Orioles 2 10 0 8
Kansas City Royals 7 10 0 5
Winning Pitcher Al Fitzmorris
Losing Pitcher Jim Palmer
Save Tom Burgmeier
Game Winning RBI Cookie Rojas
Attendance 13,239
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Buford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Chico Salmon pinch hits for Dave Boswell. Salmon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Belanger hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Burgmeier hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first, with Boswell covering, for the out.
Top 8 Hendricks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Rettenmund hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Robinson is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Bob Oliver now playing first base. Robinson 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 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Dave Boswell now pitching. Hopkins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Blair hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Buford is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Curt Motton pinch hits for Jim Palmer. Motton strikes out.
Bottom 6 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards second. Johnson scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 6 Schaal takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Rettenmund moves to third.
Top 6 Hendricks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rettenmund moves to second.
Top 6 Rettenmund hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Fitzmorris is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 May takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Keough hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Piniella tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Piniella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford who is chasing the ball. Piniella reaches third base with a triple. Rojas scores.
Bottom 5 Rojas hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Rojas reaches second base with a double. Otis scores. Hopkins goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson fields the ball and throws to Palmer covering. Safe. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 5 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Robinson is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Robinson hits a popup towards first. Hopkins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Blair. The throw from May and he is out, Rojas applying the tag.
Top 5 Blair hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fitzmorris hits a line drive towards the mound. Palmer catches it and throws to second to double up Keough.
Bottom 4 May takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Keough hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford. Keough reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 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 4 Palmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hendricks scores. Johnson moves to second.
Top 4 Belanger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hendricks moves to second.
Top 4 Hendricks takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Rettenmund is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Piniella is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 The umpire calls a balk on Palmer Otis scores. Hopkins moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Hopkins. The throw from Hendricks and he is safe. Hopkins steals second.
Bottom 3 There goes Otis. The throw from Hendricks and he is safe. Otis steals third.
Bottom 3 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schaal tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Hopkins takes first base on ball four. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Schaal moves to third.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schaal moves to second.
Bottom 3 Schaal takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Blair. The throw from May and he is safe. Blair steals second.
Top 3 Blair hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Buford hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fitzmorris strikes out.
Bottom 2 May hits a popup, foul, towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Keough strikes out.
Bottom 2 Piniella hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Palmer hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Belanger hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rojas 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 1 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out. Schaal moves to third.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schaal moves to second.
Bottom 1 Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Patek strikes out.
Top 1 Hendricks hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hendricks for the out.
Top 1 Rettenmund hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Robinson hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Buford goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Blair hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Buford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.