Senators @ Royals
August 21, 1971

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Top 9 R H E
Senators 5 7 0
Royals 8 13 0
Top 9 R H E
Senators 5 7 0
Royals 8 13 0

Del Unser Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .276
OBP .500 .350
At Bats 3 434
Hits 1 120
• Singles 0 97
• Doubles 1 13
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 1 48
RBI’s 1 33

Tom Burgmeier Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 6 12
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Municipal Stadium - August 21, 1971
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Out
Tom Burgmeier
Ed Kirkpatrick
Gail Hopkins
Bobby Knoop
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Joe Keough
Bob Oliver
Del Unser
Elliott Maddox

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Washington Senators 5 7 0 5
Kansas City Royals 8 13 0 8
Winning Pitcher Mike Hedlund
Losing Pitcher Mike Thompson
Save Tom Burgmeier
Game Winning RBI Lou Piniella
Attendance 8,489
Time of Game 2 hours 39 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Unser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burgmeier fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Elliott Maddox pinch hits for Paul Lindblad. Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Cullen hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Billings hits a line drive into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Piniella hits a line drive towards third. Nelson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hopkins for the out.
Bottom 8 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Burroughs is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Harrah hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 7 Burgmeier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Bottom 7 Toby Harrah now playing shortstop. Tim Cullen now playing second base. Paul Lindblad now pitching. Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Mincher hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Knoop catches it and throws to first to double up Nelson.
Top 7 Nelson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Billings scores. McCraw scores. Unser moves to third.
Top 7 Unser takes first base on ball four. Burroughs scores. Billings moves to third. McCraw moves to second.
Top 7 Tommy McCraw pinch hits for Casey Cox. McCraw is hit by the pitch. Burroughs moves to third. Billings moves to second.
Top 7 Cullen hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hopkins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Billings hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Randle scores. Burroughs moves to second.
Top 7 Lenny Randle pinch runs for Bernie Allen. Jim York now pitching. Burroughs takes first base on ball four. Randle moves to second.
Top 7 Allen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Unser throws the ball in to Allen who tags Oliver trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Knoop scores.
Bottom 6 Knoop hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Piniella scores. Knoop moves to second.
Bottom 6 Piniella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Piniella reaches second base with a double. Hopkins goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Hopkins takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Keough hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Patek strikes out.
Top 6 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mincher for the out.
Top 6 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nelson for the out.
Bottom 5 Hedlund hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kirkpatrick is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Schaal strikes out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Knoop scores. Oliver moves to second.
Bottom 5 Casey Cox now pitching. Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piniella scores. Knoop moves to third.
Bottom 5 Knoop hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella moves to third.
Bottom 5 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Keough scores. Hopkins scores.
Bottom 5 Hopkins hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Hopkins reaches second base with a double. Patek scores. Keough moves to third.
Bottom 5 Keough hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Patek moves to third.
Bottom 5 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Hedlund hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Unser hits a line drive towards third. Schaal catches it and throws to first to double up Thompson.
Top 5 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bobby Knoop now playing second base. Cullen is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Schaal takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out. Knoop moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bobby Knoop pinch hits for Cookie Rojas. Knoop takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Billings hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hedlund fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Burroughs hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Keough. Burroughs reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Allen 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 4 Howard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Patek. The throw from Billings and he is out, Cullen applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Keough hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Mincher hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hedlund fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Unser 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 Hedlund hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick hits a popup towards short. Cullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oliver moves to second.
Bottom 2 Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thompson strikes out.
Top 2 Cullen hits a popup into right field, out of the reach of Oliver. Cullen reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Billings strikes out.
Top 2 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mincher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hopkins hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Keough hits a line drive towards short. Cullen reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Patek. The throw from Billings and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a popup into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Allen for the out.
Top 1 Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Mincher hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Unser tags and scores.
Top 1 Nelson bunts towards first. Hopkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nelson for the out. Unser moves to third.
Top 1 Unser hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Keough. Unser reaches second base with a double.