Royals @ Yankees
August 18, 1971

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Royals 1 4 0
Yankees 3 6 0
Top 9 R H E
Royals 1 4 0
Yankees 3 6 0

Gail Hopkins Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .297
OBP .333 .386
At Bats 3 185
Hits 1 55
• Singles 0 37
• Doubles 1 11
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 1 32

Mel Stottlemyre Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 11 0
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Yankee Stadium - August 18, 1971
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Out
Mel Stottlemyre
Jake Gibbs
Felipe Alou
Horace Clarke
Jerry Kenney
Gene Michael
Roy White
Bobby Murcer
Ron Blomberg
Gail Hopkins

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 1 4 0 3
New York Yankees 3 6 0 3
Winning Pitcher Mel Stottlemyre
Losing Pitcher Dick Drago
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ron Blomberg
Attendance 11,829
Time of Game 1 hour 56 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Hopkins hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Blomberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Keough for the out.
Bottom 8 Murcer strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gibbs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Kenney strikes out.
Top 8 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bob Oliver pinch hits for Dick Drago. Oliver strikes out.
Top 8 Knoop strikes out.
Bottom 7 Stottlemyre hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Michael hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Clarke hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Schaal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Hopkins strikes out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blomberg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Blomberg reaches second base with a double. Gibbs scores. Murcer scores.
Bottom 6 White hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gibbs moves to third. Murcer moves to second.
Bottom 6 Murcer takes first base on ball four. Gibbs moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gibbs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Kenney hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Keough. The throw from Gibbs and he is out, Michael applying the tag.
Top 6 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Patek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gibbs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stottlemyre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Michael hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoop settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Clarke hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Drago strikes out.
Top 5 Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blomberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins scoops it up and throws to first, with Drago covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 White is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Top 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hopkins moves to third.
Top 4 Hopkins hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Blomberg. Hopkins reaches second base with a double. Otis scores.
Top 4 There goes Otis. The throw from Gibbs and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Top 4 Otis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Keough for the out.
Bottom 3 Murcer hits a line drive towards first. Hopkins reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gibbs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Stottlemyre moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kenney hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Stottlemyre hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clarke scores.
Bottom 3 Michael hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick fields it and throws to first for the out. Clarke moves to second.
Bottom 3 Clarke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Blomberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Drago hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Drago for the out.
Top 3 Knoop hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Blomberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drago fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Schaal hits a popup towards short. Michael settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kirkpatrick strikes out.
Top 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gibbs hits a ball on the ground towards second. Knoop scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 Kenney takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hopkins hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Blomberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Keough hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Keough reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.