Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
May 4, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1971 at Cleveland Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 2, Cleveland Indians 0

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 0 0 1
Keough rf 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 3 1 0 0
Kirkpatrick c 4 0 1 1
Piniella lf 1 0 1 0
  Taylor lf 0 0 0 0
Oliver 1b 4 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 1 0
Schaal 3b 3 0 0 0
Dal Canton p 2 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Ford rf 5 0 2 0
Uhlaender lf 3 0 1 0
Pinson cf 4 0 1 0
Fosse c 4 0 2 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Harrelson 1b 3 0 1 0
  Foster R. pr 0 0 0 0
Lowenstein 2b 4 0 0 0
Heidemann ss 3 0 1 0
  Hodge ph 1 0 0 0
Hargan p 1 0 0 0
  Colbert p 0 0 0 0
  Camilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Foster A. p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford ph 1 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 0 9 0
Kansas City 100 010 000250
Cleveland 000 000 000091
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton  W (2-1) 8.2 9 0 0 2 4
  Abernathy  SV (5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
0
0
2
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan  L (0-5) 4.0 4 2 1 1 0
  Colbert   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Foster   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Mingori   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
3
3

  E–Harrelson (4).  DP–Kansas City 1, Cleveland 2.  PB–Fosse (2).  SH–Dal Canton (3,off Colbert).  SF–Patek (1,off Colbert).  HBP–Piniella (2,by Hargan).  SB–Otis (8,2nd base off Hargan/Fosse).  HBP–Hargan (2,Piniella).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:25.  A–2,931.
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