Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
May 10, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1971 at Memorial Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Baltimore Orioles 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 1 2 0
Rojas 2b 3 1 1 0
  Knoop 2b 1 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 1 4 4
Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0
Paepke rf 4 0 1 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 1 0
Taylor lf 4 0 0 0
May c 4 0 2 0
Dal Canton p 4 1 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 1 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Robinson F. rf 4 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 0 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 2 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Dalrymple c 3 0 0 0
McNally p 2 0 1 0
  Shopay ph 1 0 1 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 5 0
Kansas City 000 010 3004112
Baltimore 000 000 010150
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton  W (3-1) 9.0 5 1 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
1
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  L (5-2) 8.0 10 4 4 1 5
  Richert   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
6

  E–Patek (5), Taylor (1).  2B–Kansas City Otis (5,off McNally); May (3,off McNally).  HR–Kansas City Otis (5,7th inning off McNally 2 on, 2 out).  CS–Otis (1,2nd base by McNally/Dalrymple).  SB–Blair (2,2nd base off Dal Canton/May).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:20.  A–5,577.
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