Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
July 22, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1971 at Municipal Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Kansas City Royals 0

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 1 0
Blair cf 5 0 1 0
Robinson F. 1b 4 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 2 0 1 0
Hendricks c 4 0 0 0
Rettenmund rf 3 2 2 1
Johnson 2b 4 2 2 2
Belanger ss 4 0 1 1
Leonhard p 4 0 1 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 0 1 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Hopkins 1b 4 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0
Piniella lf 3 0 1 0
Keough rf 2 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
May c 3 0 1 0
Hedlund p 1 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Baltimore 000 022 000490
Kansas City 000 000 000050
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Leonhard  W (2-0) 9.0 5 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hedlund  L (8-6) 5.2 7 4 4 2 1
  York   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Abernathy   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Baltimore Rettenmund (10,off Hedlund); Blair (17,off Hedlund); Johnson (16,off Hedlund); Belanger (16,off York), Kansas City May (12,off Leonhard).  HR–Baltimore Johnson (9,5th inning off Hedlund 1 on, 0 out); Rettenmund (8,6th inning off Hedlund 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Patek (34,2nd base off Leonhard/Hendricks).  CS–Rojas (2,2nd base by Leonhard/Hendricks).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:13.  A–15,615.
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