Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
July 24, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 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 6, Cleveland Indians 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 2 1 1 1
  Floyd ss 2 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 5 0 0 0
Hopkins 1b 3 1 2 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 1 0
Piniella lf 4 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick rf 2 1 0 0
Paepke c 4 1 2 2
Butler p 0 0 0 0
  York p 4 1 1 3
Totals 34 6 8 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender cf 4 0 0 0
Leon 2b 3 0 0 0
Foster R. rf 4 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 0
Hinton lf 1 0 0 0
  Baker ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 1 0 0
Heidemann ss 3 0 0 0
Suarez c 3 0 0 0
Foster A. p 1 0 0 1
  Hodge ph 0 0 0 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
  Pinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 2 1
Kansas City 100 500 000681
Cleveland 010 000 000120
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Butler   1.0 1 1 1 4 1
  York  W (5-3) 8.0 1 0 0 2 8
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
6
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  L (5-10) 4.0 5 6 6 2 2
  Hargan   3.0 2 0 0 1 4
  Farmer   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
4
7

  E–Hopkins (4).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Kansas City Hopkins (8,off Hargan).  HR–Kansas City Patek (4,1st inning off A Foster 0 on, 0 out); York (1,4th inning off A Foster 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Kirkpatrick (1,by Hargan).  WP–York (3).  HBP–Hargan (4,Kirkpatrick).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:40.  A–8,930.
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