Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
July 31, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1971 at Memorial 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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Kansas City Royals 0, Baltimore Orioles 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Keough rf 4 0 2 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Hopkins 1b 3 0 0 0
Piniella lf 3 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 3 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 3 0 2 0
Kirkpatrick c 3 0 0 0
Dal Canton p 1 0 0 0
  Rooker p 0 0 0 0
  Knoop ph 1 0 0 0
  Hedlund p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 3 0 0 0
  Blair cf 0 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 1 2 0
Powell 1b 4 0 2 0
Robinson F. rf 3 1 0 0
Rettenmund cf,lf 4 1 1 1
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 2 2
Johnson 2b 3 0 1 0
Hendricks c 3 0 0 0
Dobson p 3 0 1 1
Totals 30 4 9 4
Kansas City 000 000 000050
Baltimore 300 100 00x490
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton  L (8-5) 3.1 6 4 4 2 1
  Rooker   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Hedlund   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Abernathy   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
5
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  W (15-4) 9.0 5 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
0
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, Baltimore 2.  2B–Kansas City Otis (18,off Dobson); Keough (10,off Dobson), Baltimore B Robinson (16,off Dal Canton); Powell (13,off Rooker).  SH–Dobson (10,off Hedlund).  CS–Johnson (1,Home by Rooker/Kirkpatrick).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:23.  A–13,222.
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