Kansas City Royals vs Washington Senators
August 10, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 1971 at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Kansas City Royals 3, Washington Senators 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 1 2 0
Keough rf 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 3 1 1 1
Hopkins 1b 4 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 3 1 1 1
Piniella lf 4 0 1 1
Schaal 3b 2 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick c 3 0 0 0
Hedlund p 2 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 3
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 3 0 1 0
Randle 2b 4 0 0 0
Mincher 1b 4 1 1 0
Howard lf 4 0 1 1
Burroughs rf 3 0 0 0
Nelson 3b 3 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0
  Cox p 0 0 0 0
Billings c 2 0 0 0
Cullen ss 3 0 1 0
Thompson p 2 0 0 0
  Allen 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Kansas City 000 100 110–361
Washington 100 000 000–140
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hedlund  W (9-6) 7.0 2 1 1 3 4
  Abernathy  SV (17) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
5
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  L (0-4) 7.1 5 3 3 6 2
  Pina   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Riddleberger   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Cox   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
6
2
  E–Hedlund (2).  DP–Kansas City 1, Washington 4.  SB–Patek (37,2nd base off Thompson/Billings); Rojas (8,2nd base off Thompson/Billings); Mincher (3,2nd base off Hedlund/Kirkpatrick).  WP–Thompson 2 (4).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:29.  A–6,409.
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