Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
May 10, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1972 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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 2, Cleveland Indians 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 1 1
Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0
Hovley cf 4 1 1 0
Piniella lf 4 0 1 0
Scheinblum rf 4 0 1 1
Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 3 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick c 3 1 1 0
Hedlund p 1 0 0 0
  Keough ph 0 0 0 0
  Rooker p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 3 1 0 0
Brohamer 2b 4 1 2 0
Johnson lf 4 1 1 3
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
McCraw 1b 2 1 0 0
Fosse c 4 2 2 0
Bell rf 4 0 2 0
Duffy ss 4 1 1 2
Perry p 3 0 2 1
Totals 32 7 10 6
Kansas City 000 000 110250
Cleveland 003 003 01x7100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hedlund  L (0-3) 5.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Rooker   1.0 3 3 3 1 2
  Murphy   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Nelson   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
3
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (5-2) 9.0 5 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, Cleveland 1.  PB–Kirkpatrick (2).  2B–Kansas City Hovley (1,off Perry); Patek (2,off Perry).  HR–Cleveland A Johnson (3,3rd inning off Hedlund 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Bell (4,2nd base off Nelson/Kirkpatrick).  WP–Nelson (1).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:00.  A–4,596.
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