Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
July 18, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1972 at Municipal 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 8, Kansas City Royals 11

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 5 1 4 1
Brohamer 2b 3 1 1 0
McCraw lf,1b 3 1 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 2 2 1
Chambliss 1b 2 0 1 2
  Foster lf 2 1 0 0
Lowenstein rf 5 1 3 3
Fosse c 5 1 2 1
Duffy ss 5 0 0 0
Colbert p 1 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 2 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 1 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 0 0 0
Otis cf 5 2 2 1
Scheinblum rf 3 2 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 2
Piniella lf 3 2 2 3
Kirkpatrick c 4 1 1 1
Rojas 3b 3 1 2 2
  Floyd 3b 1 0 0 0
Knoop 2b 4 2 2 0
Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Rooker p 2 0 0 1
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 11 10 10
Cleveland 300 002 1118143
Kansas City 270 100 01x11101
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Colbert  L (1-7) 1.2 5 5 4 1 0
  Kilkenny   0.0 3 4 4 2 0
  Hennigan   5.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Farmer   1.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
11
9
3
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton   0.1 4 3 3 1 0
  Rooker  W (5-6) 5.2 5 3 3 4 2
  Burgmeier   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Wright  SV (3) 1.2 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
6
2

  E–Brohamer (8), Chambliss 2 (5), Mayberry (4).  DP–Cleveland 1, Kansas City 4.  PB–Fosse (10).  2B–Kansas City Mayberry (14,off Kilkenny); Rojas (16,off Kilkenny).  3B–Cleveland Lowenstein (1,off Wright).  HR–Kansas City Piniella (9,4th inning off Hennigan 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Rooker (1,off Colbert).  IBB–Piniella (5,by Kilkenny).  SB–Otis (18,3rd base off Kilkenny/Fosse).  WP–Colbert (6), Rooker (3).  IBB–Kilkenny (3,Piniella).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Hank Morgenweck, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:35.
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