Orioles @ Royals
May 1, 1971

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Top 9	R	H	E
Orioles	2	7	0
Royals	5	11	0

Top 9	R	H	E
Orioles	2	7	0
Royals	5	11	0

Davey Johnson Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.346
OBP	.500	.393
At Bats	4	78
Hits	2	27
• Singles	1	18
• Doubles	1	4
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	4
Walks	0	5
RBI’s	0	17

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	1	3

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Municipal Stadium - May 1, 1971

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Out

Ted Abernathy

Ed Kirkpatrick

Bob Oliver

Cookie Rojas

Paul Schaal

Freddie Patek

Lou Piniella

Amos Otis

Carl Taylor

Davey Johnson

Don Buford

Elrod Hendricks

Clay Dalrymple

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Baltimore Orioles	2	7	0	9
Kansas City Royals	5	11	0	8
Winning Pitcher	Wally Bunker
Losing Pitcher	Dave McNally
Save	Ted Abernathy
Game Winning RBI	Lou Piniella
Attendance	8,151
Time of Game	2 hours 29 minutes

View Box Score

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ted Abernathy now pitching. Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Buford takes first base on ball four.

Top 9 Rettenmund strikes out.

Top 9 Merv Rettenmund pinch hits for Eddie Watt. There's a wild pitch. Dalrymple moves to third. Hendricks moves to second.

Top 9 Elrod Hendricks pinch hits for Mark Belanger. Hendricks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dalrymple moves to second.

Top 9 Clay Dalrymple pinch hits for Andy Etchebarren. Dalrymple takes first base on ball four.

Top 9 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Patek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Etchebarren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 The ball gets by Etchebarren for a passed ball. Taylor moves to third. York moves to second.

Bottom 8 York takes first base on ball four. Taylor moves to second.

Bottom 8 Kirkpatrick strikes out.

Bottom 8 Taylor bunts towards the mound. Watt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 8 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Blair hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Robinson hits a line drive into right field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Powell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Oliver strikes out.

Bottom 7 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Otis bunts towards the mound. Watt fields it and throws to first for the out. Rojas moves to third.

Bottom 7 Rojas hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Rojas reaches second base with a double. Patek scores.

Bottom 7 Eddie Watt now pitching. Patek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford. Patek reaches second base with a double.

Top 7 Buford hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Chico Salmon pinch hits for Jim Hardin. Salmon strikes out.

Top 7 Belanger hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 York hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Taylor strikes out.

Bottom 6 Schaal hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Jim York now pitching. Etchebarren hits a fly ball into right field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Robinson takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Blair hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Robinson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 6 Powell hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 6 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Oliver strikes out.

Bottom 5 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rojas scores.

Bottom 5 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Rojas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Robinson. Rojas reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 5 Jim Hardin now pitching. Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Tom Shopay pinch hits for Dave McNally. Shopay hits a line drive towards third. Schaal reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Belanger hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Belanger reaches second base with a double. Robinson moves to third.

Top 5 Etchebarren hits a fly ball into right field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 4 Bunker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 4 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schaal scores.

Bottom 4 Schaal hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Schaal reaches second base with a double. Piniella scores.

Bottom 4 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Piniella hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Robinson. Piniella reaches second base with a double. Otis scores.

Bottom 4 Otis hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Otis reaches second base with a double.

Top 4 Blair hits a line drive towards first. Oliver reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Powell hits a fly ball into right field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Patek takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Bunker strikes out.

Bottom 3 Kirkpatrick strikes out.

Top 3 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Buford strikes out.

Top 3 McNally hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 2 Schaal takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Belanger hits a fly ball into right field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Etchebarren takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bunker fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Blair hits a fly ball into right field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 1 Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Powell hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson moves to third.

Top 1 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Johnson reaches second base with a double.

Top 1 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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