Top 1

• Royals, 0 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Patek vs. Gogolewski
  
  Patek is called out on strikes. View Play 
• Royals, 0 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Keough vs. Gogolewski
  
  Keough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play 
• Royals, 0 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Otis vs. Gogolewski
  
  Otis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Billings. Otis reaches second base with a double. Keough moves to third. View Play 
• Royals, 0 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
  Hopkins vs. Gogolewski
  
  Hopkins is walked intentionally. View Play 
• Royals, 0 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  Rojas vs. Gogolewski
  
  Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Keough tags and scores. Otis tags and moves to third. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
  Piniella vs. Gogolewski
  
  Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play 

Bottom 1

• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Nelson vs. Splittorff
  
  Nelson is called out on strikes. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Randle vs. Splittorff
  
  Randle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Howard vs. Splittorff
  
  Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Patek. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Billings vs. Splittorff
  
  Billings hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Patek fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play 

Top 2

• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Schaal vs. Gogolewski
  
  Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Kirkpatrick vs. Gogolewski
  
  Kirkpatrick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Casanova settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Splittorff vs. Gogolewski
  
  Splittorff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schaal moves to second. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Patek vs. Gogolewski
  
  Patek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Keough vs. Gogolewski
  
  Keough hits a popup towards third. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 2

• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Burroughs vs. Splittorff
  
  Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Casanova vs. Splittorff
  
  Casanova strikes out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Unser vs. Splittorff
  
  Unser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Top 3

• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Otis vs. Gogolewski
  
  Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Hopkins vs. Gogolewski
  
  There goes Otis. The throw from Casanova and he is out, Harrah applying the tag. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Hopkins vs. Gogolewski
  
  Hopkins strikes out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Rojas vs. Gogolewski
  
  Rojas is called out on strikes. View Play 

Bottom 3

• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Harrah vs. Splittorff
  
  Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Gogolewski vs. Splittorff
  
  Gogolewski strikes out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Nelson vs. Splittorff
  
  Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Top 4

• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Piniella vs. Gogolewski
  
  Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Schaal vs. Gogolewski
  
  Schaal hits a fly ball into right field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Kirkpatrick vs. Gogolewski
  
  Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Bottom 4

• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Randle vs. Splittorff
  
  Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Howard vs. Splittorff
  
  Howard strikes out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Billings vs. Splittorff
  
  Billings hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Top 5

• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Splittorff vs. Gogolewski
  
  Splittorff hits a fly ball into left field. Billings settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Patek vs. Gogolewski
  
  Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Keough vs. Gogolewski
  
  Keough hits a fly ball into right field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Otis vs. Gogolewski
  
  Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play 

Bottom 5

• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Burroughs vs. Splittorff
  
  Burroughs hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Burroughs reaches second base with a double. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Casanova vs. Splittorff
  
  Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Unser vs. Splittorff
  
  Unser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Burroughs moves to third. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
  Harrah vs. Splittorff
  
  Harrah is called out on strikes. View Play 

Top 6

• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Hopkins vs. Gogolewski
  
  Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Royals, 1 - Senators, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Rojas vs. Gogolewski
  
  Rojas hits a line drive into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

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         Game of 8/11/1971 -- Kansas City at Washington (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Washington         AB  R  H RBI
Patek F, ss           3  0  1  0   Nelson D, 3b          2  0  0  0   
Keough J, rf          3  1  1  0   Randle L, 2b          2  0  0  0   
Otis A, cf            3  0  2  0   Howard F, 1b          2  0  0  0   
Hopkins G, 1b         2  0  0  0   Billings D, lf        2  0  0  0   
Rojas C, 2b           2  0  0  1   Burroughs J, rf       2  0  1  0   
Piniella L, lf        2  0  0  0   Casanova P, c         2  0  0  0   
Schaal P, 3b          2  0  1  0   Unser D, cf           2  0  0  0   
Kirkpatrick E, c      2  0  0  0   Harrah T, ss          2  0  0  0   
Splittorff P, p       2  0  1  0   Gogolewski B, p       1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     21  1  6  1                        17  0  1  0

Kansas City      100 000 --  1
Washington       000 00x --  0
  2 outs when game ended.

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (W)      5.0  1  0  0  0  5

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gogolewski B (L)      5.2  6  1  1  1  3

E -- Patek F
LOB -- Kansas City 5, Washington 2
2B -- Otis A, Burroughs J
CS -- Otis A
SF -- Rojas C
T -- 1:10
A -- 2799

    

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