Senators @ Royals
August 22, 1971

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Top 9 R H E
Senators 1 7 1
Royals 4 9 0
Top 9 R H E
Senators 1 7 1
Royals 4 9 0

Dick Billings Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .257
OBP .667 .293
At Bats 3 249
Hits 2 64
• Singles 1 50
• Doubles 1 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 35

Paul Splittorff Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 0
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Municipal Stadium - August 22, 1971
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Paul Splittorff
Ed Kirkpatrick
Gail Hopkins
Bobby Knoop
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Joe Keough
Bob Oliver
Dick Billings
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Billings takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Burroughs hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Howard hits a line drive into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Casey Cox now pitching. Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lenny Randle pinch hits for Horacio Pina. Randle hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cullen hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Billings moves to third.
Top 7 Billings hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliver. Billings reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Burroughs hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Splittorff takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pina fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Unser hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Horacio Pina now pitching. Schaal hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Oliver hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Oliver reaches second base with a double. Hopkins scores. Piniella goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hopkins moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hopkins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Patek scores.
Bottom 5 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Patek moves to third.
Bottom 5 Patek hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Maddox. Patek reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Splittorff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Brown strikes out.
Top 5 Cullen takes first base on ball four. Harrah moves to second.
Top 5 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Maddox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Billings hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Knoop hits a line drive into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 The ball gets by Billings for a passed ball. Schaal moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kirkpatrick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Schaal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Unser moves to second.
Top 4 Nelson strikes out.
Top 4 Unser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howard scoops it up and throws to first, with Brown covering, for the out. Patek moves to second.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Brown strikes out.
Top 3 Cullen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Harrah strikes out.
Bottom 2 Splittorff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Knoop hits a fly ball into right field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Billings hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Burroughs strikes out.
Bottom 1 Oliver strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Piniella. The throw from Billings and he is safe. Piniella steals second.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a popup beyond second. Cullen can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Patek scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 There goes Patek. The throw from Billings and he is safe. Patek steals third.
Bottom 1 Hopkins hits a popup towards short. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Keough hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Cullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Patek. The throw from Billings and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howard juggles the ball. That's an error on Howard.
Top 1 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Unser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.