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5 – 2
Final Cleveland Municipal Stadium
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Kansas City Royals 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 10 0
Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 2
Pitching
Kansas City Royals
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Jim RookerW 7.2 8 2 2 4 5 55 39
Ted AbernathyS 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 8 4
Cleveland Indians
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Rich HandL 3.0 6 4 2 2 2 27 19
Dennis Higgins 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 11 11
Dick Ellsworth 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 11 7
Fred Lasher 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 6
Scoring Summary
▲ 2nd Jim Rooker hits a home run (1). Bill Sorrell scores. 2–0
▲ 3rd Bob Oliver hits a home run (16). Amos Otis scores. 4–0
▼ 5th Eddie Leon doubles (11) on a to right fielder Pat Kelly. Buddy Bradford scores. Chuck Hinton scores. Larry Brown to 3rd. 4–2
▲ 6th Jim Rooker grounds into a double play, third baseman Graig Nettles to second baseman Eddie Leon to first baseman Tony Horton. Bill Sorrell scores. Jackie Hernandez out at 2nd. Jim Rooker out at 1st. 5–2
Box Score
Kansas City Royals
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
RFPat Kelly 4 0 1 0 1 0
2BCookie Rojas 4 0 1 0 1 0
CFAmos Otis 4 1 2 0 0 1
CEd Kirkpatrick 3 0 0 0 1 0
LFLou Piniella 4 0 0 0 0 0
1BBob Oliver 4 1 2 2 0 2
3BBill Sorrell 4 2 2 0 0 0
SSJackie Hernandez 4 0 1 0 0 0
PJim Rooker 3 1 1 2 0 1
PTed Abernathy 1 0 0 0 0 0
Cleveland Indians
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
2BEddie Leon 5 0 2 2 0 0
3BGraig Nettles 4 0 0 0 0 1
PFred Lasher 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHLou Klimchock 1 0 0 0 0 0
LFRoy Foster 4 0 2 0 0 1
CRay Fosse 4 0 0 0 0 1
1BTony Horton 4 0 1 0 0 0
CFBuddy Bradford 2 1 0 0 2 1
RFChuck Hinton 2 1 2 0 1 0
RFDuke Sims 1 0 0 0 0 0
SSJack Heidemann 2 0 0 0 0 1
PHTed Uhlaender 0 0 0 0 1 0
PRich Hand 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHRich Rollins 1 0 1 0 0 0
PDennis Higgins 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHLarry Brown 0 0 0 0 1 0
PDick Ellsworth 0 0 0 0 0 0
3BVern Fuller 1 0 0 0 0 0
PHVada Pinson 1 0 0 0 0 0