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Joe Niekro gained his first victory of the season and Bill Zepp picked up his first save when the Tigers defeated the Royals, 8-3. The Tigers decided the outcome with four runs in the third inning on two walks, a single by Al Kaline, a throwing error by Joe Keough, double by Willie Horton and single by Bill Freehan. [The Sporting News] Detroit Tigers 8, Kansas City Royals 3Game Played on Monday, April 26, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal StadiumTigers 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 8 11 0
Royals 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 10 1
Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Stanley cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .244 Patek ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .238
Northrup 1b 4 2 1 0 1 0 .328 Rojas 2b 2 1 0 0 2 1 .333
Kaline rf 3 1 1 1 2 0 .310 Otis cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .274
Horton lf 5 1 2 1 0 2 .228 Kirkpatrick lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .235
Freehan c 4 1 2 1 1 1 .345 Oliver 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .239
Rodriguez 3b 4 2 1 0 1 0 .242 Schaal 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .317
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 1 3 1 1 .225 Keough rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .231
Brinkman ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .183 Paepke c 4 0 2 1 0 1 .286
Niekro p 3 1 1 0 1 0 .200 Rooker p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Zepp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fitzmorris p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286
Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
York p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Piniella ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .209
Totals 36 8 11 7 7 6 Totals 34 3 10 3 3 5
Time of Game: 3:04 Attendance: 6,424
Left on Base: Tigers 9, Royals 7
DP: Tigers 3, Royals 1
Errors: Keough
Doubles: Rodriguez (2), Horton 2 (3), Brinkman (1), Paepke (2), Kirkpatrick (2)
Stolen Bases: Northrup (3)
GIDP: Rodriguez (1), Kirkpatrick (1), Keough (1), Piniella (2)
Hit by Pitch: Brinkman (2,by York)
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Niekro W(1-3) 8 10 3 3 3 5 0 35 5.09
Zepp SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14.54
Totals 9 10 3 3 3 5 0 37
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Rooker L(0-4) 2.1 4 5 5 3 3 0 14 12.00
Fitzmorris 4.2 3 0 0 1 1 0 17 5.40
York 1.2 2 3 3 3 2 0 11 6.43
Burgmeier 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.82
Totals 9 11 8 8 7 6 0 44
Hit by Pitch: York (2)
Wild Pitches: Rooker (1)
Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Red Flaherty
TIGERS 1ST: Stanley struck out; Northrup grounded out (shortstop
to first); Kaline walked; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to third; Rojas walked [Patek to
second]; Otis flied out to center [Patek to third]; Kirkpatrick
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Rojas out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Freehan struck out; Rodriguez doubled to left;
Rooker threw a wild pitch [Rodriguez to third]; McAuliffe
grounded out (second to first) [Rodriguez scored]; Brinkman
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers
1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); Schaal
singled to right; Keough singled to right [Schaal to third];
Paepke doubled to right [Keough to third, Schaal scored]; Rooker
struck out; Patek grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 1.
TIGERS 3RD: Niekro walked; Stanley grounded out (third to first)
[Niekro to second]; Northrup walked; Kaline singled to right
[Niekro scored, Northrup scored (error by Keough), Kaline to
third]; Horton doubled to left [Kaline scored]; Freehan singled
to left [Horton scored]; FITZMORRIS REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING);
Rodriguez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Freehan out at second]; 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5,
Royals 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Rojas was called out on strikes; Otis flied out to
left; Kirkpatrick flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 5, Royals 1.
TIGERS 4TH: McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); Brinkman
singled to left; Niekro singled to center [Brinkman to second];
Stanley made an out to second; Northrup grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Oliver flied out to left; Schaal grounded out
(second to first); Keough grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 1.
TIGERS 5TH: Kaline flied out to right; Horton doubled to right;
Freehan made an out to first; Rodriguez flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Paepke grounded out (shortstop to first); Fitzmorris
struck out; Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 1.
TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe struck out; Brinkman grounded out
(shortstop to first); Niekro flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Rojas walked; Otis singled to right [Rojas to
second]; Kirkpatrick doubled to left [Otis scored, Rojas
scored]; Oliver struck out; Schaal singled to first [Kirkpatrick
to third]; Keough grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Schaal out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 3.
TIGERS 7TH: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Northrup
flied out to left; Kaline walked; Horton made an out to pitcher;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 3.
ROYALS 7TH: Paepke was called out on strikes; HOPKINS BATTED FOR
FITZMORRIS; Hopkins flied out to center; Patek flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 3.
TIGERS 8TH: YORK REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); Freehan singled to
right; Rodriguez grounded out (first unassisted) [Freehan to
second]; McAuliffe was walked intentionally; Brinkman was hit by
a pitch [Freehan to third, McAuliffe to second]; Niekro flied
out to right; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers
5, Royals 3.
ROYALS 8TH: Rojas flied out to center; Otis made an out to
second; Kirkpatrick singled to left; Oliver walked [Kirkpatrick
to second]; Schaal forced Oliver (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 3.
TIGERS 9TH: Northrup singled to center; Northrup stole second;
Kaline flied out to right; Horton was called out on strikes;
Freehan walked; Rodriguez walked [Northrup to third, Freehan to
second]; BURGMEIER REPLACED YORK (PITCHING); McAuliffe singled
to right [Rodriguez to second, Freehan scored, Northrup scored];
Brinkman doubled to third [Rodriguez scored, McAuliffe out at
home (shortstop to catcher)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 8,
Royals 3.
ROYALS 9TH: Keough singled to left; Paepke singled to left
[Keough to second]; PINIELLA BATTED FOR BURGMEIER; ZEPP REPLACED
NIEKRO (PITCHING); Piniella grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Keough to third, Paepke out at second];
Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 8, Royals 3.
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