Bruce Dal Canton, who was obtained by the Royals from the Pirates in a winter deal, pitched a six-hitter and beat the Tigers, 8-1, for his first A. L. victory. The Royals held a slim 2-1 lead until the seventh inning when Amos Otis hit a homer to spark a four-run outburst that kayoed Dean Chance, who lost his third straight decision with the Tigers. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Tuesday, April     27, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Tigers       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  2
Royals       0  2  0    0  0  0    4  2  x  -   8 12  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .227      Patek ss              5   0   1   0     0   1   .235
Kaline rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .306      Rojas 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .325
Northrup cf           2   0   0   0     2   0   .319      Otis cf               4   2   2   1     1   1   .288
Horton lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Kirkpatrick c         5   1   3   0     0   2   .268
Cash 1b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .265      Oliver 1b             5   1   2   1     0   1   .250
Freehan c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .328      Piniella lf           4   1   2   2     0   0   .225
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .243      Keough rf             3   2   0   0     2   1   .218
Brinkman ss           4   1   1   0     0   1   .188      Schaal 3b             2   0   1   2     1   0   .323
Chance p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Dal Canton p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jones ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .714
  Boswell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   6   1     3   5             Totals               35   8  12   6     4   7

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance:  6,275
Left on Base: Tigers 7, Royals 11
DP: Tigers 0, Royals 1
Errors: Cash, Rodriguez
Triples: Cash (1), Piniella (1)
Home Runs: Otis (3)
Stolen Bases: Otis (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Chance (1), Dal Canton 2 (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Piniella (2)
Hit by Pitch: Schaal (1,by Chance)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Chance L(0-3)           6.1   9   5   4   2   5   1  33   2.51
Patterson               0.2   1   1   1   1   0   0   4   1.80
Boswell                 1     2   2   2   1   2   0   6   6.23
Totals                  8    12   8   7   4   7   1  43

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton W(1-1)       9     6   1   1   3   5   0  35   3.25
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   5   0  35

Passed Balls: Freehan (2)
Hit by Pitch: Chance (2)
Wild Pitches: Dal Canton (1)
Balks: Patterson (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - John Rice


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); Kaline
was called out on strikes; Northrup grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to center; Rojas grounded out
(pitcher to first); On a bunt Otis singled to third; Otis stole
second; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Royals 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton flied out to left; Cash grounded out (second
to first); Freehan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Oliver singled to left; Piniella singled to left
[Oliver to second]; Keough walked [Oliver to third, Piniella to
second]; Schaal was hit by a pitch [Oliver scored, Piniella to
third, Keough to second]; Dal Canton forced Piniella (third to
catcher) [Schaal to second, Keough to third]; Patek forced Dal
Canton (shortstop to second) [Patek to first (error by Cash),
Schaal to third, Keough scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Rojas
grounded out (third to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Royals 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Brinkman
singled to center; Chance out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Brinkman to second]; Dal Canton threw a wild pitch
[Brinkman to third]; McAuliffe singled to right [Brinkman
scored]; Kaline singled to right [McAuliffe to third]; Northrup
walked [Kaline to second]; Horton popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Otis popped to first in foul territory; Kirkpatrick
singled to center; Oliver flied out to center; Piniella forced
Kirkpatrick (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
1, Royals 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Cash tripled to center; Freehan grounded out (third
to first); Rodriguez flied into a double play (center to
catcher) [Cash out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Keough grounded out (second to first); Schaal lined
to left; Dal Canton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Royals 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman grounded out (third to first); Chance was
called out on strikes; McAuliffe flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek singled to shortstop; Rojas forced Patek
(pitcher to second); Otis struck out; Kirkpatrick singled to
right [Rojas to third]; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Royals 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline grounded out (third to first); Northrup
walked; Horton made an out to first; Cash flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Piniella reached on an error by Rodriguez; Keough
forced Piniella (second to shortstop); Schaal walked [Keough to
second]; Dal Canton reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice
bunt [Schaal to second, Keough to third]; Patek struck out;
Rojas forced Dal Canton (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
 Tigers 1, Royals 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Freehan grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez
struck out; Brinkman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis homered; Kirkpatrick singled to first; Oliver
struck out; Piniella tripled to center [Kirkpatrick scored];
PATTERSON REPLACED CHANCE (PITCHING); Keough walked; Patterson
balked [Keough to second, Piniella scored]; Schaal singled to
right [Keough scored]; Dal Canton out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Schaal to second]; Patek grounded out
(shortstop to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Royals 6.

TIGERS 8TH: JONES BATTED FOR PATTERSON; Jones singled to right;
McAuliffe popped to third in foul territory; Kaline forced Jones
(third to second); Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: BOSWELL REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Rojas singled to
left; Otis walked [Rojas to second]; Kirkpatrick struck out;
Oliver singled to center [Otis to third, Rojas scored]; Freehan
allowed a passed ball [Oliver to second]; Piniella hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Otis scored]; Keough struck out; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Royals 8.

TIGERS 9TH: Horton grounded out (third to first); Cash made an
out to shortstop; Freehan walked; Rodriguez singled to third
[Freehan to third]; Brinkman made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Royals 8.