A walk to Bill Freehan, single by Ed Brinkman and sacrifice fly by Dick McAuliffe in the 10th inning brought the Tigers a 2-1 victory over the Royals. The run off Ted Abernathy was the first yielded by the veteran reliever in 12 innings of appearances this year. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 2, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Wednesday, April     28, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    1  -   2  8  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  -   1 10  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   .228      Patek ss              5   1   2   0     0   1   .244
Rodriguez 3b          5   0   2   1     0   1   .253      Rojas 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .317
Northrup cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .315      Otis cf               5   0   2   1     0   1   .296
Kaline rf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .292      Piniella lf           5   0   0   0     0   1   .211
Horton lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Oliver 1b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Cash 1b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .263      Taylor rf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .154
Freehan c             3   1   1   0     1   0   .328      Schaal 3b             3   0   2   0     1   1   .338
Brinkman ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .191      Kirkpatrick c         4   0   1   0     0   1   .267
Lolich p              4   1   1   0     0   3   .222      Drago p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .111
                                                            Paepke ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
                                                            Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Knoop ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .250

Totals               35   2   8   2     2   7             Totals               38   1  10   1     2   8

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance:  7,006
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Royals 10
DP: Tigers 0, Royals 1
Doubles: Rodriguez (3)
Caught Stealing: Kaline (2), Taylor (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Drago (4)
Sacrifice Flies: McAuliffe (1)
GIDP: Kaline (1)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(4-2)          10    10   1   1   2   8   0  41   3.06
Totals                 10    10   1   1   2   8   0  41

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago                   8     7   1   1   0   4   0  30   1.83
Abernathy L(0-1)        2     1   1   1   2   3   0   8   0.75
Totals                 10     8   2   2   2   7   0  38

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
flied out to right; Northrup flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas flied
out to center; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Royals 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kaline was called out on strikes; Horton grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cash singled to right; Freehan flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella flied out to right; Oliver flied out to
center; Taylor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Lolich
was called out on strikes; McAuliffe grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Schaal singled to center; Kirkpatrick singled to
center [Schaal to third]; Drago out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Kirkpatrick to second]; Patek struck out; Rojas
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Royals 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Rodriguez flied out to left; Northrup singled to
center; Kaline grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Northrup out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis flied out to right; Piniella made an out to
third; Oliver singled to third; Taylor struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Horton grounded out (third to first); Cash grounded
out (shortstop to first); Freehan singled to right; Brinkman
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Schaal walked; Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Schaal to second]; Drago was called out on strikes;
Patek flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Royals 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Lolich was called out on strikes; McAuliffe grounded
out (second to first); Rodriguez doubled; Northrup grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis struck
out; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Kaline popped to catcher in foul territory; Horton
struck out; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Taylor
singled to shortstop; Taylor was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Schaal struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

TIGERS 8TH: Freehan grounded out (pitcher to first); Brinkman
grounded out (third to first); Lolich singled to pitcher;
McAuliffe singled to center [Lolich to second]; Rodriguez
singled to left [McAuliffe to second, Lolich scored]; Northrup
flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: On a bunt Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to
first); PAEPKE BATTED FOR DRAGO; Paepke grounded out (second to
first); On a bunt Patek singled to third; Rojas singled to left
[Patek to third]; Otis singled to center [Rojas to second, Patek
scored]; Piniella forced Rojas (third unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Royals 1.

TIGERS 9TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED PAEPKE (PITCHING); Kaline walked;
Kaline was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Horton
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cash struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 9TH: Oliver popped to first in foul territory; Taylor was
called out on strikes; Schaal singled to left; Kirkpatrick
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Royals 1.

TIGERS 10TH: Freehan walked; Brinkman singled to left [Freehan
to third]; Lolich struck out; McAuliffe hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Freehan scored]; Rodriguez struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 10TH: KNOOP BATTED FOR ABERNATHY; Knoop walked; On a bunt
Patek singled to first [Knoop to second]; On a bunt Rojas popped
to catcher in foul territory; Otis singled to catcher [Patek to
second, Knoop to third]; Piniella struck out; Oliver flied out
to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 1.