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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 1Game Played on Wednesday, April 28, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal StadiumTigers 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.
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