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Norm Cash homered on successive trips to the plate in the fourth and sixth innings to power the Tigers to a 2-1 victory over the Royals. Fred Scherman saved the game for Joe Coleman, inducing Dennis Paepke to ground into a double play with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth and then retiring the side in order in the ninth. [The Sporting News] Detroit Tigers 2, Kansas City Royals 1Game Played on Saturday, May 8, 1971 (Day game) at Tiger StadiumRoyals 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Tigers 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 x - 2 7 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .252 McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Keough rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .238 Paepke ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Northrup rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .324 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Cash 1b 4 2 2 2 0 0 .264 Kirkpatrick c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .233 Horton lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Rojas 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .339 Freehan c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .302 Schaal 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .348 Stanley cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Oliver 1b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .239 Brinkman ss 3 0 2 0 0 1 .231 Taylor lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Coleman p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Bunker p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hopkins ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .182 McCormick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 1 7 1 2 3 Totals 31 2 7 2 0 3 Time of Game: 1:55 Attendance: 15,441 Left on Base: Royals 4, Tigers 5 DP: Royals 0, Tigers 3 Errors: Coleman Doubles: Brinkman (4) Home Runs: Cash 2 (5) GIDP: Keough (2), Taylor (1), Paepke (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bunker L(2-2) 7 6 2 2 0 3 2 27 4.28 McCormick 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 Totals 8 7 2 2 0 3 2 31 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman W(2-0) 7.1 7 1 1 2 2 0 28 3.00 Scherman SV(3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.88 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 3 0 32 Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Larry Barnett ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to center; Keough grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Patek out at second]; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe lined to center; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick lined to center; Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first); Schaal grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Cash grounded out (second to first); Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. ROYALS 3RD: Oliver grounded out (third to first); Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Bunker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Stanley singled to pitcher; Brinkman singled to center [Stanley to third]; Coleman made an out to second; McAuliffe made an out to shortstop; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. ROYALS 4TH: Patek grounded out (second to first); Keough grounded out (second to first); Otis popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Cash homered; Horton made an out to shortstop; Freehan singled to center; Stanley flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 1. ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick walked; Rojas was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball to second [Kirkpatrick out at second (second unassisted)]; Schaal singled to right [Rojas to third]; Oliver singled to center [Schaal to second, Rojas scored]; Taylor grounded into a double play (second to first) [Oliver out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman doubled to left; Coleman struck out; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first) [Brinkman to third]; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 1. ROYALS 6TH: Bunker walked; On a bunt Patek made an out to pitcher [Bunker to second (error by Coleman)]; Keough grounded out (second to first) [Bunker to third]; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: Northrup flied out to right; Cash homered; Horton grounded out (third to first); Freehan grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 2. ROYALS 7TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher); Rojas flied out to center; Schaal grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 7TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Brinkman struck out; Coleman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 2. ROYALS 8TH: Oliver singled to shortstop; Taylor was called out on strikes; HOPKINS BATTED FOR BUNKER; Hopkins singled to right [Oliver to second]; Patek singled to left [Hopkins to second, Oliver to third]; SCHERMAN REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); PAEPKE BATTED FOR KEOUGH; Paepke grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Patek out at second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 8TH: PAEPKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MCCORMICK REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); McAuliffe flied out to right; Rodriguez singled to left; Northrup grounded out (first unassisted) [Rodriguez to second]; Cash grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 2. ROYALS 9TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher); Rojas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 2. |
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