The Royals batted their way to an 8-2 victory in the first game of a doubleheader and beat the Tigers again in the second game, 4-3, on a run-scoring single by Gail Hopkins in the 10th inning. In the opener, Lou Piniella homered with two men on base, Cookie Rojas drove in three runs with a pair of singles and Freddie Patek hit an inside-the-park homer.

Jim York, who did not allow a hit in the last 5 1/3 innings, was the winner of the nightcap. In the 10th, Amos Otis walked and was forced at second on an attempted sacrifice by Ed Kirkpatrick. After Rojas singled sending Kirkpatrick to third, Hopkins followed with his winning hit. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, Detroit Tigers 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      18, 1971 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  8  0
Royals       4  3  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   8  7  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rodriguez 3b          5   1   2   1     0   0   .244      Patek ss              2   2   1   1     1   0   .268
Taylor 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .238        Floyd ph,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .133
Horton lf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .286      Schaal 3b             3   1   0   1     0   0   .278
Kaline rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .296      Otis cf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .317
Freehan c             2   0   0   0     2   0   .272      Rojas 2b              4   1   2   3     0   0   .313
Stanley cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .294        Knoop 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .195
I. Brown 1b           2   0   0   0     1   1   .275      Piniella lf           4   1   2   3     0   0   .258
  Northrup ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .290      Oliver 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Brinkman ss           3   1   3   0     0   0   .214      Kirkpatrick rf        3   0   0   0     1   1   .236
  Collins ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .350      May c                 2   1   1   0     2   1   .245
Gilbreth p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Splittorff p          1   1   0   0     1   0   .056
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Abernathy p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Denehy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jones ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .266
  Kilkenny p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Price ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Chance p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cash ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .292

Totals               32   2   8   2     5   1             Totals               28   8   7   8     6   4

Time of Game: 2:33
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Royals 5
DP: Tigers 0, Royals 3
Doubles: Rodriguez 2 (15), Horton 2 (20)
Home Runs: Piniella (1), Patek (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (4), Splittorff (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Schaal (1)
GIDP: Rodriguez (5), I. Brown (3)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gilbreth L(2-1)         1     2   6   6   4   0   1   9   3.91
Timmermann              0     0   1   1   0   0   0   1   4.54
Denehy                  2     3   0   0   1   0   0   9   3.24
Kilkenny                3     2   1   1   1   2   1  12   5.68
Chance                  2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.01
Totals                  8     7   8   8   6   4   2  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(4-3)       7     7   2   2   5   1   0  31   2.29
Abernathy SV(16)        2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.12
Totals                  9     8   2   2   5   1   0  37

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry Napp


TIGERS 1ST: Rodriguez doubled to left; Taylor grounded out
(first unassisted) [Rodriguez to third]; Horton grounded out
(pitcher to first); Kaline walked; Freehan walked [Kaline to
second]; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Schaal forced Patek (first to
shortstop); Otis walked [Schaal to second]; Rojas singled to
left [Schaal scored, Otis to second]; Piniella homered [Otis
scored, Rojas scored]; Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first);
Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 4.

TIGERS 2ND: I. Brown was called out on strikes; Brinkman singled
to left; On a bunt Gilbreth forced Brinkman (pitcher to
shortstop); Rodriguez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Royals 4.

ROYALS 2ND: May walked; Splittorff walked [May to second];
1:40 rain delay; TIMMERMANN REPLACED GILBRETH (PITCHING);
Patek reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [May to
third, Splittorff to second]; DENEHY REPLACED TIMMERMANN
(PITCHING); Schaal hit a sacrifice fly to center [May scored];
Otis singled to left [Splittorff to third, Patek to second];
Rojas singled to left [Splittorff scored, Patek scored, Otis out
at third (left to third), Rojas to second (on throw)]; Piniella
lined to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 7.

TIGERS 3RD: Taylor lined to center; Horton doubled to left;
Kaline flied out to right; Freehan popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 7.

ROYALS 3RD: Oliver flied out to center; Kirkpatrick walked; May
singled to left [Kirkpatrick to third]; Splittorff out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [May to second]; Patek popped
to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Royals 7.

TIGERS 4TH: Stanley flied out to center; I. Brown walked;
Brinkman singled to right [I. Brown to second]; JONES BATTED FOR
DENEHY; Jones walked [I. Brown to third, Brinkman to second];
Rodriguez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Jones out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Royals 7.

ROYALS 4TH: KILKENNY REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Schaal lined to
pitcher; Otis struck out; Rojas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 7.

TIGERS 5TH: Taylor lined to pitcher; Horton flied out to center;
Kaline grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Royals 7.

ROYALS 5TH: Piniella singled to right; Oliver flied out to
center; Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; May walked
[Piniella to second]; Splittorff flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 7.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan walked; Stanley flied out to center; I.
Brown grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Freehan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals
7.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek homered; Schaal grounded out (pitcher to
first); Otis lined to left; Rojas popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 8.

TIGERS 7TH: KNOOP REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 2B); Brinkman singled
to center; PRICE BATTED FOR KILKENNY; Price popped to first;
Rodriguez doubled to center [Brinkman scored]; Taylor grounded
out (shortstop to first); Horton doubled to center [Rodriguez
scored]; Kaline popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Royals 8.

ROYALS 7TH: CHANCE REPLACED PRICE (PITCHING); Piniella grounded
out (third to first); Oliver grounded out (second to first);
Kirkpatrick popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 8.

TIGERS 8TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Freehan
flied out to center; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first);
NORTHRUP BATTED FOR I. BROWN; Northrup grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 8.

ROYALS 8TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); May struck
out; Abernathy was called out on strikes; FLOYD BATTED FOR
PATEK; Floyd flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
2, Royals 8.

TIGERS 9TH: FLOYD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); COLLINS BATTED
FOR BRINKMAN; Collins singled to right; CASH BATTED FOR CHANCE;
Cash lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Collins out at
first]; Rodriguez lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
2, Royals 8.