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. Kansas City Royals 8, Detroit Tigers 2 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, July 18, 1971 (Day game) at Municipal StadiumTigers 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. |
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