Sunday July 18, 1971
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Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, July 18, 1971 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium

Tigers 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 0 Royals 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 10 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Stanley cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Patek ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Northrup rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .293 Schaal 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Horton lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .287 Otis cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .316 Freehan c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .271 Kirkpatrick rf 4 1 0 0 0 1 .232 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Rojas 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .315 Taylor 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Hopkins 1b 4 1 3 1 1 0 .315 Cash 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .291 Piniella lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .259 Brinkman ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .211 May c 4 0 1 2 0 0 .246 Niekro p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .211 Butler p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .111 Scherman p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 York p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Totals 34 3 5 3 2 6 Totals 37 4 10 4 4 3 Time of Game: 3:03 Attendance: 26,182 Left on Base: Tigers 4, Royals 10 DP: Tigers 0, Royals 0 Doubles: Horton (21), Hopkins (5), York (1), Otis (17) Triples: May (1) Home Runs: Cash (21) Sacrifice Hits: Niekro (2), Kirkpatrick (1) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro 7 8 3 3 1 3 0 30 4.79 Scherman L(6-4) 2.1 2 1 1 3 0 0 12 2.64 Totals 9.1 10 4 4 4 3 0 42 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Butler 4.2 5 3 3 1 2 1 20 3.52 York W(4-3) 5.1 0 0 0 1 4 0 17 3.09 Totals 10 5 3 3 2 6 1 37 Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - Jerry Neudecker TIGERS 1ST: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup singled to left; Horton grounded out (pitcher to first) [Northrup to second]; Freehan singled to center [Northrup scored]; Rodriguez made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Schaal flied out to center; Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 0. TIGERS 2ND: Taylor grounded out (pitcher to first); Cash flied out to left; Brinkman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick struck out; Rojas singled to left; Hopkins walked [Rojas to second]; Piniella singled to center [Rojas scored, Hopkins to third]; May tripled to right [Hopkins scored, Piniella scored]; Butler was called out on strikes; Patek flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 3. TIGERS 3RD: Niekro struck out; Stanley flied out to center; Northrup flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 3RD: Schaal singled; Otis lined to center; Kirkpatrick flied out to center; Rojas flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 3. TIGERS 4TH: Horton doubled to center; Freehan lined to left; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Taylor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 4TH: Hopkins doubled to right; Piniella reached on a fielder's choice [Hopkins out at third (second to third)]; May popped to third in foul territory; Butler struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 3. TIGERS 5TH: Cash homered; Brinkman walked; Niekro out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Brinkman to second]; Stanley grounded out (second to first) [Brinkman to third]; Northrup singled to center [Brinkman scored]; YORK REPLACED BUTLER (PITCHING); Horton walked [Northrup to second]; Freehan flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 3. ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 3. TIGERS 6TH: Rodriguez flied out to left; Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 3. ROYALS 6TH: Kirkpatrick popped to shortstop; Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first); Hopkins singled to right; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 3. TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman grounded out (first unassisted); Niekro was called out on strikes; Stanley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 3. ROYALS 7TH: May flied out to center; York doubled to center; Patek flied out to right; Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 3. TIGERS 8TH: Northrup grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton popped to second; Freehan popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 3. ROYALS 8TH: Otis doubled to center; SCHERMAN REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Otis to third]; Rojas was walked intentionally; Hopkins popped to third in foul territory; Piniella walked [Rojas to second]; May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 3. TIGERS 9TH: Rodriguez struck out; Taylor lined to shortstop; Cash struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 3. ROYALS 9TH: York popped to first in foul territory; Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 3. TIGERS 10TH: Brinkman popped to catcher in foul territory; Scherman struck out; Stanley popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 3. ROYALS 10TH: Otis walked; On a bunt Kirkpatrick forced Otis (third to shortstop); Rojas singled to left [Kirkpatrick to third, Rojas to second (on throw)]; Hopkins singled to left [Kirkpatrick scored, Rojas to third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 4.

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