Mickey Lolich became a 15-game winner by pitching the Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Royals. The Tigers decided the outcome with four runs in the fourth inning. A pass to Tony Taylor and singles by Al Kaline, Willie Horton, Bill Freehan and Norm Cash produced the first three runs. Freehan then counted the fourth run as Mickey Stanley bounced into a double play. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Monday, July      19, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    4  0  1    0  0  0  -   5  9  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   2  8  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     1   0   .238      Patek ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .264
Taylor 2b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .229      Schaal 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .279
Kaline rf             4   2   3   0     0   0   .303      Otis cf               3   0   0   1     0   2   .313
Horton lf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .286      Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .311
Freehan c             4   1   3   2     0   0   .278      Piniella lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .264
Cash 1b               3   0   1   1     0   2   .291      Oliver 1b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .236
Stanley cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Kirkpatrick rf        4   0   0   0     0   2   .229
Brinkman ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .209      May c                 4   0   1   1     0   0   .246
Lolich p              4   0   0   0     0   3   .116      Rooker p              1   0   0   0     1   1   .000
                                                            Nelson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Knoop ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .190
                                                            Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Harrison ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .151

Totals               34   5   9   4     2   6             Totals               34   2   8   2     1   7

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance:  9,831
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Royals 7
DP: Tigers 0, Royals 1
Doubles: Stanley (9), Kaline (13), Freehan (18), Piniella (11), Schaal (17)
Triples: Oliver (1), May (2)
Stolen Bases: Piniella (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Otis (2)
GIDP: Stanley (5)
Hit by Pitch: Cash (4,by Rooker)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(15-6)          9     8   2   2   1   7   0  36   2.99
Totals                  9     8   2   2   1   7   0  36

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker L(1-7)           5.1   8   5   5   1   2   0  24   5.51
Nelson                  1.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   7   5.68
Abernathy               2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.03
Totals                  9     9   5   5   2   6   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Rooker (1)

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


TIGERS 1ST: Rodriguez popped to third in foul territory; Taylor
flied out to right; Kaline flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Schaal grounded
out (first unassisted); Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Royals 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (second to first); Freehan
singled to right; Cash was called out on strikes; Stanley
doubled to center [Freehan out at home (center to catcher)]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Rojas was called out on strikes; Piniella singled to
left; Piniella stole second; Oliver struck out; Kirkpatrick
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman grounded out (third to first); Lolich was
called out on strikes; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: May grounded out (second to first); Rooker walked;
Patek popped to shortstop; Schaal lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Taylor walked; Kaline singled to left [Taylor to
third]; Horton singled to center [Taylor scored, Kaline to
third]; Freehan singled to center [Kaline scored, Horton to
second]; Cash singled to right [Horton scored, Freehan to
third]; Stanley grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Freehan scored (no RBI), Cash out at second];
Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis popped to first in foul territory; Rojas flied
out to left; Piniella doubled to left; Oliver flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Lolich grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); Taylor grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick struck out; May grounded out (shortstop
to first); Rooker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Royals 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline doubled to left; Horton lined to left;
Freehan doubled to right [Kaline scored]; Cash was hit by a
pitch; NELSON REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); Stanley flied out to
left; Brinkman struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek singled to left; Schaal singled to right
[Patek to third]; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to right [Patek
scored]; Rojas flied out to left; Piniella grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Royals 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Lolich was called out on strikes; Rodriguez walked;
Taylor popped to second in foul territory; Kaline singled to
center [Rodriguez to third]; Horton grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Oliver singled to center; Kirkpatrick flied out to
left; May flied out to left; KNOOP BATTED FOR NELSON; Knoop
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
5, Royals 1.

TIGERS 8TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED KNOOP (PITCHING); Freehan
grounded out (second to first); Cash struck out; Stanley
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Patek lined to left; Schaal doubled to right; Otis
was called out on strikes; Rojas popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Royals 1.

TIGERS 9TH: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Lolich
struck out; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 9TH: Piniella flied out to right; Oliver tripled to
right; On a bunt Kirkpatrick popped to catcher in foul
territory; May tripled to left [Oliver scored]; HARRISON BATTED
FOR ABERNATHY; Harrison grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Royals 2.