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Homers by Gates Brown and Al Kaline, each with a man on base in the ninth inning, carried the Tigers to an 8-7 victory over the Royals. Dick McAuliffe hit a pinch-single off Ted Abernathy to start the Tigers' rally. Detroit Tigers 8, Kansas City Royals 7Game Played on Wednesday, July 28, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumRoyals 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 - 7 10 1
Tigers 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 - 8 10 0
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Patek ss 2 1 1 2 3 1 .265 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .233
Schaal 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .262 G. Brown ph,lf 1 1 1 2 0 0 .429
Otis cf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .317 Taylor 2b 3 2 2 1 0 0 .247
Rojas 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .311 Jones ph,3b 0 0 0 1 2 0 .263
Piniella lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .264 Niekro pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .211
Oliver rf 5 2 2 0 0 1 .232 Kaline rf 3 1 1 3 1 1 .296
Harrison 1b 4 1 3 3 0 0 .192 Horton lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .274
Kirkpatrick c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .228 Chance p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Splittorff p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .045 Freehan c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .276
Abernathy p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Cash 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .284
York p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Stanley cf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .284
Northrup ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .290
Brinkman ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .217
McAuliffe ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .189
Cain p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .185
I. Brown ph,2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .278
Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Totals 38 7 10 7 4 11 Totals 32 8 10 8 5 6
Time of Game: 2:47 Attendance: 10,928
Left on Base: Royals 8, Tigers 6
DP: Royals 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Kirkpatrick
Home Runs: Harrison (2), Taylor (2), G. Brown (3), Kaline (9)
Stolen Bases: Otis (32), Patek (35), Taylor (1)
Caught Stealing: Stanley (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Kaline (3)
GIDP: Cash (5)
Hit by Pitch: G. Brown (1,by Abernathy)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Splittorff 6.1 7 4 3 3 5 1 27 2.62
Abernathy 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 11 2.32
York L(5-5) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2.84
Totals 8.1 10 8 7 5 6 3 39
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Cain 7 7 5 4 3 10 1 32 4.04
Chance W(4-6) 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 10 3.36
Totals 9 10 7 6 4 11 1 42
Passed Balls: Freehan (3)
Hit by Pitch: Abernathy (3)
Wild Pitches: Cain (3)
Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Merle Anthony
ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Schaal popped to second; Otis
walked; Otis stole second; Rojas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 1ST: Rodriguez popped to second; Taylor singled to left;
Taylor stole second [Taylor to third (error by Kirkpatrick)];
Kaline walked; Horton forced Kaline (second to shortstop)
[Taylor scored (unearned)]; Freehan walked [Horton to second];
Cash lined to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0,
Tigers 1.
ROYALS 2ND: Piniella singled to left; Oliver forced Piniella
(shortstop to second); Harrison singled to left [Oliver to
second]; Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; Splittorff
struck out but Oliver advanced to third and Harrison advanced to
second and Splittorff advanced to first on a wild pitch; Patek
walked [Oliver scored, Harrison to third, Splittorff to second];
Schaal forced Patek (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 1, Tigers 1.
TIGERS 2ND: Stanley singled to center; Stanley was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Brinkman grounded out
(second to first); Cain struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Tigers 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Otis struck out; Rojas grounded out (second to
first); Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Tigers 1.
TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez was called out on strikes; Taylor homered;
Kaline struck out; Horton flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 2.
ROYALS 4TH: Oliver struck out; Harrison singled to center;
Kirkpatrick singled to right [Harrison to second]; On a bunt
Splittorff forced Harrison (pitcher to third) [Kirkpatrick to
second]; Patek singled to center [Kirkpatrick scored, Splittorff
out at third (center to first to third)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 4TH: Freehan was called out on strikes; Cash singled to
center; Stanley forced Cash (shortstop to second); Brinkman
walked [Stanley to second]; Cain struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Schaal struck out; Otis popped to shortstop; Rojas
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez popped to second; Taylor lined to right;
Kaline flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2,
Tigers 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Piniella struck out but advanced to first on a
passed ball; Oliver singled to left [Piniella to second];
Harrison homered [Piniella scored (unearned), Oliver scored];
Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Splittorff grounded
out (shortstop to first); Patek walked; Patek stole second;
Schaal struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5,
Tigers 2.
TIGERS 6TH: Horton singled to second; Freehan lined to
shortstop; Cash grounded into a double play (first to shortstop
to pitcher) [Horton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Tigers 2.
ROYALS 7TH: Otis popped to first in foul territory; Rojas struck
out; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 7TH: Stanley singled to left; Brinkman flied out to
right; I. BROWN BATTED FOR CAIN; I. Brown singled to right
[Stanley to third]; ABERNATHY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); G.
BROWN BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; G. Brown was hit by a pitch [I.
Brown to second]; JONES BATTED FOR TAYLOR; Jones walked [Stanley
scored, I. Brown to third, G. Brown to second]; Kaline hit a
sacrifice fly to left [I. Brown scored, G. Brown to third];
Horton struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 4.
ROYALS 8TH: G. BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); JONES STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); I. BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B);
CHANCE REPLACED HORTON (PITCHING); Oliver singled to right;
Harrison lined to center; Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Oliver to second]; Abernathy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 4.
TIGERS 8TH: Freehan grounded out (third to first); Cash grounded
out (second to first); NORTHRUP BATTED FOR STANLEY; Northrup
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5,
Tigers 4.
ROYALS 9TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Patek walked;
Schaal grounded out (second to first) [Patek to second]; Otis
singled to left [Patek scored]; Rojas singled to center [Otis to
third]; Piniella grounded out (third to first) [Otis scored,
Rojas to second]; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Tigers 4.
TIGERS 9TH: MCAULIFFE BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; McAuliffe singled to
right; COLLINS BATTED FOR I. BROWN; Collins flied out to center;
G. Brown homered [McAuliffe scored]; Jones walked; NIEKRO RAN
FOR JONES; YORK REPLACED ABERNATHY (PITCHING); Kaline homered
[Niekro scored]; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Tigers 8.
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