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A four-run rally in the ninth inning that was capped when Fred Scherman was hit by a pitched ball with the bases loaded, enabled the Tigers to defeat the Royals, 10-9. Norm Cash hit a grand-slam homer for the Tigers in the fifth inning. Freddie Patek drove in four runs with a double and homer to help the Royals take a 9-6 lead before the Tigers came up for their last turn at bat. Detroit Tigers 10, Kansas City Royals 9Game Played on Thursday, July 29, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumRoyals 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 - 9 13 2
Tigers 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 - 10 12 1
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Patek ss 4 2 2 4 1 1 .268 Rodriguez 3b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .232
Keough rf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .243 Taylor 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .247
Otis cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .316 G. Brown ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .438
Hopkins 1b 1 1 0 0 1 0 .319 Kaline rf 4 2 1 0 1 1 .295
Oliver 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .233 Horton lf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .277
Piniella lf 5 2 3 0 0 0 .270 Freehan c 5 1 1 0 0 1 .274
Rojas 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .313 Cash 1b 4 2 2 5 0 1 .287
Schaal 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .261 Stanley cf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .286
Kirkpatrick c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .225 Northrup ph,cf 2 0 1 2 0 0 .292
Butler p 1 0 0 1 0 1 .100 Brinkman ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .216
Nelson p 1 1 0 0 1 1 .000 McAuliffe ph,ss 1 1 1 1 1 0 .192
Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .105
Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
x Price ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Denehy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .261
Timmermann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .320
Chance p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Scherman p 0 0 0 1 0 0 .286
Totals 36 9 13 9 4 4 Totals 37 10 12 10 5 7
Time of Game: 3:15 Attendance: 23,207
Left on Base: Royals 5, Tigers 9
DP: Royals 1, Tigers 3
Errors: Otis, Kirkpatrick, Cash
Doubles: Piniella (14), Keough (9), Patek (14)
Home Runs: Patek (5), Rodriguez (10), Cash (23), McAuliffe (12)
Stolen Bases: Taylor (2)
Caught Stealing: Kirkpatrick (2), Patek (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Butler (1)
GIDP: Kirkpatrick (7)
Hit by Pitch: Cash (5,by Burgmeier), Scherman (1,by Burgmeier)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Butler 4.1 8 5 5 3 3 2 24 4.76
Nelson 4 3 3 3 0 3 1 15 5.40
Abernathy 0.1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2.47
Burgmeier L(4-5) 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 1.54
Totals 8.2 12 10 10 5 7 3 45
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Coleman 3.2 7 6 6 2 3 0 19 3.68
Kilkenny 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.75
Denehy 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 9 3.96
Timmermann 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.80
Chance 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3.36
Scherman W(7-5) 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 2.88
Totals 9 13 9 9 4 4 1 41
Hit by Pitch: Burgmeier 2 (5)
Wild Pitches: Scherman (1)
Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney
ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to first in foul territory; Keough
singled to center; Otis flied out to left; Hopkins flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 1ST: Rodriguez homered; Taylor singled to left; Taylor
stole second; Kaline lined to right; Horton flied out to left;
Freehan popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0,
Tigers 1.
ROYALS 2ND: Piniella doubled to center; Rojas grounded out
(first unassisted) [Piniella to third]; Schaal singled to right
[Piniella scored]; Kirkpatrick grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [Schaal out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 1.
TIGERS 2ND: Cash singled to center [Cash to second (error by
Otis)]; Stanley singled to left [Cash to third]; Brinkman walked
[Stanley to second]; Coleman struck out; Rodriguez hit into a
double play to left [Cash out at home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Butler was called out on strikes; Patek struck out;
Keough doubled to right; Otis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Tigers 1.
TIGERS 3RD: Taylor lined to right; Kaline struck out; Horton
singled to left; Freehan forced Horton (third to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Hopkins walked; Piniella singled to right [Hopkins
to second]; Rojas singled to center [Hopkins scored, Piniella to
third, Rojas to second (on throw)]; Schaal popped to catcher in
foul territory; Kirkpatrick was walked intentionally; Butler hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Piniella scored, Rojas to third];
Patek doubled to center [Rojas scored, Kirkpatrick scored];
KILKENNY REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Keough singled to center
[Patek scored]; Otis flied out to right; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 6, Tigers 1.
TIGERS 4TH: OLIVER REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 1B); Cash was
called out on strikes; Stanley walked; Brinkman flied out to
center; PRICE BATTED FOR KILKENNY; Price reached on catcher's
interference by Kirkpatrick [Stanley to second]; Rodriguez flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Tigers 1.
ROYALS 5TH: DENEHY REPLACED PRICE (PITCHING); Oliver flied out
to center; Piniella lined to right; Rojas singled to left;
Schaal forced Rojas (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 6, Tigers 1.
TIGERS 5TH: Taylor flied out to right; Kaline walked; Horton
singled to center [Kaline to second]; Freehan singled to left
[Kaline to third, Horton to second]; Cash homered [Kaline
scored, Horton scored, Freehan scored]; NELSON REPLACED BUTLER
(PITCHING); Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); Brinkman
flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Tigers 5.
ROYALS 6TH: Kirkpatrick popped to catcher in foul territory;
Nelson walked; Patek homered [Nelson scored]; Keough grounded
out (pitcher to first); Otis made an out to first; 2 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 5.
TIGERS 6TH: JONES BATTED FOR DENEHY; Jones struck out; Rodriguez
struck out; Taylor flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 8, Tigers 5.
ROYALS 7TH: TIMMERMANN REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Oliver
grounded out (pitcher to first); Piniella singled to center;
Rojas hit into a double play (second to first) [Piniella out at
third (first to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8,
Tigers 5.
TIGERS 7TH: Kaline grounded out (third to first); Horton popped
to second; Freehan popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 5.
ROYALS 8TH: Schaal reached on an error by Cash [Schaal to
first]; Kirkpatrick forced Schaal (first to shortstop); Nelson
was called out on strikes while Kirkpatrick was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8,
Tigers 5.
TIGERS 8TH: Cash grounded out (third to first); NORTHRUP BATTED
FOR STANLEY; Northrup made an out to first; MCAULIFFE BATTED FOR
BRINKMAN; McAuliffe homered; COLLINS BATTED FOR TIMMERMANN;
Collins struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 6.
ROYALS 9TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MCAULIFFE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); CHANCE REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING);
Patek walked; SCHERMAN REPLACED CHANCE (PITCHING); Patek was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Keough grounded
out (second to first); Otis singled to left; Scherman threw a
wild pitch [Otis to second]; Oliver singled to right [Otis
scored]; Piniella flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 9, Tigers 6.
TIGERS 9TH: Rodriguez flied out to left; G. BROWN BATTED FOR
TAYLOR; G. Brown singled to center; Kaline singled to right [G.
Brown to second]; ABERNATHY REPLACED NELSON (PITCHING); Horton
walked [G. Brown to third, Kaline to second]; Freehan struck
out; BURGMEIER REPLACED ABERNATHY (PITCHING); Cash was hit by a
pitch [G. Brown scored, Kaline to third, Horton to second];
Northrup singled [Kaline scored, Horton scored, Cash to second];
McAuliffe walked [Cash to third, Northrup to second]; Scherman
was hit by a pitch [Cash scored, Northrup to third, McAuliffe to
second]; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 9, Tigers 10.
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