The Royals, who lost all six of their previous road games this season, broke the traveling jinx with a 6-3 victory over the Tigers. Norm Cash hit a three-run homer for the Tigers to tie the score in the fourth inning.

The Royals broke away with two unearned runs in the eighth on a single by Paul Schaal, wild throw by Tom Timmerman on a bunt by Cookie Rojas, and a sacrifice fly by Amos Otis. Lou Piniella homered in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Tuesday, May       2, 1972 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Royals       0  3  0    0  0  0    0  2  1  -   6  6  1
Tigers       0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Schaal 3b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .179      McAuliffe 2b          5   0   1   0     0   1   .194
Rojas 2b              4   1   0   0     0   1   .262      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .275
Otis cf               3   0   0   1     0   1   .226      G. Brown lf           3   1   0   0     0   0   .381
Mayberry 1b           3   1   0   0     1   1   .250        Kaline ph,rf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .207
Piniella lf           4   2   3   1     0   0   .333      Freehan c             3   1   1   0     1   0   .366
Oliver rf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .271      Cash 1b               4   1   1   3     0   0   .395
Hansen ss             4   0   1   1     0   1   .167      Horton rf,lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .216
May c                 3   0   0   0     1   0   .250      Northrup cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .171
Dal Canton p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Jata ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Rooker p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brinkman ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .333
                                                          Timmermann p          3   0   0   0     0   1   .111
                                                            Seelbach p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stanley ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .438

Totals               32   6   6   4     2   7             Totals               36   3   8   3     1   2

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance:  9,874
Left on Base: Royals 2, Tigers 7
DP: Royals 0, Tigers 2
Errors: Schaal, Timmermann
Doubles: Oliver (2), Freehan (5)
Home Runs: Piniella (1), Cash (5)
Stolen Bases: Oliver (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Otis (1)
GIDP: Dal Canton (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton              4.1   5   3   3   0   0   1  18   3.32
Rooker W(1-0)           4.2   3   0   0   1   2   0  19   0.00
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   2   1  37

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Timmermann L(1-2)       8     5   6   4   2   7   1  32   1.88
Seelbach                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9     6   6   4   2   7   1  35

Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Larry McCoy


ROYALS 1ST: Schaal grounded out (second to first); Rojas
grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe singled to right; Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first) [McAuliffe to second]; G. Brown lined to
center; Freehan flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry walked; Piniella singled to left [Mayberry
to second]; Oliver doubled to center [Mayberry scored, Piniella
to third]; Hansen reached on a fielder's choice [Piniella
scored, Oliver to third]; May walked [Hansen to second]; Dal
Canton grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Oliver
scored, Hansen to third, May out at second]; Schaal struck out;
3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash lined to right; Horton made an out to second;
Northrup flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
Tigers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas struck out; Otis grounded out (third to
first); Mayberry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first);
Timmermann lined to center; McAuliffe lined to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella flied out to center; Oliver struck out;
Hansen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Rodriguez singled to center; G. Brown forced
Rodriguez (second to shortstop); Freehan doubled to left [G.
Brown to third]; Cash homered [G. Brown scored, Freehan scored];
Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup grounded out
(second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 5TH: May popped to first; Dal Canton was called out on
strikes; Schaal grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman singled to center; Timmermann lined to
center; ROOKER REPLACED DAL CANTON (PITCHING); McAuliffe flied
out to right; Rodriguez singled to left [Brinkman to second]; G.
Brown flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3,
Tigers 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas lined to left; Otis grounded out (second to
first); Mayberry flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan flied out to left; Cash grounded out (second
to first); Horton reached on an error by Schaal; Northrup
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
Tigers 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella singled to left; Oliver forced Piniella
(shortstop to second); Oliver stole second; Hansen struck out;
May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman flied out to center; Timmermann was called
out on strikes; McAuliffe was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Rooker made an out to second; Schaal singled to
left; Rojas reached on an error by Timmermann [Schaal scored
(unearned), Rojas to third]; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Rojas scored (unearned)]; Mayberry flied out to left; 2 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); KALINE
BATTED FOR G. BROWN; Kaline singled to left; Freehan walked
[Kaline to second]; Cash made an out to shortstop; Horton flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 9TH: KALINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HORTON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Piniella homered; SEELBACH REPLACED
TIMMERMANN (PITCHING); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hansen singled to right; May lined into a double play (third to
third to first) [Hansen out at first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 6, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: JATA BATTED FOR NORTHRUP; Jata grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brinkman grounded out (pitcher to first);
STANLEY BATTED FOR SEELBACH; Stanley singled to center;
McAuliffe flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6,
Tigers 3.