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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. Kansas City Royals 6, Detroit Tigers 3Game Played on Tuesday, May 2, 1972 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumRoyals 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.
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