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With catcher Bill Freehan's batting support, Mickey Lolich pitched the Tigers to a 3-1 victory over the Royals. After Al Kaline doubled in the first inning, Freehan drove in the Tigers' initial run with a single. Detroit Tigers 3, Kansas City Royals 1Game Played on Saturday, May 13, 1972 (Night game) at Municipal StadiumTigers 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0
Royals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0
Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Northrup cf,lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .127 Patek ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 .244
Rodriguez 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Rojas 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .256
Kaline rf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .275 Otis cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .192
Freehan c 5 1 2 3 0 0 .343 Piniella lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .337
Cash 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .371 Scheinblum rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .259
Horton lf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .212 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .225
Stanley pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .370 Schaal 3b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .188
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .196 Kirkpatrick c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Brinkman ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Drago p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .071
Lolich p 4 0 1 0 0 2 .050 Knoop ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 37 3 10 3 3 5 Totals 30 1 5 1 3 9
Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 11,599
Left on Base: Tigers 10, Royals 6
DP: Tigers 1, Royals 0
Doubles: Kaline (1), Horton (4)
Triples: Patek (2)
Home Runs: Freehan (2)
Caught Stealing: Rojas (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Scheinblum (1)
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Lolich W(6-1) 9 5 1 1 3 9 0 34 2.05
Totals 9 5 1 1 3 9 0 34
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Drago L(2-2) 8 8 3 3 3 5 1 35 2.35
Abernathy 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00
Totals 9 10 3 3 3 5 1 40
Wild Pitches: Drago (1)
Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Dave Phillips
TIGERS 1ST: Northrup flied out to right; Rodriguez grounded out
(third to first); Kaline doubled to center; Freehan singled to
left [Kaline scored]; Cash singled to right [Freehan to third];
Horton walked [Cash to second]; McAuliffe grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Rojas grounded
out (shortstop to first); Otis made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Brinkman flied out to left; Lolich struck out;
Northrup struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first);
Scheinblum made an out to shortstop; Mayberry grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 0.
TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez flied out to right; Kaline walked; Freehan
homered [Kaline scored]; Cash made an out to shortstop; Horton
doubled to left; McAuliffe struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Schaal flied to right in foul territory; Kirkpatrick
grounded out (second to first); Drago grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 0.
TIGERS 4TH: Brinkman flied out to center; Lolich struck out;
Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Patek tripled to right; Rojas singled to right
[Patek scored]; Otis flied out to center; Piniella struck out
while Rojas was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 1.
TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez made an out to shortstop; Kaline singled
to left; Freehan made an out to second; Cash flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Scheinblum struck out; Mayberry singled to left;
Schaal walked [Mayberry to second]; Kirkpatrick forced Schaal
(third to second) [Mayberry to third]; Drago struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 1.
TIGERS 6TH: Horton popped to first in foul territory; McAuliffe
struck out; Brinkman singled to left; Lolich grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Patek struck out; Rojas grounded out (second to
first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 1.
TIGERS 7TH: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); Kaline flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 1.
ROYALS 7TH: Piniella was called out on strikes; Scheinblum
singled to center; Mayberry was called out on strikes; Schaal
walked [Scheinblum to second]; Kirkpatrick flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 1.
TIGERS 8TH: Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash
singled to first; Drago threw a wild pitch [Cash to second];
Horton walked; STANLEY RAN FOR HORTON; McAuliffe made an out to
third; Brinkman flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 3, Royals 1.
ROYALS 8TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KNOOP BATTED FOR DRAGO; Knoop
lined to left; Patek struck out; Rojas made an out to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 1.
TIGERS 9TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED KNOOP (PITCHING); Lolich singled
to right; Northrup singled to right [Lolich to second]; On a
bunt Rodriguez reached on a fielder's choice [Lolich out at
third (pitcher to third), Northrup to second]; Kaline flied out
to left; Freehan flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 3, Royals 1.
ROYALS 9TH: Otis walked; Piniella singled to left [Otis to
second]; Scheinblum out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Otis to third, Piniella to second]; Mayberry struck out; Schaal
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3,
Royals 1.
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