A double by Amos Otis and single by John Mayberry in the fourth inning provided the Royals with a 1-0 victory over the Tigers behind the pitching of Bruce Dal Canton, Tom Burgmeier and Ken Wright. Dal Canton was lifted in the eighth after walking Dick McAuliffe. Kansas City Royals 1, Detroit Tigers 0Game Played on Friday, July 14, 1972 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumRoyals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .235 McAuliffe 2b 1 0 0 0 3 0 .235 Otis cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .312 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .233 Scheinblum rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Northrup rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Hovley pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Comer rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .316 Kaline ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Mayberry 1b 2 0 1 1 2 0 .288 Taylor pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .328 Rojas 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .284 I. Brown rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 May c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .217 Horton lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .252 Floyd 3b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .194 Cash 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Dal Canton p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Haller c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .207 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Stanley cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .223 Wright p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0 0 2 .198 Freehan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Coleman p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .111 G. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Seelbach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Totals 28 1 3 1 7 10 Totals 31 0 4 0 4 5 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 28,327 Left on Base: Royals 8, Tigers 8 DP: Royals 0, Tigers 0 Doubles: Otis (15) Stolen Bases: Otis (16) Sacrifice Hits: Dal Canton (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dal Canton W(5-3) 7 3 0 0 4 3 0 28 2.94 Burgmeier 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.19 Wright SV(1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 1.50 Totals 9 4 0 0 4 5 0 35 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman L(11-8) 7 3 1 1 4 8 0 28 2.19 Seelbach 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 8 3.21 Totals 9 3 1 1 7 10 0 36 Wild Pitches: Seelbach (5) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Red Flaherty ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Scheinblum lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe walked; Rodriguez lined to left; Northrup flied out to center [McAuliffe to second]; Horton walked; Cash made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella made an out to second; Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; Rojas walked; May popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Haller grounded out (third to first); Stanley popped to catcher in foul territory; Brinkman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. ROYALS 3RD: Floyd struck out; Dal Canton flied out to center; Patek grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Coleman grounded out (shortstop to first); McAuliffe walked; Rodriguez was called out on strikes; Northrup lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. ROYALS 4TH: Otis doubled to left; Scheinblum made an out to second; Piniella was called out on strikes; Mayberry singled to right [Otis scored]; Rojas walked [Mayberry to second]; May struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: Horton made an out to third; Cash grounded out (first unassisted); Haller flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0. ROYALS 5TH: Floyd struck out; Dal Canton flied out to center; Patek grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Brinkman struck out; Coleman grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0. ROYALS 6TH: Otis walked; Otis stole second; Scheinblum made an out to shortstop; Piniella flied out to right; Mayberry was walked intentionally; Rojas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez flied out to right; Northrup singled to center; Horton forced Northrup (shortstop to second); Jim Northrup ejected by 2B umpire Bill Kunkel; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0. ROYALS 7TH: COMER REPLACED NORTHRUP (PLAYING RF); May struck out; Floyd singled to center; Dal Canton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Floyd to second]; Patek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 7TH: Cash made an out to shortstop; Haller singled to right; Stanley flied out to left; Brinkman singled to shortstop [Haller to second]; G. BROWN BATTED FOR COLEMAN; G. Brown grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0. ROYALS 8TH: SEELBACH REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); Otis flied out to center; Scheinblum walked; HOVLEY RAN FOR SCHEINBLUM; Seelbach threw a wild pitch [Hovley to second]; Piniella flied out to center; Mayberry was walked intentionally; Rojas forced Mayberry (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 8TH: HOVLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); McAuliffe walked; BURGMEIER REPLACED DAL CANTON (PITCHING); Rodriguez forced McAuliffe (pitcher to shortstop); WRIGHT REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); KALINE BATTED FOR COMER; Kaline singled to left [Rodriguez to third]; TAYLOR RAN FOR KALINE; Horton was called out on strikes; Cash made an out to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0. ROYALS 9TH: I. BROWN REPLACED TAYLOR (PLAYING RF); May walked; May was picked off first (catcher to second); Floyd was called out on strikes; Wright was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 9TH: Haller grounded out (first to pitcher); Stanley struck out; FREEHAN BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; Freehan popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0. |
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