While Bill Slayback pitched his first major league shutout, Norm Cash and Aurelio Rodriguez hit homers to bat the Tigers to a 2-0 victory over the Royals. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 2, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Sunday, July      16, 1972 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
Tigers       0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   2  5  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .232      McAuliffe 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Otis cf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .313      Rodriguez 3b          3   1   2   1     0   1   .237
Scheinblum rf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .330      Northrup rf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .273
Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .314      Freehan c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .284      Cash 1b               2   1   1   1     1   1   .258
Kirkpatrick c         3   0   1   0     1   0   .307      Horton lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .284        Comer lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Floyd 3b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .186      Stanley cf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .220
  Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .176      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .197
  Knoop 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Slayback p            3   0   1   0     0   1   .133
Nelson p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .125
  Hovley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
  Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   5   0     1   7             Totals               26   2   5   2     1   7

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance: 38,514
Left on Base: Royals 6, Tigers 2
DP: Royals 1, Tigers 0
Doubles: Mayberry (13), Rodriguez (15), Northrup (8)
Home Runs: Cash (17), Rodriguez (4)
Stolen Bases: Otis (17)
Caught Stealing: Northrup (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Freehan (1)
GIDP: Horton (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nelson L(2-4)           7     4   2   2   1   7   2  24   1.79
Wright                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.29
Totals                  8     5   2   2   1   7   2  28

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slayback W(3-3)         9     5   0   0   1   7   0  33   1.62
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   7   0  33

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to center; Otis singled to left;
Otis stole second; Scheinblum grounded out (second to first)
[Otis to third]; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
doubled to right; Northrup grounded out (second to first)
[Rodriguez to third]; Freehan made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry was called out on strikes; Kirkpatrick
popped to catcher in foul territory; Rojas grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash homered; Horton struck out; Stanley flied out
to center; Brinkman struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Tigers 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Floyd struck out; Nelson struck out; Patek grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers
1.

TIGERS 3RD: Slayback made an out to shortstop; McAuliffe flied
out to left; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Tigers 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis flied out to right; Scheinblum grounded out
(shortstop to first); Piniella singled to right; Mayberry
doubled to left [Piniella to third]; Kirkpatrick walked; Rojas
lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup doubled; Freehan out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Northrup to third]; Northrup was caught
stealing home (catcher unassisted); Cash struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Floyd grounded out (second to first); Nelson struck
out; Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
struck out; Brinkman grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis grounded out (second to first); Scheinblum
flied out to left; Piniella was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Slayback was called out on strikes; McAuliffe flied
out to center; Rodriguez homered; Northrup struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry made an out to shortstop; Kirkpatrick
singled to center; Rojas flied out to right; HOPKINS BATTED FOR
FLOYD; Hopkins struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: KNOOP REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 3B); Freehan made an
out to second; Cash walked; Horton grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Cash out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 8TH: COMER REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING LF); HOVLEY BATTED
FOR NELSON; Hovley grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek
grounded out (first unassisted); Otis singled to left;
Scheinblum flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: WRIGHT REPLACED HOVLEY (PITCHING); Stanley popped to
catcher in foul territory; Brinkman popped to catcher in foul
territory; Slayback singled to left; McAuliffe lined to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Piniella flied out to center; Mayberry grounded out
(second to first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.