Joe Coleman deprived himself of a shutout with an error, but otherwise the Tigers' righthander had little trouble beating the Royals, 6-1. Al Kaline drove in the Tigers' first run with a double in the third inning and scored himself on an infield out and a balk by Wayne Simpson. Duke Sims capped the Tigers' production with a two-run homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Sunday, April     29, 1973 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  8  0
Tigers       0  0  2    0  1  1    0  2  x  -   6  9  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Northrup cf,lf        4   2   2   0     0   0   .243
Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .310      Kaline rf             3   1   1   1     1   0   .238
Otis cf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .295      G. Brown dh           2   0   1   1     0   0   .205
Mayberry 1b           3   1   0   0     1   0   .224        Howard ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Kirkpatrick rf        4   0   1   0     0   0   .375      N. Cash 1b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .185
Piniella lf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .289        Stanley cf          1   1   1   0     0   0   .254
Hopkins dh            3   0   0   0     1   0   .357      Sims c                2   2   1   2     2   0   .333
Schaal 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .270      Reese lf,1b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .037
Healy c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .158      McAuliffe 2b          3   0   2   1     1   0   .235
Simpson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .163
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .246
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   1   8   1     2   1             Totals               28   6   9   5     5   2

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 16,245
Left on Base: Royals 9, Tigers 5
DP: Royals 2, Tigers 0
Errors: Coleman
Doubles: Otis (6), Healy (2), Schaal (4), Kaline (3), McAuliffe (4)
Home Runs: Sims (1)
Caught Stealing: McAuliffe (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Reese (1)
Sacrifice Flies: G. Brown (1)
GIDP: Brinkman (2), Howard (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Simpson L(2-2)          5.1   7   4   4   4   1   0  25   4.34
Bird                    0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.00
Jackson                 1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   6.52
Burgmeier               1     2   2   2   0   0   1   5   5.63
Totals                  8     9   6   6   5   2   1  35

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(5-1)          9     8   1   0   2   1   0  37   2.08
Totals                  9     8   1   0   2   1   0  37

Wild Pitches: Simpson (4)
Balks: Simpson (1)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Russ Goetz


ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis doubled; Mayberry flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Kaline
grounded out (shortstop to first); G. Brown singled; N. Cash
singled [G. Brown to third]; Sims walked [N. Cash to second];
Reese grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick flied out to center; Piniella struck
out; Hopkins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: McAuliffe walked; McAuliffe was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Rodriguez popped to first in foul
territory; Brinkman grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Schaal popped to first; Healy singled; Patek forced
Healy (shortstop to second); Rojas flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Northrup singled; Kaline doubled [Northrup scored];
G. Brown grounded out (second to first) [Kaline to third];
Simpson balked [Kaline scored]; N. Cash grounded out (first
unassisted); Sims grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis singled; Mayberry flied out to center;
Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first) [Otis to second];
Piniella popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Reese struck out; McAuliffe singled; Rodriguez
walked [McAuliffe to second]; Brinkman grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Hopkins popped to third in foul territory; Schaal
flied out to center; Healy doubled; Patek grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup singled; Simpson threw a wild pitch
[Northrup to second]; Kaline flied out to right [Northrup to
third]; G. Brown hit a sacrifice fly to center [Northrup
scored]; N. Cash flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas flied out to right; Otis popped to first;
Mayberry walked; Kirkpatrick singled [Mayberry to second];
Mayberry was picked off second but was safe on an error by
Coleman [Mayberry to third]; Piniella singled [Mayberry scored
(unearned), Kirkpatrick to second]; Hopkins popped to third; 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Sims walked; Reese out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Sims to second]; McAuliffe doubled [Sims scored];
BIRD REPLACED SIMPSON (PITCHING); Rodriguez popped to second;
Debut game for Doug Bird; Brinkman was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 4.

ROYALS 7TH: NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); STANLEY
REPLACED N. CASH (PLAYING CF); REESE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); Schaal singled to shortstop; Healy forced Schaal (third to
second); Patek lined to center; Rojas grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: JACKSON REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Northrup grounded
out (first unassisted); Kaline walked; HOWARD BATTED FOR G.
BROWN; Howard grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Kaline out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, Tigers 4.

ROYALS 8TH: HOWARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Otis grounded
out (third to first); Mayberry flied out to right; Kirkpatrick
popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Stanley
singled; Sims homered [Stanley scored]; Reese grounded out
(shortstop to first); McAuliffe grounded out (second to first);
Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Tigers 6.

ROYALS 9TH: Piniella lined to center; Hopkins walked; Schaal
doubled [Hopkins to third]; Healy flied out to left; Patek
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
1, Tigers 6.