The Tigers, who were victims of a no-hitter by Steve Busby April 27, turned on the young righthander and defeated the Royals, 4-1. Busby, who pitched three innings, gave up seven hits and three runs. Norm Cash homered off reliever Doug Bird for the Tigers' last counter in the eighth. John Mayberry provided the Royals' run with a homer. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Wednesday, May       9, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Tigers       0  2  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   4 12  0
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  3


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Northrup cf,lf        5   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Patek ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Kaline rf             4   0   1   0     1   1   .235      Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .298
G. Brown dh           5   1   3   0     0   1   .250      Otis cf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .297
Horton lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .348      Mayberry 1b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .250
  Stanley cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Kirkpatrick rf        4   0   1   0     0   0   .382
Sims c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .258      Piniella lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .260
N. Cash 1b            3   2   2   2     0   1   .203      McRae dh              3   0   1   0     0   0   .183
McAuliffe 2b          4   1   1   0     0   2   .239      Schaal 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .289
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   1     0   2   .179      Healy c               3   0   2   0     0   0   .214
Brinkman ss           4   0   3   0     0   1   .238      Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4  12   3     1  10             Totals               32   1   8   1     0   1

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 15,680
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Royals 4
DP: Tigers 2, Royals 1
Errors: Otis, Schaal, Healy
Doubles: McRae (4)
Home Runs: N. Cash (4), Mayberry (8)
Sacrifice Flies: N. Cash (1)
GIDP: Northrup (1), Rojas (2), Kirkpatrick (3)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(4-2)            8     8   1   1   0   1   1  30   1.84
Hiller SV(5)            1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.38
Totals                  9     8   1   1   0   1   1  32

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby L(3-3)            3     7   3   3   0   2   0  16   5.13
Bird                    5     4   1   1   0   8   1  19   1.59
Wright                  1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.50
Totals                  9    12   4   4   1  10   1  39

Passed Balls: Healy (2)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Red Flaherty


TIGERS 1ST: Northrup popped to shortstop; Kaline popped to
third; G. Brown singled; Healy allowed a passed ball [G. Brown
to second]; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled; Rojas grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Patek out at second]; Otis singled;
Mayberry popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Royals 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Sims grounded out (first to pitcher); N. Cash
singled; McAuliffe singled to center [N. Cash scored (error by
Otis), McAuliffe to third]; Rodriguez singled to right
[McAuliffe scored]; Brinkman singled [Rodriguez to second];
Northrup flied out to right [Rodriguez to third]; Kaline flied
out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted);
Piniella grounded out (third to first); McRae grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 0.

TIGERS 3RD: G. Brown singled; G. Brown was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Healy [G. Brown to second]; Horton
singled to third [G. Brown to third, Horton to second (error by
Schaal)]; Sims reached on a fielder's choice [Horton out at
third (second unassisted)]; N. Cash lined out on a sacrifice fly
to center [G. Brown scored]; McAuliffe was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Schaal flied out to left; Healy singled; Healy was
picked off first (catcher to first); Patek grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Royals 0.

TIGERS 4TH: BIRD REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Rodriguez struck
out; Brinkman singled; Northrup lined to center; Kaline singled
[Brinkman to second]; G. Brown struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Tigers 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry homered; Kirkpatrick
singled; Piniella grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Royals 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Horton flied out to right; Sims struck out; N. Cash
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae flied out to left; Schaal struck out; Healy
singled; Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 3, Royals 1.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe grounded out (first to pitcher); Rodriguez
popped to second; Brinkman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas flied out to left; Otis flied out to center;
Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Royals 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Kaline
struck out; G. Brown singled; Horton grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); STANLEY
REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING CF); Kirkpatrick lined to right;
Piniella grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae doubled; Schaal
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Royals 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Sims grounded out (first unassisted); N. Cash
homered; McAuliffe struck out; Rodriguez struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek flied
out to right; Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 1.

TIGERS 9TH: WRIGHT REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Brinkman singled;
Northrup grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Brinkman out at second]; Kaline walked; G. Brown flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis singled; HILLER REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING);
Mayberry flied out to right; Kirkpatrick grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Otis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 4, Royals 1.