Sending 11 men to the plate, the Royals scored five runs in the fifth inning, knocking out Joe Coleman in the process, and defeated the Tigers, 8-2. Carl Taylor beat out a bunt and Freddie Patek tripled for the first run to break a 2-2 tie. A single by Steve Hovley scored Patek. Another single by Amos Otis and an error by Jim Northrup on the hit plated Hovley and drove Coleman from the mound. After John Hiller relieved, Ed Kirkpatrick and Cookie Rojas rapped run-scoring doubles. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 8, Detroit Tigers 2

Game Played on Thursday, May 10, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Tigers       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  1
Royals       0  0  0    2  5  0    0  1  x  -   8 13  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Northrup cf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .279      Patek ss              4   3   2   1     1   1   .254
Kaline rf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .226      Hovley rf             5   1   2   2     0   1   .276
G. Brown dh           4   0   2   1     0   0   .266      Otis cf               5   1   1   0     0   0   .293
Horton lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .342      Mayberry 1b           4   1   2   1     0   1   .260
N. Cash 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .218      Kirkpatrick lf        4   1   2   1     0   0   .388
Freehan c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .330      Rojas 2b              4   0   2   2     0   0   .305
McAuliffe 2b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .243      Hopkins dh            2   0   0   0     1   1   .304
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .174        Wohlford ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reese ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .054      Schaal 3b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .290
Brinkman ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .244      Taylor c              2   1   1   0     1   0   .275
  Sims ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        May c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .133
Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Drago p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   9   1     2   1             Totals               35   8  13   7     4   4

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 11,412
Left on Base: Tigers 7, Royals 7
DP: Tigers 2, Royals 2
Errors: Northrup
Doubles: Rojas 2 (10), Kirkpatrick (10)
Triples: Patek (2)
Stolen Bases: Patek 2 (8)
Caught Stealing: G. Brown (1)
GIDP: Horton (4)
Hit by Pitch: Brinkman (1,by Drago)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(6-2)          4     9   6   6   2   1   0  21   2.59
Hiller                  0.2   3   1   1   0   1   0   5   4.15
LaGrow                  1.1   0   0   0   1   2   0   5   3.74
Scherman                2     1   1   1   1   0   0   8   1.17
Totals                  8    13   8   8   4   4   0  39

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(3-2)            9     9   2   2   2   1   0  36   6.06
Totals                  9     9   2   2   2   1   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Drago (2)

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


TIGERS 1ST: Northrup singled; Kaline walked [Northrup to
second]; G. Brown singled [Northrup scored, Kaline to third];
Horton grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Kaline scored, G. Brown out at second]; N. Cash singled;
Freehan lined to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals
0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to first in foul territory; Hovley
flied out to right; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 0.

TIGERS 2ND: McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); Rodriguez
popped to second; Brinkman grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry singled; Kirkpatrick hit into a double play
(first to shortstop) [Mayberry out at second]; On a bunt Rojas
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Royals 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Northrup singled to first; Kaline popped to
shortstop; G. Brown forced Northrup (second to shortstop); G.
Brown was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Hopkins struck out (catcher to first); Schaal
walked; Taylor lined into a double play (third to first) [Schaal
out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); N. Cash
singled; Freehan grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [N. Cash to
second]; McAuliffe was walked intentionally; Rodriguez grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek singled; Patek stole second; Hovley flied out
to right [Patek to third]; Otis flied out to right; Mayberry
singled [Patek scored]; Kirkpatrick singled [Mayberry to
second]; Rojas doubled [Mayberry scored, Kirkpatrick to third];
Hopkins walked; Schaal grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman was hit by a pitch; Northrup lined into a
double play (center to first) [Brinkman out at first]; Kaline
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: On a bunt Taylor singled; Patek tripled [Taylor
scored]; Hovley singled [Patek scored]; Otis singled to center
[Hovley scored (error by Northrup), Otis to third]; HILLER
REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Mayberry struck out; Kirkpatrick
doubled [Otis scored]; Rojas doubled [Kirkpatrick scored];
Hopkins grounded out (third to first); Schaal singled to second
[Rojas to third]; LAGROW REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Taylor
walked [Schaal to second]; Patek was called out on strikes; 5 R,
7 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 7.

TIGERS 6TH: G. Brown singled; Horton forced G. Brown (pitcher to
shortstop); N. Cash grounded out (third to first) [Horton to
second]; Freehan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 7.

ROYALS 6TH: Hovley struck out; Otis flied out to right; Mayberry
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 7.

TIGERS 7TH: MAY REPLACED TAYLOR (PLAYING C ); McAuliffe singled;
Rodriguez struck out; Brinkman singled [McAuliffe to second];
Northrup popped to third in foul territory; Kaline forced
Brinkman (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Royals 7.

ROYALS 7TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick
grounded out (pitcher to first); Rojas grounded out (shortstop
to first); WOHLFORD BATTED FOR HOPKINS; Wohlford flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 7.

TIGERS 8TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); G. Brown
grounded out (first unassisted); Horton singled; N. Cash forced
Horton (second to shortstop); Freehan flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 7.

ROYALS 8TH: Schaal flied out to center; May popped to shortstop
in foul territory; Patek walked; Patek stole second; Hovley
singled [Patek scored, Hovley to second (on throw)]; Otis flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 8.

TIGERS 9TH: McAuliffe flied out to right; REESE BATTED FOR
RODRIGUEZ; Reese lined to second; SIMS BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; Sims
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
2, Royals 8.

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