Thursday May 10, 1973
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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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