Friday July 6, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Amos Otis rapped a homer and three singles to lead the Royals' 20-hit attack in a 12-1 walloping of the Tigers. The Royals scored their first five runs off Joe Coleman, who was knocked out in the second inning. Kurt Bevacqua plated a pair with a double.

With Fred Scherman on the mound in the sixth, the Royals erupted for four more runs. Cookie Rojas singled and Otis and John Mayberry followed with consecutive homers. Lou Piniella then tripled and Gail Hopkins singled. The Tigers' only run off Steve Busby came in the ninth on a walk, two singles and an infield out by Jim Northrup. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 12, Detroit Tigers 1

Game Played on Friday, July 6, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 3 Royals 1 4 0 1 0 4 1 1 x - 12 20 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Stanley cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .237 Patek ss 4 2 2 1 0 0 .240 G. Brown dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .239 White ph,ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Sims c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .258 Rojas 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .264 Horton lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .346 Floyd ph,2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .362 N. Cash 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .244 Otis cf 4 1 4 2 0 0 .293 McAuliffe 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Hovley ph,cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .263 Northrup rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .250 Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 2 2 1 .300 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 2 0 1 1 .227 Busby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .270 Hopkins dh,1b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .289 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Piniella lf 5 2 3 1 0 0 .237 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kirkpatrick rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .299 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bevacqua 3b 5 1 2 3 0 1 .281 Healy c 4 1 1 0 1 1 .236 Totals 34 1 7 1 2 9 Totals 43 12 20 11 4 4 Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 17,313 Left on Base: Tigers 8, Royals 11 DP: Tigers 1, Royals 0 Errors: Horton 2, Northrup Doubles: Sims (9), Kirkpatrick (13), Bevacqua (5) Triples: Piniella (1) Home Runs: Otis (14), Mayberry (20) Stolen Bases: Patek (16), Otis 2 (10) GIDP: Bevacqua (2) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman L(12-8) 1.1 6 5 5 0 2 0 10 3.72 Scherman 4.2 9 5 4 2 0 2 24 5.85 Farmer 2 5 2 2 2 2 0 13 3.41 Totals 8 20 12 11 4 4 2 47 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Busby W(5-9) 9 7 1 1 2 9 0 36 4.71 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 9 0 36 Wild Pitches: Coleman (4), Scherman (2) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Red Flaherty TIGERS 1ST: Stanley singled to center; G. Brown flied out to center; Sims struck out; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled; Patek stole second; Rojas grounded out (second to first) [Patek to third]; Coleman threw a wild pitch [Patek scored]; Otis singled to left; Otis stole second; Mayberry struck out; Hopkins grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 1. TIGERS 2ND: N. Cash grounded out (second to first); McAuliffe flied out to right; Northrup grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella singled to center; Kirkpatrick doubled [Piniella to third]; Bevacqua doubled to left [Piniella scored, Kirkpatrick scored]; Healy struck out; Patek singled to left [Bevacqua scored, Patek to third (error by Horton)]; SCHERMAN REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first) [Patek scored]; Otis singled; Otis stole second; Scherman threw a wild pitch [Otis to third]; Mayberry walked; Hopkins walked [Mayberry to second]; Piniella forced Hopkins (second to shortstop); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 5. TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez singled to left; Brinkman was called out on strikes; Stanley struck out; G. Brown flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 5. ROYALS 3RD: Kirkpatrick lined to shortstop; Bevacqua flied out to center; Healy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 5. TIGERS 4TH: Sims grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton grounded out (third to first); N. Cash struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 5. ROYALS 4TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas singled to center; Otis singled to left [Rojas to third (error by Horton)]; Mayberry grounded out (second to first) [Rojas scored (unearned), Otis to second]; Hopkins grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 6. TIGERS 5TH: McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); Northrup grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez singled to left; Brinkman popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 6. ROYALS 5TH: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Kirkpatrick singled to left; Bevacqua grounded into a double play (second to first) [Kirkpatrick out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 6. TIGERS 6TH: Stanley popped to second; G. Brown singled to left; Sims doubled to right [G. Brown to third]; Horton struck out; N. Cash struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 6. ROYALS 6TH: Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek grounded out (third to first); Rojas singled to left; Otis homered [Rojas scored]; Mayberry homered; Hopkins singled to left; Piniella tripled to center [Hopkins scored]; Kirkpatrick popped to first in foul territory; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 10. TIGERS 7TH: McAuliffe grounded out (pitcher to first); Northrup grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 10. ROYALS 7TH: FARMER REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Bevacqua was called out on strikes; Healy singled to left; WHITE BATTED FOR PATEK; White flied out to center; FLOYD BATTED FOR ROJAS; Floyd singled to right [Healy to second]; HOVLEY BATTED FOR OTIS; Hovley singled to center [Healy scored, Floyd to third]; Mayberry walked [Hovley to second]; Hopkins grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 11. TIGERS 8TH: WHITE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); FLOYD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HOVLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BUSBY REPLACED MAYBERRY (PITCHING); HOPKINS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Brinkman was called out on strikes; Stanley lined to shortstop; G. Brown popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 11. ROYALS 8TH: Piniella singled to right [Piniella to second (error by Northrup)]; Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted) [Piniella to third]; Bevacqua singled to center [Piniella scored]; Healy walked [Bevacqua to second]; White struck out; Floyd flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 12. TIGERS 9TH: Sims walked; Horton flied out to center; N. Cash singled to right [Sims to second]; McAuliffe singled [Sims to third, N. Cash to second]; Northrup forced McAuliffe (second to shortstop) [Sims scored, N. Cash to third]; Rodriguez walked [Northrup to second]; Brinkman grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 12.

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