The Tigers smashed four homers among their 18 hits in overwhelming the Royals, 14-4. Gates Brown and Dick McAuliffe each homered with two men on base, while Mickey Stanley and Duke Sims added solo swats to the attack. Steve Busby, who pitched a 3-0 no-hitter in his last previous start in Tiger Stadium April 27 and beat the Bengals, 12-1, in Kansas City July 7, lasted only 3 2/3 innings this time and gave up six runs. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 14, Kansas City Royals 4
Game Played on Wednesday, July      18, 1973 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    1  2  0    1  0  0  -   4  8  1
Tigers       0  0  1    5  6  0    2  0  x  -  14 18  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   1   1   1     0   0   .237      Northrup lf           4   0   2   0     1   0   .266
  Hopkins 1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Stanley cf            6   2   2   2     0   0   .233
Rojas 2b              1   1   0   0     2   0   .255      G. Brown dh           3   1   2   3     0   0   .250
  White 2b,ss         1   0   1   0     1   0   .236        Howard ph,dh        2   1   0   0     1   0   .252
Otis cf               2   0   0   0     1   1   .287      Sims c                4   3   3   2     1   0   .272
  Hovley cf           2   0   1   0     0   0   .256      McAuliffe 2b          4   2   3   4     1   0   .277
Bevacqua 1b,2b        5   1   1   1     0   1   .280      Kaline rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .206
Kirkpatrick rf        2   0   1   1     1   0   .298        Sharon rf           1   0   1   1     0   0   .243
Reichardt dh          3   0   0   0     0   0   .259      N. Cash 1b            5   2   2   0     0   2   .241
Piniella lf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .244        Taylor 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Schaal 3b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .277      Rodriguez 3b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .220
  McRae 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Brinkman ss           3   2   1   0     1   0   .260
Healy c               3   1   1   0     0   0   .251      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Taylor c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   8   4     6   2             Totals               39  14  18  12     6   3

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 19,256
Left on Base: Royals 9, Tigers 10
DP: Royals 1, Tigers 2
Errors: Schaal, McAuliffe
Doubles: Sims (10), McAuliffe (15)
Home Runs: Patek (3), Stanley (11), G. Brown (8), McAuliffe (8), Sims (7)
Caught Stealing: Rojas (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Reichardt (3), Rodriguez (6), Brinkman (9), Northrup (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Kirkpatrick (4)
GIDP: Schaal (10), McAuliffe (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby L(7-10)           3.2   9   6   6   3   2   2  22   4.72
Dal Canton              0.1   2   3   0   1   0   0   5   3.83
Mingori                 2     4   3   3   1   0   1  11   6.41
Garber                  2     3   2   2   1   1   1  10   4.15
Totals                  8    18  14   8*  6   3   4  48

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(15-8)         9     8   4   3   6   2   1  40   3.57
Totals                  9     8   4   3   6   2   1  40

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Frank Umont


ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to first in foul territory; Rojas
walked; Otis was called out on strikes while Rojas was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Northrup singled to center; Stanley grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Northrup to second]; G. Brown grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Northrup to third]; Sims flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Bevacqua struck out; Kirkpatrick walked; Reichardt
flied out to right; Piniella singled to center [Kirkpatrick to
third]; Schaal walked [Piniella to second]; Healy grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: McAuliffe walked; Kaline flied out to center; N.
Cash struck out; Rodriguez singled to right [McAuliffe to
second]; Brinkman walked [McAuliffe to third, Rodriguez to
second]; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied to right in foul territory; Rojas flied
out to left; Otis lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Stanley homered; G. Brown singled to center; Sims
walked [G. Brown to second]; McAuliffe grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop) [G. Brown to third, Sims out at
second]; Kaline struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Tigers 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Bevacqua singled to right; Kirkpatrick singled to
second [Bevacqua to second]; Reichardt out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Bevacqua to third, Kirkpatrick to second];
Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bevacqua scored];
Schaal flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: N. Cash singled to right; Rodriguez out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [N. Cash to second]; Brinkman
singled to left [N. Cash to third]; Northrup popped to
shortstop; Bobby Floyd and Royals Manager Jack McKeon ejected
by 1B umpire Merle Anthony arguing a pickoff attempt by Steve
Busby on Ed Brinkman; Floyd was not in the game; Stanley
singled to center [N. Cash scored, Brinkman to second]; G. Brown
homered [Brinkman scored, Stanley scored]; Sims doubled to
center; DAL CANTON REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); McAuliffe singled
to center [Sims scored]; Kaline flied out to center; 5 R, 6 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 6.

ROYALS 5TH: Healy singled to left; Patek flied out to right;
Rojas walked [Healy to second]; Otis walked [Healy to third,
Rojas to second]; Bevacqua reached on an error by McAuliffe
[Healy scored (RBI), Rojas to third, Otis to second];
Kirkpatrick hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rojas scored
(unearned)]; Reichardt flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 5TH: N. Cash singled to center; Rodriguez walked [N. Cash
to second]; Brinkman reached on an error by Schaal on a
sacrifice bunt [N. Cash scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rodriguez
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Brinkman to first]; MINGORI REPLACED
DAL CANTON (PITCHING); Northrup out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Brinkman to second]; Stanley grounded out (third to
first); HOWARD BATTED FOR G. BROWN; Howard was walked
intentionally; Sims singled to center [Brinkman scored
(unearned), Howard to second]; McAuliffe homered (unearned, but
earned for the pitcher) [Howard scored (unearned, but earned for
the pitcher), Sims scored (unearned, but earned for the
pitcher)]; Kaline singled to left; N. Cash flied out to center;
6 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 12.

ROYALS 6TH: HOWARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); SHARON REPLACED
KALINE (PLAYING RF); Piniella singled to center; Schaal grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Piniella out
at second]; Healy flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Tigers 12.

TIGERS 6TH: WHITE REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 2B); HOVLEY REPLACED
OTIS (PLAYING CF); TAYLOR REPLACED HEALY (PLAYING C ); Rodriguez
flied out to right; Brinkman flied out to left; Northrup singled
to third; Stanley flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 3, Tigers 12.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek homered; White walked; Hovley grounded out
(second to first) [White to second]; Bevacqua grounded out
(third to first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 12.

TIGERS 7TH: MCRAE REPLACED SCHAAL (PLAYING 3B); GARBER REPLACED
MINGORI (PITCHING); Howard grounded out (third to first); Sims
homered; McAuliffe doubled to center; Sharon singled to right
[McAuliffe scored]; N. Cash struck out; Rodriguez flied out to
right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 14.

ROYALS 8TH: TAYLOR REPLACED N. CASH (PLAYING 1B); Reichardt
flied out to right; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first);
McRae popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Tigers 14.

TIGERS 8TH: HOPKINS REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING 1B); WHITE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); BEVACQUA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
Brinkman grounded out (second to first); Northrup walked;
Stanley flied out to center; Howard forced Northrup (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 14.

ROYALS 9TH: Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Hopkins
flied out to right; White singled to third; Hovley singled to
right [White to second]; Bevacqua flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 14.