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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 4Game Played on Wednesday, July 18, 1973 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumRoyals 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. |
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