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A loser of four decisions, Mickey Lolich gained his first victory of the season when the Tigers defeated the Royals, 7-2. The Tigers took command of the game with three runs off Paul Splittorff on five straight hits in the fifth inning. Bill Freehan and Jim Northrup opened the attack with singles, Aurelio Rodriguez doubled and Ed Brinkman and Dick Sharon followed with singles. Fran Healy hit a homer for the Royals in the seventh. [The Sporting News] Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 2Game Played on Tuesday, April 30, 1974 (Night game) at Royals StadiumTigers 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 - 7 15 0
Royals 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 8 1
Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Sharon cf 4 0 2 1 1 1 .429 Patek ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .269
Sutherland 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .321
Stanley 1b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .215 Otis cf 2 0 0 1 1 0 .264
Kaline dh 5 1 2 0 0 1 .295 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221
Horton lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .260 Healy c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .268
Freehan c 2 1 1 0 0 0 .360 Wohlford lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .338
Oglivie ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250 McRae dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .323
Moses c 1 0 1 1 0 0 .455 Pinson rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .254
Northrup rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .225 Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .148
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .171 White 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .385
Brinkman ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .208 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lolich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 38 7 15 6 2 2 Totals 31 2 8 2 3 1
Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 9,310
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Royals 6
DP: Tigers 1, Royals 3
Errors: Otis
Doubles: Rodriguez (2)
Home Runs: Healy (4)
Stolen Bases: Oglivie (1), Patek 2 (11)
Caught Stealing: Sharon (1), Wohlford (2), McRae (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Otis (1)
GIDP: Brinkman (1), Horton (2), Stanley (6), Wohlford (2)
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Lolich W(1-4) 9 8 2 2 3 1 1 35 4.81
Totals 9 8 2 2 3 1 1 35
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Splittorff L(2-2) 4 8 3 3 1 2 0 19 4.19
Garber 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 8 4.50
McDaniel 3 5 3 2 0 0 0 13 7.00
Totals 9 15 7 6 2 2 0 40
Wild Pitches: Lolich (2)
Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jerry Neudecker
TIGERS 1ST: Sharon struck out; Sutherland flied out to left;
Stanley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to left; Patek stole second; Rojas
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Patek to third]; Otis lined
out on a sacrifice fly to left [Patek scored]; Mayberry flied
out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 1.
TIGERS 2ND: Kaline was called out on strikes; Horton singled to
left; Freehan popped to second; Northrup grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 1.
ROYALS 2ND: Healy grounded out (third to first); Wohlford
walked; Wohlford was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); McRae singled to right; McRae was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 1.
TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez singled to center; Brinkman grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rodriguez out at
second]; Sharon walked; Sutherland flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Pinson flied out to left; White singled to left;
Patek grounded out (shortstop to first) [White to second];
Lolich threw a wild pitch [White to third]; Rojas flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 1.
TIGERS 4TH: Stanley grounded out (second to first); Kaline
singled to center; Horton grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Kaline out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Otis grounded out (third to first); Mayberry struck
out; Healy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Royals 1.
TIGERS 5TH: Freehan singled to left; Northrup singled to right
[Freehan to second]; Rodriguez doubled to right [Freehan scored,
Northrup to third]; Brinkman singled to center [Northrup scored,
Rodriguez to third]; Sharon singled [Rodriguez scored, Brinkman
to second]; GARBER REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Sutherland
lined to left; Stanley grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Sharon out at second]; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3,
Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Wohlford grounded out (third to first); McRae
grounded out (third to first); Pinson flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 1.
TIGERS 6TH: Kaline flied out to left; Horton grounded out (third
to first); OGLIVIE BATTED FOR FREEHAN; Oglivie singled to right;
Oglivie stole second; Northrup was walked intentionally;
Rodriguez singled to right [Oglivie scored, Northrup to second];
Brinkman forced Northrup (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 1.
ROYALS 6TH: MOSES REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING C ); White singled
to shortstop; Patek lined to left; Rojas grounded out (third to
first) [White to second]; Otis walked; Mayberry popped to third;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 1.
TIGERS 7TH: MCDANIEL REPLACED GARBER (PITCHING); Sharon lined to
first; Sutherland grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Stanley singled to left; Kaline singled to right [Stanley to
third]; Horton singled to center [Stanley scored, Kaline scored
(error by Otis) (no RBI), Horton to second]; Moses singled to
center [Horton scored (unearned)]; Northrup flied out to center;
3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 7, Royals 1.
ROYALS 7TH: Healy homered; Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to
first); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson singled
to right; White flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers
7, Royals 2.
TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez grounded out (second to pitcher); Brinkman
popped to second; Sharon singled to right; Sharon was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 7, Royals 2.
ROYALS 8TH: Patek walked; Patek stole second; Rojas grounded out
(third to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mayberry flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 7,
Royals 2.
TIGERS 9TH: Sutherland lined to second; Stanley flied out to
center; Kaline grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Tigers 7, Royals 2.
ROYALS 9TH: Healy singled to left; Wohlford grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop) [Healy out at second]; McRae
singled to center; SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR PINSON; Scheinblum
flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 7, Royals 2.
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