Consecutive homers by John Mayberry and Hal McRae in the fifth inning produced the Royals' tying and winning runs in a 4-3 victory over the Tigers. McRae batted in the Royals' initial run with a double in the first. The Tigers collected six of their eight hits off Steve Busby in the first three innings and took a 3-1 lead, but the Royals pulled within one run in the fourth on a scoring single by George Brett. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Friday, June      14, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  1
Tigers       2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   0   1   0     0   1   .237      Stanley cf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .239
Rojas 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .294      Sutherland 2b         5   1   1   0     0   0   .281
Otis cf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .280      Kaline dh             3   1   2   1     1   0   .282
Mayberry 1b           2   1   1   1     2   0   .268      Horton lf             2   0   1   1     0   0   .299
McRae lf,rf           2   2   2   2     0   0   .309        Oglivie lf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Scheinblum dh         3   0   1   0     1   0   .157      Northrup rf           3   0   2   1     1   0   .217
Pinson rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Freehan 1b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .281
  Wohlford ph,lf      1   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Moses c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .203
Healy c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .257        G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .192
Brett 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .234        Lamont c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .232
                                                          Brinkman ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .203
                                                            N. Cash ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .214
                                                          LaGrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   4     3   3             Totals               34   3   8   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 22,423
Left on Base: Royals 8, Tigers 8
DP: Royals 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Busby
Doubles: McRae (12), Stanley (9), Northrup (5), Kaline (7)
Home Runs: Mayberry (14), McRae (8)
Caught Stealing: Healy (3)
Sacrifice Hits: McRae (3)
Hit by Pitch: McRae (3,by LaGrow), Brinkman (2,by Busby)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby W(8-6)            9     8   3   3   3   3   0  38   3.66
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   3   0  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaGrow L(5-5)           7.1   8   4   4   2   2   2  32   3.32
Walker                  0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   2.76
Ray                     1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.86
Totals                  9     9   4   4   3   3   2  39

Hit by Pitch: Busby (3), LaGrow (3)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Hank Soar


ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Rojas singled to center; Otis
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Rojas to second]; Mayberry
was walked intentionally; McRae doubled to second [Rojas scored,
Mayberry to third]; Scheinblum grounded out (pitcher to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley doubled to right; Sutherland grounded out
(second to first) [Stanley to third]; Kaline walked; Horton
singled to center [Stanley scored, Kaline to third]; Northrup
singled to left [Kaline scored, Horton to second]; Freehan lined
into a double play (left to second) [Horton out at second]; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Pinson lined to second; Healy struck out; Brett
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 2ND: Moses popped to second; Rodriguez grounded out
(third to first); Brinkman was hit by a pitch; Stanley popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers
2.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek singled to left; Rojas flied out to center;
Otis popped to catcher in foul territory; Mayberry grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Sutherland singled to center; Sutherland was picked
off first but was safe on an error by Busby [Sutherland to
third]; Kaline singled to third [Sutherland scored]; Horton
flied out to center; Northrup doubled to left [Kaline to third];
Freehan was walked intentionally; Moses struck out; Rodriguez
flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 4TH: OGLIVIE REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING LF); McRae was hit
by a pitch; Scheinblum singled to center [McRae to second];
Pinson flied out to center [McRae to third]; Healy popped to
shortstop; Brett singled to center [McRae scored, Scheinblum to
third]; Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Brinkman flied out to right; Stanley flied out to
center; Sutherland flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Rojas grounded out (third to first); Otis grounded
out (third to first); Mayberry homered; McRae homered;
Scheinblum flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Kaline flied out to center; Oglivie popped to
shortstop; Northrup walked; Freehan singled to left [Northrup to
second]; G. BROWN BATTED FOR MOSES; G. Brown flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 6TH: LAMONT REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING C ); Pinson
grounded out (first to pitcher); Healy singled to third; Healy
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Brett flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brinkman grounded out (third to first); Stanley grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek grounded out (first unassisted); Rojas lined
to center; Otis lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline
doubled to left; Oglivie was called out on strikes; Northrup
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
4, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry walked; McRae out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Mayberry to second]; WALKER REPLACED LAGROW
(PITCHING); Scheinblum walked; RAY REPLACED WALKER (PITCHING);
WOHLFORD BATTED FOR PINSON; Wohlford singled to shortstop
[Mayberry to third, Scheinblum to second]; Healy forced Mayberry
(third to catcher) [Scheinblum to third, Wohlford to second];
Brett forced Healy (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MCRAE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Freehan lined to left; Lamont flied out
to center; Rodriguez popped to pitcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Rojas popped to
catcher in foul territory; Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: N. CASH BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; N. Cash struck out;
Stanley lined to left; Sutherland flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.