A three-run third inning, which featured rookie Ron LeFlore's first major league homer, carried the Tigers and Mickey Lolich past the Royals, 5-1. Lolich, who retired the final 13 batters in order, did not issue a walk and struck out seven to bring his career total to 2,492, moving past Don Drysdale and into ninth place on the all-time strikeout list.

Detroit's Gene Lamont doubled home Aurelio Rodriguez to break a scoreless tie in the third, then rode home on LeFlore's homer. The Royals scored their only run in the fourth on singles by Cookie Rojas and Hal McRae and double by Orlando Cepeda. Singles by Ben Oglivie, Jim Nettles and Rodriguez, plus a Kansas City error on an attempted forceout on a ball hit by Ed Brinkman, produced two insurance runs for the Tigers in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Monday, August    12, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Tigers       0  0  3    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   5 11  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   1   0     0   1   .231      LeFlore cf            4   1   2   2     0   1   .207
Rojas 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .294      Sutherland 2b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .269
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .301      Kaline dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .261
McRae lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .322      Oglivie lf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .288
Cepeda dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .314      Freehan 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .280
Wohlford rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .290      Nettles rf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .241
Bevacqua 1b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Rodriguez 3b          3   1   3   1     0   0   .237
Brett 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   1     0   1   .221
Healy c               3   0   0   0     0   2   .261      Lamont c              3   1   1   1     0   0   .204
Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lolich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   5   1     0   7             Totals               33   5  11   5     0   4

Time of Game: 1:54   Attendance: 16,034
Left on Base: Royals 4, Tigers 4
DP: Royals 2, Tigers 0
Errors: Patek
Doubles: Cepeda (4), Lamont (3), Oglivie (5)
Home Runs: LeFlore (1)
Stolen Bases: Otis (16), Patek (28), Nettles (2)
Caught Stealing: Nettles (2)
GIDP: Kaline (11), Sutherland (13)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles L(3-5)           3.1   7   5   5   0   0   1  15   4.94
McDaniel                3.2   4   0   0   0   4   0  15   3.42
Hoerner                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.76
Totals                  8    11   5   5   0   4   1  33

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(13-14)         9     5   1   1   0   7   0  32   3.75
Totals                  9     5   1   1   0   7   0  32

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Armando Rodriguez, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Rojas grounded
out (shortstop to first); Otis singled to left; Otis stole
second; McRae struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: On a bunt LeFlore made an out to pitcher; Sutherland
lined to left; Kaline popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cepeda popped to third in foul territory; Wohlford
grounded out (first to pitcher); Bevacqua popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Freehan
popped to shortstop; Nettles singled to center; Nettles was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett grounded out (third to first); Healy struck
out; Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez singled to left; Brinkman grounded out
(third to first) [Rodriguez to second]; Lamont doubled to left
[Rodriguez scored]; LeFlore homered [Lamont scored]; Sutherland
singled to left; Kaline grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Sutherland out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas singled to shortstop; Otis flied out to right;
McRae singled to right [Rojas to second]; Cepeda doubled [Rojas
scored, McRae to third]; Wohlford grounded out (third to first);
Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Oglivie singled to left; Freehan popped to second;
Nettles singled to right [Oglivie to third]; MCDANIEL REPLACED
BRILES (PITCHING); Rodriguez singled to second [Oglivie scored,
Nettles to second]; Nettles stole third; Brinkman reached on a
fielder's choice [Nettles scored, Rodriguez to second (error by
Patek; assist by Rojas)]; Lamont forced Brinkman (shortstop to
second) [Rodriguez to third]; LeFlore struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 5.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett popped to third in foul territory; Healy was
called out on strikes; Patek singled to left; Patek stole
second; Rojas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Sutherland lined to left; Kaline struck out; Oglivie
doubled to left; Freehan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis flied out to right; McRae flied out to left;
Cepeda flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
singled to left; Brinkman was called out on strikes; Lamont
lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Wohlford grounded out (second to first); Bevacqua
struck out; Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore singled to right; Sutherland grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [LeFlore out at second];
Kaline flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Tigers 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Healy lined to center; Patek grounded out (third to
first); Rojas lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: HOERNER REPLACED MCDANIEL (PITCHING); Oglivie flied
out to left; Freehan popped to shortstop; Nettles popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers
5.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis flied out to center; McRae flied out to right;
Cepeda grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Tigers 5.