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 Tigers 5, Kansas City Royals 1Game Played on Monday, August 12, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumRoyals 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. |
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