Vada Pinson led off the game with a homer and bashed out three other hits to pace the Royals to a 4-1 victory over the Tigers. The four safeties raised Pinson's career total to 2,701 hits. His single produced a run in the second stanza and two other hits were doubles.

George Brett followed Pinson's first two-bagger in the fifth with a similar hit, moved to third on Hal McRae's single and scored on a groundout. Nelson Briles was invincible until the ninth when the Tigers scored on singles by Nate Colbert, Bill Freehan and Leon Roberts, the latter's blow extending his hitting streak to 16 straight games. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Wednesday, May       14, 1975 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Royals       1  1  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  1
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  5  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Pinson cf,rf          5   2   4   2     0   1   .234      LeFlore cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .306
Brett 3b              4   1   1   1     1   2   .256      Meyer lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .237
McRae lf              4   0   3   0     1   0   .328      Horton dh             4   0   0   0     0   3   .243
  Otis cf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Colbert 1b            3   1   1   0     1   2   .165
Mayberry 1b           5   0   0   1     0   1   .188      Freehan c             4   0   1   0     0   2   .229
Solaita dh            4   0   0   0     0   2   .258      Roberts rf            3   0   1   1     1   0   .357
Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .308      Knox 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .100
Wohlford rf,lf        4   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .149
Stinson c             2   1   0   0     2   0   .250        Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     1   1   .226      Michael ss            3   0   2   0     0   1   .200
Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   4     6   7             Totals               33   1   5   1     2  10

Time of Game: 3:06   Attendance:  8,009
Left on Base: Royals 9, Tigers 7
DP: Royals 0, Tigers 1
Errors: Brett, Colbert
Doubles: Pinson 2 (5), Brett (6)
Home Runs: Pinson (2)
Stolen Bases: McRae 2 (5), Stinson (1)
Caught Stealing: McRae (2)
GIDP: Mayberry (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles W(4-1)           9     5   1   1   2  10   0  35   2.92
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2  10   0  35

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(2-5)          5.1   8   4   4   4   6   1  26   6.17
Walker                  3.2   1   0   0   2   1   0  14   2.78
Totals                  9     9   4   4   6   7   1  40

Wild Pitches: Coleman 3 (5)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Armando Rodriguez


ROYALS 1ST: Pinson homered; Brett struck out; McRae singled;
McRae stole second; Coleman threw a wild pitch [McRae to third];
Mayberry struck out; Solaita struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied out to center; Meyer flied out to
center; Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Rojas walked; Wohlford forced Rojas (third to
second); Wohlford was picked off first (pitcher to first);
Stinson walked; Coleman threw a wild pitch [Stinson to second];
Patek walked; Pinson singled [Stinson scored, Patek to second];
Brett struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Colbert was called out on strikes; Freehan flied out
to center; Roberts walked; Knox grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae singled; Mayberry grounded into a double play
(shortstop to third to first) [McRae out at second]; Solaita
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez struck out; Michael singled; LeFlore flied
out to right; Meyer popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Wohlford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stinson reached on an error
by Colbert; Stinson stole second; Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton struck out; Colbert walked; Freehan was
called out on strikes; Roberts reached on an error by Brett
[Colbert to second]; Knox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Pinson doubled; Coleman threw a wild pitch [Pinson
to third]; Brett doubled [Pinson scored]; McRae singled [Brett
to third]; McRae was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted) [Brett scored]; Solaita
flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Michael
singled; LeFlore forced Michael (shortstop to second); Meyer
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
4, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas grounded out (second to first); Wohlford
singled; Stinson walked [Wohlford to second]; WALKER REPLACED
COLEMAN (PITCHING); Patek grounded out (second to first)
[Wohlford to third, Stinson to second]; Pinson struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Horton struck out; Colbert struck out; Freehan
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Brett grounded out (first unassisted); McRae walked;
McRae stole second; Mayberry popped to third; Solaita flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Roberts lined to left; Knox flied out to center;
Rodriguez popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Tigers 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Wohlford
flied out to right; Stinson grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: Michael struck out; LeFlore struck out; Meyer popped
to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Tigers 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Patek flied out to right; Pinson doubled; Brett
walked; McRae flied out to right; Mayberry grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: OTIS REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING CF); PINSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); WOHLFORD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Horton struck out; Colbert singled; Freehan singled [Colbert to
second]; Roberts singled [Colbert scored, Freehan to second];
Knox forced Freehan (left to third) [Roberts to second]; BROWN
BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Brown grounded out (first to pitcher); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 1.