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. Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 1Game Played on Wednesday, May 14, 1975 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumRoyals 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. |
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