| George Brett hit a tie-breaking double in the eighth inning and Amos Otis followed with an inside-the-park homer to carry the Royals to a 5-2 victory over the Tigers, ending their five-game losing streak. With two out, Jim Wohlford singled and stole second before scoring on Brett's double. Otis then cracked a line drive to right-center field and beat the relay home for his homer. [The Sporting News] |
Kansas City Royals 5, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Monday, June 9, 1975 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Tigers 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 14 0 Royals 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 x - 5 9 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .299 Wohlford rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .288 Sutherland 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .247 Brett 3b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .278 Meyer lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Otis cf 4 2 2 3 0 0 .249 Horton dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Roberts rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .305 McRae lf 2 0 0 1 0 1 .292 Pierce 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .235 Cowens lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Solaita dh 3 0 1 0 0 2 .305 Veryzer ss 4 1 3 1 0 0 .256 Healy c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Humphrey c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .250 Rojas 2b 3 0 2 0 0 1 .278 Walker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .185 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 2 14 2 0 4 Totals 30 5 9 5 0 5 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 10,026 Left on Base: Tigers 9, Royals 2 DP: Tigers 0, Royals 2 Doubles: Rojas (6), Otis (8), Brett (9) Triples: LeFlore (4) Home Runs: Otis (4) Stolen Bases: Wohlford (7), Brett (5) Caught Stealing: White (2) Sacrifice Flies: McRae (7) GIDP: Humphrey (1), Rodriguez (3) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Walker L(1-3) 7.2 7 3 3 0 5 0 28 3.00 Hiller 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 2.39 Totals 8 9 5 5 0 5 1 31 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fitzmorris 4 10 2 2 0 2 0 20 3.39 McDaniel W(3-0) 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 18 2.45 Totals 9 14 2 2 0 4 0 38 Umpires: HP - Armando Rodriguez, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Ron Luciano TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore lined to right; Sutherland singled; Meyer forced Sutherland (shortstop to second); Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford popped to shortstop; Brett flied out to left; Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 0. TIGERS 2ND: Roberts singled; Pierce singled [Roberts to third]; Rodriguez popped to first in foul territory; Veryzer singled [Roberts scored, Pierce to second]; Humphrey grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Veryzer out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); McRae flied out to right; Solaita struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 0. TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Sutherland grounded out (third to first); Meyer singled; Horton singled [Meyer to second]; Meyer was picked off second (pitcher to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Healy lined to center; Rojas doubled; White was called out on strikes; Wohlford grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 0. TIGERS 4TH: Roberts popped to shortstop; Pierce struck out; Rodriguez lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Brett singled; Otis doubled [Brett scored]; Mayberry flied out to right [Otis to third]; McRae lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Otis scored]; Solaita struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Royals 2. TIGERS 5TH: Veryzer singled; Humphrey singled [Veryzer to third]; LeFlore singled [Veryzer stayed at third, Humphrey to second]; Sutherland singled [Veryzer scored, Humphrey to third, LeFlore to second]; MCDANIEL REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Meyer popped to shortstop; Horton forced Humphrey (pitcher to catcher) [LeFlore to third, Sutherland to second]; Roberts was called out on strikes; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: Healy grounded out (third to first); Rojas was called out on strikes; White singled; White was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 2. TIGERS 6TH: Pierce struck out (catcher to first); Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Veryzer singled; Humphrey singled [Veryzer to second]; LeFlore flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 2. ROYALS 6TH: Wohlford popped to first in foul territory; Brett popped to third in foul territory; Otis lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 2. TIGERS 7TH: Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); Meyer flied out to center; Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry lined to left; McRae struck out; Solaita singled; Healy flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 2. TIGERS 8TH: Roberts singled; Pierce popped to catcher; Rodriguez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Roberts out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 2. ROYALS 8TH: Rojas singled to left [Rojas out at second (left to second)]; White lined to center; Wohlford singled; HILLER REPLACED WALKER (PITCHING); Wohlford stole second; Brett doubled [Wohlford scored]; Brett stole third; Otis hit an inside the park homer to center [Brett scored]; Mayberry flied out to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 5. TIGERS 9TH: COWENS REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING LF); Veryzer lined to center; Humphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore tripled; Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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