Marty Pattin, making his first start of the season, gained credit for the Royals' 4-3 victory over the Tigers with help from Lindy McDaniel, who ended the game by inducing Gates Brown to hit into a double play. The Royals, who had a homer by John Mayberry, broke a 2-2 tie with a run in the fifth when Cookie Rojas grounded into a forceout at second with the bases loaded.

George Brett then drove in what proved to be the winning run with a single in the eighth, scoring Jim Wohlford, who had singled and stolen second. Willie Horton homered for the Tigers in the ninth. Leon Roberts and Tom Veryzer followed with singles before McDaniel relieved with one out and saved the game for Pattin. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Tuesday, June      10, 1975 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Tigers       0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  7  2
Royals       0  1  1    0  1  0    0  1  x  -   4 13  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .293      Wohlford rf           4   1   2   0     1   0   .296
Sutherland 2b         4   0   1   0     0   1   .247      Brett 3b              4   0   2   1     1   0   .282
Meyer lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Mayberry 1b           4   1   2   1     1   0   .250
Horton dh             4   1   1   1     0   1   .244      McRae lf              3   1   2   0     1   1   .297
Roberts rf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .311      Solaita dh            4   0   1   0     0   1   .302
Pierce 1b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .238      Healy c               3   1   2   0     1   0   .268
Veryzer ss            4   0   1   1     0   2   .256      Rojas 2b              4   0   0   1     0   0   .270
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .178      Cowens cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .208
  Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      White ss              4   0   1   1     0   1   .188
Humphrey c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Pattin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ruhle p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reynolds p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   7   3     0   8             Totals               34   4  13   4     5   3

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance:  8,759
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Royals 11
DP: Tigers 0, Royals 1
Errors: Sutherland, Ruhle, Brett
Triples: Pierce (1)
Home Runs: Horton (14), Mayberry (8)
Stolen Bases: Wohlford (8)
GIDP: Brown (1)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle L(5-3)            6    10   3   3   5   1   1  31   3.53
Reynolds                2     3   1   1   0   2   0   8   5.73
Totals                  8    13   4   4   5   3   1  39

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin W(4-2)           8.1   7   3   3   0   8   1  34   3.33
McDaniel SV(1)          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.39
Totals                  9     7   3   3   0   8   1  35

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Sutherland grounded out (second
to first); Meyer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford flied out to center; Brett walked; Mayberry
singled [Brett to second]; McRae was called out on strikes;
Solaita grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Royals 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton struck out; Roberts singled; Pierce tripled
[Roberts scored]; Veryzer reached on a fielder's choice [Pierce
scored]; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first) [Veryzer to
second]; Humphrey grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Healy singled; Rojas grounded out (third to first)
[Healy to second]; Cowens singled [Healy to third]; White forced
Cowens (shortstop to second) [Healy scored]; Wohlford walked
[White to second]; Brett grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 1.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Sutherland
singled; Meyer flied out to left; Horton lined to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Mayberry homered; McRae walked; Solaita flied out to
right; Healy forced McRae (pitcher to second) [Healy to second
(error by Sutherland)]; Rojas popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Roberts lined to pitcher; Pierce reached on an error
by Brett [Pierce to second]; Veryzer was called out on strikes;
Rodriguez lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens popped to third; White singled; Wohlford
lined to right; Brett lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Royals 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Humphrey grounded out (first to pitcher); LeFlore
grounded out (third to first); Sutherland grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae
singled; Solaita singled [McRae to second]; Healy walked [McRae
to third, Solaita to second]; Rojas forced Healy (second to
shortstop) [McRae scored, Solaita to third]; Cowens grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Meyer popped to shortstop; Horton flied out to
right; Roberts grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: White grounded out (first unassisted); Wohlford
singled; Wohlford was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Ruhle [Wohlford to second]; Brett singled to left [Wohlford
out at home (left to catcher), Brett to second (on throw to
home)]; Mayberry was walked intentionally; McRae singled to
right [Brett out at home (right to catcher), Mayberry to
second]; 0 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Pierce struck out; Veryzer struck out; Rodriguez was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: REYNOLDS REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING); Solaita struck
out; Healy singled; Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first) [Healy
to second]; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Humphrey singled; LeFlore struck out; Sutherland was
called out on strikes; Meyer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: White struck out; Wohlford singled; Wohlford stole
second; Brett singled to left [Wohlford scored, Brett out at
second (left to second)]; Mayberry lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Royals 4.

TIGERS 9TH: Horton homered; Roberts singled; Pierce lined to
right; Veryzer singled [Roberts to second]; MCDANIEL REPLACED
PATTIN (PITCHING); BROWN BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Brown grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Veryzer out at second];
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Royals 4.