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Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
July 30, 1970
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals, played on July 30, 1970 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 30, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 30, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Johnson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Kilkenny |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 13,888 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 6 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Hank Soar 1B: Lou DiMuro 2B: Jerry Neudecker 3B: Emmett Ashford |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pat Kelly | Right Fielder |
| Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| Bob Oliver | First Baseman |
| Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
| Ellie Rodriguez | Catcher |
| Rich Severson | Shortstop |
| Bob Johnson | Pitcher |
| Bob Lemon | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Gates Brown | Left Fielder |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Bill Freehan | Catcher |
| Don Wert | Third Baseman |
| Cesar Gutierrez | Shortstop |
| Mike Kilkenny | Pitcher |
| Mayo Smith | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
July 30, 1970
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Kilkenny
Kelly hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Kelly reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rojas vs. Kilkenny
Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kelly moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Otis vs. Kilkenny
Otis is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Piniella vs. Kilkenny
Piniella hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe catches it and throws to first to double up Rojas. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Johnson
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Johnson
Stanley strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Johnson
Kaline takes first base on ball four. McAuliffe moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Johnson
Brown hits a popup, foul, towards first. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. Johnson
Cash takes first base on ball four. McAuliffe moves to third. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Freehan vs. Johnson
Freehan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Kilkenny
Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Kilkenny
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Kilkenny
Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Severson vs. Kilkenny
Severson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Johnson
Wert is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Johnson
Gutierrez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kilkenny vs. Johnson
Kilkenny strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Kilkenny
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Kilkenny
Kelly strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Kilkenny
Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Kilkenny
Otis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Johnson
McAuliffe strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Johnson
Stanley hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Johnson
Kaline strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Kilkenny
Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Kilkenny
Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Kilkenny
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kilkenny fields it and throws to first for the out. Piniella moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Kilkenny
Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Piniella scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Severson vs. Kilkenny
Severson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Johnson
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Johnson
Cash hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Johnson
Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Johnson
Wert hits a popup towards short. Severson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Johnson
Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Kilkenny
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Kilkenny
Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Kilkenny
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kilkenny vs. Johnson
Kilkenny strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Johnson
McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Johnson
Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Johnson
Kaline hits a popup, foul, towards first. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Kilkenny
Otis hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Kilkenny
Piniella hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Kilkenny
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Johnson
Brown hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Johnson
Cash hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Johnson
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Johnson, and towards Schaal, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wert vs. Johnson
Wert is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Kilkenny
Schaal hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Kilkenny
Rodriguez is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Severson vs. Kilkenny
Severson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Kilkenny
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Severson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kelly vs. Kilkenny
Kelly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Severson scores. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rojas vs. Patterson
Daryl Patterson now pitching.
Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Johnson
Gutierrez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patterson vs. Johnson
Patterson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Johnson
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Patterson
Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Patterson
Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Patterson
Oliver is hit by the pitch. Piniella moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schaal vs. Patterson
Schaal hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kirkpatrick vs. Patterson
Ed Kirkpatrick pinch hits for Ellie Rodriguez.
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Patterson covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Johnson
Ed Kirkpatrick now catching.
Stanley strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Johnson
Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Johnson
Brown is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Johnson
Cash takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freehan vs. Johnson
Freehan hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Severson vs. Patterson
Severson hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Patterson
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Patterson
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Johnson
Wert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gutierrez vs. Johnson
Gutierrez bunts towards first. Oliver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gutierrez for the out. Wert moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Johnson
Dalton Jones pinch hits for Daryl Patterson.
Jones is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McAuliffe vs. Johnson
McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Abernathy
Ted Abernathy now pitching.
Stanley hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Timmermann
Tom Timmermann now pitching.
Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Timmermann
Otis bunts towards the mound. Timmermann fields it and throws to first for the out. Rojas moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Piniella vs. Timmermann
Piniella is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliver vs. Timmermann
Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rojas scores. Piniella moves to third. Oliver moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Schaal vs. Timmermann
Schaal strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kirkpatrick vs. Timmermann
Kirkpatrick is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Severson vs. Timmermann
Severson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Abernathy
Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Abernathy
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Abernathy
Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Abernathy
Elliott Maddox pinch runs for Norm Cash. Jim Northrup pinch hits for Bill Freehan.
Northrup hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wert vs. Abernathy
Wert is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/30/1970 -- Kansas City at Detroit (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Kelly P, rf 5 0 2 1 McAuliffe D, 2b 4 0 1 0
Rojas C, 2b 5 1 3 0 Stanley M, cf 5 0 0 0
Otis A, cf 4 0 0 0 Kaline A, rf 4 0 0 0
Piniella L, lf 4 1 2 0 Brown G, lf 4 1 2 0
Oliver B, 1b 4 0 2 1 Cash N, 1b 3 1 2 2
Schaal P, 3b 5 0 0 0 Maddox E, pr 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez E, c 3 0 2 1 Freehan B, c 4 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick E, ph-c 1 0 0 0 Northrup J, ph 1 0 1 0
Severson R, ss 4 1 0 0 Wert D, 3b 5 0 1 0
Johnson B, p 3 0 1 0 Gutierrez C, ss 3 0 0 0
Abernathy T, p 0 0 0 0 Kilkenny M, p 2 0 0 0
Patterson D, p 1 0 0 0
Jones D, ph 0 0 0 0
Timmermann T, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 3 12 3 36 2 7 2
Kansas City 000 100 100 1 -- 3
Detroit 000 200 000 0 -- 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson B 8.2 5 2 2 5 9
Abernathy T (W) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Kilkenny M 6.2 8 2 2 2 6
Patterson D 2.1 2 0 0 0 0
Timmermann T (L) 1.0 2 1 1 2 1
DP -- Detroit 3
LOB -- Kansas City 11, Detroit 11
2B -- Kelly P
HR -- Cash N
SH -- Gutierrez C, Otis A
HBP -- by Patterson D (Oliver B), by Johnson B (Brown G)
T -- 3:06
A -- 13888
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