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Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
May 7, 1971
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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 May 7, 1971 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 7, 1971 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 7, 1971 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Hedlund |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mickey Lolich |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 13,973 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Larry Barnett 1B: Merle Anthony 2B: George Maloney 3B: Hank Soar |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
Bob Oliver | First Baseman |
Carl Taylor | Left Fielder |
Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
Dennis Paepke | Right Fielder |
Ed Kirkpatrick | Catcher |
Mike Hedlund | Pitcher |
Bob Lemon | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
Jim Northrup | Right Fielder |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
Bill Freehan | Catcher |
Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
Mickey Lolich | Pitcher |
Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
May 7, 1971
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lolich
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Lolich
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Lolich
There's a wild pitch. Rojas moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Lolich
Otis strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Lolich
Oliver strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Hedlund
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into right field. Paepke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Hedlund
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Hedlund
Northrup 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
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Lolich
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Lolich
Schaal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Paepke vs. Lolich
Paepke takes first base on ball four. Schaal moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kirkpatrick vs. Lolich
Kirkpatrick strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hedlund vs. Lolich
Hedlund hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lolich fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Hedlund
Cash takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Hedlund
Horton hits a line drive into right field. Paepke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Hedlund
Freehan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Hedlund
There's a wild pitch. Cash moves to third. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stanley vs. Hedlund
Stanley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Brinkman vs. Hedlund
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lolich
Patek strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Lolich
Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Lolich
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Lolich
There goes Otis. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Otis steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Lolich
Oliver strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lolich vs. Hedlund
Lolich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Hedlund
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lolich moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rodriguez vs. Hedlund
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws to get the runner, and throws the ball away. Kirkpatrick picks up the ball and throws it to Schaal who tags the runner out. Lolich moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Northrup vs. Hedlund
Northrup hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cash vs. Hedlund
Cash hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Lolich
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Lolich
Schaal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Paepke vs. Lolich
There goes Schaal. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Schaal steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Paepke vs. Lolich
Paepke strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kirkpatrick vs. Lolich
Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hedlund vs. Lolich
Hedlund is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Hedlund
Horton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Hedlund
Freehan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Hedlund
Stanley strikes out. There goes Horton. The throw from Kirkpatrick and Horton is out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Hedlund
Brinkman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lolich vs. Hedlund
Lolich is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lolich
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lolich fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Lolich
Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Lolich
Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Lolich
Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Hedlund
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Hedlund
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Hedlund
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Hedlund
Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Lolich
Taylor 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 -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Lolich
Schaal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Paepke vs. Lolich
Paepke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkpatrick vs. Lolich
Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Hedlund
Horton hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Paepke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Hedlund
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Hedlund
Stanley strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hedlund vs. Lolich
Hedlund strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lolich
Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Lolich
Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Otis vs. Lolich
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out. Patek scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Lolich
Oliver strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Hedlund
Brinkman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Taylor. Brinkman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lolich vs. Hedlund
Lolich bunts towards the mound. Hedlund juggles the ball. That's an error on Hedlund. Brinkman scores. Lolich moves all the way to home. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Hedlund
McAuliffe hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Burgmeier
Tom Burgmeier now pitching.
Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Burgmeier
There goes Rodriguez. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Rodriguez steals second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Northrup vs. Burgmeier
The ball gets by Kirkpatrick for a passed ball. Rodriguez moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Northrup vs. Burgmeier
Northrup hits a line drive towards first. Oliver reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cash vs. Burgmeier
Cash bunts towards the mound. Burgmeier catches it and throws to third to double up Rodriguez. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Lolich
Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Lolich
Schaal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Paepke vs. Lolich
Paepke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Paepke reaches second base with a double. Schaal moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Knoop vs. Lolich
Bobby Knoop pinch hits for Ed Kirkpatrick.
Knoop takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
May vs. Lolich
Jerry May pinch hits for Tom Burgmeier.
May strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Patek vs. Lolich
Patek hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Abernathy
Jerry May now catching. Ted Abernathy now pitching.
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops it up and throws to first, with Abernathy covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Abernathy
Freehan strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Abernathy
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Lolich
Rojas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Lolich
Otis is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Lolich
Oliver strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Lolich
Taylor strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/7/1971 -- Kansas City at Detroit (N) Kansas City AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Patek F, ss 5 1 1 0 McAuliffe D, 2b 4 1 2 1 Rojas C, 2b 4 0 3 0 Rodriguez A, 3b 4 0 1 0 Otis A, cf 5 0 1 1 Northrup J, rf 4 0 0 0 Oliver B, 1b 5 0 0 0 Cash N, 1b 3 0 0 0 Taylor C, lf 5 0 0 0 Horton W, lf 3 0 0 0 Schaal P, 3b 2 0 2 0 Freehan B, c 4 0 2 0 Paepke D, rf 3 0 1 0 Stanley M, cf 3 0 0 0 Kirkpatrick E, c 2 0 0 0 Brinkman E, ss 3 1 2 0 Knoop B, ph 0 0 0 0 Lolich M, p 2 1 1 0 Abernathy T, p 0 0 0 0 Hedlund M, p 3 0 0 0 Burgmeier T, p 0 0 0 0 May J, ph-c 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 1 8 1 30 3 8 1 Kansas City 000 000 100 -- 1 Detroit 000 000 30x -- 3 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Hedlund M (L)* 6.0 7 3 3 3 3 Burgmeier T 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Abernathy T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Lolich M (W) 9.0 8 1 1 6 13 * Pitched to 3 batters in 7th E -- Patek F, Schaal P, Hedlund M DP -- Kansas City 3 LOB -- Kansas City 13, Detroit 7 2B -- Brinkman E, Paepke D HR -- McAuliffe D SB -- Otis A, Schaal P, Rodriguez A SH -- Lolich M WP -- Lolich M, Hedlund M PB -- Kirkpatrick E T -- 2:47 A -- 13973
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