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Royals 4 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
July 27, 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 July 27, 1971 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Royals with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJuly 27, 1971 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 4 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherMickey Lolich  
Losing PitcherJim York  
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Game Winning RBIAurelio Rodriguez 

Game Info

DateJuly 27, 1971 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherMike Hedlund  
Home Starting PitcherMickey Lolich  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance18,718 
Time of Game3 hours 34 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Merle Anthony
1B: George Maloney
2B: Hank Soar
3B: Larry Barnett

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Bob Oliver  Right Fielder 
Gail Hopkins  First Baseman 
Dennis Paepke  Catcher 
Mike Hedlund  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick McAuliffe  Second Baseman 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Gates Brown  Left Fielder 
Willie Horton  Right Fielder 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Jim Northrup  Center Fielder 
Jim Price  Catcher 
Ed Brinkman  Shortstop 
Mickey Lolich  Pitcher 
Billy Martin  Manager 

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Royals 4 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
July 27, 1971

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         Game of 7/27/1971 -- Kansas City at Detroit (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Patek F, ss           4  1  2  0   McAuliffe D, 2b       3  2  2  1   
Schaal P, 3b          4  0  0  1   Rodriguez A, 3b       5  0  0  1   
Otis A, cf            5  0  2  0   Brown G, lf           3  1  2  0   
Rojas C, 2b           5  0  0  0   Stanley M, ph-cf      2  0  0  0   
Piniella L, lf        5  0  1  0   Horton W, rf-lf       4  1  2  0   
Oliver B, rf-1b       5  0  0  0   Cash N, 1b            4  0  0  0   
Hopkins G, 1b         4  0  1  0   Northrup J, cf-rf     4  0  1  1   
Abernathy T, p        0  0  0  0   Price J, c            5  0  1  0   
York J, p             1  0  0  0   Taylor T, pr          0  1  0  0   
Paepke D, c           5  2  2  1   Brinkman E, ss        4  0  1  0   
Hedlund M, p          1  0  0  0   Lolich M, p           3  0  0  0   
Rooker J, p           0  0  0  0   Jones D, ph           0  0  0  0   
Nelson R, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Knoop B, ph           0  0  0  0                                      
Fitzmorris A, p       0  0  0  0                                      
Harrison C, ph        1  1  1  2                                      
Burgmeier T, p        0  0  0  0                                      
Kirkpatrick E, ph-rf  1  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  4 10  4                        37  5  9  3

Kansas City      100 000 201 00 --  4
Detroit          103 000 000 01 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hedlund M             2.1  4  4  4  2  0
Rooker J              0.1  1  0  0  0  1
Nelson R              1.1  0  0  0  0  0
Fitzmorris A          2.0  0  0  0  0  1
Burgmeier T           2.0  2  0  0  0  0
Abernathy T           0.1  1  0  0  1  0
York J (L)            2.0  1  1  1  4  2

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lolich M (W)         11.0 10  4  2  1 10

E -- Schaal P 2, Brinkman E
DP -- Kansas City 3, Detroit 1
LOB -- Kansas City 7, Detroit 11
2B -- McAuliffe D
3B -- Patek F
HR -- McAuliffe D, Harrison C, Paepke D
SB -- Otis A 2
SH -- Patek F, Lolich M, Brinkman E
SF -- Schaal P
HBP -- by Burgmeier T (Northrup J)
WP -- Rooker J 2, Abernathy T, York J
T -- 3:34
A -- 18718

    

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