Royals @ Tigers
July 17, 1973

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 4 9 0
Tigers 3 9 1
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Royals 4 9 0
Tigers 3 9 1

Jim Northrup Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .263
OBP .500 .324
At Bats 3 217
Hits 1 57
• Singles 0 41
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 1 3
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 20
RBI’s 0 21

Doug Bird Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 5
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Tiger Stadium - July 17, 1973
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Out
Doug Bird
Fran Healy
Kurt Bevacqua
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Steve Hovley
Jim Northrup

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 4 9 0 5
Detroit Tigers 3 9 1 7
Winning Pitcher Al Fitzmorris
Losing Pitcher Mickey Lolich
Save Doug Bird
Game Winning RBI Hal McRae
Attendance 19,903
Time of Game 2 hours 31 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bevacqua scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Northrup for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Al Kaline pinch hits for Ed Brinkman. Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Steve Hovley now playing right field. Willie Horton pinch hits for Aurelio Rodriguez. Horton hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Healy scoops up the ball and tags Horton for the out.
Top 9 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Hiller covering, for the out.
Top 9 There goes Piniella. The throw from Freehan and he is out, Rodriguez applying the tag. Hovley moves to second.
Top 9 Steve Hovley pinch runs for Hal McRae. John Hiller now pitching. Schaal hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Dick Sharon now playing left field. Bill Freehan now catching. Piniella hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Piniella reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dick Sharon pinch runs for Duke Sims. McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. Sharon moves to second.
Bottom 8 Sims hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bevacqua scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cash for the out.
Bottom 8 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Reichardt hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bevacqua hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Reese. Bevacqua reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Otis strikes out.
Top 8 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Northrup takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Doug Bird now pitching. Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 7 Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Reese settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There goes Schaal. The throw from Sims and he is safe. Schaal steals second.
Top 7 Schaal takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bevacqua fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch McAuliffe for the double play.
Bottom 6 McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Sims hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Piniella strikes out.
Top 6 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Bevacqua hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Otis hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bevacqua scoops it up and throws to first, with Fitzmorris covering, for the out.
Top 5 Rojas strikes out.
Top 5 Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Reese settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Healy hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rodriguez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bevacqua settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McAuliffe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Sims hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Schaal is called out on strikes.
Top 4 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Piniella takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Reichardt hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bevacqua fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Northrup hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis who is chasing the ball. Northrup reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Bevacqua hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Otis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Rojas bunts towards the mound. Lolich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Patek. The throw from Sims and he is safe. Patek steals third.
Top 3 Patek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Patek reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Healy hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fitzmorris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bevacqua scoops it up and throws to first, with Fitzmorris covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Piniella scores.
Top 2 Piniella hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Northrup. Piniella reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sims fires to first and picks off Bevacqua.
Top 2 Bevacqua hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Sims hits a line drive into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cash hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 1 Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Northrup hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lolich fires to first and has Otis trapped. There's the throw to Brinkman who tags Otis for the out.
Top 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez juggles the ball. That's an error on Rodriguez.
Top 1 Rojas hits a line drive into left field. Reese settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Patek hits a popup in front of the plate. Sims settles under it and makes the catch for the out.