Tigers @ Royals
April 26, 1971

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Bottom 7 R H E
Tigers 5 7 0
Royals 3 7 1
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Tigers 5 7 0
Royals 3 7 1

Freddie Patek Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .244
OBP .333 .322
At Bats 3 78
Hits 1 19
• Singles 1 14
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 5

Joe Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 0
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Municipal Stadium - April 26, 1971
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Out
Joe Niekro
Bill Freehan
Jim Northrup
Dick McAuliffe
Aurelio Rodriguez
Ed Brinkman
Willie Horton
Mickey Stanley
Al Kaline
Freddie Patek
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Gail Hopkins pinch hits for Al Fitzmorris. Hopkins hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Paepke is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Horton hits a popup towards the mound. Fitzmorris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Northrup hits a fly ball into left field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards first. Northrup fields the ball and throws to Niekro covering. Safe. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Bottom 6 Oliver strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double. Rojas scores. Otis goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Otis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rojas moves to second.
Bottom 6 Rojas takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Niekro hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McAuliffe strikes out.
Bottom 5 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fitzmorris strikes out.
Bottom 5 Paepke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Freehan hits a popup towards first. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Horton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Keough. Horton reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops it up and throws to first, with Fitzmorris covering, for the out.
Top 4 Stanley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Niekro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brinkman moves to second.
Top 4 Brinkman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McAuliffe for the out.
Bottom 3 Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rojas is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Al Fitzmorris now pitching. Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Freehan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Horton scores.
Top 3 Horton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kirkpatrick. Horton reaches second base with a double. Kaline scores.
Top 3 Kaline hits a line drive into right field. Keough picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Keough. Niekro scores. Northrup goes all the way around to score. Kaline moves to third.
Top 3 Northrup takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. Niekro moves to second.
Top 3 Niekro takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rooker strikes out.
Bottom 2 Paepke hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Paepke reaches second base with a double. Schaal scores. Keough moves to third.
Bottom 2 Keough hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schaal moves to third.
Bottom 2 Schaal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brinkman for the out.
Top 2 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rodriguez scores.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Rodriguez moves to third.
Top 2 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kirkpatrick. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Freehan strikes out.
Bottom 1 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Patek moves to third.
Bottom 1 Rojas takes first base on ball four. Patek moves to second.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Horton strikes out.
Top 1 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stanley strikes out.