Royals @ Tigers
May 2, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 6 6 1
Tigers 3 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 6 6 1
Tigers 3 8 1

Dick McAuliffe Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .200
OBP .250 .400
At Bats 4 30
Hits 1 6
• Singles 1 4
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 1

Jim Rooker Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Tiger Stadium - May 2, 1972
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Out
Jim Rooker
Jerry May
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Ron Hansen
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Bob Oliver
Dick McAuliffe
Mickey Stanley

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 6 6 1 2
Detroit Tigers 3 8 1 7
Winning Pitcher Jim Rooker
Losing Pitcher Tom Timmermann
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 9,874
Time of Game 2 hours 21 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

McAuliffe hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mickey Stanley pinch hits for Chuck Seelbach. Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Paul Jata pinch hits for Jim Northrup. Jata hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 May hits a line drive towards third. Rodriguez catches it and throws to first to double up Hansen.
Top 9 Hansen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Chuck Seelbach now pitching. Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Al Kaline now playing right field. Willie Horton now playing left field. Piniella hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Horton hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cash hits a popup towards short. Hansen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Freehan takes first base on ball four. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 8 Al Kaline pinch hits for Gates Brown. Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rojas tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Timmermann fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Timmermann. Schaal goes all the way around to score. Rojas moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Schaal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Rooker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McAuliffe is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Timmermann is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Hansen strikes out.
Top 7 There goes Oliver. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Oliver steals second.
Top 7 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal.
Bottom 6 Cash 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 6 Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Otis 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 6 Rojas hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brinkman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Jim Rooker now pitching. McAuliffe hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Timmermann hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brinkman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 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.
Top 5 Dal Canton is called out on strikes.
Top 5 May hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 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.
Bottom 4 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 4 Freehan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Freehan reaches second base with a double. Brown moves to third.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hansen 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 4 Oliver strikes out.
Top 4 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Timmermann hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mayberry is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rojas strikes out.
Bottom 2 Northrup hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Horton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cash hits a line drive into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Schaal strikes out.
Top 2 Dal Canton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Oliver scores. Hansen moves to third.
Top 2 May takes first base on ball four. Hansen moves to second.
Top 2 Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Piniella scores. Oliver moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Oliver hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Northrup. Oliver reaches second base with a double. Mayberry scores. Piniella moves to third.
Top 2 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second.
Top 2 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Freehan 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. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McAuliffe moves to second.
Bottom 1 McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Otis strikes out.
Top 1 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Timmermann fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 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.