Tigers @ Royals
July 18, 1971

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Top 9 R H E
Tigers 2 8 0
Royals 8 7 0
Top 9 R H E
Tigers 2 8 0
Royals 8 7 0

Aurelio Rodriguez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .245
OBP .500 .284
At Bats 4 319
Hits 2 78
• Singles 0 53
• Doubles 2 15
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 1 23

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 15
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Municipal Stadium - July 18, 1971
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Out
Ted Abernathy
Jerry May
Bob Oliver
Bobby Knoop
Paul Schaal
Bobby Floyd
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Ed Kirkpatrick
Aurelio Rodriguez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 2 8 0 8
Kansas City Royals 8 7 0 5
Winning Pitcher Paul Splittorff
Losing Pitcher Bill Gilbreth
Save Ted Abernathy
Game Winning RBI Cookie Rojas
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 33 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rodriguez hits a line drive towards third. Schaal reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Norm Cash pinch hits for Dean Chance. Cash hits a line drive towards first. Oliver catches it and steps on first to double up Collins.
Top 9 Bobby Floyd now playing shortstop. Kevin Collins pinch hits for Ed Brinkman. Collins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Bobby Floyd pinch hits for Freddie Patek. Floyd hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Abernathy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Jim Northrup now playing first base. May strikes out.
Top 8 Jim Northrup pinch hits for Ike Brown. Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Freehan hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kirkpatrick hits a popup, foul, towards first. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Dean Chance now pitching. Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kaline hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Horton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Horton reaches second base with a double. Rodriguez scores.
Top 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double. Brinkman goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Jim Price pinch hits for Mike Kilkenny. Price hits a popup towards first. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bobby Knoop now playing second base. Brinkman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rojas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Otis hits a line drive into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kilkenny fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Freehan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Splittorff hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 May takes first base on ball four. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kirkpatrick is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Taylor hits a line drive towards the mound. Splittorff reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Otis strikes out.
Bottom 4 Mike Kilkenny now pitching. Schaal hits a line drive towards the mound. Kilkenny reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Dalton Jones pinch hits for Bill Denehy. Jones takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to third. Brinkman moves to second.
Top 4 Brinkman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown moves to second.
Top 4 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Splittorff bunts towards the mound. Denehy fields it and throws to first for the out. May moves to second.
Bottom 3 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Freehan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Horton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Horton reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Taylor hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Piniella hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Splittorff scores. Patek scores. There goes Otis trying to get to third. Horton throws the ball in to Rodriguez, who tags Otis for the out. Rojas moves to second.
Bottom 2 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Splittorff moves to third. Patek moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bill Denehy now pitching. Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. May tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Tom Timmermann now pitching. Patek bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. May moves to third. Splittorff moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Splittorff takes first base on ball four. May moves to second.
Bottom 2 May takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gilbreth bunts towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Brinkman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Brown is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brown scoops it up and throws to first, with Gilbreth covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gilbreth fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schaal scores. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 1 Otis takes first base on ball four. Schaal moves to second.
Bottom 1 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Freehan takes first base on ball four. Kaline moves to second.
Top 1 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Taylor for the out. Rodriguez moves to third.
Top 1 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double.