Royals @ Tigers
July 15, 1972

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Top 9 R H E
Royals 3 8 0
Tigers 5 10 1
Top 9 R H E
Royals 3 8 0
Tigers 5 10 1

Cookie Rojas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .288
OBP .667 .332
At Bats 3 274
Hits 2 79
• Singles 2 62
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 1 37

Fred Scherman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 8
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Tiger Stadium - July 15, 1972
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Out
Fred Scherman
Bill Freehan
Norm Cash
Dick McAuliffe
Aurelio Rodriguez
Ed Brinkman
Wayne Comer
Mickey Stanley
Jim Northrup
Cookie Rojas

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 3 8 0 4
Detroit Tigers 5 10 1 9
Winning Pitcher Tom Timmermann
Losing Pitcher Dick Drago
Save Fred Scherman
Game Winning RBI Jim Northrup
Attendance 28,727
Time of Game 2 hours 25 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Kirkpatrick 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 9 Mayberry 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 8 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Scherman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Scheinblum hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Patek scores.
Top 8 Otis strikes out.
Top 8 There goes Patek. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Top 8 Wayne Comer now playing left field. Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Stanley 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 7 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cash hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Cash reaches second base with a double. Freehan scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. The ball gets by Kirkpatrick for a passed ball. Rodriguez scores. Freehan moves to second.
Bottom 7 Freehan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Northrup bunts towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rodriguez moves to third.
Bottom 7 Mike Hedlund now pitching. Bobby Knoop now playing third base. Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Jerry May pinch hits for Dick Drago. May hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Steve Hovley pinch hits for Bobby Floyd. Fred Scherman now pitching. Bobby Knoop pinch hits for Steve Hovley. Knoop hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rojas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piniella scores. Kirkpatrick moves to third. Rojas moves to second.
Top 7 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field. Northrup picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Northrup. Scheinblum scores. Piniella moves to third. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Top 7 Mayberry hits a line drive towards first. Cash reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Scheinblum moves to second.
Top 7 Scheinblum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Timmermann hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Patek strikes out.
Top 6 Drago hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Horton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 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. Freehan moves to third.
Bottom 5 Freehan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Freehan reaches second base with a double. Northrup scores.
Bottom 5 Northrup hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Scheinblum. Northrup reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Floyd strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Rojas. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Rojas steals second.
Top 5 Rojas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkpatrick for the out.
Top 5 Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McAuliffe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Timmermann strikes out.
Bottom 4 Brinkman hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Scheinblum hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Timmermann fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Drago hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Floyd strikes out.
Bottom 2 Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Northrup hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stanley scores. Brinkman scores. Timmermann moves to third.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McAuliffe hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Timmermann bunts towards the mound. Drago fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Stanley moves to third. Brinkman moves to second.
Bottom 2 Brinkman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 2 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kirkpatrick hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mayberry 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 1 Horton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cash takes first base on ball four. Northrup moves to third. Freehan moves to second.
Bottom 1 Freehan takes first base on ball four. Northrup moves to second.
Bottom 1 Northrup hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McAuliffe for the out.
Top 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Scheinblum hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Patek hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.