Royals @ Tigers
July 29, 1971

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Royals 9 13 2
Tigers 6 9 1
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Royals 9 13 2
Tigers 6 9 1

Lou Piniella Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .271
OBP .750 .306
At Bats 4 262
Hits 3 71
• Singles 2 52
• Doubles 1 14
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 31

Fred Scherman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 5 14
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Tiger Stadium - July 29, 1971
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Out
Fred Scherman
Bill Freehan
Norm Cash
Tony Taylor
Aurelio Rodriguez
Dick McAuliffe
Willie Horton
Jim Northrup
Al Kaline
Lou Piniella
Bob Oliver
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis scores.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Otis moves to second.
Top 9 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Fred Scherman now pitching. There goes Patek. The throw from Freehan and he is out, McAuliffe applying the tag.
Top 9 Jim Northrup now playing center field. Dick McAuliffe now playing shortstop. Dean Chance now pitching. Patek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Kevin Collins pinch hits for Tom Timmermann. Collins strikes out.
Bottom 8 Dick McAuliffe pinch hits for Ed Brinkman. McAuliffe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Jim Northrup pinch hits for Mickey Stanley. Northrup hits a popup towards first. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Nelson strikes out. There goes Kirkpatrick. The throw from Freehan to Brinkman, and Kirkpatrick is out.
Top 8 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash juggles the ball. That's an error on Cash.
Bottom 7 Freehan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Horton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards second. Taylor fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Brinkman covering. It's a double play.
Top 7 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Tom Timmermann now pitching. Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Timmermann fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Dalton Jones pinch hits for Bill Denehy. Jones strikes out.
Top 6 Otis hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Denehy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Patek hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Nelson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Kirkpatrick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Roger Nelson now pitching. Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 5 Freehan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline moves to third. Horton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Horton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Piniella hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bill Denehy now pitching. Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jim Price pinch hits for Mike Kilkenny. Pricehits a dribbler in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick interferes with Price who is awarded first base. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 4 Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stanley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bob Oliver now playing first base. Cash is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mike Kilkenny now pitching. Keough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek scores.
Top 4 Patek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Patek reaches second base with a double. Rojas scores. Kirkpatrick goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Butler hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Piniella tags and scores. Rojas tags and moves to third.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Schaal hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hopkins scores. Piniella moves to third. Rojas moves to second.
Top 4 Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hopkins moves to second.
Top 4 Hopkins takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Horton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Kaline strikes out.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a line drive into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Otis strikes out.
Top 3 Keough hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Keough reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Patek strikes out.
Top 3 Butler is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a fly ball towards left. Piniella catches it and throws to home to double up Cash.
Bottom 2 Coleman strikes out.
Bottom 2 Brinkman takes first base on ball four. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 2 Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash moves to third.
Bottom 2 Cash hits a line drive into center field. Otis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Otis. Cash moves to second.
Top 2 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 2 Schaal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piniella scores.
Top 2 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rojas for the out. Piniella moves to third.
Top 2 Piniella hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Piniella reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Freehan hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Horton hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a line drive into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Taylor. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Taylor steals second.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rodriguez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Hopkins hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Keough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Patek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.