Tigers @ Royals
April 26, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 8 11 0
Royals 3 10 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 8 11 0
Royals 3 10 1

Freddie Patek Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .241
OBP .250 .318
At Bats 4 79
Hits 1 19
• Singles 1 14
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 5

Bill Zepp Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Municipal Stadium - April 26, 1971
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Out
Bill Zepp
Bill Freehan
Jim Northrup
Dick McAuliffe
Aurelio Rodriguez
Ed Brinkman
Willie Horton
Mickey Stanley
Al Kaline
Freddie Patek
Joe Keough

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 8 11 0 9
Kansas City Royals 3 10 1 7
Winning Pitcher Joe Niekro
Losing Pitcher Jim Rooker
Save Bill Zepp
Game Winning RBI Al Kaline
Attendance 6,424
Time of Game 3 hours 4 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zepp fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Lou Piniella pinch hits for Tom Burgmeier. Bill Zepp now pitching. Piniella 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. Keough moves to third.
Bottom 9 Paepke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Keough moves to second.
Bottom 9 Keough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Brinkman hits a line drive off the glove of Schaal, and into shallow left field. Brinkman reaches second base with a double. Rodriguez scores. There goes McAuliffe trying to get to home. Patek throws to Paepke who tags McAuliffe for the out.
Top 9 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Northrup scores. Freehan scores. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 9 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four. Northrup moves to third. Freehan moves to second.
Top 9 Freehan takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Horton is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 There goes Northrup. The throw from Paepke and he is safe. Northrup steals second.
Top 9 Northrup hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Oliver takes first base on ball four. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Bottom 8 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Otis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stanley strikes out.
Top 8 Niekro hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brinkman is hit by the pitch. Freehan moves to third. McAuliffe moves to second.
Top 8 McAuliffe is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rodriguez for the out. Freehan moves to second.
Top 8 Jim York now pitching. Freehan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
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.