Royals @ Tigers
July 28, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 7 10 1
Tigers 6 9 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 7 10 1
Tigers 8 10 0

Al Kaline Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .293
OBP .250 .435
At Bats 2 266
Hits 0 78
• Singles 0 56
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 1 66
RBI’s 1 29

Jim York Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 1
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Tiger Stadium - July 28, 1971
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Home Run
Jim York
Ed Kirkpatrick
Chuck Harrison
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Bob Oliver
Al Kaline
Joe Niekro

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 7 10 1 8
Detroit Tigers 8 10 0 6
Winning Pitcher Dean Chance
Losing Pitcher Jim York
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Al Kaline
Attendance 10,928
Time of Game 2 hours 47 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Joe Niekro pinch runs for Dalton Jones. Jim York now pitching. Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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Bottom 9 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Brown hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Kevin Collins pinch hits for Ike Brown. Collins hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Dick McAuliffe pinch hits for Ed Brinkman. McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. Otis scores. Rojas moves to second.
Top 9 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis moves to third.
Top 9 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Patek scores.
Top 9 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Patek moves to second.
Top 9 Jim Northrup now playing center field. Patek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Jim Northrup pinch hits for Mickey Stanley. 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 8 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 8 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Abernathy strikes out.
Top 8 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Oliver moves to second.
Top 8 Harrison hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gates Brown now playing left field. Dalton Jones now playing third base. Ike Brown now playing second base. Dean Chance now pitching. Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Horton strikes out.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brown tags and scores. Brown tags and moves to third.
Bottom 7 Dalton Jones pinch hits for Tony Taylor. Jones takes first base on ball four. Stanley scores. Brown moves to third. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Gates Brown pinch hits for Aurelio Rodriguez. Brown is hit by the pitch. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ike Brown pinch hits for Les Cain. Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stanley moves to third.
Bottom 7 Brinkman hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rojas strikes out.
Top 7 Otis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harrison fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Splittorff covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 6 Freehan hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Schaal strikes out.
Top 6 There goes Patek. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Top 6 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Splittorff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kirkpatrick 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 6 Harrison hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella moves to second.
Top 6 Piniella strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a line drive into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rojas strikes out.
Top 5 Otis hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Schaal strikes out.
Bottom 4 Cain strikes out.
Bottom 4 Brinkman takes first base on ball four. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 4 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Freehan is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick scores. There goes Splittorff trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 4 Splittorff bunts towards the mound. Cain fields it and throws to third for the out. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harrison moves to second.
Top 4 Harrison hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Oliver strikes 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 Kaline strikes out.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Rodriguez is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rojas 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 3 Otis strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cain strikes out.
Bottom 2 Brinkman 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 2 There goes Stanley. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is out, Patek applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Patek takes first base on ball four. Oliver scores. Harrison moves to third. Splittorff moves to second.
Top 2 Splittorff strikes out. There goes Oliver. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes Harrison. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 2 Kirkpatrick is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Harrison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oliver moves to second.
Top 2 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cash hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Freehan takes first base on ball four. Horton moves to second.
Bottom 1 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out. Taylor scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Taylor. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rodriguez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Otis. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Top 1 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Schaal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Patek strikes out.