Royals @ Tigers
July 29, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 9 13 2
Tigers 9 12 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 9 13 2
Tigers 10 12 1

Fred Scherman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .286
OBP .000 .333
At Bats 0 14
Hits 0 4
• Singles 0 4
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 2

Tom Burgmeier Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 9
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Tiger Stadium - July 29, 1971
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Hit by Pitch
Tom Burgmeier
Ed Kirkpatrick
Bob Oliver
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Joe Keough
Fred Scherman
Dick McAuliffe
Jim Northrup
Norm Cash

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 9 13 2 5
Detroit Tigers 10 12 1 9
Winning Pitcher Fred Scherman
Losing Pitcher Tom Burgmeier
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Fred Scherman
Attendance 23,207
Time of Game 3 hours 15 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Scherman is hit by the pitch. Cash scores. Northrup moves to third. McAuliffe moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. Cash moves to third. Northrup moves to second.
Bottom 9 Northrup hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Kaline scores. Horton scores. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 9 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Cash is hit by the pitch. Brown scores. Kaline moves to third. Horton moves to second.
Bottom 9 Freehan strikes out.
Bottom 9 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Horton takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to third. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 9 Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 9 Gates Brown pinch hits for Tony Taylor. Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
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.