Royals @ Tigers
July 27, 1971

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Bottom 11 R H E
Royals 4 10 2
Tigers 4 9 1
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Royals 4 10 2
Tigers 5 9 1

Aurelio Rodriguez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .235
OBP .000 .278
At Bats 5 362
Hits 0 85
• Singles 0 57
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 24

Jim York Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 1
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Tiger Stadium - July 27, 1971
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Walk
Jim York
Dennis Paepke
Bob Oliver
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Ed Kirkpatrick
Aurelio Rodriguez
Dick McAuliffe
Dalton Jones
Tony Taylor

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 4 10 2 7
Detroit Tigers 5 9 1 11
Winning Pitcher Mickey Lolich
Losing Pitcher Jim York
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Aurelio Rodriguez
Attendance 18,718
Time of Game 3 hours 34 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Rodriguez takes first base on ball four. Taylor scores. Jones moves to third. McAuliffe moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 McAuliffe is walked intentionally.
Bottom 11 There's a wild pitch. Taylor moves to third. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 11 Dalton Jones pinch hits for Mickey Lolich. Jones is walked intentionally.
Bottom 11 Tony Taylor pinch runs for Jim Price. Brinkman bunts towards the mound. York fields it and throws to first for the out. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 11 Price hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 11 Paepke is called out on strikes.
Top 11 York strikes out.
Top 11 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 10 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Horton strikes out.
Top 10 Piniella strikes out.
Top 10 Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Otis strikes out.
Bottom 9 Stanley hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jim York now pitching. Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Brinkman moves to third. McAuliffe moves to second.
Bottom 9 McAuliffe is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Lolich bunts in front of the plate. Paepke fields it and throws to first for the out. Brinkman moves to second.
Bottom 9 Ed Kirkpatrick now playing right field. Ted Abernathy now pitching. Bob Oliver now playing first base. Brinkman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Patek bunts towards the mound. Lolich fields it and throws to first for the out. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Top 9 Ed Kirkpatrick pinch hits for Tom Burgmeier. Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Paepke hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Hopkins hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Price hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Northrup is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burgmeier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Horton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Piniella hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rojas strikes out.
Top 8 There goes Otis. The throw from Price and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Top 8 Mickey Stanley now playing center field. Willie Horton now playing left field. Jim Northrup now playing right field. Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Mickey Stanley pinch hits for Gates Brown. Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal. McAuliffe moves to third.
Bottom 7 McAuliffe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. McAuliffe reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Lolich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burgmeier fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Brinkman hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Schaal strikes out.
Top 7 Patek bunts towards the mound. Lolich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Chuck Harrison pinch hits for Al Fitzmorris. Harrison hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 7 Paepke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman misplays the ball. That's an error on Brinkman.
Top 7 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Lolich covering, for the out.
Top 7 Oliver hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Price hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cash is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Horton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fitzmorris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Al Fitzmorris now pitching. Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Schaal hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lolich fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Bobby Knoop pinch hits for Roger Nelson. Knoop takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lolich hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Paepke hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hopkins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Piniella strikes out.
Bottom 3 Roger Nelson now pitching. Price hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Northrup hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Horton scores.
Bottom 3 Cash strikes out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Brown scores. Horton moves to third.
Bottom 3 Jim Rooker now pitching. There's a wild pitch. McAuliffe scores. Brown moves to third. Horton moves to second.
Bottom 3 Horton takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McAuliffe moves to third.
Bottom 3 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McAuliffe takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Rojas strikes out.
Top 3 Otis strikes out.
Top 3 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lolich bunts in front of the plate. Paepke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Rojas covering, for the double play.
Bottom 2 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Price hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal.
Top 2 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hedlund hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lolich fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Paepke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hopkins hits a fly ball into right field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hedlund fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rodriguez 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 1 McAuliffe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Oliver hits a line drive into right field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Otis moves to third.
Top 1 Rojas strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Otis. The throw from Price and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Top 1 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Schaal hits a line drive into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Patek tags and scores.
Top 1 Patek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Northrup who is chasing the ball. Patek reaches third base with a triple.