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Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

1971-07-18 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · 10 innings · Att: 26182 · 3:03

Kansas City Royals defeated Detroit Tigers 4–3. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 2nd. Jim York earned the win. Norm Cash went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
DET	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
KCA	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	10

W: Jim York L: Fred Scherman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Russ Goetz · 1B: Dave Phillips · 2B: Larry Napp · 3B: Jerry Neudecker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Stanley	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Northrup	4	1	2	1	0	0
Willie Horton	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bill Freehan	4	0	1	1	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Taylor	4	0	0	0	0	0
Norm Cash	4	1	1	1	0	1
Ed Brinkman	3	1	0	0	1	1
Joe Niekro	2	0	0	0	0	2
Fred Scherman	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddie Patek	5	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Schaal	5	0	1	0	0	0
Amos Otis	4	0	1	0	1	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	4	1	0	0	0	1
Cookie Rojas	4	1	2	0	1	0
Gail Hopkins	4	1	3	1	1	0
Lou Piniella	3	1	1	1	1	0
Jerry May	4	0	1	2	0	0
Bill Butler	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jim York	2	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Niekro	7.0	8	1	3
Fred Scherman	2.1	2	3	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Butler	4.2	5	1	2
Jim York	5.1	0	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mickey Stanley: 63
Jim Northrup: S7
Willie Horton: 13.1-2
Bill Freehan: S8.2-H
Aurelio Rodriguez: 6

Bot 1

Freddie Patek: 53
Paul Schaal: 8
Amos Otis: 53

Top 2

Tony Taylor: 13
Norm Cash: 7
Ed Brinkman: K

Bot 2

Ed Kirkpatrick: K
Cookie Rojas: S7
Gail Hopkins: W.1-2
Lou Piniella: S8.2-H;1-3
Jerry May: T9.3-H;1-H
Bill Butler: K/C
Freddie Patek: 7

Top 3

Joe Niekro: K
Mickey Stanley: 8
Jim Northrup: 8

Bot 3

Paul Schaal: S
Amos Otis: 8/L
Ed Kirkpatrick: 8
Cookie Rojas: 9

Top 4

Willie Horton: D8
Bill Freehan: 7/L
Aurelio Rodriguez: 53
Tony Taylor: 53

Bot 4

Gail Hopkins: D9
Lou Piniella: FC4.2X3(45);B-1
Jerry May: 5/FL
Bill Butler: K

Top 5

Norm Cash: HR/9
Ed Brinkman: W
Joe Niekro: 14/SH.1-2
Mickey Stanley: 43.2-3
Jim Northrup: S8.3-H
Willie Horton: W.1-2
Bill Freehan: 9

Bot 5

Freddie Patek: 63
Paul Schaal: 63
Amos Otis: 53

Top 6

Aurelio Rodriguez: 7
Tony Taylor: 63
Norm Cash: 2/FL

Bot 6

Ed Kirkpatrick: 6/P
Cookie Rojas: 13
Gail Hopkins: S9
Lou Piniella: 63

Top 7

Ed Brinkman: 3/G
Joe Niekro: K/C
Mickey Stanley: 8

Bot 7

Jerry May: 8
Jim York: D8
Freddie Patek: 9
Paul Schaal: 63

Top 8

Jim Northrup: 63
Willie Horton: 4/P
Bill Freehan: 2/P

Bot 8

Amos Otis: D8
Ed Kirkpatrick: 53/SH.2-3
Cookie Rojas: IW
Gail Hopkins: 5/FL
Lou Piniella: W.1-2
Jerry May: 53

Top 9

Aurelio Rodriguez: K
Tony Taylor: 6/L
Norm Cash: K

Bot 9

Jim York: 3/FL
Freddie Patek: 63
Paul Schaal: 9

Top 10

Ed Brinkman: 2/FL
Fred Scherman: K
Mickey Stanley: 5/FL

Bot 10

Amos Otis: W
Ed Kirkpatrick: 56(1)/FO/BG
Cookie Rojas: S7.1-3;B-2(TH)
Gail Hopkins: S7.3-H;2-3