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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

1972-05-03 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 9380 · 56°F · 2:04

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Royals 6–1. Detroit Tigers put up 3 in the 6th. Mickey Lolich earned the win. Willie Horton went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mickey Lolich L: Paul Splittorff SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou DiMuro · 1B: Bill Deegan · 2B: Larry McCoy · 3B: Jim Honochick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Schaal	5	0	0	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	4	1	2	0	0	0
Amos Otis	4	0	2	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	0	2	0	0	0
John Mayberry	4	0	1	1	0	1
Bob Oliver	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ron Hansen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry May	1	0	0	0	1	0
Paul Splittorff	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Knoop	1	0	1	0	0	0
Richie Scheinblum	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gail Hopkins	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Tony Taylor	4	0	0	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	2	3	0	1
Al Kaline	4	2	2	1	0
Bill Freehan	4	0	2	2	0
Willie Horton	4	1	1	2	0
Norm Cash	3	0	0	0	0
Mickey Stanley	3	1	1	1	1
Ed Brinkman	3	0	0	0	0
Mickey Lolich	3	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Splittorff	6.0	7	0	1
Monty Montgomery	2.0	2	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mickey Lolich	9.0	10	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paul Schaal: 4
Cookie Rojas: S7
Amos Otis: S7.1-2
Lou Piniella: 4
John Mayberry: S7.2-H;1-2
Bob Oliver: 5/L

Bot 1

Tony Taylor: 63
Aurelio Rodriguez: S8
Al Kaline: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Ron Hansen: 5/L
Jerry May: W
Paul Splittorff: 3/P
Paul Schaal: 7

Bot 2

Bill Freehan: 8
Willie Horton: 8/L
Norm Cash: 43

Top 3

Cookie Rojas: 53
Amos Otis: 63
Lou Piniella: 4

Bot 3

Mickey Stanley: K
Ed Brinkman: 43
Mickey Lolich: 13

Top 4

John Mayberry: K
Bob Oliver: S5
Ron Hansen: 4
Jerry May: 54(1)/FO

Bot 4

Tony Taylor: 9
Aurelio Rodriguez: S7
Al Kaline: 8
Bill Freehan: D7.1-H
Willie Horton: 8

Top 5

Paul Splittorff: K
Paul Schaal: 5
Cookie Rojas: S7
Amos Otis: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Norm Cash: 7
Mickey Stanley: HR/7
Ed Brinkman: 8
Mickey Lolich: 9/L

Top 6

Lou Piniella: S7
John Mayberry: 6(B)63(1)/LDP
Bob Oliver: 2/FL

Bot 6

Tony Taylor: 7
Aurelio Rodriguez: S9
Al Kaline: T7.1-H
Bill Freehan: 63
Willie Horton: HR/7.3-H
Norm Cash: 43

Top 7

Ron Hansen: 63
Bobby Knoop: S9
Richie Scheinblum: WP.1-2
Richie Scheinblum: 63
Paul Schaal: 63

Bot 7

Mickey Stanley: 9
Ed Brinkman: 3/FL
Mickey Lolich: 53

Top 8

Cookie Rojas: 63
Amos Otis: S7
Lou Piniella: S7.1-2
John Mayberry: 31.2-3;1-2
Bob Oliver: K

Bot 8

Tony Taylor: 9
Aurelio Rodriguez: K
Al Kaline: T7
Bill Freehan: S7.3-H
Willie Horton: 13

Top 9

Ron Hansen: 53
Ed Kirkpatrick: W
Gail Hopkins: S8.1-2
Paul Schaal: 64(1)3/GDP