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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

1973-07-18 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 19256 · 84°F · 2:52

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Royals 14–4. Detroit Tigers put up 6 in the 5th. Joe Coleman earned the win. Dick McAuliffe went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	8
DET	0	0	1	5	6	0	2	0		14	18

W: Joe Coleman L: Steve Busby SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Don Denkinger · 1B: Merle Anthony · 2B: Bill Deegan · 3B: Frank Umont · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddie Patek	4	1	1	1	0	0
Cookie Rojas	1	1	0	0	2	0
Amos Otis	2	0	0	0	1	1
Kurt Bevacqua	5	1	1	1	0	1
Ed Kirkpatrick	2	0	1	1	1	0
Rick Reichardt	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	0	2	1	0	0
Paul Schaal	2	0	0	0	1	0
Fran Healy	3	1	1	0	0	0
Frank White	1	0	1	0	1	0
Steve Hovley	2	0	1	0	0	0
Hal McRae	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gail Hopkins	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Northrup	4	0	2	0	1	0
Mickey Stanley	6	2	2	2	0	0
Gates Brown	3	1	2	3	0	0
Duke Sims	4	3	3	2	1	0
Dick McAuliffe	4	2	3	4	1	0
Al Kaline	4	0	1	0	0	1
Norm Cash	5	2	2	0	0	2
Aurelio Rodriguez	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ed Brinkman	3	2	1	0	1	0
Frank Howard	2	1	0	0	1	0
Dick Sharon	1	0	1	1	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Busby	3.2	9	3	2
Bruce Dal Canton	0.1	2	1	0
Steve Mingori	2.0	4	1	0
Gene Garber	2.0	3	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Coleman	9.0	8	6	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Freddie Patek: 3/FL
Cookie Rojas: W
Amos Otis: K+CS2(24)/DP/C

Bot 1

Jim Northrup: S8
Mickey Stanley: 63.1-2
Gates Brown: 63.2-3
Duke Sims: 9

Top 2

Kurt Bevacqua: K
Ed Kirkpatrick: W
Rick Reichardt: 9
Lou Piniella: S8.1-3
Paul Schaal: W.1-2
Fran Healy: 63

Bot 2

Dick McAuliffe: W
Al Kaline: 8
Norm Cash: K
Aurelio Rodriguez: S9.1-2
Ed Brinkman: W.2-3;1-2
Jim Northrup: 43

Top 3

Freddie Patek: 9/FL
Cookie Rojas: 7
Amos Otis: 7/L

Bot 3

Mickey Stanley: HR/7
Gates Brown: S8
Duke Sims: W.1-2
Dick McAuliffe: 3(B)6(1)/GDP.2-3
Al Kaline: K

Top 4

Kurt Bevacqua: S9
Ed Kirkpatrick: S4.1-2
Rick Reichardt: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Lou Piniella: 63.3-H
Paul Schaal: 7

Bot 4

Norm Cash: S9
Aurelio Rodriguez: 23/SH.1-2
Ed Brinkman: S7.2-3
Jim Northrup: 6/P#
Mickey Stanley: S8.3-H;1-2
Gates Brown: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Duke Sims: D8
Dick McAuliffe: S8.2-H
Al Kaline: 8

Top 5

Fran Healy: S7
Freddie Patek: 9
Cookie Rojas: W.1-2
Amos Otis: W.2-3;1-2
Kurt Bevacqua: E4.3-H(RBI);2-3;1-2
Ed Kirkpatrick: 9/SF.3-H(UR)
Rick Reichardt: 9

Bot 5

Norm Cash: S8
Aurelio Rodriguez: W.1-2
Ed Brinkman: E5/SH.2-H(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR);B-1
Jim Northrup: 3/SH.1-2
Mickey Stanley: 53
Frank Howard: IW
Duke Sims: S8.2-H(UR);1-2
Dick McAuliffe: HR/9.2-H(TUR);1-H(TUR);B-H(TUR)
Al Kaline: S7
Norm Cash: 8

Top 6

Lou Piniella: S8
Paul Schaal: 64(1)3/GDP
Fran Healy: 8

Bot 6

Aurelio Rodriguez: 9
Ed Brinkman: 7
Jim Northrup: S5
Mickey Stanley: 7

Top 7

Freddie Patek: HR/7
Frank White: W
Steve Hovley: 43.1-2
Kurt Bevacqua: 53
Ed Kirkpatrick: 31

Bot 7

Frank Howard: 53
Duke Sims: HR/9
Dick McAuliffe: D8
Dick Sharon: S9.2-H
Norm Cash: K
Aurelio Rodriguez: 9

Top 8

Rick Reichardt: 9
Lou Piniella: 63
Hal McRae: 3/FL

Bot 8

Ed Brinkman: 43
Jim Northrup: W
Mickey Stanley: 8
Frank Howard: 54(1)/FO

Top 9

Carl Taylor: 63
Gail Hopkins: 9
Frank White: S5
Steve Hovley: S9.1-2
Kurt Bevacqua: 8

Notes & reviews

Bobby Floyd and Royals Manager Jack McKeon ejected by 1B umpire Merle Anthony arguing a pickoff attempt by Steve Busby on Ed Brinkman; Floyd was not in the game

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