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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

1975-05-13 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 8370 · 60°F · 2:45

Kansas City Royals defeated Detroit Tigers 8–7. Kansas City Royals put up 5 in the 2nd. Al Fitzmorris earned the win. Dan Meyer went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	11
DET	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	7	10

W: Al Fitzmorris L: Lerrin LaGrow SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Armando Rodriguez · 1B: Bill Haller · 2B: Rich Garcia · 3B: Ron Luciano · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vada Pinson	3	0	0	1	0	1
George Brett	5	1	3	1	0	2
Hal McRae	3	0	1	1	1	0
John Mayberry	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tony Solaita	4	2	3	2	1	0
Cookie Rojas	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jim Wohlford	5	1	0	0	0	1
Bob Stinson	4	1	2	3	0	1
Freddie Patek	3	2	1	0	0	0
Al Cowens	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rodney Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron LeFlore	5	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Sutherland	5	0	1	0	0	1
Willie Horton	4	1	1	0	0	0
Nate Colbert	4	3	3	2	0	1
Bill Freehan	4	0	2	0	0	1
Leon Roberts	4	1	1	2	0	0
Mickey Stanley	3	0	1	0	0	2
Aurelio Rodriguez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Michael	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gates Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Meyer	1	1	1	3	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Fitzmorris	8.0	8	0	6
Doug Bird	1.0	2	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lerrin LaGrow	2.0	5	0	3
Dave Lemanczyk	1.2	3	1	1
Tom Makowski	3.2	3	3	3
Ray Bare	1.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Vada Pinson: K
George Brett: K/C
Hal McRae: S
John Mayberry: K

Bot 1

Ron LeFlore: 53
Gary Sutherland: 43
Willie Horton: 43

Top 2

Tony Solaita: HR
Cookie Rojas: S
Jim Wohlford: E5.1-3
Bob Stinson: SB2
Bob Stinson: D.3-H;2-H(UR)
Freddie Patek: FC/SH.2-3;B-1
Vada Pinson: 8/SF.3-H;1-2
George Brett: S8.2-H;BX2(86)
Hal McRae: 9

Bot 2

Nate Colbert: T
Bill Freehan: K
Leon Roberts: 43.3-H
Mickey Stanley: K/C

Top 3

John Mayberry: K
Tony Solaita: S
Cookie Rojas: WP.1-2
Cookie Rojas: W
Jim Wohlford: 9/L
Bob Stinson: D.2-H;1-3
Freddie Patek: 9

Bot 3

Aurelio Rodriguez: 63
Gene Michael: 8
Ron LeFlore: 63

Top 4

Vada Pinson: 8
George Brett: S
Hal McRae: 43.1-2
John Mayberry: HP
Tony Solaita: S.2-H;1-2
Cookie Rojas: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Gary Sutherland: 3/G
Willie Horton: 63
Nate Colbert: K

Top 5

Jim Wohlford: 63
Bob Stinson: K
Freddie Patek: 4/P

Bot 5

Bill Freehan: S
Leon Roberts: 54(1)/FO
Mickey Stanley: K
Aurelio Rodriguez: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Vada Pinson: 13
George Brett: K
Hal McRae: W
John Mayberry: 43

Bot 6

Gene Michael: 9
Ron LeFlore: 63
Gary Sutherland: K

Top 7

Tony Solaita: W
Cookie Rojas: 7
Jim Wohlford: K/BINT/DP.1X1(2)

Bot 7

Willie Horton: S
Nate Colbert: HR.1-H
Bill Freehan: 53
Leon Roberts: 53
Mickey Stanley: S
Aurelio Rodriguez: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Bob Stinson: 63
Freddie Patek: D
Al Cowens: W
George Brett: S.2-3;1-2
Hal McRae: 9/SF.3-H
John Mayberry: 8

Bot 8

Gene Michael: K
Ron LeFlore: 63
Gary Sutherland: S5.B-2(E5/TH1)
Willie Horton: 53

Top 9

Tony Solaita: 8
Rodney Scott: 53
Jim Wohlford: 63

Bot 9

Nate Colbert: S
Bill Freehan: S.1-2
Leon Roberts: D.2-H;1-3
Gates Brown: 6/P
Dan Meyer: HR.3-H;2-H
Gene Michael: W
Ron LeFlore: K
Gary Sutherland: 9/FL

Notes & reviews

Royals manager McKeon ejected by HP umpire Rodriguez for arguing interference call against Wohlford who accidentally kicked the ball after a dropped third strike, preventing catcher from making a play on Solaita who ran to 2nd; Solaita called out on the interference causing McKeon to argue and be ejected

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