Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
April 30, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1970 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Kansas City Royals 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 1 1 0
  Cash ph 1 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 1 0 0 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
Kaline 1b 4 0 1 1
Horton lf 3 0 1 0
Stanley cf 5 0 0 0
Maddox rf 5 0 1 0
Wert 3b 2 0 0 0
Price c 4 0 1 0
Lolich p 2 0 0 0
  Brown I. ph 0 1 0 0
  Szotkiewicz ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 4 0 3 0
Kelly rf 5 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 2 2 1
Oliver 3b 5 0 2 1
Keough lf 3 1 1 1
Fiore 1b 4 0 1 0
Adair 2b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0
Butler p 3 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 10 3
Detroit 000 001 010 0250
Kansas City 000 002 000 13101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich   7.0 7 2 2 2 8
  Timmermann   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Lasher  L (1-1) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.2
10
3
3
3
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Butler   7.1 2 2 2 5 3
  Drabowsky   1.2 2 0 0 2 0
  Wright  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
5
2
2
8
5

  E–Butler (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Rodriguez (1,off Timmermann); Oliver (4,off Lasher).  3B–Detroit Gutierrez (2,off Butler); Kaline (2,off Drabowsky).  HR–Kansas City Otis (2,6th inning off Lolich 0 on, 0 out); Keough (1,6th inning off Lolich 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Wert (2,off Drabowsky).  IBB–Horton (3,by Drabowsky).  IBB–Drabowsky (2,Horton).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:41.  A–6,237.
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