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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1970 at Tiger 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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Kansas City Royals 3, Detroit Tigers 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 5 0 2 1
Rojas 2b 5 1 3 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 1 2 0
Oliver 1b 4 0 2 1
Schaal 3b 5 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 2 1
  Kirkpatrick ph,c 1 0 0 0
Severson ss 4 1 0 0
Johnson p 3 0 1 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 12 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 1 0
Stanley cf 5 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Brown lf 4 1 2 0
Cash 1b 3 1 2 2
  Maddox pr 0 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
  Northrup ph 1 0 1 0
Wert 3b 5 0 1 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 0 0
Kilkenny p 2 0 0 0
  Patterson p 1 0 0 0
  Jones ph 0 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 7 2
Kansas City 000 100 100 13120
Detroit 000 200 000 0270
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   8.2 5 2 2 5 9
  Abernathy  W (5-3) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
7
2
2
5
10
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Kilkenny   6.2 8 2 2 2 6
  Patterson   2.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Timmermann  L (3-3) 1.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
10.0
12
3
3
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 3.  2B–Kansas City Kelly (11,off Kilkenny).  HR–Detroit Cash (12,4th inning off Johnson 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Otis (5,off Timmermann); Gutierrez (11,off Johnson).  HBP–Oliver (3,by Patterson); G Brown (1,by Johnson).  IBB–Piniella (5,by Timmermann); Kirkpatrick (6,by Timmermann); Jones (3,by Johnson).  HBP–Johnson (9,G Brown); Patterson (2,Oliver).  IBB–Johnson (4,Jones); Timmermann 2 (4,Piniella,Kirkpatrick).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Emmett Ashford.  T–3:06.  A–13,888.
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