Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
July 18, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1971 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 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Rodriguez 3b 5 1 2 1
Taylor 2b 4 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 0 2 1
Kaline rf 3 0 0 0
Freehan c 2 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Brown 1b 2 0 0 0
  Northrup ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 1 3 0
  Collins ph 1 0 1 0
Gilbreth p 1 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Denehy p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 0 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
  Price ph 1 0 0 0
  Chance p 0 0 0 0
  Cash ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 2 2 1 1
  Floyd ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 3 1 0 1
Otis cf 3 1 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 2 3
  Knoop 2b 0 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 1 2 3
Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick rf 3 0 0 0
May c 2 1 1 0
Splittorff p 1 1 0 0
  Abernathy p 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 8 7 8
Detroit 000 000 200280
Kansas City 430 001 00x870
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gilbreth  L (2-1) 1.0 2 6 6 4 0
  Timmermann   0.0 0 1 1 0 0
  Denehy   2.0 3 0 0 1 0
  Kilkenny   3.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Chance   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
8
8
6
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (4-3) 7.0 7 2 2 5 1
  Abernathy  SV (16) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
5
1

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 3.  2B–Detroit Rodriguez 2 (15,off Splittorff 2); Horton 2 (20,off Splittorff 2).  HR–Kansas City Piniella (1,1st inning off Gilbreth 2 on, 1 out); Patek (3,6th inning off Kilkenny 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Patek (4,off Timmermann); Splittorff (1,off Denehy).  SF–Schaal (1,off Denehy).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:33.
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