Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
July 19, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 1971 at Municipal Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Kansas City Royals 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Taylor 2b 3 1 0 0
Kaline rf 4 2 3 0
Horton lf 4 1 1 1
Freehan c 4 1 3 2
Cash 1b 3 0 1 1
Stanley cf 4 0 1 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0
Lolich p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 1 1 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 2 0
Otis cf 3 0 0 1
Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 0 2 0
Oliver 1b 4 1 2 0
Kirkpatrick rf 4 0 0 0
May c 4 0 1 1
Rooker p 1 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Knoop ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Harrison ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Detroit 000 401 000590
Kansas City 000 001 001280
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (15-6) 9.0 8 2 2 1 7
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  L (1-7) 5.1 8 5 5 1 2
  Nelson   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Abernathy   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Stanley (9,off Rooker); Kaline (13,off Rooker); Freehan (18,off Rooker), Kansas City Piniella (11,off Lolich); Schaal (17,off Lolich).  3B–Kansas City Oliver (1,off Lolich); May (2,off Lolich).  HBP–Cash (4,by Rooker).  SF–Otis (2,off Lolich).  SB–Piniella (3,2nd base off Lolich/Freehan).  HBP–Rooker (1,Cash).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:38.  A–9,831.
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