Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
July 29, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1971 at Tiger 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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Kansas City Royals 9, Detroit Tigers 10

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 2 2 4
Keough rf 5 0 3 1
Otis cf 5 1 1 0
Hopkins 1b 1 1 0 0
  Oliver 1b 3 0 1 1
Piniella lf 5 2 3 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 2 1
Schaal 3b 4 0 1 1
Kirkpatrick c 3 1 0 0
Butler p 1 0 0 1
  Nelson p 1 1 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 13 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Rodriguez 3b 5 1 1 1
Taylor 2b 4 0 1 0
  Brown ph 1 1 1 0
Kaline rf 4 2 1 0
Horton lf 4 2 2 0
Freehan c 5 1 1 0
Cash 1b 4 2 2 5
Stanley cf 2 0 1 0
  Northrup ph,cf 2 0 1 2
Brinkman ss 2 0 0 0
  McAuliffe ph,ss 1 1 1 1
Coleman p 1 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
  Price ph 0 0 0 0
  Denehy p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Chance p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 1
Totals 37 10 12 10
Kansas City 010 502 0019132
Detroit 100 040 01410121
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Butler   4.1 8 5 5 3 3
  Nelson   4.0 3 3 3 0 3
  Abernathy   0.1 0 1 1 1 1
  Burgmeier  L (4-5) 0.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.2
12
10
10
5
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman   3.2 7 6 6 2 3
  Kilkenny   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Denehy   2.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Timmermann   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Chance   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Scherman  W (7-5) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
4
4

  E–Otis (1), Kirkpatrick (6), Cash (5).  DP–Kansas City 1, Detroit 3.  2B–Kansas City Piniella (14,off Coleman); Keough (9,off Coleman); Patek (14,off Coleman).  HR–Kansas City Patek (5,6th inning off Denehy 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Rodriguez (10,1st inning off Butler 0 on, 0 out); Cash (23,5th inning off Butler 3 on, 1 out); McAuliffe (12,8th inning off Nelson 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Butler (1,off Coleman).  IBB–Kirkpatrick (6,by Coleman).  HBP–Cash (5,by Burgmeier); Scherman (1,by Burgmeier).  CS–Kirkpatrick (2,2nd base by Timmermann/Freehan); Patek (9,2nd base by Scherman/Freehan).  SB–Taylor (2,2nd base off Butler/Kirkpatrick).  WP–Scherman (1).  HBP–Burgmeier 2 (5,Cash,Scherman).  IBB–Coleman (3,Kirkpatrick).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Merle Anthony, 3B–George Maloney.  T–3:15.  A–23,207.
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