Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
July 5, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1972 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
Taylor 2b 4 0 2 2
Kaline rf 3 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 0 0 0
Jata 1b 4 0 0 0
Stanley cf 3 1 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 1 1 0
Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Zachary p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 3 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 2 2 1
Otis cf 4 1 1 1
Piniella lf 3 0 1 0
  Hovley pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Scheinblum rf 4 1 2 1
Mayberry 1b 5 0 1 1
Rojas 2b 4 1 1 0
May c 3 2 2 0
Floyd 3b 3 1 2 1
Splittorff p 3 0 1 1
Totals 35 8 13 6
Detroit 000 020 000231
Kansas City 300 003 20x8130
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  L (13-6) 5.1 10 6 6 2 5
  Seelbach   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Zachary   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
3
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (8-4) 9.0 3 2 2 4 7
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
4
7

  E–Jata (1).  2B–Kansas City Patek (16,off Lolich); Scheinblum 2 (8,off Lolich 2).  SH–Lolich (5,off Splittorff); Splittorff (4,off Lolich).  SF–Otis (4,off Seelbach).  HBP–Piniella (7,by Seelbach).  SB–Otis (13,2nd base off Lolich/Freehan); Patek (16,2nd base off Seelbach/Freehan).  WP–Lolich (6), Seelbach (4).  HBP–Seelbach (2,Piniella).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:46.  A–11,297.
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