Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
July 6, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1972 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 7, Kansas City Royals 0

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Horton lf 3 0 1 0
  Northrup ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Taylor 2b 5 3 3 0
Kaline rf 3 2 2 0
Freehan c 4 1 2 3
Rodriguez 3b 5 0 3 1
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
Stanley cf 5 1 1 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 1 2
Coleman p 4 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 13 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Keough lf 4 0 1 0
Scheinblum rf 4 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick c 3 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 3 0 1 0
Floyd 3b 2 0 0 0
  Taylor ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Rooker p 1 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Hovley ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 1 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Detroit 110 023 0007131
Kansas City 000 000 000061
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  W (10-7) 9.0 6 0 0 1 7
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  L (4-6) 4.0 10 4 4 1 5
  Fitzmorris   1.1 3 3 2 3 1
  Burgmeier   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Wright   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
5
9

  E–Stanley (1), Floyd (3).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Rodriguez (10,off Rooker); Freehan (11,off Fitzmorris), Kansas City Keough (1,off Coleman); Scheinblum (9,off Coleman).  3B–Detroit Stanley (3,off Rooker); Taylor (3,off Fitzmorris).  IBB–Cash (4,by Fitzmorris).  SB–Kaline (1,2nd base off Abernathy/Kirkpatrick); Patek (17,2nd base off Coleman/Freehan).  CS–Mayberry (1,2nd base by Coleman/Freehan).  WP–Coleman (6).  IBB–Fitzmorris (4,Cash).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:27.  A–11,201.
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