Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
July 14, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Kansas City Royals 1, Detroit Tigers 0

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 1 1 0
Scheinblum rf 3 0 0 0
  Hovley pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 2 0 1 1
Rojas 2b 2 0 0 0
May c 3 0 0 0
Floyd 3b 4 0 1 0
Dal Canton p 2 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Northrup rf 3 0 1 0
  Comer rf 0 0 0 0
  Kaline ph 1 0 1 0
  Taylor pr 0 0 0 0
  Brown I. rf 0 0 0 0
Horton lf 3 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
Haller c 4 0 1 0
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0
  Freehan ph 1 0 0 0
Coleman p 2 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 1 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Kansas City 000 100 000130
Detroit 000 000 000040
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton  W (5-3) 7.0 3 0 0 4 3
  Burgmeier   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Wright  SV (1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L (11-8) 7.0 3 1 1 4 8
  Seelbach   2.0 0 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
7
10

  E–None.  2B–Kansas City Otis (15,off Coleman).  SH–Dal Canton (2,off Coleman).  IBB–Mayberry 2 (6,by Coleman,by Seelbach).  SB–Otis (16,2nd base off Coleman/Haller).  WP–Seelbach (5).  IBB–Coleman (4,Mayberry); Seelbach (1,Mayberry).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:35.  A–28,327.
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