Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
July 15, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1972 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 3, Detroit Tigers 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 1 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Scheinblum rf 4 1 2 1
Piniella lf 4 1 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick c 4 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 2 1
Floyd 3b 2 0 0 0
  Hovley ph 0 0 0 0
  Knoop ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Drago p 2 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Hedlund p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 5 1 1 0
Northrup rf 3 1 3 2
Freehan c 2 1 1 1
Cash 1b 3 0 1 1
Horton lf 4 0 0 0
  Comer lf 0 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 1 1 0
Brinkman ss 4 1 1 0
Timmermann p 3 0 1 0
  Scherman p 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 5 10 4
Kansas City 000 000 210380
Detroit 020 010 20x5101
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  L (7-9) 6.0 7 3 3 3 1
  Hedlund   0.1 1 2 1 1 0
  Burgmeier   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
4
4
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Timmermann  W (7-7) 6.1 6 2 2 0 3
  Scherman  SV (9) 2.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
0
4

  E–Northrup (2).  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–Kirkpatrick (6).  2B–Detroit Northrup (7,off Drago); Freehan (12,off Drago); Rodriguez (14,off Hedlund); Cash (6,off Burgmeier).  SH–Northrup (2,off Hedlund).  SB–Rojas (2,2nd base off Timmermann/Freehan); Patek (19,2nd base off Scherman/Freehan).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:25.  A–28,727.
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