Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
April 28, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1973 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."

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Kansas City Royals 7, Detroit Tigers 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 2 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 2 2 0
Otis cf 5 2 3 2
Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 1
Piniella lf 5 0 2 3
McRae rf 3 0 0 0
  Hovley rf 0 0 0 0
Bevacqua dh 2 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph,dh 1 0 0 1
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0
Healy c 3 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 5 0 1 1
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
  McAuliffe ph 1 0 1 0
Kaline rf 5 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 1 1 0
Horton lf 4 1 2 0
Howard dh 3 1 2 1
  Brown G. ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Brown I. 1b 2 0 0 0
  Reese ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Stanley cf 3 0 2 1
Brinkman ss 3 1 1 0
Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 3
Kansas City 000 004 300791
Detroit 000 004 0004100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   5.0 5 3 3 4 5
  Garber  W (3-1) 4.0 5 1 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
4
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich   5.0 6 4 4 1 3
  LaGrow   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Hiller  L (0-1) 0.2 1 3 3 2 0
  Timmermann   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Scherman   2.2 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
5
6

  E–Rojas (2).  2B–Kansas City Otis (5,off Lolich); Mayberry (4,off Lolich); Patek (5,off Hiller); Piniella (4,off Scherman), Detroit McAuliffe (3,off Garber).  SF–Hopkins (1,off Hiller).  SB–Otis (3,2nd base off Lolich/Freehan); Rojas (3,2nd base off Scherman/Freehan).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–John Rice.  T–3:10.  A–12,231.
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