Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
July 8, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1973 at Royals 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 3, Kansas City Royals 0

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Northrup rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Stanley cf 5 1 3 1
Brown dh 4 0 2 0
Horton lf 5 1 2 1
  Sharon rf 0 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
  Reese 1b 0 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 1 0
McAuliffe 2b 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 1
Brinkman ss 4 0 1 0
Strahler p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0
  White pr 0 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick rf 2 0 2 0
  Bevacqua ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Piniella lf 3 0 0 0
Hovley dh 2 0 0 0
  Wohlford ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 3 0 1 0
Healy c 3 0 3 0
Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 9 0
Detroit 000 100 1103120
Kansas City 000 000 000090
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Strahler  W (3-2) 6.1 7 0 0 0 2
  Hiller  SV (20) 2.2 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
0
0
1
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  L (9-8) 7.2 11 3 3 4 2
  Dal Canton   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
5
2

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 3.  2B–Detroit Horton (7,off Drago).  SH–Rodriguez (4,off Drago).  HBP–Freehan (7,by Drago).  IBB–N Cash 2 (4,by Drago 2); Northrup (3,by Drago); G Brown (5,by Dal Canton).  CS–Rojas (1,2nd base by Strahler/Freehan); Healy (3,2nd base by Strahler/Freehan).  WP–Drago (3), Dal Canton (5).  HBP–Drago (6,Freehan).  IBB–Drago 3 (8,N Cash 2,Northrup); Dal Canton (11,G Brown).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:33.  A–24,912.
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