Ejections: Ike Brown by George Maloney [Balls and strikes]; DET
Manager Billy Martin by George Maloney [Balls and strikes]
Time of Game: 2:59 Attendance: 25570
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Detroit Tigers
1. Patek ss McAuliffe 2b
2. Keough lf Rodriguez 3b
3. Otis cf Northrup rf
4. Kirkpatrick c Cash 1b
5. Hopkins 1b Horton lf
6. Rojas 2b Freehan c
7. Schaal 3b Stanley cf
8. Oliver rf Brinkman ss
9. Wright p Niekro p
ROYALS 1ST: Patek made an out to second; Keough walked; Otis
singled to left [Keough to second]; Kirkpatrick walked [Keough
to third, Otis to second]; Hopkins tripled to center
[Kirkpatrick scored, Otis scored, Keough scored]; Rojas grounded
out (third to first); Schaal lined to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 3, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
singled to center; Northrup walked [Rodriguez to second]; Cash
flied out to center; Horton walked [Rodriguez to third, Northrup
to second]; Freehan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 3,
Tigers 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Wright
singled to center; Patek singled to left [Wright to second];
Keough grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Patek
out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Brinkman
reached on an error by Patek; Niekro struck out; McAuliffe flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Kirkpatrick
doubled; Hopkins flied out to right; Rojas flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez flied out to left; Northrup singled to
left; Cash walked [Northrup to second]; Horton struck out;
Freehan flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3,
Tigers 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Schaal walked; Oliver doubled to right [Schaal
scored]; DENEHY REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Wright walked; Patek
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wright to second,
Oliver to third]; Keough walked; Otis forced Keough (third to
second) [Wright to third, Oliver scored]; Kirkpatrick grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5,
Tigers 0.
TIGERS 4TH: Stanley singled to left; Brinkman flied out to
center; COLLINS BATTED FOR DENEHY; Collins lined to second;
McAuliffe was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 5, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 5TH: ZEPP REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Hopkins grounded
out (second to first); Rojas walked; Zepp threw a wild pitch
[Rojas to second]; Schaal was called out on strikes; Oliver was
walked intentionally; Wright struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 5, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Northrup
walked; Cash homered to right-center [Northrup scored]; Horton
singled to left; Wright threw a wild pitch [Horton to second];
YORK REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Freehan struck out; Stanley
flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Patek was called out on strikes; Keough flied out to
right; Otis doubled to right; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 6TH: Brinkman grounded out (third to first); G. BROWN
BATTED FOR ZEPP; G. Brown singled to left; Kirkpatrick allowed a
passed ball [G. Brown to second]; McAuliffe lined to center;
Rodriguez walked; BURGMEIER REPLACED YORK (PITCHING); Northrup
forced Rodriguez (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 5, Tigers 2.
ROYALS 7TH: PATTERSON REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); Hopkins
homered to right-center; Rojas singled to right; Schaal forced
Rojas (shortstop to second); Patterson threw a wild pitch
[Schaal to second]; Oliver grounded out (third to first);
Burgmeier walked; Patek made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Royals 6, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 7TH: Cash grounded out (first to pitcher); Horton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Tigers 2.
ROYALS 8TH: Keough lined to center; Otis lined to center;
Kirkpatrick walked; Hopkins grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 8TH: Stanley struck out; Brinkman struck out; I. BROWN
BATTED FOR PATTERSON; I. Brown was called out on strikes; Ike
Brown and Tigers Manager Billy Martin ejected by HP umpire
George Maloney; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Tigers 2.
ROYALS 9TH: HANNAN REPLACED I. BROWN (PITCHING); Rojas grounded
out (third to first); Schaal walked; Schaal stole second; Oliver
struck out; Burgmeier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals
6, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 9TH: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
lined to shortstop; Northrup grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Tigers 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 6 9 1 12
Tigers 2 6 0 10
