Try this game in our Simulator
Lineups and Summary
(back to top)
Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
April 28, 1973
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals, played on April 28, 1973 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 28, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 28, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mickey Lolich |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 12,231 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Russ Goetz 1B: George Maloney 2B: Jim Evans 3B: John Rice |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| Hal McRae | Right Fielder |
| Kurt Bevacqua | DH |
| Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
| Fran Healy | Catcher |
| Jack McKeon | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Taylor | Second Baseman |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Bill Freehan | Catcher |
| Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
| Frank Howard | DH |
| Ike Brown | First Baseman |
| Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
| Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
(back to top)
Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
April 28, 1973
Top 1
-
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lolich
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Lolich
Rojas hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Lolich
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Lolich
There goes Otis. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Otis steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Lolich
Mayberry hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Splittorff
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Splittorff
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Splittorff
Kaline hits a popup towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
-
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Lolich
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Lolich
McRae strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bevacqua vs. Lolich
Bevacqua strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Splittorff
Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Splittorff
Horton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Splittorff
Howard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Splittorff
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brown for the out. Horton moves to third. Howard moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stanley vs. Splittorff
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Lolich
Schaal hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Lolich
Healy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lolich
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lolich fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Splittorff
Brinkman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Splittorff
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Splittorff
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. Brinkman moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kaline vs. Splittorff
Kaline is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
-
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Lolich
Rojas hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Lolich
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Lolich
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Lolich
Piniella hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McRae vs. Lolich
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Splittorff
Freehan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Splittorff
Horton takes first base on ball four. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howard vs. Splittorff
Howard strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Splittorff
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Splittorff
Stanley takes first base on ball four. Freehan moves to third. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Brinkman vs. Splittorff
Brinkman hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bevacqua vs. Lolich
Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Lolich
Schaal hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Lolich
Healy strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Splittorff
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Splittorff
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Splittorff
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lolich
Patek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Lolich
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Patek moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Otis vs. Lolich
Otis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Otis reaches second base with a double. Patek scores. Rojas goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Lolich
Mayberry hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Mayberry reaches second base with a double. Otis scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Piniella vs. LaGrow
Lerrin LaGrow now pitching.
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mayberry moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McRae vs. LaGrow
McRae takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hopkins vs. Hiller
John Hiller now pitching. Gail Hopkins pinch hits for Kurt Bevacqua.
Hopkins hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mayberry tags and scores. McRae tags and moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schaal vs. Hiller
Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Splittorff
Freehan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Splittorff
Horton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howard vs. Splittorff
Howard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Freehan scores. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reese vs. Garber
Gene Garber now pitching. Rich Reese pinch hits for Ike Brown.
Reese hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Garber
Stanley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Horton scores. Howard moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brinkman vs. Garber
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws to second. Rojas drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Rojas. Howard scores. Brinkman moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Taylor vs. Garber
Taylor hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brinkman scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Garber
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
-
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Hiller
Rich Reese now playing first base.
Healy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Hiller
Patek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Patek reaches second base with a double. Healy moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rojas vs. Hiller
Rojas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Otis vs. Timmermann
Tom Timmermann now pitching.
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to home to get Healy. Patek moves to third. Rojas moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mayberry vs. Scherman
Fred Scherman now pitching.
Mayberry is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Piniella vs. Scherman
Piniella hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Piniella reaches second base with a double. Patek scores. Rojas scores. Otis goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Scherman
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Garber
Steve Hovley now playing right field.
Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Garber
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Garber
Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopkins vs. Scherman
Hopkins is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Scherman
Schaal hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Scherman
Healy is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Garber
Gates Brown pinch hits for Frank Howard.
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Garber
Reese strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Garber
Stanley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Garber
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Taylor vs. Garber
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Scherman
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Scherman
Rojas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Scherman
There goes Rojas. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Rojas steals second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Scherman
Otis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Scherman
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piniella vs. Scherman
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
-
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Garber
Dick McAuliffe pinch hits for Aurelio Rodriguez.
McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. McAuliffe reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kaline vs. Garber
Kaline is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Freehan vs. Garber
Freehan hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Horton vs. Garber
Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play
(back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score
(back to top)
Game of 4/28/1973 -- Kansas City at Detroit (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Patek F, ss 4 2 1 0 Taylor T, 2b 5 0 1 1
Rojas C, 2b 4 2 2 0 Rodriguez A, 3b 4 0 0 0
Otis A, cf 5 2 3 2 McAuliffe D, ph 1 0 1 0
Mayberry J, 1b 4 1 1 1 Kaline A, rf 5 0 0 0
Piniella L, lf 5 0 2 3 Freehan B, c 4 1 1 0
McRae H, rf 3 0 0 0 Horton W, lf 4 1 2 0
Hovley S, rf 0 0 0 0 Howard F, dh 3 1 2 1
Bevacqua K, dh 2 0 0 0 Brown G, ph 1 0 0 0
Hopkins G, ph 1 0 0 1 Brown I, 1b 2 0 0 0
Schaal P, 3b 4 0 0 0 Reese R, ph-1b 2 0 0 0
Healy F, c 3 0 0 0 Stanley M, cf 3 0 2 1
Brinkman E, ss 3 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 7 9 7 37 4 10 3
Kansas City 000 004 300 -- 7
Detroit 000 004 000 -- 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P* 5.0 5 3 3 4 5
Garber G (W) 4.0 5 1 0 0 2
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich M+ 5.0 6 4 4 1 3
LaGrow L 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Hiller J (L)# 0.2 1 3 3 2 0
Timmermann T 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Scherman F 2.2 2 0 0 1 3
* Pitched to 3 batters in 6th
+ Pitched to 4 batters in 6th
# Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Rojas C
LOB -- Kansas City 7, Detroit 10
2B -- Otis A, Mayberry J, Patek F, Piniella L, McAuliffe D
SB -- Otis A, Rojas C
SF -- Hopkins G
T -- 3:10
A -- 12231
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score
