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Tigers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
July 8, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 8, 1973 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 8, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 8, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Strahler |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dick Drago |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 24,912 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Barnett 1B: Red Flaherty 2B: Marty Springstead 3B: Bill Kunkel |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Northrup | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
| Gates Brown | DH |
| Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Bill Freehan | Catcher |
| Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | Right Fielder |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| Steve Hovley | DH |
| Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
| Fran Healy | Catcher |
| Jack McKeon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
July 8, 1973
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Drago
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Drago
Stanley 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 -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Drago
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Drago
Horton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Strahler
Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Strahler
Rojas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Strahler
There goes Rojas. The throw from Freehan and he is out, McAuliffe applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Strahler
Otis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Drago
Cash hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Drago
Freehan is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Drago
McAuliffe hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Drago
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Strahler
Mayberry is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Strahler
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Strahler
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Drago
Brinkman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Drago
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Drago
Stanley hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Drago
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Patek fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hovley vs. Strahler
Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Strahler covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Strahler
Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Strahler
Healy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Strahler
There goes Healy. The throw from Freehan and he is out, McAuliffe applying the tag. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Drago
Horton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Drago
There's a wild pitch. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cash vs. Drago
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Freehan vs. Drago
Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McAuliffe vs. Drago
McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rodriguez vs. Drago
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Horton scores. McAuliffe moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brinkman vs. Drago
Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Strahler
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Strahler
Rojas is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Strahler
Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Strahler
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first, with Strahler covering, for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Drago
Northrup hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Drago
Stanley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Northrup moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brown vs. Drago
Brown hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Healy fields it and throws to first for the out. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Horton vs. Drago
Horton hits a popup in front of the plate. Healy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cash vs. Drago
Cash is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Freehan vs. Drago
Drago spins and fires to second, and Stanley is picked off. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Strahler
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Strahler
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hovley vs. Strahler
Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Drago
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Drago
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Drago covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Drago
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Strahler
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Strahler
Healy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Strahler
Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Strahler
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Drago
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Drago
Northrup 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 -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Drago
Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Drago
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Drago
Horton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Horton reaches second base with a double. Stanley scores. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cash vs. Drago
Cash is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Freehan vs. Drago
Freehan hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Strahler
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Strahler
Mayberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bevacqua vs. Hiller
John Hiller now pitching. Kurt Bevacqua pinch hits for Ed Kirkpatrick.
Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Hiller
Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Drago
Kurt Bevacqua now playing right field.
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Drago
Rodriguez bunts towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rodriguez for the out. McAuliffe moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brinkman vs. Drago
Brinkman hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Northrup vs. Drago
Northrup is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Drago
Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McAuliffe scores. Northrup moves to third. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brown vs. Dal Canton
Bruce Dal Canton now pitching.
Brown is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Horton vs. Dal Canton
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wohlford vs. Hiller
Jim Northrup now playing left field. Dick Sharon now playing right field. Jim Wohlford pinch hits for Steve Hovley.
Wohlford is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Hiller
Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Healy vs. Hiller
Healy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schaal moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Patek vs. Hiller
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hiller fields it and throws to first for the out. Schaal moves to third. Healy moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rojas vs. Hiller
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Dal Canton
Cash hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Dal Canton
Freehan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Dal Canton
There's a wild pitch. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McAuliffe vs. Dal Canton
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Dal Canton
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Hiller
Rich Reese now playing first base.
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Hiller
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bevacqua vs. Hiller
Frank White pinch runs for John Mayberry.
Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/8/1973 -- Detroit at Kansas City (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Northrup J, rf-lf 4 0 1 0 Patek F, ss 4 0 0 0
Stanley M, cf 5 1 3 1 Rojas C, 2b 4 0 1 0
Brown G, dh 4 0 2 0 Otis A, cf 4 0 1 0
Horton W, lf 5 1 2 1 Mayberry J, 1b 3 0 1 0
Sharon D, rf 0 0 0 0 White F, pr 0 0 0 0
Cash N, 1b 3 0 0 0 Kirkpatrick E, rf 2 0 2 0
Reese R, 1b 0 0 0 0 Bevacqua K, ph-rf 2 0 0 0
Freehan B, c 4 0 1 0 Piniella L, lf 3 0 0 0
McAuliffe D, 2b 4 1 1 0 Hovley S, dh 2 0 0 0
Rodriguez A, 3b 4 0 1 1 Wohlford J, ph 1 0 0 0
Brinkman E, ss 4 0 1 0 Schaal P, 3b 3 0 1 0
Healy F, c 3 0 3 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 3 12 3 31 0 9 0
Detroit 000 100 110 -- 3
Kansas City 000 000 000 -- 0
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Strahler M (W) 6.1 7 0 0 0 2
Hiller J (S) 2.2 2 0 0 1 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Drago D (L) 7.2 11 3 3 4 2
Dal Canton B 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
DP -- Detroit 3
LOB -- Detroit 14, Kansas City 5
2B -- Horton W
CS -- Rojas C, Healy F
SH -- Rodriguez A
HBP -- by Drago D (Freehan B)
WP -- Drago D, Dal Canton B
T -- 2:33
A -- 24912
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