Royals @ Tigers
July 29, 1971

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Bottom 5 R H E
Royals 6 9 2
Tigers 1 7 0
Bottom 5 R H E
Royals 6 9 2
Tigers 5 8 0

Norm Cash Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .286
OBP .500 .381
At Bats 2 280
Hits 1 80
• Singles 1 47
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 22
Walks 0 41
RBI’s 0 53

Bill Butler Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 0
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Tiger Stadium - July 29, 1971
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Home Run
Bill Butler
Ed Kirkpatrick
Bob Oliver
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Joe Keough
Norm Cash
Bill Freehan
Willie Horton
Al Kaline
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 Freehan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline moves to third. Horton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Horton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Piniella hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bill Denehy now pitching. Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jim Price pinch hits for Mike Kilkenny. Pricehits a dribbler in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick interferes with Price who is awarded first base. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 4 Brinkman hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stanley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bob Oliver now playing first base. Cash is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mike Kilkenny now pitching. Keough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek scores.
Top 4 Patek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Patek reaches second base with a double. Rojas scores. Kirkpatrick goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Butler hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Piniella tags and scores. Rojas tags and moves to third.
Top 4 Kirkpatrick is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Schaal hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hopkins scores. Piniella moves to third. Rojas moves to second.
Top 4 Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hopkins moves to second.
Top 4 Hopkins takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Horton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Kaline strikes out.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a line drive into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Otis strikes out.
Top 3 Keough hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Keough reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Patek strikes out.
Top 3 Butler is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a fly ball towards left. Piniella catches it and throws to home to double up Cash.
Bottom 2 Coleman strikes out.
Bottom 2 Brinkman takes first base on ball four. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 2 Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash moves to third.
Bottom 2 Cash hits a line drive into center field. Otis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Otis. Cash moves to second.
Top 2 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 2 Schaal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piniella scores.
Top 2 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rojas for the out. Piniella moves to third.
Top 2 Piniella hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Piniella reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Freehan hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Horton hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a line drive into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Taylor. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Taylor steals second.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rodriguez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Hopkins hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Keough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Patek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.