Jul 18, 1971 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1971 Detroit 57-35 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 10 1 1971 Kansas City 45-44 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 11 0 Rain delay of 33 minutes in the 3rd. Detroit AB R H BI W K Ave PO A E Kansas City AB R H BI W K Ave PO A E Stanley CF 4 1 3 0 0 1 .278 2 0 0 Patek SS 3 1 0 0 2 1 .251 2 2 0 Kaline PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .325 0 0 0 Schaal 3B 5 1 2 1 0 1 .258 1 1 0 Northrup RF-CF 4 0 2 1 1 0 .316 0 0 0 Otis CF 4 2 4 3 0 0 .328 2 0 0 Horton LF 5 0 0 0 0 2 .270 1 0 0 Kirkpatrick RF 4 1 0 0 0 0 .222 4 0 0 Freehan C 4 1 2 1 0 0 .318 4 1 0 Rojas 2B 4 0 2 0 0 1 .256 1 4 0 Rodriguez 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .239 1 4 0 Hopkins 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .292 8 1 0 Taylor 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .210 4 4 0 Piniella LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .276 1 0 0 Cash 1B 3 1 1 1 1 0 .287 10 1 1 May,J C 3 0 0 0 1 0 .191 7 0 0 Brinkman SS 3 1 1 1 0 0 .267 3 2 0 Butler P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 Niekro P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .176 0 2 0 York P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 Jones,D PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276 0 0 0 Abernathy P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 Timmermann P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 Burgmeier P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 1 0 Brown,I PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .261 0 0 0 Harrison PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 0 0 0 Scherman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0 0 34 5 11 4 4 4 27 9 0 35 4 10 4 3 7 25 14 1 Detroit IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Niekro 5.0 5 2 2 1 3 2 85 3.08 Timmermann BS(2) 2.0 4 2 1 1 0 1 38 1.91 Scherman L(5-4) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 1 30 3.75 8.1 11 5 4 2 4 4 153 Kansas City IP H R ER HR W K Ct ERA Butler 4.2 7 2 2 0 0 5 88 1.96 York 2.1 2 1 1 1 1 1 44 3.11 Abernathy BS(2) 1.2 1 1 0 0 2 1 33 3.38 Burgmeier W(4-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.91 9.0 10 4 3 1 3 7 169 1 out when winning run scored Det: Jones,D hit for Niekro in the 6th Brown,I hit for Timmermann in the 8th Kaline hit for Stanley in the 9th Northrup moved to CF in the 9th KC: Harrison hit for Burgmeier in the 9th E-Cash(10) 2B-Brinkman(16) 3B-Schaal(2) HR-Det Cash(28) off York(5) in the 6th with bases empty KC Otis(11) off Niekro(6) in the 3rd with 1 on base Otis(12) off Timmermann(2) in the 6th with bases empty CS- KC Patek(10) by Niekro(5) and Freehan(26) in the 1st RBI-Det Brinkman(34) Cash(64) Freehan(50) Northrup(46) KC Otis 3(51) Schaal(28) SF-Brinkman WP-Timmermann Jul 18, 1971 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1971 Detroit 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 10 1 1971 Kansas City 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 11 0 1971 Detroit Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Stanley CF 1>S S S,23 7>K Kaline PH-RF 9>L9 2 Northrup RF-CF L6 S,12 S,3H,13 W G53 3 Horton LF K P5 K G643/dp G13 4 Freehan C F9 F9 S,3H,12 8>S 5 Rodriguez 3B 2>S 4>K G31 PB,12 W 6 Taylor 2B F8 K 6>G43 G43,23,12 7 Cash 1B P3 F9 HR IBB 8 Brinkman SS F8 5>D G43 F7,3H/SF 9 Niekro P 3>G63 K Jones,D PH F9 Timmermann P Brown,I PH K Scherman P 1971 Kansas City Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Patek SS 1>W 3>K W 7>G63 G36/fo,B1 2 Schaal 3B CS2(24)F7 S G543/dp K T,1H 3 Otis CF S HR 6>HR S 4 Kirkpatrick RF G53 G43 E3,B2 F8 5 Rojas 2B 2>S G13 S,23 8>K 6 Hopkins 1B S,12 4>L6 WP P3 L6 7 Piniella LF G543/dp,23 G43 S,23 S 8 May,J C IBB G13 G54/fo,B1 P6 9 Butler P K York P 5>F8 G63 Abernathy P Burgmeier P Harrison PH 9>W Detroit IN OUT Niekro AB1-1 AB3-2 Timmermann AB3-3 AB4-4 Scherman AB4-5 End Kansas City IN OUT Butler AB1-1 AB3-3 York AB3-4 AB4-3 Abernathy AB4-4 AB5-2 Burgmeier AB5-3 End