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Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
July 26, 1969
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals, played on July 26, 1969 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 26, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 26, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Butler |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Earl Wilson |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 23,449 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Art Frantz 1B: Hank Soar 2B: Merle Anthony 3B: Emmett Ashford |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jackie Hernandez | Shortstop |
| Joe Keough | Center Fielder |
| Joe Foy | First Baseman |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | Right Fielder |
| Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
| Ellie Rodriguez | Catcher |
| Juan Rios | Second Baseman |
| Bill Butler | Pitcher |
| Joe Gordon | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mickey Stanley | Shortstop |
| Jim Northrup | Center Fielder |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Bill Freehan | First Baseman |
| Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
| Jim Price | Catcher |
| Don Wert | Third Baseman |
| Ike Brown | Second Baseman |
| Earl Wilson | Pitcher |
| Mayo Smith | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
July 26, 1969
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Wilson
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Wilson
Keough hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foy vs. Wilson
Foy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Wilson
There goes Foy. The throw from Price, and Brown drops the ball. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Piniella vs. Wilson
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards first. Freehan juggles the ball. That's an error on Freehan. Foy scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkpatrick vs. Wilson
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schaal vs. Wilson
Schaal takes first base on ball four. Piniella moves to third. Kirkpatrick moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rodriguez vs. Wilson
Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Butler
Stanley hits a popup, foul, towards first. Foy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Butler
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rios scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Butler
Kaline hits a line drive into right field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Wilson
Rios hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Wilson
Butler strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Wilson
Hernandez hits a line drive towards third. Wert reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Butler
Freehan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Freehan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Horton vs. Butler
Horton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Price vs. Butler
Price hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wert vs. Butler
Wert hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Butler
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Butler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Wilson
Keough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foy vs. Wilson
Foy hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Wilson
Piniella hits a popup towards third. Wert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Butler
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Butler
Stanley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Butler
Northrup hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Keough. Northrup reaches second base with a double. Stanley moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kaline vs. Butler
Kaline hits a popup towards short. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Freehan vs. Butler
Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Wilson
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Wilson
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Wilson
Rodriguez is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Butler
Horton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Price vs. Butler
Price hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wert vs. Butler
Wert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Horton scores. Price moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Butler
There's a wild pitch. Price moves to third. Wert moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brown vs. Butler
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wilson vs. Butler
Wilson takes first base on ball four. Price scores. Wert moves to third. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Stanley vs. Butler
Stanley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Stanley reaches second base with a double. Wert scores. Brown scores. Wilson moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Northrup vs. Wickersham
Dave Wickersham now pitching.
Northrup hits a popup towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kaline vs. Wickersham
Kaline is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Freehan vs. Wickersham
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. Wilson scores. Stanley moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Horton vs. Wickersham
Horton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stanley scores. Freehan moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Price vs. Wickersham
Price hits a popup towards first. Foy juggles the ball. That's an error on Foy. Freehan scores. Horton goes all the way around to score. Price moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wert vs. Wickersham
Wert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Keough throws the ball in to Hernandez who tags Wert trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Price scores. That run is unearned. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Wilson
Rios hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrison vs. Wilson
Chuck Harrison pinch hits for Dave Wickersham.
Harrison is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Wilson
Hernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keough vs. Wilson
Keough hits a popup in front of the plate. Price settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. O'Riley
Don O'Riley now pitching.
Brown hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkpatrick. Brown reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wilson vs. O'Riley
There's a wild pitch. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wilson vs. O'Riley
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stanley vs. O'Riley
Stanley strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Northrup vs. O'Riley
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foy vs. Wilson
Foy strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Wilson
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Wilson
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Wilson
Schaal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rodriguez vs. Wilson
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. O'Riley
Kaline hits a popup towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. O'Riley
Dick Tracewski pinch runs for Al Kaline.
Freehan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tracewski moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. O'Riley
Horton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkpatrick. Horton reaches second base with a double. Tracewski scores. Freehan moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Price vs. Morehead
Dave Morehead now pitching.
Price takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wert vs. Morehead
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. Freehan scores. Horton moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brown vs. Morehead
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Horton scores. Wert moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wilson vs. Morehead
Wilson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stanley vs. Morehead
Stanley hits a line drive into right field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Wilson
Dick Tracewski now playing shortstop. Dave Campbell now playing first base. Mickey Stanley now playing center field. Jim Northrup now playing righ
Rios hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Wilson
Buck Martinez pinch hits for Dave Morehead.
Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Wilson
Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Cisco
Galen Cisco now pitching.
Northrup hits a popup towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tracewski vs. Cisco
Tracewski is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Cisco
Campbell hits a popup towards first. Foy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Wilson
Keough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foy vs. Wilson
Foy hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Wilson
Piniella hits a popup towards short. Tracewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkpatrick vs. Wilson
Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four. Keough moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schaal vs. Wilson
Schaal takes first base on ball four. Keough moves to third. Kirkpatrick moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rodriguez vs. Wilson
Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Keough scores. Kirkpatrick moves to third. Schaal moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rios vs. Wilson
Rios hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tracewski fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Cisco
Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Price vs. Cisco
Price hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Cisco
Wert strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Wilson
Bob Oliver pinch hits for Galen Cisco.
Oliver is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Wilson
Hawk Taylor pinch hits for Jackie Hernandez.
Taylor is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Wilson
Keough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foy vs. Wilson
Foy hits a popup towards third. Wert juggles the ball. That's an error on Wert. Keough moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piniella vs. Wilson
Piniella strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/26/1969 -- Kansas City at Detroit (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Hernandez J, ss 4 0 1 0 Stanley M, ss-cf 4 1 1 2
Taylor H, ph 1 0 0 0 Northrup J, cf-rf 5 0 1 0
Keough J, cf 5 1 2 0 Kaline A, rf 3 0 0 0
Foy J, 1b 5 1 1 0 Tracewski D, pr-ss 1 1 0 0
Piniella L, lf 5 0 0 0 Freehan B, 1b 4 2 2 1
Kirkpatrick E, rf 3 0 2 0 Campbell D, 1b 1 0 0 0
Schaal P, 3b 2 0 1 0 Horton W, lf 4 3 3 2
Rodriguez E, c 4 0 1 1 Price J, c 4 2 1 0
Rios J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Wert D, 3b 5 1 2 3
Butler B, p 1 0 0 0 Brown I, 2b 4 1 2 1
Wickersham D, p 0 0 0 0 Wilson E, p 3 1 0 1
Harrison C, ph 1 0 0 0
O'Riley D, p 0 0 0 0
Morehead D, p 0 0 0 0
Martinez B, ph 1 0 0 0
Cisco G, p 0 0 0 0
Oliver B, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 2 8 1 38 12 12 10
Kansas City 100 000 010 -- 2
Detroit 000 903 00x -- 12
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Butler B (L)* 3.0 6 6 6 3 1
Wickersham D 1.0 2 3 0 1 0
O'Riley D+ 1.0 3 3 2 0 2
Morehead D 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Cisco G 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson E (W) 9.0 8 2 1 3 7
* Pitched to 6 batters in 4th
+ Pitched to 3 batters in 6th
E -- Brown I, Freehan B, Foy J, Schaal P, Wert D
LOB -- Kansas City 11, Detroit 7
2B -- Freehan B, Northrup J, Stanley M, Brown I, Horton W
SB -- Foy J
WP -- Butler B, O'Riley D
T -- 2:36
A -- 23449
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