AL Game: Det. @ KC

 May 10, 1973

  Norm Cash and the Detroit Tigers really laid it on the Kansas City Royals tonight 14-3. Detroit had been having trouble scoring runs the past week. That all changed in today's ballgame that saw the Tigers pound out 20 hits. Cash led the attack going 3 for 5 with 2 homeruns and 7 RBI. The 7 RBI are the most by any player in one game in the AL this season. Joe Coleman pitched decently for Detroit and improved his record to 6-1.

 BOXSCORE: 1973 Detroit Tigers At 1973 Kansas City Royals 5/10/1973

 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      5  3  3  1 .271     F.Patek SS          4  1  0  0 .244  
  J.Northrup CF       5  2  4  2 .257     S.Hovley RF         3  0  1  0 .480  
  A.Kaline RF         6  2  1  2 .202     A.Otis CF           4  1  1  1 .258  
  W.Horton LF         6  1  2  1 .379     J.Mayberry 1B       3  0  0  0 .290  
  N.Cash 1B           5  2  3  7 .278     E.Kirkpatrick LF    4  1  2  0 .244  
  G.Brown DH          5  1  2  0 .154     C.Rojas 2B          3  0  0  1 .281  
  B.Freehan C         5  1  3  1 .235     G.Hopkins DH        4  0  0  1 .100  
  A.Rodriguez 3B      4  1  2  0 .189     P.Schaal 3B         4  0  1  0 .310  
  E.Brinkman SS       5  1  0  0 .305     C.Taylor C          3  0  1  0 .372  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      46 14 20 14                 Totals      32  3  6  3
 
 
Tigers.......... 0 6 0  0 0 5  3 0 0  - 14 20  0
Royals.......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 1 0  -  3  6  2
 
Tigers (14-14)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Coleman WIN(6-1)        7 1/3   6   3   3   3   3   0   3.58
F.Scherman                1 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   2.45
Totals                    9       6   3   3   3   3   0
 
Royals (16-13)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Drago LOSS(1-4)         1 2/3   6   6   3   2   0   0   8.02
G.Garber                  3 1/3   4   1   1   1   2   0   1.93
D.Bird                    4      10   7   7   0   2   2   9.45
Totals                    9      20  14  11   3   4   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 34,385 DATE- Thursday, May 10th 1973 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:09
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  Royals: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Royals: 2
ERRORS- E.Kirkpatrick, P.Schaal
DOUBLES- B.Freehan(4th), E.Kirkpatrick(6th)
HOME RUNS- N.Cash-2(6th)
RBIs- D.McAuliffe(15th), J.Northrup-2(6th), A.Kaline-2(10th), W.Horton(15th),
      N.Cash-7(17th), B.Freehan(14th), A.Otis(26th), C.Rojas(19th),
      G.Hopkins(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- F.Patek(9th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Rojas
WALKS- D.McAuliffe, J.Northrup, A.Rodriguez, S.Hovley, J.Mayberry, C.Taylor
HIT BY PITCH- F.Patek
STRIKE OUTS- N.Cash, B.Freehan, A.Rodriguez-2, S.Hovley-2, J.Mayberry
GIDP- A.Kaline, E.Brinkman
2-out RBI- N.Cash-4
RLISP 2-out- N.Cash, E.Kirkpatrick, B.Freehan, E.Brinkman, F.Patek, G.Hopkins
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 7 for 16  Royals: 2 for 9
 
First baseman Norm Cash smashed 2 homeruns and had 7 RBI as the Detroit Tigers
really laid it on the Kansas City Royals 14 to 3.
 
Cash had a big evening at the plate.  He laced a one-base hit knocking in a
run in the 2nd inning, lofted a three-run bomb in the 6th inning and clubbed
a three-run home run in the 7th inning.  Detroit kept the scorekeepers busy
in the 2nd inning which saw them score 6 runs on 6 hits and the 6th inning
which saw them plate 5 runs on 7 hits.  Detroit finished with 20 hits while
Kansas City ended up with 6.  
 
The winning pitcher was Joe Coleman(6-1) who allowed 3 runs in 7 and 1/3
innings. Dick Drago(1-4) was hit with the loss.  He allowed 6 runs and 6 hits
in 1 and 2/3 innings.