May 9, 1973 - Northrup pinch hit homer turns tables on Royals!

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 May 8, 1973 - Northrup pinch hit homer turns tables on Royals!



Paul Splittorff held the Tigers to 1 run through eight innings, but in the ninth leading 3 to 1, he gave up a lead off single to Bill Freehan and walked Frank Howard to put the tying run on base.
Doug Bird got the bullpen call and struck out Duke Sims, Bird threw a wild pitch and the runners moved up, then got Mickey Stanley to fly out to shallow center for the second out.
Jim Northrup came to bat in place of Ed Kirkpatrick and turned around a 1-1 breaking ball for a three run home run that gave the Tigers the late lead 4 to 3!
Tony Taylor flew out to end the inning.
John Hiller came on and pitched a 1-2-3 9th inning to secure the win and earn his 8th save. Lerin LaGrow earned his first win with two innings of solid relief.


5-8-1973 (Night Game): 1973-DET (16-10) vs. 1973-KCA (16-11) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1973-DET 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 0 1973-KCA 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 1973-DET AB R H RBI BB SO AVE T. Taylor (2B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 .154 A. Rodriguez (3B) 4 0 1 0 0 0 .230 A. Kaline (RF) 4 1 1 0 0 0 .316 W. Horton (LF) 4 0 1 1 0 0 .448 B. Freehan (1B) 4 1 1 0 0 0 .230 F. Howard (DH) 3 1 0 0 1 0 .222 D. Sims (C) 4 0 2 0 0 1 .393 M. Stanley (CF) 3 0 0 0 1 0 .263 E. Brinkman (SS) 2 0 1 0 1 1 .212 J. Northrup (PH9) 1 1 1 3 0 0 .317 D. McAuliffe (SS9) 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 34 4 8 4 3 2 .256 2 for 8 with runners in scoring position. HR: J. Northrup[1] RBI: W. Horton[8], J. Northrup(3)[8] SB: T. Taylor[1], A. Kaline[1] GIDP: A. Kaline[4] LOB: 6 1973-KCA AB R H RBI BB SO AVE F. Patek (SS) 3 1 0 0 1 0 .246 C. Rojas (2B) 3 1 0 0 1 0 .293 A. Otis (CF) 4 1 3 1 0 1 .305 J. Mayberry (1B) 3 0 0 0 1 0 .268 L. Piniella (LF) 3 0 1 1 0 2 .309 H. McRae (DH) 4 0 0 0 0 0 .210 E. Kirkpatrick (RF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 .155 J. Wohlford (PH9) 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 P. Schaal (3B) 4 0 2 0 0 1 .242 J. May (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 .057 32 3 6 2 3 5 .247 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position. 2B: A. Otis(2)[9] RBI: A. Otis[26], L. Piniella[15] SF: L. Piniella[1] SB: F. Patek[8] DP: 1 LOB: 6 1973-DET IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA W. Fryman 6.0 4 3 3 3 2 0 2.52 L. LaGrow (W, 1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 11.12 J. Hiller (S, 8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.79 9.0 6 3 3 3 5 0 3.21 Game Score: W. Fryman (55) Pitches Thrown: W. Fryman (72) 1973-KCA IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA P. Splittorff 8.0 7 3 3 3 1 0 5.44 D. Bird (L, 0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2.57 9.0 8 4 4 3 2 1 3.90 Game Score: P. Splittorff (60) Pitches Thrown: P. Splittorff (111) DDBB Player of the Game: J. Northrup Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City

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