Tiger rookies Vern Ruhle and Leon Roberts combined efforts to help Detroit to a 5-0 whitewash of the Royals, who had their chances, but stranded seven runners in the first three innings and 15 for the game. Ruhle shut out the visitors over the first seven innings before being lifted after giving up a single and walk in the eighth. John Hiller finished up.

Roberts, hitting safely in the 14th straight game he had played, homered in the sixth after a walk to Nate Colbert and single by Bill Freehan. The Tigers counted twice off loser Dennis Leonard in the third when Tom Veryzer singled, Ron LeFlore walked and both scored on Willie Horton's single. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Monday, May       12, 1975 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  9  0
Tigers       0  0  2    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   5  7  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wohlford rf           4   0   0   0     1   0   .298      LeFlore cf            3   1   0   0     1   3   .333
Brett 3b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Sutherland 2b         4   0   0   0     0   1   .247
McRae lf              5   0   3   0     0   1   .314      Horton dh             4   0   1   2     0   0   .253
Mayberry 1b           5   0   2   0     0   0   .204      Colbert 1b            3   1   1   0     1   1   .131
Killebrew dh          3   0   0   0     2   0   .198      Freehan c             4   1   2   0     0   0   .216
  Pattin pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Roberts rf            3   1   1   3     1   1   .367
Pinson cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .196      Stanley lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .167
  Otis ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .240      Veryzer ss            2   1   1   0     0   1   .243
Rojas 2b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .318      Rodriguez 3b          2   0   0   0     0   1   .162
Patek ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Ruhle p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Solaita ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .217        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cowens ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .160
  White ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .175
Martinez c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   0   9   0     5   3             Totals               29   5   7   5     3   9

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance:  7,002
Left on Base: Royals 15, Tigers 5
DP: Royals 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Sutherland
Doubles: Pinson (3), Brett (5), Colbert (2)
Home Runs: Roberts (3)
Caught Stealing: Roberts (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (3), Rodriguez (2)
Hit by Pitch: Veryzer (1,by Leonard)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(0-1)          5.1   6   5   5   3   6   1  25   5.00
Mingori                 2.2   1   0   0   0   3   0   9   0.87
Totals                  8     7   5   5   3   9   1  34

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle W(2-1)            7.1   8   0   0   4   0   0  34   3.31
Hiller                  1.2   1   0   0   1   3   0   8   1.06
Totals                  9     9   0   0   5   3   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Leonard (1)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Armando Rodriguez, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Rich Garcia


ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett
grounded out (second to first); McRae singled; Mayberry singled
[McRae to second]; Killebrew forced Mayberry (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Sutherland grounded out (third
to first); Horton lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Pinson flied out to center; Rojas walked; Patek
singled [Rojas to second]; Martinez lined to left; Wohlford
walked [Rojas to third, Patek to second]; Brett grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Colbert doubled; Freehan grounded out (third to
first); Roberts was called out on strikes; Stanley was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae singled; Mayberry grounded out (second to
first) [McRae to second]; Killebrew walked; Pinson forced
Killebrew (second to shortstop) [McRae to third]; Rojas lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Veryzer singled; Rodriguez was called out on
strikes; LeFlore walked [Veryzer to second]; Sutherland struck
out; Horton singled [Veryzer scored, LeFlore scored]; Colbert
popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek flied out to left; Martinez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wohlford grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan lined to left; Roberts walked; Roberts was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Stanley popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Tigers 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae flied
out to right; Mayberry singled; Killebrew forced Mayberry (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Veryzer was hit by a pitch; Rodriguez out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Veryzer to second]; LeFlore
struck out; Sutherland grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Pinson doubled; Rojas flied out to right; Patek out
on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Pinson to third]; Martinez
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Horton flied out to center; Colbert walked; Freehan
singled [Colbert to second]; Roberts homered [Colbert scored,
Freehan scored]; Stanley singled; MINGORI REPLACED LEONARD
(PITCHING); Veryzer struck out; Rodriguez flied to left in foul
territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Wohlford popped to second; Brett grounded out
(second to first); McRae singled; Mayberry popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore struck out; Sutherland grounded out (second
to first); Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Killebrew lined to left; Pinson singled; Rojas
walked [Pinson to second]; SOLAITA BATTED FOR PATEK; HILLER
REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING); COWENS BATTED FOR SOLAITA; Cowens
forced Rojas (pitcher to second) [Pinson to third]; Martinez
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: WHITE REPLACED COWENS (PLAYING SS); Colbert struck
out; Freehan singled; Roberts forced Freehan (shortstop to
second); Stanley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 5.

ROYALS 9TH: Wohlford reached on an error by Sutherland; Brett
doubled [Wohlford to third]; McRae struck out; Mayberry grounded
out (pitcher to first); Killebrew walked; PATTIN RAN FOR
KILLEBREW; OTIS BATTED FOR PINSON; Otis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 5.