KANSAS CITY (52-82) @ DETROIT (78-56) game 1

STARTING PITCHERS
7X (13-12 3.02) 12X (13-5 2.24)
The Kansas City A’s roared into the Motor City promptly putting up a 4 stop off Mickey Lolich in the 2nd highlighted by a long ball by Ramon Webster. Jim Nash had a easy three innings but Norm Cash and Mickey Stanley went deep to tie the game in the 4th. A pair of doubles in the 6th chased Nash from the game and proved to be the winning margin as the Bengals took the opener.
KCA 040 000 000 4 5 0
DET 000 401 00x 5 7 1
2B DET Cash 14 Freehan 15
3B KCA Roof 5
HR KCA Webster 12 (2nd off Lolich)
DET Cash 28 (4th off Nash) Stanley 4 (4th off Nash)
SB DET McAuliffe 8
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Nash 5.1 6 2 3 4 5 5 25 37
Lolich 6 4 1 4 4 4 4 25 48
WP Lolich 14-5 2.37 LP Nash 13-13 3.16 SV Marshall 9
STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Double HR 2 RBI


