Kansas City Royals (4) Detroit Tigers (2)

| 1978

Date of Game: Tuesday, August 15, 1978
Stadium: Tiger Stadium

Kansas City Royals (AL)	Detroit Tigers (AL)
Record: 64-52	Record: 64-52
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Attendance: 33,365 Time of Game: 2:50

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Steve Braun 1B in 7th inning (24.43)

Al Cowens 1B in 7th inning (19.97)

Hal McRae HR in 4th inning (10.42)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Royals	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	11	0
Detroit Tigers	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	11	1

Kansas City Royals Batting Stats

Kansas City Royals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
George Brett	3b	25.092	4	0	0	0	0	1	.315	84	687	4	43	16
Hal McRae	dh	33.036	3	1	1	1	1	0	.277	114	1051	12	53	13
Pete LaCock	1b	26.211	4	0	0	0	0	1	.306	83	434	5	32	0
Darrell Porter	c	26.211	4	1	1	1	0	1	.268	107	773	9	50	0
Clint Hurdle	lf-rf	21.016	4	1	2	0	0	0	.278	103	112	5	50	1
Al Cowens	rf-cf	26.295	4	1	3	0	0	0	.280	88	632	4	47	10
Freddie Patek	ss	33.310	4	0	2	0	0	1	.282	103	1383	1	40	33
U.L. Washington	2b	24.292	4	0	1	0	0	1	.272	50	60	0	8	9
Willie Wilson	cf	23.037	2	0	0	0	0	1	.226	90	115	0	10	23
Steve Braun	ph-lf	30.099	1	0	1	1	0	0	.246	71	961	3	25	2
Joe Zdeb	lf	25.049	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	51	156	0	11	3
Al Hrabosky	p	29.025	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	43	373	0	0	0
Totals:			34	4	11	3	1	6	.324	987	6737

Detroit Tigers Batting Stats

Detroit Tigers	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Ron LeFlore	cf	30.060	5	0	2	0	0	0	.291	112	596	7	43	55
Lou Whitaker	2b	21.095	3	1	1	0	1	0	.300	102	113	2	41	7
Rusty Staub	dh	34.136	4	0	2	0	1	0	.301	116	2247	19	96	3
Steve Kemp	lf	24.008	4	0	1	0	1	0	.283	116	267	9	59	2
Milt May	c	28.014	3	0	1	1	1	0	.279	76	646	9	32	0
Tim Corcoran	rf	25.149	3	1	1	0	1	1	.269	82	137	1	22	3
Phil Mankowski	3b	25.218	3	0	1	0	0	0	.300	65	183	3	14	2
Aurelio Rodriguez	3b	30.231	1	0	1	0	0	0	.266	94	1517	6	34	0
Mickey Stanley	1b	36.026	4	0	1	0	0	0	.264	39	1502	2	7	0
Alan Trammell	ss	20.175	3	0	0	0	0	1	.255	93	112	2	22	2
Lance Parrish	ph	22.061	1	0	0	0	0	1	.232	61	73	11	26	0
Mark Wagner	ss	24.164	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	32	93	0	6	1
Bob Sykes	p	23.247	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	11	23	0	0	0
John Hiller	p	35.129	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	33	463	0	0	0
Totals:			34	2	11	1	5	3	.324	1032	7972

Game Stats

2B: Tim Corcoran (10), Clint Hurdle (20), Mickey Stanley (6)
HR: Hal McRae (12), Darrell Porter (9)
RBIs: Steve Braun (25), Milt May (32), Hal McRae (53), Darrell Porter (50)
SB: Ron LeFlore (55)
CS: Clint Hurdle (3)
SH: Lou Whitaker (11)
GDP: Freddie Patek (5), Mickey Stanley (3)

Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats

Kansas City Royals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Dennis Leonard (W 13-14)	27.099	6	7	2	2	5	2	0	3.73	1.30	0	0	0	29	139
Al Hrabosky (Sv 15)	29.025	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	2.75	1.19	0	0	0	43	372
Pitching Totals:		9	11	2	2	5	3	0			0	0	0	72	511

Detroit Tigers Pitching Stats

Detroit Tigers	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Kip Young (L 4-2)	23.290	7	8	3	3	1	5	1	1.80	1.09	0	0	0	6	6
Bob Sykes	23.247	1.1	3	1	1	0	1	1	3.52	1.40	0	0	0	20	52
John Hiller	35.129	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	1.09	0	0	0	33	473
Pitching Totals:		9	11	4	4	1	6	2			0	0	0	59	531

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Dennis Leonard; Al Hrabosky;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Leonard 0-0-0; Al Hrabosky 0-0-0; Kip Young 0-0-0; Bob Sykes 0-0-0; John Hiller 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Dennis Leonard 28; Al Hrabosky 12; Kip Young 27; Bob Sykes 7; John Hiller 1;
Time of Game: 2:50 Attendance: 33,365
Umpires: Home: Bill Haller 1B Ron Luciano 2B Ken Kaiser 3B Mike Reilly

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