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Kansas City Royals 7 Detroit Tigers 4

April 7,1977

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (1-0)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (0-1)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

46,807

Time of Game

2:30

Umpires

[HP]: Russ Goetz [1B]: George Maloney [2B]: Terry Cooney [3B]: Greg Kosc

Kansas City Royals 7 Detroit Tigers 4

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1st inning: HR/7.2-H **upper deck HR**
1st inning: **Debut game for Joe Zdeb**
7th inning: **Debut game for Steve Kemp**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	1-0		2	0	0		1	3	0		0	0	1			7	12	0		1	5	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	0-1		2	0	0		0	0	0		2	0	0			4	8	0		6	10	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	George Brett	3b	23.327	L	4	2	1	0		1	0	.250		1	465
2	Hal McRae	dh	31.271	R	5	1	3	0		0	1	.600		1	776
3	Amos Otis	cf	29.346	R	5	2	4	3		0	0	.800		1	1095
4	John Mayberry	1b	28.048	L	3	1	1	3		2	1	.333		1	847
5	Al Cowens	rf	25.164	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.250		1	383
6	Joe Zdeb	lf	23.284	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.250		1	1
7	Buck Martinez	c	28.151	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.250		1	332
8	Freddie Patek	ss	32.180	R	4	0	0	1		0	0	.000		1	1127
9	Frank White	2b	26.215	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.000		1	414
Totals

2B: Amos Otis (1), Al Cowens (1)

HR: Amos Otis (1), John Mayberry (1)

RBI: Amos Otis 3 (3), John Mayberry 3 (3), Freddie Patek (1)

GDP: John Mayberry (1)

SB: Freddie Patek (1)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron LeFlore	cf	28.295	R	4	1	2	1		1	1	.500		1	331
2	Tito Fuentes	2b	35.093	B	4	1	1	1		0	0	.250		1	1335
3	Rusty Staub	dh	33.006	L	4	0	1	1		0	1	.250		1	1974
4	Willie Horton	lf	34.171	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.250		1	1514
5	Jason Thompson	1b	22.275	L	3	0	0	0		1	2	.000		1	124
6	Ben Oglivie	rf	28.055	L	3	1	0	0		1	0	.000		1	474
7	Milt May	c	26.249	L	2	1	0	0		1	0	.000		1	456
	John Wockenfuss	ph-c	28.039	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		1	109
8	Aurelio Rodriguez	3b	29.100	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	1329
	Steve Kemp	ph	22.243	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	1
	Mark Wagner	ss	23.034	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		1	40
9	Tom Veryzer	ss	24.055	R	2	0	2	0		0	0	1.000		1	266
	Phil Mankowski	ph-3b	24.088	L	2	0	1	1		0	0	.500		1	25
Totals

2B: Tito Fuentes (1)

RBI: Ron LeFlore (1), Tito Fuentes (1), Rusty Staub (1), Phil Mankowski (1)

GDP: Tito Fuentes 2 (2)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Paul Splittorff	L	W 1-0	6.0	5	4	4	4	3	0		6.00	1.50		1	195
2	Doug Bird	R		1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0.00	3.00		1	200
3	Larry Gura	L		0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0		0.00	0.00		1	109
4	Mark Littell	R	SV 1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0.00	0.00		1	76
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Paul Splittorff (0-0-0), Doug Bird (0-0-0), Larry Gura (0-0-0), Mark Littell (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Roberts	L	L 0-1	5.0	9	6	6	1	2	2		10.80	2.00		1	278
2	Fernando Arroyo	R		3.1	3	1	1	2	2	0		2.70	1.50		1	15
3	John Hiller	L		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1	396
Totals				0.0

WP: Fernando Arroyo (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Roberts (0-0-0), Fernando Arroyo (0-0-0), John Hiller (0-0-0)