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Kansas City Royals 2 Detroit Tigers 3

June 9,1978

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (27-25)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (30-23)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

32,309

Time of Game

1:55

Umpires

[HP]: George Maloney [1B]: Jim McKean [2B]: Greg Kosc [3B]: Jerry Neudecker

Kansas City Royals 2 Detroit Tigers 3

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4th inning: S9.3-H;1X2(94) **John Wockenfuss stumbled over 2B bag and was tagged out**

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	27-25		1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	1			2	3	2		3	7	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	30-23		0	2	0		1	0	0		0	0	x			3	6	2		3	4	8	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	Willie Wilson	cf	22.335	B	4	1	1	0		0	0	.242		44	69
2	Hal McRae	dh	32.334	R	3	1	0	1		1	0	.284		52	989
3	Clint Hurdle	1b	20.314	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.241		44	53
4	George Brett	3b	25.025	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.308		37	640
5	Al Cowens	rf	26.227	R	3	0	0	1		0	1	.258		50	594
6	Darrell Porter	c	26.143	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.292		48	714
	Amos Otis	ph	31.044	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.298		49	1285
7	Tom Poquette	lf	26.222	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.225		31	262
8	U L Washington	ss	24.225	B	1	0	0	0		1	0	.294		18	28
	Pete LaCock	ph	26.143	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.189		29	380
9	Frank White	2b	27.278	R	2	0	0	0		1	0	.277		52	617
Totals

Errors: George Brett, U L Washington

RBI: Hal McRae (30), Al Cowens (23)

SF: Al Cowens (6)

SB: Willie Wilson (17), U L Washington (6)

CS: George Brett (1)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron LeFlore	cf	29.358	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.272		51	535
2	Steve Kemp	lf	23.306	L	3	0	2	0		1	0	.289		53	204
3	Rusty Staub	dh	34.069	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.291		53	2184
4	Jason Thompson	1b	23.338	L	4	1	0	0		0	0	.285		53	334
5	Aurelio Rodriguez	3b	30.163	R	4	1	1	2		0	0	.310		36	1459
6	Lance Parrish	c	21.359	R	3	1	0	0		1	1	.202		27	39
7	John Wockenfuss	rf	29.102	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.288		22	183
8	Alan Trammell	ss	20.108	R	3	0	1	1		0	0	.293		35	54
9	Lou Whitaker	2b	21.028	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.308		40	51
Totals

Errors: Lance Parrish

HR: Aurelio Rodriguez (5)

RBI: Aurelio Rodriguez 2 (18), Alan Trammell (9)

SB: Ron LeFlore (20)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Paul Splittorff	L	L 7-5	8.0	6	2	2	3	2	1		2.53	1.02		14	245
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Paul Splittorff (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jack Billingham	R	W 5-3	8.0	3	1	1	3	2	0		3.46	1.29		11	404
2	John Hiller	L	SV 7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		2.47	1.01		20	460
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jack Billingham (0-0-0), John Hiller (0-0-0)