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Kansas City Royals 4 Detroit Tigers 2

August 15,1978

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (64-52)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (64-52)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

33,365

Time of Game

2:50

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Haller [1B]: Ron Luciano [2B]: Ken Kaiser [3B]: Mike Reilly

Kansas City Royals 4 Detroit Tigers 2

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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	64-52		0	0	0		1	0	0		2	0	1			4	11	0		1	4	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	64-52		1	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			2	11	1		3	3	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	George Brett	3b	25.092	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.315		84	687
2	Hal McRae	dh	33.036	R	3	1	1	1		1	0	.277		114	1051
3	Pete LaCock	1b	26.210	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.306		83	434
4	Darrell Porter	c	26.210	L	4	1	1	1		0	1	.268		107	773
5	Clint Hurdle	lf-rf	21.016	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.278		103	112
6	Al Cowens	rf-cf	26.294	R	4	1	3	0		0	0	.280		88	632
7	Freddie Patek	ss	33.310	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.282		103	1383
8	U L Washington	2b	24.292	B	4	0	1	0		0	1	.272		50	60
9	Willie Wilson	cf	23.037	B	2	0	0	0		0	1	.226		90	115
	Steve Braun	ph-lf	30.099	L	1	0	1	1		0	0	.246		71	961
Totals

2B: Clint Hurdle (20)

HR: Hal McRae (12), Darrell Porter (9)

RBI: Hal McRae (53), Darrell Porter (50), Steve Braun (25)

GDP: Freddie Patek (5)

CS: Clint Hurdle (3)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron LeFlore	cf	30.060	R	5	0	2	0		0	0	.291		112	596
2	Lou Whitaker	2b	21.095	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.300		102	113
3	Rusty Staub	dh	34.136	L	4	0	2	0		1	0	.301		116	2247
4	Steve Kemp	lf	24.008	L	4	0	1	0		1	0	.283		116	267
5	Milt May	c	28.014	L	3	0	1	1		1	0	.279		76	646
6	Tim Corcoran	rf	25.149	L	3	1	1	0		1	1	.269		82	137
7	Phil Mankowski	3b	25.218	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.300		65	183
	Aurelio Rodriguez	3b	30.230	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.266		94	1517
8	Mickey Stanley	1b	36.026	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.264		39	1502
9	Alan Trammell	ss	20.175	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.255		93	112
	Lance Parrish	ph	22.061	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.232		61	73
Totals

Errors: Steve Kemp

2B: Tim Corcoran (10), Mickey Stanley (6)

RBI: Milt May (32)

SH: Lou Whitaker (11)

GDP: Mickey Stanley (3)

SB: Ron LeFlore (55)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dennis Leonard	R	W 13-14	6.0	7	2	2	5	2	0		3.73	1.31		29	139
2	Al Hrabosky	L	SV 15	3.0	4	0	0	0	1	0		2.75	1.19		43	372
Totals				0.0

WP: Dennis Leonard (7), Al Hrabosky (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Leonard (0-0-0), Al Hrabosky (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Kip Young	R	L 4-2	7.0	8	3	3	1	5	1		1.80	1.09		6	6
2	Bob Sykes	L		1.1	3	1	1	0	1	1		3.52	1.40		20	52
3	John Hiller	L		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.70	1.10		33	473
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Kip Young (0-0-0), Bob Sykes (0-0-0), John Hiller (0-0-0)