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Kansas City Royals 4 Detroit Tigers 10

April 16,1979

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (5-4)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (3-4)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

9,457

Time of Game

2:54

Umpires

[HP]: Tom Ravashiere [1B]: Doug Cossey [2B]: John Shulock [3B]: Dick Runchey

Kansas City Royals 4 Detroit Tigers 10

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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	5-4		0	0	2		0	2	0		0	0	0			4	11	3		4	6	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	3-4		1	3	1		1	0	0		4	0	x			10	11	1		5	9	17	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	25.336	L	5	0	0	0		0	0	.333		9	740
2	Hal McRae	dh	33.280	R	4	2	1	0		1	2	.364		9	1102
3	Amos Otis	cf	31.355	R	4	2	2	0		1	2	.361		9	1386
4	Darrell Porter	c	27.089	L	4	0	3	1		1	0	.375		9	825
5	Al Cowens	rf	27.173	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.219		9	685
6	Pete LaCock	1b	27.089	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.286		9	478
7	Clint Hurdle	lf	21.260	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.240		9	151
8	Frank White	2b	28.224	R	3	0	2	0		0	0	.258		9	717
	Steve Braun	ph-3b	30.343	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.500		2	988
9	Freddie Patek	ss	34.189	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.387		9	1427
	Jamie Quirk	ph-ss	24.176	L	0	0	0	0		1	0			1	189
Totals

Errors: George Brett 2, Freddie Patek

2B: Clint Hurdle (3)

RBI: Darrell Porter (13), Al Cowens (5)

GDP: Pete LaCock (2), Freddie Patek (1)

SB: Amos Otis (3)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron LeFlore	dh	30.304	R	4	1	0	1		0	1	.194		7	646
2	Lou Whitaker	2b	21.339	L	4	1	3	1		1	1	.333		7	157
3	Steve Kemp	lf	24.252	L	5	1	3	2		0	1	.467		7	317
4	Jason Thompson	1b	24.284	L	2	1	0	1		2	0	.143		7	441
5	Jerry Morales	rf	30.057	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.138		7	1012
6	John Wockenfuss	c	30.048	R	2	2	1	0		1	0	.222		5	237
	Milt May	c	28.258	L	1	1	1	1		0	0	.222		4	679
7	Lynn Jones	cf	26.105	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.313		4	4
8	Aurelio Rodriguez	3b	31.109	R	4	1	1	2		0	0	.278		4	1561
9	Alan Trammell	ss	21.054	R	3	1	1	2		1	0	.476		7	165
Totals

Errors: John Wockenfuss

2B: Steve Kemp (3)

HR: Lou Whitaker (1)

RBI: Ron LeFlore (6), Lou Whitaker (3), Steve Kemp 2 (9), Jason Thompson (2), Milt May (1), Aurelio Rodriguez 2 (3), Alan Trammell 2 (2)

SF: Ron LeFlore (1), Jason Thompson (1)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Gura	L	L 1-1	6.1	8	5	5	5	3	1		4.64	1.36		3	198
2	Eduardo Rodriguez	R		1.2	3	1	1	0	2	0		2.25	1.25		5	240
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Gura (0-0-0), Eduardo Rodriguez (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 1-0	5.0	9	3	3	3	2	0		4.91	1.82		2	425
2	Steve Baker	R	SV 1	4.0	2	0	0	1	4	0		1.35	1.05		2	17
Totals				0.0

WP: Steve Baker (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jack Billingham (0-0-0), Steve Baker (0-0-0)