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Kansas City Royals 3 Detroit Tigers 2

August 5,1979

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (55-54)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (54-53)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

28,703

Time of Game

3:09

Umpires

[HP]: Dale Ford [1B]: Terry Cooney [2B]: Mike Reilly [3B]: John Shulock

Kansas City Royals 3 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	55-54		1	1	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			3	7	0		4	9	15	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	54-53		0	0	1		0	0	0		0	0	1			2	6	1		5	8	13	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	lf	24.027	B	3	1	1	0		1	2	.302		101	253
2	Hal McRae	dh	34.026	R	4	0	0	1		1	1	.248		58	1151
3	Jamie Quirk	3b	24.287	L	3	0	1	0		0	1	.320		34	222
	George Scott	ph	35.135	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.246		85	2013
	Jerry Terrell	3b	33.023	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.316		20	623
4	Darrell Porter	c	27.200	L	3	1	1	1		1	0	.294		107	923
5	Pete LaCock	1b	27.200	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.284		89	558
6	Al Cowens	rf	27.284	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.300		88	764
7	Amos Otis	cf	32.101	R	2	0	1	0		2	0	.286		103	1480
8	Frank White	2b	28.335	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.243		75	783
9	Freddie Patek	ss	34.300	R	3	0	1	1		0	1	.242		93	1511
Totals

2B: Willie Wilson (9), Freddie Patek (16)

HR: Darrell Porter (13)

RBI: Hal McRae (33), Darrell Porter (74), Freddie Patek (32)

SH: Willie Wilson (10)

SF: Freddie Patek (3)

GDP: Jerry Terrell (1)

SB: Willie Wilson (46), Amos Otis (23)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Morales	cf	30.168	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.223		83	1088
2	Lou Whitaker	2b	22.085	L	3	1	2	0		1	0	.279		86	236
3	Steve Kemp	dh	24.363	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.332		100	410
4	Jason Thompson	1b	25.030	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.255		97	531
	Lynn Jones	ph	26.216	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.279		60	60
5	Champ Summers	rf	33.051	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.276		77	328
	John Wockenfuss	ph	30.159	R	1	0	0	1		0	0	.273		50	282
6	Al Greene	lf	24.269	L	2	0	0	0		2	1	.160		12	12
7	Lance Parrish	c	23.051	R	4	0	0	0		0	4	.268		100	197
8	Tom Brookens	3b	25.360	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.264		21	21
9	Alan Trammell	ss	21.165	R	3	1	1	0		0	0	.273		93	251
Totals

Errors: Tom Brookens

RBI: Jerry Morales (31), John Wockenfuss (23)

CS: Al Greene (1)

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 7-8	8.0	5	2	2	2	8	0		4.68	1.31		20	170
2	Al Hrabosky	L		0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0		4.05	1.61		44	431
3	Dan Quisenberry	R	SV 2	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0		1.47	0.98		15	15
Totals				0.0

WP: Dennis Leonard (6)

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

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dan Petry	R	L 3-3	6.0	5	3	3	3	4	1		3.16	1.17		6	6
2	John Hiller	L		1.1	2	0	0	1	2	0		4.92	1.72		37	528
3	Aurelio Lopez	R		1.2	0	0	0	2	1	0		2.55	1.25		36	69
Totals				0.0

WP: Dan Petry (1), John Hiller (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dan Petry (0-0-0), John Hiller (0-0-0), Aurelio Lopez (0-0-0)