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Detroit Tigers 6 Kansas City Royals 2

September 1,1978

Visiting Team

Detroit Tigers (74-59)

Home Team

Kansas City Royals (71-61)

Game Date

September 1,1978

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Kauffman Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

32,329

Time of Game

2:26

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Kunkel [1B]: Bill Deegan [2B]: Terry Cooney [3B]: Al Clark

Detroit Tigers 6 Kansas City Royals 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
Detroit Tigers	DET	74-59		0	0	2		0	4	0		0	0	0			6	9	0		4	4	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Royals	KCA	71-61		0	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	1			2	9	1		1	6	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron LeFlore	cf	30.077	R	5	1	1	0		0	3	.294		129	613
2	Lou Whitaker	2b	21.112	L	4	1	0	0		1	2	.295		115	126
3	Rusty Staub	dh	34.153	L	3	1	1	2		2	1	.291		133	2264
4	Jason Thompson	1b	24.057	L	5	1	1	1		0	1	.295		125	406
5	Steve Kemp	lf	24.025	L	5	1	2	3		0	0	.285		130	281
6	Milt May	c	28.031	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.268		84	654
7	Tim Corcoran	rf	25.166	L	4	0	2	0		0	1	.272		95	150
8	Phil Mankowski	3b	25.235	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.286		71	189
	Aurelio Rodriguez	ph-3b	30.247	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.252		110	1533
9	Alan Trammell	ss	20.192	R	3	1	2	0		1	1	.271		110	129
Totals

2B: Rusty Staub (27), Tim Corcoran (12), Alan Trammell (11)

HR: Steve Kemp (11)

RBI: Rusty Staub 2 (106), Jason Thompson (83), Steve Kemp 3 (69)

SB: Ron LeFlore (60)

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	George Brett	3b	25.109	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.290		100	703
2	Hal McRae	dh	33.053	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.277		130	1067
3	Pete LaCock	1b	26.227	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.310		94	445
4	Darrell Porter	c	26.227	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.283		121	787
5	Al Cowens	rf	26.311	R	4	1	3	1		0	0	.282		104	648
6	Clint Hurdle	lf	21.033	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.266		117	126
7	Amos Otis	cf	31.128	R	3	0	1	1		0	0	.267		113	1349
8	Freddie Patek	ss	33.327	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.262		118	1398
	Steve Braun	ph	30.116	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.244		79	969
9	Frank White	2b	27.362	R	2	0	2	0		0	0	.277		114	679
	Tom Poquette	ph	26.306	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.204		74	305
Totals

Errors: Freddie Patek

2B: Hal McRae (33), Darrell Porter (25), Al Cowens 2 (20)

RBI: Al Cowens (55), Amos Otis (68)

SF: Amos Otis (9)

GDP: George Brett (6), Al Cowens (5), Clint Hurdle (6)

CS: Frank White (8)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jack Billingham	R	W 15-6	9.0	9	2	2	2	0	0		3.59	1.35		26	419
Totals				0.0

WP: Jack Billingham (6)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jack Billingham (0-0-0)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dennis Leonard	R	L 15-16	5.0	7	6	6	2	6	1		3.67	1.28		33	143
2	Steve Mingori	L		2.1	2	0	0	0	3	0		3.05	1.14		40	350
3	Randy McGilberry	R		1.2	0	0	0	2	2	0		3.94	1.81		9	12
Totals				0.0

WP: Dennis Leonard 2 (11)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Leonard (0-0-0), Steve Mingori (0-0-0), Randy McGilberry (0-0-0)