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Kansas City Royals 2 Detroit Tigers 5

August 4,1979

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (54-54)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (54-52)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

39,402

Time of Game

2:28

Umpires

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

Kansas City Royals 2 Detroit Tigers 5

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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	54-54		0	0	0		0	0	0		2	0	0			2	5	2		4	10	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	54-52		0	0	2		0	0	1		2	0	x			5	10	0		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	24.026	B	4	0	0	0		0	2	.302		100	252
2	Frank White	2b	28.334	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.246		74	782
3	Darrell Porter	c	27.199	L	2	1	0	0		2	0	.293		106	922
4	Hal McRae	dh	34.025	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.252		57	1150
5	Al Cowens	rf	27.283	R	4	0	1	2		0	1	.300		87	763
6	Amos Otis	cf	32.100	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.285		102	1479
7	George Scott	1b	35.134	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.247		84	2012
8	Freddie Patek	ss	34.299	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.241		92	1510
9	Jerry Terrell	3b	33.022	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.333		19	622
Totals

Errors: Darrell Porter, Jerry Terrell

2B: Hal McRae (17)

RBI: Al Cowens 2 (51)

SB: Frank White (19), Darrell Porter (2)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron LeFlore	cf	31.049	R	3	1	2	0		0	0	.302		99	738
	Lynn Jones	ph-cf	26.215	R	1	1	0	0		0	0	.281		59	59
2	Lou Whitaker	2b	22.084	L	4	2	2	1		0	0	.276		85	235
3	Steve Kemp	lf	24.362	L	2	0	1	1		2	0	.333		99	409
4	Jerry Morales	rf	30.167	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.223		82	1087
5	Lance Parrish	c	23.050	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.271		99	196
6	John Wockenfuss	dh	30.158	R	4	1	2	0		0	1	.275		49	281
7	Jason Thompson	1b	25.029	L	4	0	1	1		0	1	.257		96	530
8	Tom Brookens	3b	25.359	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.261		20	20
9	Alan Trammell	ss	21.164	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.272		92	250
Totals

2B: Steve Kemp (22), John Wockenfuss (5)

3B: Lou Whitaker (5)

RBI: Lou Whitaker (31), Steve Kemp (80), Jerry Morales (30), Jason Thompson (53)

SB: Ron LeFlore (53)

CS: Ron LeFlore (9), Steve Kemp (6)

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 7-8	6.2	9	3	3	2	2	0		4.85	1.33		28	223
2	Marty Pattin	R		1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0		4.18	1.35		21	428
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Gura (0-0-0), Marty Pattin (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mike Chris	L	W 1-0	6.0	2	2	2	3	4	0		6.43	1.14		2	2
2	John Hiller	L	SV 8	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0		5.03	1.71		36	527
Totals				0.0

WP: Mike Chris (1), John Hiller (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mike Chris (0-0-0), John Hiller (0-0-0)