Detroit Tigers (5) Kansas City Royals (2)

| 1979

Date of Game: Saturday, August 04, 1979
Stadium: Tiger Stadium

Kansas City Royals (AL)	Detroit Tigers (AL)
Record: 54-54	Record: 54-52
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Attendance: 39,402 Time of Game: 2:28

Game Notes:

Mike Chris - 1st career win

None listed
Best at-bats

Jerry Morales 1B in 7th inning (21.17)

Al Cowens 1B in 7th inning (18.56)

Steve Kemp 2B in 3rd inning (11.31)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	2
Detroit Tigers	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	x	5	10	0

Kansas City Royals Batting Stats

Kansas City Royals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Willie Wilson	lf	24.026	4	0	0	0	0	2	.302	100	252	4	27	45
Frank White	2b	28.334	3	0	1	0	1	0	.246	74	782	6	29	19
Darrell Porter	c	27.200	2	1	0	0	2	0	.293	106	922	12	73	2
Hal McRae	dh	34.025	4	1	1	0	0	1	.252	57	1150	5	32	4
Al Cowens	rf	27.284	4	0	1	2	0	1	.300	87	763	5	51	7
Amos Otis	cf	32.100	4	0	1	0	0	0	.285	102	1479	12	62	22
George Scott	1b	35.134	4	0	1	0	0	1	.247	84	2012	5	42	1
Freddie Patek	ss	34.299	4	0	0	0	0	1	.241	92	1510	1	31	9
Jerry Terrell	3b	33.022	3	0	0	0	0	0	.333	19	622	1	1	0
Marty Pattin	p	36.120	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	16	346	0	0	0
Totals:			32	2	5	2	3	6	.156	737	9838

Detroit Tigers Batting Stats

Detroit Tigers	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Ron LeFlore	cf	31.049	3	1	2	0	0	0	.302	99	738	3	32	53
Lynn Jones	ph-cf	26.215	1	1	0	0	0	0	.281	59	59	2	15	5
Lou Whitaker	2b	22.084	4	2	2	1	0	0	.276	85	235	2	31	12
Steve Kemp	lf	24.362	2	0	1	1	2	0	.333	99	409	18	80	3
Jerry Morales	rf	30.167	4	0	1	1	0	0	.223	82	1087	9	30	2
Lance Parrish	c	23.050	4	0	0	0	0	2	.271	99	196	15	49	5
John Wockenfuss	dh	30.158	4	1	2	0	0	1	.275	49	281	11	22	1
Jason Thompson	1b	25.029	4	0	1	1	0	1	.257	96	530	10	53	1
Tom Brookens	3b	25.359	4	0	1	0	0	0	.261	20	20	3	10	4
Alan Trammell	ss	21.164	3	0	0	0	0	0	.272	92	250	2	31	5
John Hiller	p	36.118	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	36	517	0	0	0
Totals:			33	5	10	4	2	4	.303	816	4322

Game Stats

2B: Steve Kemp (22), Hal McRae (17), John Wockenfuss (5)
3B: Lou Whitaker (5)
RBIs: Al Cowens 2 (51), Steve Kemp (80), Jerry Morales (30), Jason Thompson (53), Lou Whitaker (31)
SB: Ron LeFlore (53), Darrell Porter (2), Frank White (19)
CS: Steve Kemp (6), Ron LeFlore (9)

Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats

Kansas City Royals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Larry Gura (L 7-8)	31.252	6.2	9	5	3	2	2	0	4.84	1.33	0	0	0	28	223
Marty Pattin	36.120	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	4.15	1.34	0	0	0	21	428
Pitching Totals:		8	10	5	3	2	4	0			0	0	0	49	651

Detroit Tigers Pitching Stats

Detroit Tigers	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Mike Chris (W 1-0)	21.300	6	2	2	2	3	4	0	6.43	1.14	0	0	0	2	2
John Hiller (Sv 8)	36.118	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	5.03	1.71	0	0	0	36	527
Pitching Totals:		9	5	2	2	3	6	0			0	0	0	38	529

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Mike Chris; John Hiller;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Gura 0-0-0; Marty Pattin 0-0-0; Mike Chris 0-0-0; John Hiller 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Larry Gura 30; Marty Pattin 5; Mike Chris 23; John Hiller 12;
Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 39,402
Umpires: Home: John Shulock 1B Dale Ford 2B Terry Cooney 3B Mike Reilly

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