The Royals set a club record with 24 hits while slaughtering the Tigers, 21-7, in a game halted by rain in the top half of the ninth inning after Tom Poquette and Jamie Quirk each doubled with none out to account for Kaycee's last two hits and their last run. Poquette also had another double, plus two singles and an inside-the-park homer in the Royals' barrage, while Amos Otis drove in five runs and Dave Nelson accounted for four. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 21, Detroit Tigers 7
Game Played on Tuesday, June      15, 1976 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Royals       0  5  4    6  0  1    1  3  1  -  21 24  0
Tigers       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  5  x  -   7 11  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
D. Nelson 2b          4   3   3   4     0   0   .300      LeFlore cf            5   2   2   0     0   1   .338
  Rojas 2b            1   0   0   0     1   1   .265      Garcia 2b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .230
Otis cf               3   3   2   5     2   0   .303      Staub dh              3   2   1   1     1   0   .313
Brett 3b,ss           6   1   4   1     0   1   .362      Johnson lf            4   1   2   2     0   1   .275
Mayberry 1b           5   0   1   1     0   1   .256      Freehan 1b            3   0   1   1     0   1   .273
  Wathan 1b           0   1   0   0     1   0   .333      Stanley rf            3   1   1   1     1   0   .289
McRae dh              3   0   1   0     0   0   .360      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .258
  Solaita ph,dh       3   0   1   3     0   1   .293      Wockenfuss c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Cowens rf             4   3   1   0     0   0   .245        Thompson ph         1   0   0   1     0   0   .216
  Wohlford ph,rf      2   0   0   0     0   0   .226        Kimm c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Poquette lf           6   5   5   2     0   0   .323      Scrivener ss          3   0   1   0     0   1   .238
Patek ss              2   1   1   1     0   1   .312        Meyer ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .292
  Quirk ph,3b         4   1   2   2     0   0   .333        Manuel ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .147
Martinez c            5   3   3   1     0   0   .342      Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Laxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bare p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               48  21  24  20     4   5             Totals               33   7  11   7     2   4

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 13,834
Left on Base: Royals 8, Tigers 6
DP: Royals 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Rodriguez, Scrivener
Doubles: Poquette 2 (12), Martinez (3), Quirk (1)
Triples: Martinez (2)
Home Runs: Otis (12), Poquette (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Garcia (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Otis (5), Freehan (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(6-6)       7.1   9   7   7   2   4   0  33   4.48
Pattin                  0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.92
Totals                  8    11   7   7   2   4   0  37

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(0-1)        1.2   6   5   5   0   2   0  11  27.00
Laxton                  0.1   4   3   2   0   0   0   6   4.98
Bare                    1.1   6   5   5   1   0   0  10   5.07
Grilli                  4.2   8   8   8   3   3   2  26   6.89
Totals                  8    24  21  20   4   5   2  53

Wild Pitches: Bare 2 (3), Grilli (2)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Jim Evans


ROYALS 1ST: D. Nelson grounded out (first to pitcher); Otis
flied out to right; Brett singled to center; Mayberry struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to center; Garcia out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [LeFlore to second]; Staub walked; Johnson
singled [LeFlore scored, Staub to third]; Freehan hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Staub scored]; Stanley grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae singled to left; Cowens forced McRae
(shortstop to second); Poquette doubled to left [Cowens scored];
Patek struck out; Martinez doubled to right [Poquette scored];
D. Nelson singled to center [Martinez scored, D. Nelson to
second (on throw to home)]; Otis singled to right [D. Nelson
scored]; LAXTON REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Brett singled to
right [Otis to third]; Mayberry singled to right [Otis scored,
Brett to third]; McRae flied out to right; 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Royals 5, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Wockenfuss grounded out (third to first); Scrivener singled;
LeFlore forced Scrivener (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 5, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Cowens reached on an error by Rodriguez; Poquette
singled to left [Cowens to second]; Patek singled to right
[Cowens scored (unearned), Poquette to second]; BARE REPLACED
LAXTON (PITCHING); Bare threw a wild pitch [Poquette to third,
Patek to second]; Martinez made an out to first; D. Nelson
singled to left [Poquette scored, Patek scored]; Bare threw a
wild pitch [D. Nelson to second]; Otis walked; Brett singled to
right [D. Nelson scored, Otis out at third (right to first to
third)]; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R (3 ER), 4
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 9, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Garcia made an out to second; Staub lined to center;
Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
9, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens
singled to right; Poquette singled to center [Cowens to third];
QUIRK BATTED FOR PATEK; Quirk singled to right [Cowens scored,
Poquette to second]; Martinez singled to center [Poquette to
third, Quirk to second]; GRILLI REPLACED BARE (PITCHING); D.
Nelson singled to left [Poquette scored, Quirk scored (error by
Scrivener) (no RBI), Martinez to second]; Otis homered [Martinez
scored, D. Nelson scored]; Brett flied out to center; Mayberry
made an out to third; 6 R, 6 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 15, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: BRETT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); QUIRK STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); ROJAS REPLACED D. NELSON (PLAYING 2B);
Freehan struck out; Stanley walked; Rodriguez flied out to
center; Wockenfuss forced Stanley (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 15, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 5TH: SOLAITA BATTED FOR MCRAE; Solaita struck out; Cowens
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Poquette flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 15, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Scrivener struck out; LeFlore struck out; Garcia
lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 15, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Quirk flied out to left; Martinez tripled; Rojas
walked; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Martinez scored];
Brett singled to left [Rojas to second]; Mayberry grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 16, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: WATHAN REPLACED MAYBERRY (PLAYING 1B); Staub flied
out to right; Johnson lined to pitcher; Freehan singled to
third; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 16, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Solaita grounded out (shortstop to first); WOHLFORD
BATTED FOR COWENS; Wohlford flied out to center; Poquette hit an
inside the park homer to center; Quirk grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 17, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rodriguez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wockenfuss grounded out
(third to first); Scrivener grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 17, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Martinez grounded out (second to first); Rojas
struck out; Otis walked; Brett struck out but Otis advanced to
second and Brett advanced to first on a wild pitch; Wathan
walked [Otis to third, Brett to second]; Solaita singled to left
[Otis scored, Brett scored, Wathan scored]; Wohlford forced
Solaita (third to second); 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 20,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: LeFlore singled to left; Garcia singled to third
[LeFlore to second]; Staub singled to right [LeFlore scored,
Garcia to third]; Johnson singled to center [Garcia scored,
Staub to second]; Freehan flied out to right; Stanley singled to
shortstop [Staub scored, Johnson to second]; PATTIN REPLACED
SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Rodriguez singled to left [Johnson
scored, Stanley to third]; THOMPSON BATTED FOR WOCKENFUSS;
Thompson forced Rodriguez (shortstop to second) [Stanley
scored]; MEYER BATTED FOR SCRIVENER; Meyer singled to right
[Thompson to third]; LeFlore forced Meyer (shortstop to second);
5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 20, Tigers 7.

ROYALS 9TH: MANUEL REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING SS); KIMM REPLACED
THOMPSON (PLAYING C ); Poquette doubled to left; Quirk doubled
[Poquette scored]; Game called after 30 min rain delay; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 21, Tigers 7.