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The pitching appearance of Mark Fidrych helped attract a crowd of 51,041, but the Tigers' sensational rookie ran into stiff competition and lost to the Royals, 1-0, in a duel with Dennis Leonard. The only run scored in the fourth inning on singles by George Brett, John Mayberry and Hal McRae. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 1, Detroit Tigers 0Game Played on Friday, July 9, 1976 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumRoyals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 3
Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Cowens rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .262 LeFlore cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .328
Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .284 Veryzer ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .222
Brett 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .355 Oglivie lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .261
Mayberry 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .254 Staub rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .309
McRae lf 3 0 3 1 1 0 .345 Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .237
Quirk dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Johnson dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .278
Martinez c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .263
Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Garcia 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .202
White 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .220 Meyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .272
Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wockenfuss c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
Kimm c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .237
Stanley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Manuel 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Fidrych p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 1 9 1 1 2 Totals 31 0 4 0 0 8
Time of Game: 2:03 Attendance: 51,041
Left on Base: Royals 5, Tigers 4
DP: Royals 0, Tigers 4
Errors: Brett, Patek, Leonard, LeFlore
Doubles: White (8)
Stolen Bases: Oglivie (3), Staub (2)
Caught Stealing: McRae (9), Johnson (6)
GIDP: Otis (7), Quirk 2 (4)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Leonard W(9-3) 9 4 0 0 0 8 0 31 2.89
Totals 9 4 0 0 0 8 0 31
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Fidrych L(9-2) 9 9 1 1 1 2 0 33 1.78
Totals 9 9 1 1 1 2 0 33
Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Greg Kosc
ROYALS 1ST: Cowens singled to right; Otis grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Cowens out at second];
Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0,
Tigers 0.
TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
flied out to left; Oglivie singled to center; Oglivie stole
second; Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher); McRae
walked; Quirk grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [McRae out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
0, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Thompson was called out on strikes; Johnson reached
on an error by Leonard; Johnson was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Rodriguez reached on an error by Brett
[Rodriguez to second]; Garcia flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E,
1 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Martinez flied out to center; Patek grounded out
(third to first); White doubled to right; Cowens grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 3RD: Kimm flied out to center; LeFlore was called out on
strikes; Veryzer singled to shortstop [Veryzer to second (error
by Patek)]; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Otis grounded out (third to first); Brett singled to
right; Mayberry singled to right [Brett to third]; McRae singled
to left [Brett scored, Mayberry to second]; Quirk grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [McRae out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 4TH: Staub grounded out (third to first); Thompson flied
out to left; Johnson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Martinez singled to right; Patek flied out to
center; White flied out to left; Cowens struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez struck out; Garcia lined to left; Kimm
singled to right [Kimm out at second (right to shortstop)]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Otis grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded
out (first to pitcher); Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
flied out to center; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 7TH: McRae singled to center; McRae was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Quirk grounded out (second to
first); Martinez reached on an error by LeFlore; Patek forced
Martinez (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1,
Tigers 0.
TIGERS 7TH: Staub singled to right; Staub stole second; Thompson
was called out on strikes; Johnson struck out; Rodriguez struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 8TH: White grounded out (second to first); Cowens
grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 8TH: MEYER BATTED FOR GARCIA; Meyer struck out; STANLEY
BATTED FOR KIMM; Stanley popped to third in foul territory;
LeFlore struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 9TH: WOCKENFUSS REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING C ); MANUEL
REPLACED STANLEY (PLAYING 2B); Brett lined to first; Mayberry
singled to center; McRae singled to center [Mayberry to third];
Quirk lined into a double play (first unassisted) [McRae out at
first]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 9TH: Veryzer flied out to center; Oglivie popped to
shortstop; Staub lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Tigers 0.
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