Dennis Leonard, who had a 4-2 record at home but was 0-7 on the road, finally gained his first victory away from Kansas City when the Royals defeated the Tigers, 6-3. Bob Sykes, who started for the Tigers, retired the first 12 batters before the Royals put together singles by Al Cowens, John Wathan, Joe Zdeb and U.L. Washington in the fifth inning to tie the score at 2-2.

Amos Otis broke the deadlock in the sixth, smashing a homer after a single by Hal McRae. A wild throw by Milt May enabled the Royals to add an unearned run in the same stanza before Frank White capped their scoring with a circuit clout in the seventh. Steve Kemp and Jason Thompson hit solo homers for the Tigers. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      10, 1978 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  2  3    1  0  0  -   6 11  0
Tigers       1  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  9  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White 2b              5   1   1   1     0   1   .275      Whitaker 2b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .304
McRae dh              5   0   2   0     0   1   .287      Kemp lf               5   2   3   1     0   1   .297
Brett 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .307      Staub dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Otis cf               3   1   1   2     1   0   .299      Thompson 1b           2   1   2   2     2   0   .292
  Wilson pr,cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .242      May c                 4   0   0   0     0   1   .293
Cowens rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .258      Corcoran rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .260
Wathan c              4   2   2   0     0   0   .304      LeFlore cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .268
Zdeb lf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .316      Mankowski 3b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .298
Hurdle 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Trammell ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .292
  LaCock 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .189      Sykes p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Washington ss         4   0   1   1     0   1   .286        Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  11   5     1   3             Totals               35   3   9   3     3   6

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 32,381
Left on Base: Royals 5, Tigers 8
DP: Royals 0, Tigers 1
Errors: May
Doubles: Kemp (6), Corcoran (5), Mankowski (3)
Triples: Brett (4)
Home Runs: Otis (8), White (3), Kemp (4), Thompson (14)
Stolen Bases: Zdeb (2), Wilson (23)
GIDP: Brett (3)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard W(5-9)          9     9   3   3   3   6   2  38   4.14
Totals                  9     9   3   3   3   6   2  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sykes                   4.2   5   2   2   0   1   0  18   3.35
Morris L(1-2)           2.1   6   4   3   1   2   2  14   4.54
Crawford                2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.38
Totals                  9    11   6   5   1   3   2  38

Passed Balls: Wathan (1)
Wild Pitches: Morris (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney


ROYALS 1ST: White struck out; McRae singled to left; Brett
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [McRae out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Whitaker singled to left; Kemp doubled to center
[Whitaker out at home (center to shortstop to third)]; Wathan
allowed a passed ball [Kemp to third]; Staub grounded out (first
unassisted); Thompson singled to right [Kemp scored]; May popped
to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens flied
out to center; Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Corcoran grounded out (first to pitcher); LeFlore
flied out to right; Mankowski flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Zdeb lined to center; Hurdle popped to third in foul
territory; Washington grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker
struck out; Kemp homered; Staub popped to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 4TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae
grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson walked; May flied out to right; Corcoran
doubled to left [Thompson to third]; LeFlore was called out on
strikes; Mankowski was walked intentionally; Trammell popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers
2.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens
singled to center; Wathan singled to center [Cowens to second];
Zdeb singled to center [Cowens scored, Wathan to second]; Hurdle
popped to shortstop; Washington singled to center [Wathan
scored, Zdeb to second]; MORRIS REPLACED SYKES (PITCHING); White
flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Kemp
singled to right; Staub struck out; Thompson walked [Kemp to
second]; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers
2.

ROYALS 6TH: McRae singled to left; Brett forced McRae (first to
shortstop); Morris threw a wild pitch [Brett to second]; Otis
homered [Brett scored]; Cowens grounded out (third to first);
Wathan singled to right; Zdeb singled to left [Wathan to third];
Zdeb stole second [Wathan scored (error by May) (unearned), Zdeb
to third]; Hurdle popped to shortstop; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 5, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Corcoran flied out to center; LeFlore flied out to
center; Mankowski doubled to left; Trammell singled to left
[Mankowski to third]; Whitaker flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 5, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Washington was called out on strikes; White homered;
McRae struck out; Brett tripled to right; Otis walked; WILSON
RAN FOR OTIS; Wilson stole second; Cowens popped to catcher in
foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 6, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Kemp was called
out on strikes; Staub grounded out (first to pitcher); Thompson
homered; May grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 6, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 8TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Wathan flied
out to right; Zdeb lined to center; Hurdle grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: LACOCK REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING 1B); Corcoran lined
to left; LeFlore grounded out (pitcher to first); Mankowski
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); White
flied out to center; McRae grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Trammell was called out on strikes; Whitaker
grounded out (third to first); Kemp flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Tigers 3.