Reaching a career-high of nine victories for the season, Milt Wilcox hurled the Tigers to an 11-2 victory over the Royals. Rusty Staub drove in his 96th run of the year, tying for the league lead.

Milt May had two RBI singles and Ron LeFlore, besides hitting a home run, stole his 54th base of the season and 23rd in a row, three short of the A.L. record. The Tigers picked up four runs in the seventh on four walks, two errors by Royal third baseman George Brett and one hit. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 11, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Monday, August    14, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   2  9  5
Tigers       0  1  2    2  0  1    4  1  x  -  11 17  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brett 3b              4   0   2   1     0   1   .318      LeFlore cf            4   3   2   1     2   0   .290
McRae dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .276      Whitaker 2b           4   2   2   0     1   0   .299
LaCock 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .312      Staub dh              5   2   2   1     1   0   .300
Cowens rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Kemp lf               6   2   3   1     0   0   .284
Hurdle lf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .275      May c                 4   0   3   2     2   0   .278
Otis cf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .276      Corcoran rf           5   0   1   1     0   1   .268
  Wilson cf           1   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Mankowski 3b          1   1   0   0     1   0   .299
Porter c              4   1   2   1     0   0   .268        Rodriguez 3b        2   0   1   1     1   0   .263
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   2   .279      Stanley 1b            5   0   2   1     0   1   .264
  Braun ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .241      Trammell ss           5   1   1   0     0   3   .257
Washington 2b         4   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gale p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2   9   2     1   5             Totals               41  11  17   8     8   5

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 31,409
Left on Base: Royals 7, Tigers 15
DP: Royals 1, Tigers 1
Errors: Brett 2, Porter, Patek 2
Doubles: Brett (34), Porter (22), Otis (23), Stanley (5), Rodriguez (18)
Triples: Kemp (4)
Home Runs: LeFlore (7)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (54)
Caught Stealing: Whitaker (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Whitaker (10)
GIDP: Washington (2), Staub (18)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale L(13-4)            3.1   8   5   4   3   4   0  21   2.77
Mingori                 2.1   5   1   1   1   1   0  13   2.49
Pattin                  2.1   4   5   2   4   0   1  16   3.94
Totals                  8    17  11   7   8   5   1  50

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox W(9-8)           9     9   2   2   1   5   0  36   3.51
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   5   0  36

Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser


ROYALS 1ST: Brett doubled to left; McRae grounded out (pitcher
to first); LaCock grounded out (first unassisted) [Brett to
third]; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker
singled to left; Whitaker was caught stealing second but was
safe at second (error by Patek; assist by Porter); Staub flied
out to right; Kemp grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Hurdle grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded
out (second to first); Porter singled to right; Patek struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: May walked; Corcoran struck out; Mankowski forced
May (first to shortstop) [Mankowski to second (error by Patek)];
Stanley singled to center [Mankowski scored (unearned)];
Trammell was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Royals 0, Tigers 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Washington struck out; Brett lined to center; McRae
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker
flied out to left; Staub singled to left; Kemp tripled to right
[Staub scored]; May singled to left [Kemp scored]; Corcoran
singled to center [May to second]; Mankowski walked [May to
third, Corcoran to second]; Stanley was called out on strikes; 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 4TH: LaCock lined to shortstop; Cowens grounded out
(third to first); Hurdle singled to right; Otis grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Trammell was called out on strikes; LeFlore singled
to center; LeFlore stole second [LeFlore to third (error by
Porter)]; Whitaker walked; Staub singled to center [LeFlore
scored, Whitaker to second]; MINGORI REPLACED GALE (PITCHING);
Kemp popped to catcher in foul territory; May singled to right
[Whitaker scored, Staub to third]; Corcoran grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 5.

ROYALS 5TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MANKOWSKI (PLAYING 3B); Porter
doubled to left; Patek grounded out (shortstop to first);
Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); Brett singled to
center [Porter scored]; McRae singled to left [Brett to second];
LaCock grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley
doubled to left; Trammell was called out on strikes; LeFlore was
walked intentionally; Whitaker flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Cowens flied out to right; Hurdle singled to center;
Otis doubled [Hurdle to third]; Porter grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Hurdle scored, Otis to third]; Patek was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Kemp singled
to center; May singled to center [Kemp to second]; Corcoran
flied out to right [Kemp to third]; Rodriguez doubled to left
[Kemp scored, May to third]; PATTIN REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING);
Stanley grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 2, Tigers 6.

ROYALS 7TH: Washington flied out to right; Brett struck out;
McRae grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 7TH: Trammell singled to center; LeFlore walked [Trammell
to second]; Whitaker reached on an error by Brett on a sacrifice
bunt [Trammell scored (no RBI), LeFlore scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Whitaker to second]; Staub was walked intentionally; Kemp
grounded out (first unassisted) [Whitaker to third, Staub to
second]; May was walked intentionally; Corcoran grounded out
(first unassisted) [Whitaker scored (unearned), Staub to third,
May to second]; Rodriguez walked; Stanley reached on an error by
Brett [Staub scored (unearned) (no RBI), May to third, Rodriguez
to second]; Trammell flied out to right; 4 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 3
LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 10.

ROYALS 8TH: LaCock lined to right; Cowens grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hurdle flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 10.

TIGERS 8TH: WILSON REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING CF); LeFlore homered;
Whitaker singled to center; Staub grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Whitaker out at second]; Kemp
singled to center; May flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Royals 2, Tigers 11.

ROYALS 9TH: Wilson singled to center; Porter flied out to left;
BRAUN BATTED FOR PATEK; Braun walked [Wilson to second];
Washington grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Braun out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Tigers 11.