Darrell Porter drove in two runs with the 100th homer of his career and Hal McRae accounted for two with a single and homer as the Royals won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 5-3, but the Tigers came back to post a 4-3 victory in the second game. Steve Kemp hit a pair of solo homers for the Tigers in the opener.

In the nightcap, John Wockenfuss whacked a two-run homer for the Tigers in the fourth inning and Ron LeFlore added a solo swat in the fifth for a 3-2 lead before the Royals tied the score with a circuit clout by Jerry Terrell in the seventh. The Tigers then put over the deciding run in the eighth, on singles by Mark Wagner and LeFlore, a sacrifice by Lou Whitaker, intentional pass to Kemp and sacrifice fly by Jerry Morales. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 5, Detroit Tigers 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Friday, August 3, 1979 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Royals       0  0  1    2  0  1    1  0  0  -   5  8  1
Tigers       0  1  1    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  5  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .244      LeFlore cf            5   0   1   0     0   2   .298
McRae dh              4   1   2   2     0   0   .246      Whitaker 2b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .275
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .287        Wockenfuss ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Brett 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .326      Kemp lf               3   2   2   2     1   0   .335
  Terrell 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .385      Thompson 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .257
Cowens rf             4   2   2   0     0   0   .300      Summers rf            1   1   0   0     2   0   .280
Porter c              4   1   1   2     0   1   .295        Jones ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Scott 1b              3   0   0   1     0   1   .246      Greene dh             2   0   0   0     1   1   .174
White 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .245        Morales ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Wilson lf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .307      Putman c              2   0   0   0     1   1   .308
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Parrish ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .258
  Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Trammell ss           2   0   0   0     2   0   .275
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Billingham p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   8   5     1   4             Totals               31   3   5   3     7   7

Time of Game: 2:42
Left on Base: Royals 4, Tigers 8
DP: Royals 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Porter, Underwood
Doubles: Cowens (14)
Triples: Wilson (9)
Home Runs: Porter (12), McRae (5), Kemp 2 (18)
Stolen Bases: Wilson (46), Cowens (7), Summers (6), Trammell (5)
Caught Stealing: White (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Scott (2)
GIDP: Wockenfuss (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby W(5-6)            6     3   2   2   7   6   1  28   3.39
Mingori                 1     1   1   1   0   1   1   4   3.54
Quisenberry             1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.53
Hrabosky SV(11)         0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.08
Totals                  9     5   3   3   7   7   2  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(6-2)        7     8   5   5   1   3   2  30   4.00
Billingham              2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.56
Totals                  9     8   5   5   1   4   2  36

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - John Shulock, 3B - Dale Ford


ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); McRae lined to
left; Otis singled to center; Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kemp walked; Thompson struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens reached on an error by Underwood [Cowens to
second]; Porter flied out to left; Scott grounded out (shortstop
to first); White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Summers walked; Summers stole second [Summers to
third (error by Porter)]; Greene walked; Putman struck out;
Rodriguez singled to right [Summers scored, Greene to second];
Trammell walked [Greene to third, Rodriguez to second]; LeFlore
struck out; Whitaker struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals
0, Tigers 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Wilson walked; Wilson stole second; Patek struck
out; McRae singled to right [Wilson scored, McRae to second (on
throw to home)]; Otis lined to center; Brett grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Kemp homered; Thompson singled to right; Summers
forced Thompson (first to shortstop) [Summers to second (on
throw)]; Greene was called out on strikes; Putman walked;
Rodriguez flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1,
Tigers 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens doubled to left; Porter homered [Cowens
scored]; Scott struck out; White grounded out (second to first);
Wilson tripled; Patek grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Trammell walked; Trammell stole second; LeFlore
struck out; Whitaker grounded out (second to first) [Trammell to
third]; Kemp popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
Tigers 2.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae grounded out (third to first); Otis lined to
center; Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Thompson lined to second; Summers walked; Greene
forced Summers (second to shortstop); Putman popped to shortstop
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Cowens singled to right; Cowens stole second; Porter
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Cowens to third]; Scott hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Cowens scored]; White singled to center;
White was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Rodriguez lined to left; Trammell flied out to left;
LeFlore flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Tigers 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Wilson struck out; Patek flied to right in foul
territory; McRae homered; Otis flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: MINGORI REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Whitaker struck
out; Kemp homered; Thompson grounded out (second to first);
JONES BATTED FOR SUMMERS; Jones flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 8TH: JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BILLINGHAM
REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Brett grounded out (pitcher to
first); Cowens flied out to left; Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: QUISENBERRY REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); TERRELL
REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING 3B); MORALES BATTED FOR GREENE; Morales
grounded out (shortstop to first); PARRISH BATTED FOR PUTMAN;
Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5,
Tigers 3.

ROYALS 9TH: PARRISH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Scott grounded
out (shortstop to first); White grounded out (shortstop to
first); Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Trammell grounded out (second to first); LeFlore
singled to center; HRABOSKY REPLACED QUISENBERRY (PITCHING);
WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR WHITAKER; Wockenfuss grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [LeFlore out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Tigers 3.

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