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Friday August 3, 1979
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Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 3 (Game 2)

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

Royals       2  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  7  0
Tigers       0  0  0    2  1  0    0  1  x  -   4  7  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             5   1   1   0     0   2   .305      LeFlore dh            4   1   2   1     0   0   .300
White 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .245      Whitaker 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .272
McRae dh              3   0   2   0     0   0   .252      Kemp lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .332
Otis cf               3   0   0   0     0   2   .285      Morales rf            3   0   0   1     0   0   .222
Cowens rf             3   0   1   1     1   0   .301      Parrish c             4   1   1   0     0   1   .275
Scott 1b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .246      Wockenfuss 1b         3   1   2   2     0   0   .268
  LaCock ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Jones cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Wathan c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Brookens 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .262
  Washington ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Wagner ss             3   1   2   0     0   0   .321
Terrell 3b            2   1   1   1     1   0   .400      Robbins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Quirk ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .319        Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cruz ss               3   0   0   0     0   1   .190
  Porter ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .295
  Patek pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   7   2     3   8             Totals               29   4   7   4     1   1

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 43,047
Left on Base: Royals 7, Tigers 4
DP: Royals 0, Tigers 1
Home Runs: Terrell (1), Wockenfuss (11), LeFlore (3)
Caught Stealing: Cowens (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Otis (6), Whitaker (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Morales (5)
Hit by Pitch: McRae (4,by Lopez)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              7     5   3   3   0   0   2  26   3.90
Mingori L(2-2)          0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   3.73
Rodriguez               0.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   4.54
Totals                  8     7   4   4   1   1   2  32

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Robbins                 6     7   3   3   2   4   1  26   3.75
Lopez W(6-2)            3     0   0   0   1   4   0  11   2.61
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3   8   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Lopez (2)
Wild Pitches: Robbins (1)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to center; White singled to right
[Wilson to second]; McRae lined to center [Wilson to third];
Robbins threw a wild pitch [Wilson scored, White to second];
Otis struck out; Cowens singled to left [White scored]; Scott
singled to right [Cowens to third]; Wathan grounded out (second
to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Whitaker
grounded out (third to first); Kemp popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Terrell grounded out (second to first); Cruz flied
out to right; Wilson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Parrish
lined to third; Wockenfuss singled to center; Jones grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to center; McRae singled to left;
Otis struck out; Cowens popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brookens grounded out (shortstop to first); Wagner
singled to center; LeFlore flied to right in foul territory;
Whitaker flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Tigers 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Scott flied out to right; Wathan popped to second;
Terrell walked; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp popped to second; Morales flied out to center;
Parrish singled to left; Wockenfuss homered [Parrish scored];
Jones grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Wilson was called out on strikes; White grounded out
(third to first); McRae singled to center; Otis grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Brookens lined to left; Wagner lined to center;
LeFlore homered; Whitaker lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Cowens walked; Scott was called out on strikes while
Cowens was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Wathan
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Kemp flied out to left; Morales grounded out (second
to first); Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Terrell homered; LOPEZ REPLACED ROBBINS (PITCHING);
Cruz struck out; Wilson struck out; White popped to first in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Wockenfuss flied out to left; Jones grounded out
(third to first); Brookens lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 8TH: McRae was hit by a pitch; Otis out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [McRae to second]; Cowens popped to
first; LACOCK BATTED FOR SCOTT; LaCock flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MINGORI REPLACED
SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Wagner singled to right; LeFlore singled
to third [Wagner to second]; Whitaker out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Wagner to third, LeFlore to second];
RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Kemp was walked
intentionally; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to left [Wagner
scored]; Parrish struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3,
Tigers 4.

ROYALS 9TH: WASHINGTON BATTED FOR WATHAN; Washington struck out;
QUIRK BATTED FOR TERRELL; Quirk struck out; PORTER BATTED FOR
CRUZ; Porter walked; PATEK RAN FOR PORTER; Wilson flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Tigers 4.



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