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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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