Friday August 10, 1979
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Kansas City Royals 7, Detroit Tigers 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, August 10, 1979 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 5 0 Royals 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 x - 7 11 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .283 White 2b 4 3 2 1 1 0 .249 Brookens 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259 McRae dh 5 0 3 1 0 0 .263 Kemp dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .330 Brett 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .323 Summers rf 2 1 1 0 1 1 .276 Otis cf 3 0 1 1 1 2 .284 LeFlore ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .296 Cowens rf 2 1 2 1 1 0 .299 Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Scott 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .243 Greene lf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .161 Wathan c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .217 Morales ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Patek ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 .249 Wockenfuss c 4 1 2 3 0 0 .292 Wilson lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .298 Jones cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wagner ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 .293 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tobik p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 3 5 3 4 3 Totals 33 7 11 7 5 6 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 37,012 Left on Base: Tigers 4, Royals 8 DP: Tigers 1, Royals 2 Doubles: Patek (17), McRae (19) Triples: Cowens (6) Home Runs: Wockenfuss (14), White (7) Stolen Bases: Wilson (49) Sacrifice Flies: Cowens (5) GIDP: Kemp (11), Wockenfuss (5), Scott (23) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood L(6-4) 1.1 7 5 5 2 2 1 13 4.82 Hiller 4.2 4 2 2 3 2 0 20 5.45 Tobik 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 5.03 Totals 8 11 7 7 5 6 1 39 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(8-8) 8 4 3 3 3 3 1 30 4.61 Hrabosky 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4.34 Quisenberry SV(3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.77 Totals 9 5 3 3 4 3 1 34 Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Larry McCoy TIGERS 1ST: Whitaker flied out to left; Brookens flied out to center; Kemp flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: White hit an inside the park homer to left; McRae singled to center; Brett flied out to center; Otis struck out; Cowens singled to left [McRae to third]; Scott struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 1. TIGERS 2ND: Summers singled to center; Thompson flied out to left; Greene forced Summers (first to shortstop); Wockenfuss singled to right [Greene to third]; Jones grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 2ND: Wathan walked; Patek doubled to left [Wathan to third]; Wilson singled to center [Wathan scored, Patek scored]; Wilson stole second; White walked; McRae singled to center [Wilson scored, White to second]; Brett flied out to left; Otis singled to left [White scored, McRae to third, Otis to second (on throw)]; HILLER REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Cowens was walked intentionally; Scott grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cowens out at second]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 5. TIGERS 3RD: Wagner was called out on strikes; Whitaker flied out to left; Brookens flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 5. ROYALS 3RD: Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek was called out on strikes; Wilson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 5. TIGERS 4TH: Kemp grounded out (shortstop to first); Summers was called out on strikes; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 5. ROYALS 4TH: White grounded out (third to first); McRae flied out to left; Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 5. TIGERS 5TH: Greene lined to first; Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 5. ROYALS 5TH: Otis struck out; Cowens tripled to right; Scott singled to left [Cowens scored]; Wathan flied out to left; Patek walked [Scott to second]; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 6. TIGERS 6TH: Wagner grounded out (second to first); Whitaker flied out to left; Brookens flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 6. ROYALS 6TH: White singled to center; McRae doubled to left [White to third]; Brett popped to second; Otis was walked intentionally; Cowens hit a sacrifice fly to center [White scored]; Scott flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 7. TIGERS 7TH: Kemp popped to third; Summers walked; Thompson struck out; Greene walked [Summers to second]; Wockenfuss homered [Summers scored, Greene scored]; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 7. ROYALS 7TH: TOBIK REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Wathan struck out; Patek grounded out (first to pitcher); Wilson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 7. TIGERS 8TH: Wagner walked; Whitaker flied out to center; Brookens singled to center [Wagner to second]; Kemp grounded into a double play (second to first) [Brookens out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 7. ROYALS 8TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae grounded out (third to first); Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 7. TIGERS 9TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); LEFLORE BATTED FOR SUMMERS; LeFlore singled to right; Thompson flied out to left; MORALES BATTED FOR GREENE; Morales walked [LeFlore to second]; QUISENBERRY REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Wockenfuss grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Morales out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 7.

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