Making his first appearance in a Royals' uniform, Dave Chalk delivered the tie-breaking run with a sacrifice fly as the Royals defeated the Tigers, 8-6. John Wathan, pinch-hitting with one out in the eighth inning, tripled and scored on Chalk's fly to snap a 6-6 deadlock. U.L. Washington followed with a single and Willie Wilson tripled to add an insurance tally. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 8, Detroit Tigers 6

Game Played on Saturday, April 12, 1980 (Day game) at Royals Stadium

Tigers 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 - 6 10 1 Royals 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 x - 8 15 2 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Whitaker 2b 4 2 0 0 1 1 .000 Wilson cf 5 1 3 1 0 0 .250 Gibson cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .375 White 2b 5 2 1 2 0 0 .167 Kemp lf 5 1 2 2 0 0 .308 G. Brett 3b 4 1 3 1 0 1 .364 Hebner 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .375 McRae dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .364 Thompson 1b 5 0 3 1 0 1 .500 Aikens 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Summers dh 4 1 1 0 1 1 .286 LaCock lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Peters rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .167 Quirk c 3 1 2 0 0 0 .429 Dyer c 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Wathan ph,c 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500 Wagner ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 Hurdle rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .286 Corcoran ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chalk ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Brookens ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Detherage rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Washington ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .300 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 6 10 6 5 7 Totals 36 8 15 7 1 4 Time of Game: 2:59 Attendance: 16,130 Left on Base: Tigers 9, Royals 6 DP: Tigers 2, Royals 1 Errors: Wagner, Washington, Pattin Doubles: Thompson (1), Hebner (1), Wilson (1), McRae 2 (3), Hurdle (2), Washington (1) Triples: Peters (1), White (1), Wathan (1), Wilson (1) Stolen Bases: Whitaker (1), Peters (2), Wilson (2), G. Brett (1), Quirk (1) Sacrifice Flies: Chalk (1) GIDP: Summers (1), Hurdle (1), McRae (1) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilcox 3 9 6 6 1 0 0 19 18.00 Hiller 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 13 0.00 Underwood L(0-1) 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 6 7.71 Totals 8 15 8 8 1 4 0 38 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale 4.1 4 5 4 4 6 0 22 8.31 Pattin W(1-0) 4.2 6 1 1 1 1 0 20 1.93 Totals 9 10 6 5 5 7 0 42 Umpires: HP - Al Clark (left in the 4th inning), 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Dave Phillips, TIGERS 1ST: Whitaker struck out; On a bunt Gibson grounded out (catcher to first); Kemp grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson doubled to left; Wilson stole third; White reached on a fielder's choice [Wilson out at home (pitcher to third to catcher), White to second]; G. Brett singled to right [White scored]; G. Brett stole second; McRae grounded out (second to first) [G. Brett to third]; Aikens walked; LaCock popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 1. TIGERS 2ND: Hebner singled to right; Thompson was called out on strikes; Summers struck out; Peters grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 2ND: Quirk singled to right; Hurdle flied out to left; Quirk stole second; Washington grounded out (third to first); Wilson singled to left [Quirk to third]; White tripled to left [Quirk scored, Wilson scored, White scored (error by Wagner) (no RBI)]; G. Brett singled to center; McRae doubled to right [G. Brett scored]; Aikens grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 5. TIGERS 3RD: Dyer struck out; Wagner walked; Whitaker forced Wagner (shortstop to second); Whitaker stole second; Gibson walked; Kemp singled to center [Whitaker scored, Gibson scored]; Hebner flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 5. ROYALS 3RD: LaCock lined to center; Quirk grounded out (first unassisted); Hurdle doubled to left; Washington doubled to left [Hurdle scored]; Wilson made an out to third; HP umpire Al Clark left with a nose bleed; 2B umpire Dave Phillips moved to HP; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 6. TIGERS 4TH: Thompson doubled to left; Summers grounded out (second to first) [Thompson to third]; Peters walked; Peters stole second; Dyer struck out; CORCORAN BATTED FOR WAGNER; Corcoran flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 6. ROYALS 4TH: BROOKENS REPLACED CORCORAN (PLAYING SS); HILLER REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); White grounded out (shortstop to first); G. Brett struck out; McRae doubled to center; Aikens struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 6. TIGERS 5TH: Whitaker walked; Gibson struck out; Kemp reached on a fielder's choice [Whitaker to second (error by Washington)]; Hebner doubled to left [Whitaker scored (unearned), Kemp scored]; PATTIN REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Thompson singled to right [Hebner scored]; Summers singled to right [Thompson to second]; Peters forced Summers (shortstop to second) [Thompson to third, Peters to first]; Dyer grounded out (third to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 6. ROYALS 5TH: LaCock flied out to right; Quirk singled to left; Hurdle grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Quirk out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 6. TIGERS 6TH: Brookens made an out to second; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Gibson singled to right; Gibson was picked off first but was safe on an error by Pattin [Gibson to second]; Kemp grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 6. ROYALS 6TH: Washington grounded out (second to first); Wilson lined to left; White made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 6. TIGERS 7TH: Hebner grounded out (second to first); Thompson grounded out (second to first); Summers walked; Peters tripled to right [Summers scored]; Dyer struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Royals 6. ROYALS 7TH: G. Brett singled to left; McRae grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [G. Brett out at second]; Aikens was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 6, Royals 6. TIGERS 8TH: Brookens lined to third; Whitaker grounded out (shortstop to first); Gibson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 6, Royals 6. ROYALS 8TH: UNDERWOOD REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); LaCock struck out; WATHAN BATTED FOR QUIRK; Wathan tripled to right; CHALK BATTED FOR HURDLE; Chalk hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wathan scored]; Washington singled to right; Wilson tripled to right [Washington scored]; White flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Royals 8. TIGERS 9TH: WATHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); DETHERAGE REPLACED CHALK (PLAYING RF); Kemp singled to right; Hebner forced Kemp (first to shortstop) [Hebner to first]; Thompson singled to center [Hebner to second]; Summers grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Royals 8.

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