Completing the three-game series sweep, the Royals shaded the Tigers, 5-4. The Royals were behind, 3-1, when Frank White began the fifth inning with a walk, advanced to second on a sacrifice and scored on a single by Jamie Quirk.

George Brett then extended his hitting streak to 19 games by lining a single off first baseman John Wockenfuss's glove and Darrell Porter tied the score with a ground single to center. Willie Aikens followed with a sacrifice fly to cap the outburst. The Royals picked up their winning run in the ninth on singles by Brett, Porter and John Wathan. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Detroit Tigers 4
Game Played on Wednesday, August    6, 1980 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  1  -   5 12  0
Tigers       3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  8  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .342      Peters cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .289
McRae dh              0   0   0   0     0   0   .306      Trammell ss           1   1   0   0     2   0   .316
  Quirk pr,dh         4   1   1   1     0   0   .252      Kemp dh               3   1   0   0     1   0   .290
G. Brett 3b           4   2   2   1     0   1   .385      Wockenfuss 1b         4   1   1   3     0   0   .282
Porter c              5   0   3   1     0   0   .300      Parrish c             3   1   2   0     1   0   .293
Aikens 1b             2   0   1   1     1   0   .277      Cowens rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .276
  LaCock pr,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .194        Summers ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .316
Wathan rf             4   0   2   1     1   1   .321      Brookens 3b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     1   1   .243        Hebner ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .295
Washington ss         3   0   0   0     1   1   .262        Stegman pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .181
White 2b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .270      Lentine lf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Gura p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Corcoran ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .182
  Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wagner pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .192
                                                          Whitaker 2b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .233
                                                          Morris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Weaver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Robbins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rozema p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  12   5     5   5             Totals               31   4   8   4     4   3

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 29,115
Left on Base: Royals 11, Tigers 5
DP: Royals 4, Tigers 2
Errors: Peters
Doubles: Wilson (22)
Triples: Wilson (11)
Home Runs: Wockenfuss (11)
Stolen Bases: Parrish (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Wilson (3)
Sacrifice Flies: G. Brett (3), Aikens (5)
GIDP: Aikens (16), LaCock (4), Lentine (3), Kemp 2 (17)
Hit by Pitch: McRae (6,by Morris), Trammell (3,by Gura)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gura W(16-4)            8.1   6   4   4   4   3   1  32   2.17
Quisenberry SV(23)      0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.94
Totals                  9     8   4   4   4   3   1  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morris L(12-10)         4.2   8   4   4   2   2   0  24   4.41
Weaver                  1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   5   1.50
Robbins                 0.2   0   0   0   2   1   0   4   5.54
Rozema                  2.1   4   1   1   0   1   0  10   4.46
Totals                  9    12   5   5   5   5   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Gura (2), Morris (3)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Fred Spenn, 3B - Rich Garcia


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson tripled to left; McRae was hit by a pitch;
QUIRK RAN FOR MCRAE; G. Brett hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Wilson scored]; Porter popped to second; Aikens singled to
right [Quirk to third]; Wathan was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: QUIRK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Peters struck
out; Trammell was hit by a pitch; Kemp walked [Trammell to
second]; Wockenfuss homered [Trammell scored, Kemp scored];
Parrish grounded out (third to first); Royals Manager Jim
Frey ejected by HP umpire Greg Kosc; Cowens flied out to
left; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis singled; Washington walked [Otis to second];
White forced Otis (pitcher to third) [Washington to second];
Wilson struck out; Quirk popped to first in foul territory; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 2ND: Brookens singled; Lentine grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Brookens out at second];
Whitaker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 3RD: G. Brett popped to third; Porter singled to left;
Aikens grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Porter
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Peters grounded out (pitcher to first); Trammell
walked; Kemp grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
first) [Trammell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
popped to second; Washington grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Wockenfuss flied out to left; Parrish singled to
center; Cowens lined into a double play (second to first)
[Parrish out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers
3.

ROYALS 5TH: White walked; Wilson out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher unassisted) [White to second]; Quirk singled to center
[White scored]; G. Brett singled to right [Quirk to second];
Porter singled to center [Quirk scored, G. Brett to third];
Aikens hit a sacrifice fly to right [G. Brett scored]; Wathan
singled to center [Porter to third, Wathan to second (error by
Peters)]; WEAVER REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Otis walked;
Washington struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Brookens grounded out (shortstop to first); Lentine
singled to left; Whitaker flied out to center; Peters grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers
3.

ROYALS 6TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson
grounded out (third to first); Quirk grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Trammell walked; Kemp grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Trammell out at second];
Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 7TH: ROBBINS REPLACED WEAVER (PITCHING); G. Brett was
called out on strikes; Porter grounded out (second to first);
Aikens walked; LACOCK RAN FOR AIKENS; Wathan walked [LaCock to
second]; ROZEMA REPLACED ROBBINS (PITCHING); Otis struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Parrish singled
to center; Parrish stole second; Cowens singled [Parrish stayed
at second]; Brookens forced Parrish (third to shortstop) [Cowens
to second]; Lentine flied out to right; Whitaker struck out; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); White
flied out to right; Wilson doubled to right; Quirk popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Peters popped to shortstop; Trammell flied out to
right; Kemp flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
4, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 9TH: G. Brett singled to right; Porter singled [G. Brett
to third]; LaCock grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [G. Brett stayed at third, Porter out at
second]; Wathan singled to center [G. Brett scored]; Otis forced
Wathan (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Wockenfuss popped to shortstop; Parrish walked;
QUISENBERRY REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); SUMMERS BATTED FOR COWENS;
Summers grounded out (second to first) [Parrish to second];
HEBNER BATTED FOR BROOKENS; Hebner singled to right [Parrish
scored]; STEGMAN RAN FOR HEBNER; CORCORAN BATTED FOR LENTINE;
Corcoran singled to right [Stegman to third]; WAGNER RAN FOR
CORCORAN; Whitaker flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 5, Tigers 4.