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Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 5, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals, played on August 5, 1979 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 5, 1979 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 5, 1979 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dennis Leonard |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dan Petry |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 28,703 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 9 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Dale Ford 1B: Terry Cooney 2B: Mike Reilly 3B: John Shulock |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Willie Wilson | Left Fielder |
Hal McRae | DH |
Jamie Quirk | Third Baseman |
Darrell Porter | Catcher |
Pete LaCock | First Baseman |
Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
Frank White | Second Baseman |
Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
Whitey Herzog | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jerry Morales | Center Fielder |
Lou Whitaker | Second Baseman |
Steve Kemp | DH |
Jason Thompson | First Baseman |
Champ Summers | Right Fielder |
Al Greene | Left Fielder |
Lance Parrish | Catcher |
Tom Brookens | Third Baseman |
Alan Trammell | Shortstop |
Sparky Anderson | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 5, 1979
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Petry
Wilson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greene. Wilson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Petry
There's a wild pitch. Wilson moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McRae vs. Petry
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wilson scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. Petry
Quirk hits a popup towards third. Brookens settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Petry
Porter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LaCock vs. Petry
LaCock hits a fly ball into left field. Greene settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Leonard
Morales is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Leonard
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Quirk fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Leonard
Kemp strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Petry
Cowens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Petry
Otis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cowens moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Petry
White hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cowens moves to third. Otis moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Patek vs. Petry
Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Summers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cowens tags and scores. Otis tags and moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wilson vs. Petry
Wilson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Leonard
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Summers vs. Leonard
Summers hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Summers for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greene vs. Leonard
Greene strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Petry
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McRae for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. Petry
Quirk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Petry
Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Thompson, and towards Whitaker, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Quirk moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
LaCock vs. Petry
LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Leonard
Parrish strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brookens vs. Leonard
Brookens hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Leonard
Trammell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morales vs. Leonard
There's a wild pitch. Trammell moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Morales vs. Leonard
Morales hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Trammell scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitaker vs. Leonard
Whitaker takes first base on ball four. Morales moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kemp vs. Leonard
Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops it up and throws to first, with Leonard covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Petry
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Petry fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Petry
Otis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Petry
There goes Otis. The throw from Parrish and he is safe. Otis steals second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Petry
White hits a fly ball into left field. Greene settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Patek vs. Petry
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Leonard
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Summers vs. Leonard
Summers hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greene vs. Leonard
Greene takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Leonard
There goes Greene. The throw from Porter and he is out, White applying the tag. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Petry
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Petry
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. Petry
Quirk hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brookens settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Brookens. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. Petry
Quirk strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Leonard
Parrish strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brookens vs. Leonard
Brookens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. Leonard
Trammell hits a fly ball towards center. Otis catches it and throws to first to double up Brookens. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Petry
Porter hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Petry
LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Petry
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Petry
Otis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Petry
White strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Leonard
Morales hits a popup, foul, towards third. Quirk settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Leonard
Whitaker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kemp vs. Leonard
Kemp hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Leonard
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Hiller
John Hiller now pitching.
Patek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greene. Patek reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wilson vs. Hiller
Wilson bunts towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Whitaker covering, for the out. Patek moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McRae vs. Hiller
McRae is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Scott vs. Hiller
George Scott pinch hits for Jamie Quirk.
Scott strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Summers vs. Leonard
Jerry Terrell now playing third base.
Summers strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greene vs. Leonard
Greene hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Leonard
Parrish strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Hiller
Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Hiller
LaCock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Hiller
There's a wild pitch. LaCock moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cowens vs. Hiller
Cowens takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Otis vs. Lopez
Aurelio Lopez now pitching.
Otis hits a line drive into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. LaCock moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Lopez
White hits a fly ball into left field. Greene settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brookens vs. Leonard
Brookens hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Leonard
Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Leonard
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lopez
Patek is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Lopez
Wilson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Lopez
There goes Wilson. The throw from Parrish and he is safe. Wilson steals second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Lopez
McRae takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Terrell vs. Lopez
Terrell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Leonard
Whitaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kemp vs. Hrabosky
Al Hrabosky now pitching.
Kemp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitaker moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Hrabosky
Lynn Jones pinch hits for Jason Thompson.
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Terrell fields it and throws to second for the out. Whitaker moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wockenfuss vs. Quisenberry
Dan Quisenberry now pitching. John Wockenfuss pinch hits for Champ Summers.
Wockenfuss hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Quisenberry, and towards Patek, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Whitaker scores. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Greene vs. Quisenberry
Greene is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Parrish vs. Quisenberry
Parrish strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/5/1979 -- Kansas City at Detroit (D) Kansas City AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Wilson W, lf 3 1 1 0 Morales J, cf 4 0 1 1 McRae H, dh 4 0 0 1 Whitaker L, 2b 3 1 2 0 Quirk J, 3b 3 0 1 0 Kemp S, dh 4 0 1 0 Scott G, ph 1 0 0 0 Thompson J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Terrell J, 3b 1 0 0 0 Jones L, ph 1 0 0 0 Porter D, c 3 1 1 1 Summers C, rf 3 0 0 0 LaCock P, 1b 4 0 1 0 Wockenfuss J, ph 1 0 0 1 Cowens A, rf 3 1 1 0 Greene A, lf 2 0 0 0 Otis A, cf 2 0 1 0 Parrish L, c 4 0 0 0 White F, 2b 4 0 0 0 Brookens T, 3b 3 0 1 0 Patek F, ss 3 0 1 1 Trammell A, ss 3 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 3 7 3 31 2 6 2 Kansas City 110 001 000 -- 3 Detroit 001 000 001 -- 2 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Leonard D (W)* 8.0 5 2 2 2 8 Hrabosky A 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 Quisenberry D (S) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Petry D (L) 6.0 5 3 3 3 4 Hiller J 1.1 2 0 0 1 2 Lopez A 1.2 0 0 0 2 1 * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th E -- Brookens T DP -- Kansas City 1, Detroit 1 LOB -- Kansas City 9, Detroit 5 2B -- Wilson W, Patek F HR -- Porter D SB -- Otis A, Wilson W CS -- Greene A SH -- Wilson W SF -- Patek F WP -- Petry D, Leonard D, Hiller J T -- 3:09 A -- 28703
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