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Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
July 8, 1990
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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 July 8, 1990 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 8, 1990 |
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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 | July 8, 1990 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mark Davis |
Home Starting Pitcher | Lance McCullers |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 27,315 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 4 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Durwood Merrill 1B: Rocky Roe 2B: John Shulock 3B: Tim McClelland |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Kevin Seitzer | Third Baseman |
Kurt Stillwell | Shortstop |
George Brett | First Baseman |
Bo Jackson | Center Fielder |
Danny Tartabull | Right Fielder |
Gerald Perry | DH |
Willie Wilson | Left Fielder |
Rey Palacios | Catcher |
Bill Pecota | Second Baseman |
John Wathan | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tony Phillips | Second Baseman |
Alan Trammell | Shortstop |
Cecil Fielder | First Baseman |
Gary Ward | Left Fielder |
Chet Lemon | Right Fielder |
Darnell Coles | DH |
John Shelby | Center Fielder |
Mike Heath | Catcher |
Travis Fryman | Third Baseman |
Sparky Anderson | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
July 8, 1990
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. McCullers
Seitzer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Stillwell vs. McCullers
Stillwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Seitzer moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Brett vs. McCullers
Brett takes first base on ball four. Seitzer moves to third. Stillwell moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Jackson vs. McCullers
Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Seitzer tags and scores. Stillwell tags and moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Tartabull vs. McCullers
Tartabull strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Perry vs. McCullers
Perry hits a fly ball into center field. Shelby 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: 3-2, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Davis
Phillips takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. Davis
Trammell hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Phillips moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Fielder vs. Davis
Fielder hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Phillips scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Davis
Ward takes first base on ball four. Fielder moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Davis
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. McCullers
Wilson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Palacios vs. McCullers
Palacios hits a fly ball into center field. Shelby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Pecota vs. McCullers
There goes Wilson. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Wilson steals second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Pecota vs. McCullers
Pecota takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Seitzer vs. McCullers
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fielder scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Seitzer for the out. Wilson moves to third. Pecota moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Stillwell vs. McCullers
Stillwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fielder scoops it up and throws to first, with McCullers covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Coles vs. Davis
Coles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Shelby vs. Davis
Shelby hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Davis
Heath strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Fryman vs. Davis
Fryman takes first base on ball four. Coles moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Phillips vs. Davis
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Seitzer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Brett vs. McCullers
Brett takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. McCullers
Jackson hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Tartabull vs. McCullers
Tartabull strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Perry vs. McCullers
Perry takes first base on ball four. Brett moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. McCullers
Wilson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Davis
Trammell hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Davis
Fielder takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Davis
Ward hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Davis
Lemon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tartabull who is chasing the ball. Lemon reaches third base with a triple. Fielder goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Coles vs. Davis
Coles hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Palacios vs. McCullers
Palacios hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman juggles the ball. That's an error on Fryman. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Pecota vs. McCullers
There goes Palacios. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Palacios steals second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Pecota vs. McCullers
Pecota hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Palacios scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Seitzer vs. McCullers
Seitzer hits a popup in front of the plate. Heath settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Stillwell vs. McCullers
Stillwell hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Pecota moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brett vs. Petry
Dan Petry now pitching.
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fielder scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. Pecota scores. Stillwell moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Petry
Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Shelby vs. Davis
Shelby hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Davis
Heath hits a popup towards short. Stillwell misplays the ball. That's an error on Stillwell. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Fryman vs. Davis
Fryman takes first base on ball four. Heath moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Phillips vs. Davis
Phillips bunts towards the mound. Davis fields it and throws to third for the out. Fryman moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Trammell vs. Farr
Steve Farr now pitching.
Trammell takes first base on ball four. Fryman moves to third. Phillips moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Fielder vs. Farr
Fielder hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fryman tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Sheets vs. Farr
Larry Sheets pinch hits for Gary Ward.
Sheets hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Farr fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tartabull vs. Petry
Larry Sheets now playing left field.
Tartabull strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Petry
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Petry
Wilson strikes out. Heath drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Wilson out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Farr
Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Bergman vs. Farr
Dave Bergman pinch hits for Darnell Coles.
Bergman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Shelby vs. Farr
Shelby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stillwell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Palacios vs. Searcy
Steve Searcy now pitching.
Palacios hits a line drive into center field. Shelby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pecota vs. Searcy
Pecota hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Searcy
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Farr
Heath hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Farr
Fryman strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Farr
Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards third. Seitzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Farr
Trammell strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Stillwell vs. Searcy
Stillwell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Searcy
Brett hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Stillwell moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Searcy
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Stillwell scores. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tartabull vs. Searcy
Tartabull strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 4 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Filson
Pete Filson now pitching.
Fielder hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pecota settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sheets vs. Filson
Sheets takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Filson
Lemon hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Lemon reaches second base with a double. Sheets moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bergman vs. Filson
Bergman hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Sheets scores. Lemon scores. Bergman moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Shelby vs. Filson
Shelby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Montgomery
Jeff Montgomery now pitching.
Heath strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Fryman vs. Montgomery
Fryman hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Montgomery
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops it up and throws to first, with Montgomery covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 4 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Tabler vs. Searcy
Pat Tabler pinch hits for Gerald Perry.
Tabler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Eisenreich vs. Searcy
Jim Eisenreich pinch hits for Willie Wilson.
Eisenreich hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Tabler moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Macfarlane vs. Henneman
Mike Henneman now pitching. Mike Macfarlane pinch hits for Rey Palacios.
Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards second. Phillips scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Tabler moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Pecota vs. Henneman
Pecota hits a line drive into left field. Sheets settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 4 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Montgomery
Jim Eisenreich now playing left field. Mike Macfarlane now catching.
Trammell hits a popup towards first. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Montgomery
Fielder strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheets vs. Montgomery
Sheets hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 4 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Henneman
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Stillwell vs. Henneman
Stillwell strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Henneman
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/8/1990 -- Kansas City at Detroit (D) Kansas City AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Seitzer K, 3b 4 1 0 0 Phillips T, 2b 4 1 0 0 Stillwell K, ss 4 1 2 0 Trammell A, ss 4 0 0 0 Brett G, 1b 3 0 1 1 Fielder C, 1b 3 1 1 2 Jackson B, cf 3 0 0 1 Ward G, lf 1 0 0 0 Tartabull D, rf 4 0 0 0 Sheets L, ph-lf 2 1 0 0 Perry G, dh 2 0 0 0 Lemon C, rf 4 1 2 1 Tabler P, ph 0 0 0 0 Coles D, dh 1 0 0 0 Wilson W, lf 3 0 1 0 Bergman D, ph 1 1 1 2 Eisenreich J, ph-lf 1 0 1 0 Shelby J, cf 3 2 1 1 Palacios R, c 3 1 0 0 Heath M, c 4 1 1 1 Macfarlane M, ph-c 1 0 0 0 Fryman T, 3b 2 2 1 3 Pecota B, 2b 3 1 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 4 6 3 29 10 7 10 Kansas City 100 200 100 -- 4 Detroit 101 201 50x -- 10 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Davis M (L) 3.1 3 4 3 6 1 Farr S 2.2 1 1 1 2 2 Filson P 0.1 2 4 4 2 0 Montgomery J 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO McCullers L 3.1 4 3 1 5 3 Petry D (W) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 Searcy S* 2.0 2 1 1 2 1 Henneman M 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th E -- Fryman T, Stillwell K DP -- Kansas City 2, Detroit 2 LOB -- Kansas City 8, Detroit 6 2B -- Lemon C 3B -- Lemon C HR -- Shelby J, Heath M, Fryman T SB -- Wilson W, Palacios R SF -- Jackson B, Fielder C T -- 3:04 A -- 27315
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