Royals @ Tigers
April 9, 1977

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 16 16 2
Tigers 2 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 16 16 2
Tigers 2 8 1

Steve Kemp Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .200
OBP .250 .200
At Bats 4 5
Hits 1 1
• Singles 1 1
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Dennis Leonard Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Tiger Stadium - April 9, 1977
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Out
Dennis Leonard
John Wathan
John Mayberry
Frank White
Cookie Rojas
Bob Heise
Pete LaCock
Joe Zdeb
Al Cowens
Steve Kemp
Tito Fuentes
Ron LeFlore

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 16 16 2 8
Detroit Tigers 2 8 1 10
Winning Pitcher Andy Hassler
Losing Pitcher Ray Bare
Save Dennis Leonard
Game Winning RBI Al Cowens
Attendance 9,240
Time of Game 3 hours
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Kemp hits a fly ball into left field. LaCock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Fuentes takes first base on ball four. LeFlore moves to second.
Bottom 9 LeFlore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Phil Mankowski pinch hits for Tom Veryzer. Mankowski is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cowens hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wathan for the out.
Top 9 Zdeb hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sykes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 May is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Oglivie hits a popup towards short. Heise settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. LaCock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. Heise moves to second.
Top 8 Heise hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Staub strikes out.
Bottom 7 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas juggles the ball. That's an error on Rojas.
Bottom 7 Fuentes strikes out.
Bottom 7 LeFlore hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Cowens chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards White. White fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on White. Rodriguez scores. LeFlore moves all the way to home.
Bottom 7 Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Veryzer for the out. Rodriguez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dennis Leonard now pitching. Cookie Rojas now playing third base. Joe Zdeb now playing center field. John Wathan now catching. Bob Heise now playRodriguez takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 LaCock is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Cowens hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Porter hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Oglivie strikes out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Kemp trying to get to home. LaCock throws the ball in to Patek who relays the ball to Porter who tags Kemp who's trying to score from second, for the out. Staub moves to second.
Bottom 6 Staub takes first base on ball four. Kemp moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kemp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. LaCock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 LeFlore hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 White hits a line drive towards short. Veryzer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Patek hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oglivie. Patek reaches second base with a double. Cowens scores.
Top 5 Bob Sykes now pitching. LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sykes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cowens hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of LeFlore. Cowens reaches second base with a double. Otis scores. Porter goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Porter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McRae scores. Otis moves to third.
Top 5 Otis takes first base on ball four. McRae moves to second.
Top 5 Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 May hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Oglivie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Staub for the out.
Top 4 Brett hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 White hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Patek strikes out.
Top 4 LaCock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Porter scores. Cowens moves to second.
Top 4 Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Porter moves to third.
Top 4 Porter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oglivie. Porter reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Otis hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Kemp hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. LeFlore moves to second.
Bottom 3 LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Veryzer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Steve Grilli now pitching. McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White scores. Brett moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oglivie who is chasing the ball. White reaches third base with a triple. Cowens scores. LaCock goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Top 3 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Porter tags and scores. Cowens tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 3 LaCock takes first base on ball four. Otis scores. Porter moves to third. Cowens moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes misplays the ball. That's an error on Fuentes. McRae scores. Otis moves to third. Porter moves to second.
Top 3 Porter takes first base on ball four. McRae moves to third. Otis moves to second.
Top 3 Otis takes first base on ball four. McRae moves to second.
Top 3 Jim Crawford now pitching. Mayberry strikes out.
Top 3 McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Brett hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Patek moves to second.
Top 3 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a line drive into left field. LaCock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bare fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Cowens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis scores.
Top 2 Porter is called out on strikes.
Top 2 There goes Otis. The throw from May and he is safe. Otis steals second.
Top 2 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kemp strikes out.
Bottom 1 Fuentes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hassler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.