Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
June 15, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1978 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Kansas City Royals 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 1 1 0
Staub dh 4 1 2 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0
May c 4 0 1 1
Stanley rf 4 0 1 1
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 0 3 0
Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Zdeb lf 3 0 1 1
  Poquette ph,lf 2 1 1 0
McRae dh 4 0 1 1
Brett 3b 4 0 2 1
Otis cf 2 2 1 1
Cowens rf 5 0 1 1
Wathan 1b 0 0 0 0
  Hurdle 1b 5 0 2 0
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Porter c 3 1 1 0
Patek ss 3 2 1 0
White 2b 4 1 3 2
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 14 7
Detroit 000 200 0002102
Kansas City 011 201 11x7140
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sykes  L (3-4) 3.0 7 4 2 2 0
  Morris   3.1 6 2 2 2 1
  Hiller   1.2 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
14
7
5
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (6-9) 9.0 10 2 2 1 8
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
8

  E–May (3), Trammell (4).  DP–Detroit 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Whitaker (3,off Leonard), Kansas City White (13,off Sykes); Cowens (9,off Hiller).  3B–Kansas City Poquette (2,off Morris).  HR–Kansas City Otis (10,3rd inning off Sykes 0 on, 1 out).  SF–McRae (4,off Morris); Brett (3,off Morris).  SB–White (8,3rd base off Morris/May); Brett (5,2nd base off Morris/May); Patek (14,2nd base off Morris/May).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:26.  A–19,721.
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