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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1978 at Tiger 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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Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 1 1 1
LaCock 1b 4 0 0 0
Porter c 4 1 1 1
Hurdle lf,rf 4 1 2 0
Cowens rf,cf 4 1 3 0
Patek ss 4 0 2 0
Washington 2b 4 0 1 0
Wilson cf 2 0 0 0
  Braun ph,lf 1 0 1 1
  Zdeb lf 0 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 2 0
Whitaker 2b 3 1 1 0
Staub dh 4 0 2 0
Kemp lf 4 0 1 0
May c 3 0 1 1
Corcoran rf 3 1 1 0
Mankowski 3b 3 0 1 0
  Rodriguez 3b 1 0 1 0
Stanley 1b 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
  Parrish ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner ss 0 0 0 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 11 1
Kansas City 000 100 2014110
Detroit 100 001 0002111
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (13-14) 6.0 7 2 2 5 2
  Hrabosky  SV (15) 3.0 4 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
5
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Young  L (4-2) 7.0 8 3 3 1 5
  Sykes   1.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Hiller   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
6

  E–Kemp (6).  DP–Kansas City 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Kansas City Hurdle (20,off Young), Detroit Stanley (6,off Leonard); Corcoran (10,off Leonard).  HR–Kansas City McRae (12,4th inning off Young 0 on, 0 out); Porter (9,9th inning off Sykes 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Whitaker (11,off Hrabosky).  CS–Hurdle (3,2nd base by Young/May); Cowens (5,Home by Hiller/May).  SB–LeFlore (55,2nd base off Leonard/Porter).  WP–Leonard (7), Hrabosky (2).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:50.  A–33,365.
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