Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
April 9, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 2 4
Whitaker 2b 5 0 0 0
Morales rf 4 0 1 1
Kemp lf 5 1 2 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Mankowski 3b 1 2 1 1
Parrish c 4 1 1 0
Gonzales dh 3 0 0 0
  Wockenfuss ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 2 3 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 5 0 2 0
McRae dh 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 5 0 2 1
Porter c 4 1 1 0
LaCock 1b 2 1 1 1
  Wathan ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Hurdle lf 2 0 0 0
  Wilson pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Cowens rf 3 0 0 0
White 2b 3 1 1 1
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Detroit 000 100 2047102
Kansas City 000 002 001382
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (1-0) 6.0 5 2 2 4 4
  Hiller  SV (1) 3.0 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  L (0-1) 6.2 7 3 3 2 5
  Mingori   1.2 3 4 2 1 2
  Rodriguez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
5
3
7

  E–Mankowski 2 (2), White (1), Mingori (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Morales (2,off Gale); LeFlore (1,off Gale), Kansas City LaCock (2,off Wilcox); White (1,off Hiller).  3B–Detroit Kemp (1,off Gale).  SF–Mankowski (1,off Gale); Morales (1,off Rodriguez); White (1,off Wilcox).  IBB–Hurdle (1,by Wilcox).  SB–Whitaker (1,2nd base off Rodriguez/Porter); Brett (3,2nd base off Wilcox/Parrish).  CS–Trammell (1,2nd base by Gale/Porter); McRae (1,2nd base by Wilcox/Parrish).  IBB–Wilcox (1,Hurdle).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Bob Jones, 2B–Don Schulte, 3B–Harold Easley.  T–3:02.  A–18,429.
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