Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
August 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Kansas City Royals 2, Detroit Tigers 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Porter c 2 1 0 0
McRae dh 4 1 1 0
Cowens rf 4 0 1 2
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Scott 1b 4 0 1 0
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Terrell 3b 3 0 0 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 3 1 2 0
  Jones ph,cf 1 1 0 0
Whitaker 2b 4 2 2 1
Kemp lf 2 0 1 1
Morales rf 4 0 1 1
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Wockenfuss dh 4 1 2 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 1
Brookens 3b 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Chris p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 4
Kansas City 000 000 200252
Detroit 002 001 20x5100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (7-8) 6.2 9 5 3 2 2
  Pattin   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
3
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Chris  W (1-0) 6.0 2 2 2 3 4
  Hiller  SV (8) 3.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
6

  E–Porter (10), Terrell (1).  2B–Kansas City McRae (17,off Chris), Detroit Kemp (22,off Gura); Wockenfuss (5,off Gura).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (5,off Gura).  SB–White (19,3rd base off Chris/Parrish); Porter (2,2nd base off Chris/Parrish); LeFlore (54,2nd base off Gura/Porter).  CS–LeFlore (10,2nd base by Gura/Porter); Kemp (6,2nd base by Gura/Porter).  WP–Chris (1), Hiller (2).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:28.  A–39,402.
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