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Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
July 9, 1976
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals, played on July 9, 1976 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 9, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 9, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dennis Leonard |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mark Fidrych |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 51,041 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 3 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Nestor Chylak 1B: Jim Evans 2B: Joe Brinkman 3B: Greg Kosc |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Hal McRae | Left Fielder |
| Jamie Quirk | DH |
| Buck Martinez | Catcher |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ron LeFlore | Center Fielder |
| Tom Veryzer | Shortstop |
| Ben Oglivie | Left Fielder |
| Rusty Staub | Right Fielder |
| Jason Thompson | First Baseman |
| Alex Johnson | DH |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Pedro Garcia | Second Baseman |
| Bruce Kimm | Catcher |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
July 9, 1976
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Fidrych
Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Fidrych
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Fidrych
Brett hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Leonard
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Leonard
Veryzer hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Leonard
Oglivie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staub vs. Leonard
There goes Oglivie. The throw from Martinez and he is safe. Oglivie steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Staub vs. Leonard
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Staub for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Fidrych
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Fidrych covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Fidrych
McRae takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Quirk vs. Fidrych
Quirk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Leonard
Thompson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Leonard
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard juggles the ball. That's an error on Leonard. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Leonard
There goes Johnson. The throw from Martinez and he is out, Patek applying the tag. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Leonard
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett juggles the ball. That's an error on Brett. Rodriguez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garcia vs. Leonard
Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Fidrych
Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Fidrych
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Fidrych
White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Staub. White reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cowens vs. Fidrych
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kimm vs. Leonard
Kimm hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Leonard
LeFlore is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Leonard
Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Patek. Veryzer moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oglivie vs. Leonard
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. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Fidrych
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Fidrych
Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Fidrych
Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brett moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McRae vs. Fidrych
McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brett scores. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Quirk vs. Fidrych
Quirk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Leonard
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Leonard
Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Leonard
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Fidrych
Martinez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Fidrych
Patek hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Fidrych
White hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Fidrych
Cowens strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Leonard
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Leonard
Garcia hits a line drive into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kimm vs. Leonard
Kimm hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cowens throws the ball in to Patek who tags Kimm trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Fidrych
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Fidrych
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Fidrych covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Fidrych
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Leonard
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Leonard
Veryzer hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Leonard
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. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Fidrych
McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Quirk vs. Fidrych
There goes McRae. The throw from Kimm and he is out, Veryzer applying the tag. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. Fidrych
Quirk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Fidrych
Martinez hits a fly ball towards center. LeFlore settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on LeFlore. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Fidrych
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Garcia fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Leonard
Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Leonard
There goes Staub. The throw from Martinez and he is safe. Staub steals second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Leonard
Thompson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Leonard
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Leonard
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Fidrych
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Fidrych
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Fidrych
Otis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Leonard
Dan Meyer pinch hits for Pedro Garcia.
Meyer strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Leonard
Mickey Stanley pinch hits for Bruce Kimm.
Stanley hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Leonard
LeFlore strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Fidrych
John Wockenfuss now catching. Jerry Manuel now playing second base.
Brett hits a line drive towards first. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Fidrych
Mayberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Fidrych
McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Quirk vs. Fidrych
Quirk hits a line drive towards first. Thompson catches it and steps on first to double up McRae. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Leonard
Veryzer hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Leonard
Oglivie hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Leonard
Staub hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/9/1976 -- Kansas City at Detroit (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Cowens A, rf 4 0 1 0 LeFlore R, cf 4 0 0 0
Otis A, cf 4 0 0 0 Veryzer T, ss 4 0 1 0
Brett G, 3b 4 1 1 0 Oglivie B, lf 4 0 1 0
Mayberry J, 1b 4 0 2 0 Staub R, rf 4 0 1 0
McRae H, lf 3 0 3 1 Thompson J, 1b 3 0 0 0
Quirk J, dh 4 0 0 0 Johnson A, dh 3 0 0 0
Martinez B, c 3 0 1 0 Rodriguez A, 3b 3 0 0 0
Patek F, ss 3 0 0 0 Garcia P, 2b 2 0 0 0
White F, 2b 3 0 1 0 Meyer D, ph 1 0 0 0
Wockenfuss J, c 0 0 0 0
Kimm B, c 2 0 1 0
Stanley M, ph 1 0 0 0
Manuel J, 2b 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 1 9 1 31 0 4 0
Kansas City 000 100 000 -- 1
Detroit 000 000 000 -- 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard D (W) 9.0 4 0 0 0 8
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Fidrych M (L) 9.0 9 1 1 1 2
E -- Leonard D, Brett G, Patek F, LeFlore R
DP -- Detroit 4
LOB -- Kansas City 5, Detroit 4
2B -- White F
SB -- Oglivie B, Staub R
CS -- Johnson A, McRae H
T -- 2:03
A -- 51041
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