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Tigers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
August 12, 1984
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 12, 1984 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 12, 1984 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 12, 1984 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Milt Wilcox |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bret Saberhagen |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 32,753 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dale Ford 1B: Larry Barnett 2B: Rocky Roe 3B: Ken Kaiser |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Whitaker | Second Baseman |
| Alan Trammell | DH |
| Kirk Gibson | Right Fielder |
| Lance Parrish | Catcher |
| Darrell Evans | First Baseman |
| Ruppert Jones | Left Fielder |
| Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
| Howard Johnson | Third Baseman |
| Doug Baker | Shortstop |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | Center Fielder |
| Pat Sheridan | Right Fielder |
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Jorge Orta | DH |
| Dane Iorg | First Baseman |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Lynn Jones | Left Fielder |
| John Wathan | Catcher |
| Buddy Biancalana | Shortstop |
| Dick Howser | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
August 12, 1984
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Saberhagen
Whitaker strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Saberhagen
Trammell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Saberhagen
Gibson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Wathan fields it and throws to first for the out. Trammell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Parrish vs. Saberhagen
Parrish takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Saberhagen
Evans hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wilson who is chasing the ball. Evans reaches third base with a triple. Trammell scores. Parrish goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Jones vs. Saberhagen
Jones hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Saberhagen
Lemon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Wilcox
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheridan vs. Wilcox
Sheridan hits a fly ball into right field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Wilcox
Brett takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Wilcox
Orta strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Saberhagen
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Biancalana scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Saberhagen
Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Sheridan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Saberhagen
Whitaker hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Iorg vs. Wilcox
Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Evans scoops it up and throws to first, with Wilcox covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Wilcox
White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Wilcox
Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Saberhagen
Trammell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Saberhagen
Gibson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Saberhagen
Parrish hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Saberhagen
Evans takes first base on ball four. Gibson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Saberhagen
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Saberhagen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Wilcox
Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biancalana vs. Wilcox
Biancalana hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Wilcox
Wilson hits a fly ball into right field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Saberhagen
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Biancalana scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Saberhagen
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Saberhagen
Baker strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheridan vs. Wilcox
Sheridan hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Wilcox
Brett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Wilcox
Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Iorg vs. Wilcox
Iorg hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Saberhagen
Whitaker hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Saberhagen
Trammell strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Saberhagen
Gibson hits a popup towards short. Biancalana settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Wilcox
White hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Wilcox
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Wilcox
Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Evans scoops it up and throws to first, with Wilcox covering, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Gura
Larry Gura now pitching.
Parrish hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Wathan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Gura
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herndon vs. Gura
Larry Herndon pinch hits for Ruppert Jones.
Herndon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wilson. Herndon reaches second base with a double. Evans moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lemon vs. Gura
Lemon is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Garbey vs. Gura
Barbaro Garbey pinch hits for Howard Johnson.
Garbey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Biancalana fields it and throws to second for the out. Evans scores. Herndon moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Baker vs. Gura
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biancalana vs. Wilcox
Larry Herndon now playing left field. Tom Brookens now playing third base.
Biancalana hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Wilcox
Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheridan vs. Wilcox
Sheridan hits a fly ball towards left. Herndon settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Herndon. Sheridan moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brett vs. Wilcox
Brett hits a fly ball into right field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Gura
Greg Pryor now playing third base.
Whitaker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. Gura
Trammell hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Gura
Gibson takes first base on ball four. Whitaker moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Parrish vs. Gura
Parrish hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Gura
Evans strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Wilcox
Orta hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon. Orta reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Iorg vs. Wilcox
Iorg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Orta moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Wilcox
White hits a fly ball into left field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Orta tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Wilcox
Jones takes first base on ball four. Iorg moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Slaught vs. Lopez
Aurelio Lopez now pitching. Don Slaught pinch hits for John Wathan.
Slaught hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon. Slaught reaches second base with a double. Iorg scores. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Motley vs. Lopez
Darryl Motley pinch hits for Buddy Biancalana.
Motley strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wilson vs. Lopez
Wilson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jones scores. Slaught scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sheridan vs. Lopez
Sheridan hits a fly ball into right field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Quisenberry
Dan Quisenberry now pitching. Don Slaught now catching. U L Washington now playing shortstop.
Herndon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Quisenberry
Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brookens vs. Quisenberry
Brookens hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Herndon moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Quisenberry
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out. Herndon moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Whitaker vs. Quisenberry
Whitaker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wilson. Whitaker reaches second base with a double. Herndon scores. Baker moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Trammell vs. Quisenberry
Trammell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wilson. Trammell reaches second base with a double. Baker scores. Whitaker scores. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gibson vs. Quisenberry
Gibson is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Parrish vs. Quisenberry
Parrish strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 8 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pryor vs. Hernandez
Guillermo Hernandez now pitching.
Pryor hits a popup towards short. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Hernandez
Orta hits a fly ball into right field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Iorg vs. Hernandez
Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Evans scoops it up and throws to first, with Hernandez covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 8 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Huismann
Mark Huismann now pitching.
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Iorg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Evans for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Huismann
Herndon hits a fly ball into right field. Sheridan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Huismann
Lemon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 8 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Hernandez
Dave Bergman now playing first base.
White hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon. White reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Hernandez
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Slaught vs. Hernandez
Slaught takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McRae vs. Hernandez
Hal McRae pinch hits for U L Washington.
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields it and throws to second for the out. White moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wilson vs. Hernandez
Wilson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/12/1984 -- Detroit at Kansas City (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Whitaker L, 2b 4 1 1 1 Wilson W, cf 5 0 1 2
Trammell A, dh 5 1 2 2 Sheridan P, rf 4 0 0 0
Gibson K, rf 2 0 0 0 Brett G, 3b 2 0 1 0
Parrish L, c 4 1 0 0 Pryor G, 3b 1 0 0 0
Evans D, 1b 3 2 1 2 Orta J, dh 4 1 1 0
Bergman D, 1b 0 0 0 0 Iorg D, 1b 4 1 1 0
Jones R, lf 2 1 1 2 White F, 2b 3 0 1 1
Herndon L, ph-lf 3 1 2 0 Jones L, lf 3 1 0 0
Lemon C, cf 4 0 0 0 Wathan J, c 2 0 0 0
Johnson H, 3b 2 0 0 0 Slaught D, ph-c 1 1 1 1
Garbey B, ph 1 0 0 1 Biancalana B, ss 2 0 0 0
Brookens T, 3b 1 0 1 0 Motley D, ph 1 0 0 0
Baker D, ss 4 1 0 0 Washington U, ss 0 0 0 0
McRae H, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 8 8 8 33 4 6 4
Detroit 400 001 030 -- 8
Kansas City 000 000 400 -- 4
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox M (W) 6.1 3 3 3 2 2
Lopez A 0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Hernandez W 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Saberhagen B (L) 5.0 3 4 4 3 4
Gura L 2.0 1 1 1 4 1
Quisenberry D 1.0 4 3 3 1 1
Huismann M 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Herndon L
LOB -- Detroit 8, Kansas City 6
2B -- Herndon L, Orta J, Slaught D, Whitaker L, Trammell A, White F
3B -- Evans D
HR -- Jones R
SF -- White F
T -- 2:47
A -- 32753
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