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Tigers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
October 2, 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 October 2, 1984 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | October 2, 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 | October 2, 1984 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jack Morris |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Buddy Black |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 41,973 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 42 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Deegan 1B: Jon Bible 2B: Randy Christal 3B: Larry Zirbel |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Whitaker | Second Baseman |
| Alan Trammell | Shortstop |
| Kirk Gibson | Right Fielder |
| Lance Parrish | Catcher |
| Larry Herndon | Left Fielder |
| Barbaro Garbey | DH |
| Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
| Darrell Evans | First Baseman |
| Marty Castillo | Third Baseman |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | Center Fielder |
| Pat Sheridan | Right Fielder |
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Jorge Orta | DH |
| Darryl Motley | Left Fielder |
| Steve Balboni | First Baseman |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Don Slaught | Catcher |
| Onix Concepcion | Shortstop |
| Dick Howser | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
October 2, 1984
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Black
Whitaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. Black
Trammell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Motley who is chasing the ball. Trammell reaches third base with a triple. Whitaker goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Gibson vs. Black
Gibson hits a line drive towards third. Brett reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Parrish vs. Black
Parrish hits a fly ball into right field. Sheridan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Trammell tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Black
Herndon is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Morris
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sheridan vs. Morris
Sheridan strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Morris
Brett is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Garbey vs. Black
Garbey hits a fly ball into left field. Motley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Black
Lemon strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Black
Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Motley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Morris
Orta hits a fly ball into left field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Motley vs. Morris
Motley hits a fly ball into right field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Balboni vs. Morris
Balboni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Castillo vs. Black
Castillo strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Black
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Balboni scoops it up and throws to first, with Black covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Black
Trammell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Black
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Trammell moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Parrish vs. Black
Parrish hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Morris
White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Slaught vs. Morris
Slaught hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Concepcion vs. Morris
Concepcion hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Morris
Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaught moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Sheridan vs. Morris
Sheridan takes first base on ball four. Slaught moves to third. Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Brett vs. Morris
Brett 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, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Black
Herndon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Garbey vs. Black
Garbey hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Black
Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Black
Evans hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Castillo vs. Black
Castillo hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Whitaker vs. Black
Whitaker 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
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Morris
Orta hits a fly ball into left field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Motley vs. Morris
Motley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castillo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Balboni vs. Morris
Balboni strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Black
Trammell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Black
Gibson bunts towards the mound. Black fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Black
Parrish 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: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Black
Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
White vs. Morris
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Slaught vs. Morris
Slaught hits a ball on the ground towards first. Evans scoops it up and throws to first, with Morris covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Morris
Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Garbey vs. Huismann
Mark Huismann now pitching.
Garbey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Huismann
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Huismann
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Balboni scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Evans for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Morris
Wilson 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: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sheridan vs. Morris
Sheridan strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Morris
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, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Castillo vs. Huismann
Castillo strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Huismann
Whitaker hits a line drive towards right. Sheridan chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on Sheridan. Whitaker moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Trammell vs. Huismann
Trammell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitaker scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Huismann
Gibson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Trammell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Parrish vs. Huismann
Parrish strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Huismann
Ruppert Jones pinch hits for Larry Herndon.
Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Motley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Morris
Ruppert Jones now playing left field.
Orta hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gibson who is chasing the ball. Orta reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Motley vs. Morris
Motley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Orta scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Balboni vs. Morris
Balboni hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
White vs. Morris
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Slaught vs. Morris
Slaught hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. White moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Concepcion vs. Morris
Concepcion hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garbey vs. Huismann
Garbey hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Huismann
Lemon hits a line drive towards third. Brett reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Huismann
Evans hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Wilson. Evans reaches second base with a double. Garbey goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Castillo vs. Huismann
Dave Bergman pinch runs for Darrell Evans.
Castillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bergman scores. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Whitaker vs. Huismann
There's a wild pitch. Castillo moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Whitaker vs. Huismann
Whitaker hits a fly ball into right field. Sheridan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Castillo moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Trammell vs. Huismann
Trammell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Gibson vs. Jones
Mike Jones now pitching.
Gibson hits a fly ball into right field. Sheridan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Hernandez
Dave Bergman now playing first base. Tom Brookens now playing second base. Guillermo Hernandez now pitching.
Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Hernandez
Lynn Jones pinch hits for Pat Sheridan.
Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Hernandez
Brett hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Jones
Lynn Jones now playing right field.
Parrish hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuntz vs. Jones
Rusty Kuntz pinch hits for Ruppert Jones.
Kuntz hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Garbey vs. Jones
Garbey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Jones
Lemon hits a fly ball into left field. Motley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 8 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Hernandez
Rusty Kuntz now playing left field. Doug Baker now playing shortstop.
Orta strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Motley vs. Hernandez
Motley strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Balboni vs. Hernandez
Balboni hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Balboni for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 10/2/1984 -- Detroit at Kansas City (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Whitaker L, 2b 5 2 1 0 Wilson W, cf 4 0 1 0
Brookens T, 2b 0 0 0 0 Sheridan P, rf 2 0 0 0
Trammell A, ss 3 2 3 3 Jones L, ph-rf 1 0 0 0
Baker D, ss 0 0 0 0 Brett G, 3b 4 0 0 0
Gibson K, rf 5 0 2 0 Orta J, dh 4 1 1 0
Parrish L, c 4 1 1 2 Motley D, lf 4 0 0 1
Herndon L, lf 3 1 1 1 Balboni S, 1b 4 0 0 0
Jones R, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 White F, 2b 3 0 1 0
Kuntz R, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Slaught D, c 3 0 2 0
Garbey B, dh 5 1 2 0 Concepcion O, ss 3 0 0 0
Lemon C, cf 5 0 0 0
Evans D, 1b 4 0 2 1
Bergman D, pr-1b 0 1 0 0
Castillo M, 3b 4 0 2 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 8 14 8 32 1 5 1
Detroit 200 110 121 -- 8
Kansas City 000 000 100 -- 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Morris J (W) 7.0 5 1 1 1 4
Hernandez W 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Black B (L) 5.0 7 4 4 1 3
Huismann M 2.2 6 3 2 1 2
Jones M 1.1 1 1 1 0 0
E -- Sheridan P
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Detroit 8, Kansas City 5
2B -- Evans D
3B -- Trammell A, Orta J
HR -- Herndon L, Trammell A, Parrish L
SF -- Parrish L
WP -- Huismann M
T -- 2:42
A -- 41973
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