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Tigers
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 25, 1996
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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 25, 1996 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 25, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 25, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Todd Van Poppel |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Doug Linton |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 15,123 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mark Johnson 1B: Larry Young 2B: Drew Coble 3B: Rick Reed |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Curtis Pride | Left Fielder |
| Mark Lewis | Second Baseman |
| Travis Fryman | Third Baseman |
| Ruben Sierra | DH |
| Bobby Higginson | Center Fielder |
| Tony Clark | First Baseman |
| Melvin Nieves | Right Fielder |
| Phil Nevin | Catcher |
| Damion Easley | Shortstop |
| Buddy Bell | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jose Offerman | Second Baseman |
| Tom Goodwin | Center Fielder |
| Keith Lockhart | Third Baseman |
| Michael Tucker | Left Fielder |
| Joe Vitiello | DH |
| Bob Hamelin | First Baseman |
| Craig Paquette | Shortstop |
| Mike Macfarlane | Catcher |
| Johnny Damon | Right Fielder |
| Bob Boone | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 25, 1996
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Pride vs. Linton
Pride hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Lewis vs. Linton
Lewis hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Fryman vs. Linton
Fryman hits a fly ball into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Sierra vs. Linton
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Van Poppel
Offerman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodwin vs. Van Poppel
The ball gets by Nevin for a passed ball. Offerman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Goodwin vs. Van Poppel
Goodwin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Lockhart vs. Van Poppel
Lockhart hits a fly ball into left field. Pride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Tucker vs. Van Poppel
Tucker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lewis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Vitiello vs. Van Poppel
Vitiello hits a fly ball into center field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Linton
Higginson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hamelin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Higginson for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Linton
Clark strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Nieves vs. Linton
Nieves hits a line drive beyond short. Paquette can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Nevin vs. Linton
Nevin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nieves moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Easley vs. Linton
Easley strikes out. Macfarlane drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Easley out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hamelin vs. Van Poppel
Hamelin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Van Poppel
Paquette hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Van Poppel
Macfarlane hits a line drive into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pride vs. Linton
Pride hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Macfarlane fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Linton
Lewis hits a fly ball into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Linton
Fryman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. Linton
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lockhart fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Van Poppel
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Van Poppel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Van Poppel
Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Van Poppel
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockhart vs. Van Poppel
Lockhart hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockhart for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Linton
Higginson hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Tucker. Higginson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clark vs. Linton
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hamelin juggles the ball. That's an error on Hamelin. Higginson scores. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Nieves vs. Linton
Nieves hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Nieves reaches second base with a double. Clark goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Nevin vs. Linton
Nevin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hamelin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nevin for the out. Nieves moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Easley vs. Linton
Easley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Paquette fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nieves scores. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Pride vs. Linton
Andujar Cedeno pinch runs for Damion Easley.
Pride hits a ball on the ground for a double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Van Poppel
Andujar Cedeno now playing shortstop.
Tucker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Higginson who is chasing the ball. Tucker reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Vitiello vs. Van Poppel
Vitiello hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lewis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hamelin vs. Van Poppel
Hamelin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Higginson. Hamelin reaches second base with a double. Tucker scores. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Paquette vs. Van Poppel
Paquette strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Macfarlane vs. Van Poppel
Macfarlane strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Linton
Lewis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Damon. Lewis reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Fryman vs. Linton
Fryman bunts towards the mound. Linton fields it and throws to first for the out. Lewis moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Sierra vs. Linton
Sierra hits a fly ball towards left. Tucker catches it and throws to home to double up Lewis. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Van Poppel
Damon hits a fly ball into center field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Van Poppel
Offerman hits a line drive into left field. Pride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Van Poppel
Goodwin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockhart vs. Van Poppel
There goes Goodwin. The throw from Nevin and he is safe. Goodwin steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Lockhart vs. Van Poppel
Lockhart hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Van Poppel
Tucker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitiello vs. Van Poppel
Vitiello hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tucker moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Hamelin vs. Van Poppel
Hamelin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hamelin for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Magnante
Mike Magnante now pitching.
Higginson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Magnante
Clark strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Nieves vs. Magnante
Nieves hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lockhart fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Van Poppel
Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Van Poppel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Van Poppel
Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lewis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Damon vs. Van Poppel
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Nevin vs. Huisman
Rick Huisman now pitching.
Nevin hits a fly ball into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Huisman
Cedeno strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Pride vs. Huisman
Pride hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Huisman
Lewis hits a popup towards short. Paquette settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Eischen
Joey Eischen now pitching. Kimera Bartee now playing center field. Bobby Higginson now playing left field.
Offerman hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Eischen
Goodwin hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Bartee who is chasing the ball. Goodwin reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Randa vs. Eischen
Joe Randa pinch hits for Keith Lockhart.
Randa hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Goodwin scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Tucker vs. Eischen
Eischen fires to first and has Randa trapped. There's the throw to Cedeno who tags Randa for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Eischen
Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eischen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Huisman
Joe Randa now playing third base.
Fryman hits a fly ball into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. Huisman
Sierra strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Huisman
Higginson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Huisman
Clark strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Vitiello vs. Lima
Jose Lima now pitching.
Vitiello hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cedeno fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hamelin vs. Lima
David Howard pinch runs for Joe Vitiello.
Hamelin takes first base on ball four. Howard moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Paquette vs. Lima
Kevin Young pinch runs for Bob Hamelin.
Paquette bunts towards the mound. Lima fields it and throws to first for the out. Howard moves to third. Young moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Macfarlane vs. Lima
Macfarlane strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Damon vs. Myers
Mike Myers now pitching.
Damon is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieves vs. Pichardo
Kevin Young now playing first base. Hipolito Pichardo now pitching.
Nieves hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Nevin vs. Pichardo
Nevin hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Nieves moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cedeno vs. Pichardo
Brad Ausmus pinch runs for Phil Nevin.
Cedeno bunts towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Bartee vs. Pichardo
Bartee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to second for the out. Nieves moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Lewis vs. Pichardo
There goes Bartee. The throw from Macfarlane and he is safe. Bartee steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Lewis vs. Pichardo
Lewis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Fryman vs. Pichardo
Fryman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Nieves scores. Bartee scores. Lewis moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Sierra vs. Pichardo
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Paquette fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 7 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Myers
Brad Ausmus now catching.
Offerman hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Myers
Goodwin strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Myers
Randa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lewis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/25/1996 -- Detroit at Kansas City (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Pride C, lf 4 1 2 1 Offerman J, 2b 5 0 1 0
Bartee K, cf 1 1 0 0 Goodwin T, cf 4 2 3 0
Lewis M, 2b 4 0 1 0 Lockhart K, 3b 3 1 1 2
Fryman T, 3b 4 1 2 3 Randa J, ph-3b 2 0 1 1
Sierra R, dh 5 0 0 0 Tucker M, lf 3 1 1 0
Higginson B, cf-lf 2 1 1 0 Vitiello J, dh 4 0 2 0
Clark T, 1b 4 1 0 0 Howard D, pr 0 0 0 0
Nieves M, rf 4 2 3 1 Hamelin B, 1b 3 0 1 1
Nevin P, c 4 0 2 0 Young K, pr-1b 0 0 0 0
Ausmus B, pr-c 0 0 0 0 Paquette C, ss 3 0 0 0
Easley D, ss 2 0 1 1 Macfarlane M, c 4 0 1 0
Cedeno A, pr-ss 2 0 0 0 Damon J, rf 4 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 7 12 6 35 4 11 4
Detroit 001 300 102 -- 7
Kansas City 000 120 100 -- 4
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Van Poppel T (W) 6.0 8 3 3 2 2
Eischen J 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Lima J 0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Myers M (S) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Linton D (L) 5.0 8 4 3 0 2
Magnante M 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Huisman R 2.0 1 1 1 1 3
Pichardo H 1.0 3 2 2 1 0
E -- Hamelin B, Paquette C
DP -- Detroit 1, Kansas City 2
LOB -- Detroit 6, Kansas City 8
2B -- Higginson B, Nieves M, Hamelin B, Lewis M
3B -- Tucker M, Goodwin T
HR -- Fryman T, Lockhart K, Pride C
SB -- Goodwin T, Bartee K
CS -- Randa J
SH -- Fryman T, Paquette C
PB -- Nevin P
T -- 2:56
A -- 15123
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