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July 9, 1976

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 1 9 3
Tigers 0 4 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 1 9 3
Tigers 0 4 1

Rusty Staub Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .310
OBP .333 .396
At Bats 3 274
Hits 1 85
• Singles 1 62
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 40
RBI’s 0 47

Dennis Leonard Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 3 0
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Tiger Stadium - July 9, 1976
Out
Dennis Leonard
Buck Martinez
John Mayberry
Frank White
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Hal McRae
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Rusty Staub

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 1 9 3 5
Detroit Tigers 0 4 1 4
Winning Pitcher Dennis Leonard
Losing Pitcher Mark Fidrych
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hal McRae
Attendance 51,041
Time of Game 2 hours 3 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Staub hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Oglivie hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Veryzer hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Quirk hits a line drive towards first. Thompson catches it and steps on first to double up McRae.
Top 9 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to third.
Top 9 Mayberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 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.
Bottom 8 LeFlore strikes out.
Bottom 8 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.
Bottom 8 Dan Meyer pinch hits for Pedro Garcia. Meyer strikes out.
Top 8 Otis strikes out.
Top 8 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 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.
Bottom 7 Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 7 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Thompson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 There goes Staub. The throw from Martinez and he is safe. Staub steals second.
Bottom 7 Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Garcia fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 7 Martinez hits a fly ball towards center. LeFlore settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on LeFlore.
Top 7 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.
Top 7 There goes McRae. The throw from Kimm and he is out, Veryzer applying the tag.
Top 7 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 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.
Bottom 6 Veryzer hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Fidrych covering, for the out.
Top 6 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 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.
Bottom 5 Garcia hits a line drive into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 5 Cowens strikes out.
Top 5 White hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Martinez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 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.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 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.
Top 4 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brett scores. Mayberry moves to second.
Top 4 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brett moves to third.
Top 4 Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 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.
Bottom 3 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.
Bottom 3 LeFlore is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Kimm hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 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.
Top 3 White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Staub. White reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett juggles the ball. That's an error on Brett. Rodriguez moves to second.
Bottom 2 There goes Johnson. The throw from Martinez and he is out, Patek applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard juggles the ball. That's an error on Leonard.
Bottom 2 Thompson is called out on strikes.
Top 2 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.
Top 2 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Fidrych covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Staub for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Oglivie. The throw from Martinez and he is safe. Oglivie steals second.
Bottom 1 Oglivie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Veryzer hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Brett hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.