Royals @ Tigers
August 15, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 4 11 0
Tigers 2 11 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 4 11 0
Tigers 2 11 1

Rusty Staub Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .302
OBP .750 .369
At Bats 3 467
Hits 2 141
• Singles 2 101
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 1 54
RBI’s 0 96

Al Hrabosky Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 14
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Tiger Stadium - August 15, 1978
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Out
Al Hrabosky
Darrell Porter
Pete LaCock
U L Washington
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Joe Zdeb
Al Cowens
Clint Hurdle
Rusty Staub
Lou Whitaker
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hrabosky fields it and throws to first for the out. Whitaker moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Whitaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 LeFlore hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Washington hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 John Hiller now pitching. Cowens is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 9 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cowens moves to third.
Top 9 Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Hurdle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mark Wagner now playing shortstop. Porter hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Lance Parrish pinch hits for Alan Trammell. Parrish strikes out.
Bottom 8 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Joe Zdeb now playing left field. Corcoran hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Hrabosky, and towards Patek, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 LaCock strikes out.
Top 8 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bob Sykes now pitching. Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stanley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out.
Bottom 7 May hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Porter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kemp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Staub moves to third.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Staub moves to second.
Bottom 7 Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes LeFlore trying to get to home. Hurdle throws the ball in to Porter who tags LeFlore who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 7 Al Hrabosky now pitching. Whitaker bunts towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. LeFlore moves to second.
Bottom 7 Steve Braun now playing left field. Clint Hurdle now playing right field. Al Cowens now playing center field. LeFlore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Steve Braun pinch hits for Willie Wilson. Braun hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cowens scores. There goes Patek trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 7 Washington strikes out.
Top 7 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cowens moves to second.
Top 7 Cowens hits a line drive into left field. Kemp picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kemp. Hurdle scores.
Top 7 Hurdle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kemp. Hurdle reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Aurelio Rodriguez now playing third base. Porter hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Corcoran scores.
Bottom 6 Mankowski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Corcoran moves to third.
Bottom 6 Corcoran hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Corcoran reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 LaCock hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McRae hits a line drive into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 May hits a line drive towards left. Hurdle catches it and throws to first to double up Kemp.
Bottom 5 Kemp takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops it up and throws to first, with Leonard covering, for the out.
Top 5 Wilson hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Washington hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Cowens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes LeFlore. The throw from Porter and he is safe. LeFlore steals second.
Bottom 4 LeFlore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Trammell hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stanley hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hurdle hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Porter strikes out.
Top 4 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McRae hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Mankowski hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Corcoran takes first base on ball four. May moves to second.
Bottom 3 May takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Staub moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kemp for the out. Staub moves to second.
Bottom 3 Staub takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Whitaker hits a line drive into left field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brett strikes out.
Top 3 Wilson strikes out.
Top 3 Washington hits a popup towards first. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Trammell strikes out.
Bottom 2 Stanley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Stanley reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Mankowski hits a fly ball into left field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Patek strikes out.
Top 2 Cowens hits a line drive towards short. Trammell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Hurdle. The throw from May and he is out, Whitaker applying the tag.
Top 2 Hurdle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Corcoran is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitaker scores. Kemp moves to third.
Bottom 1 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock fields it and throws to second for the out. Whitaker moves to third.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitaker moves to second.
Bottom 1 Whitaker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 LaCock hits a line drive into right field. Corcoran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Brett hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.