The Detroit Tigers handily defeated the Kansas City Royals, 6 to 3, on April 17, 1979.

Final

Royals

5-5

3

Tigers

4-4

6

KCR

DET

1

0

2

0

3

0

4

0

2

5

0

6

2

1

7

1

3

8

0

9

0

R

3

6

H

8

10

E

0

4

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 4th

KCR

DET

Home run by Jason Thompson; Lou Whitaker scored.

0

2

Top 6th

KCR

DET

Single by Ralph LaCock; Darrell Porter scored.

1

2

Frank White grounded out; Al Cowens scored.

2

Bottom 6th

KCR

DET

Double by John Wockenfuss; Jerry Morales scored.

2

3

Top 7th

KCR

DET

Single by Al Cowens; George Brett scored.

3

Bottom 7th

KCR

DET

Single by Steve Kemp; Mark Wagner scored.

3

4

Double by Milt May; Ron LeFlore and Steve Kemp scored.

3

6

Royals

Tigers

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
George Brett 3B	5	1	2	0	0	1	3
Hal McRae DH	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amos Otis CF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Porter C	2	1	1	0	2	0	1
Al Cowens RF	4	1	3	1	0	0	3
Ralph LaCock 1B	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
John Wathan PH,1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clint Hurdle LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Frank White 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1
Freddie Patek SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	37	3	8	3	2	2	9

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Paul Splittorff (L)	6.1	8	5	5	3	2	1
Al Hrabosky	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0
Totals	8.0	10	6	6	4	3	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Ron LeFlore DH	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	2
Lou Whitaker 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
Steve Kemp LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Thompson 1B	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4
Milt May C	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jerry Morales RF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
John Wockenfuss C,1B	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
Tim Corcoran 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lynn Jones CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Alan Trammell SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Wagner SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Totals	32	6	10	6	1	4	3	2	16

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Dave Rozema	6.0	7	3	3	1	0
John Hiller (W)	3.0	1	0	0	1	2
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	2	2

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More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Greene

RBI

14

Canha

AVG

.298

Urshela

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Skubal

K

36

Flaherty

ERA

1.82

Skubal

Team Rankings

HR

20

27th

R

101

21st

SO

228

9th

ERA

3.19

4th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	7	.720
Royals	16	10	.615	2.5
Tigers	14	11	.560	4.0
Twins	11	13	.458	6.5
White Sox	3	22	.120	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	KCR	@	DET	6:10 PM
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	STL	@	DET	6:40 PM
Tue 4/30	STL	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 5/1	STL	@	DET	1:10 PM

Last Game

Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.374

Betts

.365

Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

40

Betts

39

Ohtani

37

Altuve

Run Leaders

27

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.477

Betts

.446

Contreras

.430

Soto

SLG Leaders

.678

Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

.649

Henderson

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

462.9

Betts

436.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

351

Betts

331

Cruz

319

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0