The Detroit Tigers smashed the Kansas City Royals, 11 to 2, on August 14, 1978.

1978 Detroit Tigers

Final

KCR

Royals

63-52

2

DET

Tigers

64-51

11

1

0

0

2

0

1

3

0

2

4

0

2

5

1

0

6

1

1

7

0

4

8

0

1

9

0

R

2

11

H

9

17

E

5

0

Bottom 2nd

KCR

DET

Tigers

Single by Mickey Stanley; Phil Mankowski scored.

0

1

Bottom 3rd

KCR

DET

Tigers

Triple by Steve Kemp; Rusty Staub scored.

0

2

Tigers

Single by Milt May; Steve Kemp scored.

0

3

Bottom 4th

KCR

DET

Tigers

Single by Rusty Staub; Ron LeFlore scored.

0

4

Tigers

Single by Milt May; Lou Whitaker scored.

0

5

Top 5th

KCR

DET

Royals

Single by George Brett; Darrell Porter scored.

1

5

Top 6th

KCR

DET

Royals

Darrell Porter grounded out; Clint Hurdle scored.

2

5

Bottom 6th

KCR

DET

Tigers

Double by Aurelio Rodriguez; Steve Kemp scored.

2

6

Bottom 7th

KCR

DET

Tigers

Lou Whitaker ground ball; Error by George Brett; Alan Trammell and Ron LeFlore scored.

2

8

Tigers

Tim Corcoran grounded out; Lou Whitaker scored.

2

9

Tigers

Mickey Stanley ground ball; Error by George Brett; Rusty Staub scored.

2

10

Bottom 8th

KCR

DET

Tigers

Home run by Ron LeFlore.

2

11

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
George Brett 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Hal McRae DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ralph LaCock 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Cowens RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clint Hurdle LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Amos Otis CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Willie Wilson CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Darrell Porter C 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Freddie Patek SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Steve Braun PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
U L Washington 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rich Gale (L) 3.1 8 5 4 3 4 0
Steve Mingori 2.1 5 1 1 1 1 0
Marty Pattin 2.1 4 5 2 4 0 1
Totals 8.0 17 11 7 8 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore CF 4 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 5
Lou Whitaker 2B 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Rusty Staub DH 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Steve Kemp LF 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Milt May C 4 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
Tim Corcoran RF 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Phil Mankowski 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Mickey Stanley 1B 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Alan Trammell SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
Totals 41 11 17 8 1 8 5 1 1 24

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Milt Wilcox (W) 9.0 9 2 2 1 5 0
Totals 9.0 9 2 2 1 5 0

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More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

14

Canha

Mark Canha

AVG

.298

Urshela

Gio Urshela

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

36

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

1.82

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

Team Rankings

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HR

20

25th

R

101

20th

SO

218

11th

ERA

3.00

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
17 7 .708
Royals Royals
15 10 .600 2.5
Tigers Tigers
14 11 .560 3.5
Twins Twins
10 13 .435 6.5
White Sox White Sox
3 21 .125 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
4/30
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM

Last Game

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TBR Rays

13-13

7

Final

5

DET Tigers

14-11

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
11-2
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Tue
4/23
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM