The Detroit Tigers handily defeated the Kansas City Royals, 5 to 2, on August 4, 1979.

1979 Detroit Tigers

Final

KCR

Royals

54-54

2

DET

Tigers

55-52

5

KCR

DET

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

2

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

2

2

8

0

0

9

0

R

2

5

H

5

10

E

2

0

Bottom 3rd

KCR

DET

Tigers

Triple by Lou Whitaker; Ron LeFlore scored.

0

1

Tigers

Double by Steve Kemp; Lou Whitaker scored.

0

2

Bottom 6th

KCR

DET

Tigers

Single by Jason Thompson; John Wockenfuss scored.

0

3

Top 7th

KCR

DET

Royals

Single by Al Cowens; Darrell Porter and Hal McRae scored.

2

3

Bottom 7th

KCR

DET

Tigers

Single by Jerry Morales; Error by Darrell Porter; Lynn Jones and Lou Whitaker scored.

2

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Frank White 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Darrell Porter C 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Hal McRae DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Al Cowens RF 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
George Scott 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Freddie Patek SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Terrell 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2 0 3 6 2 0 6

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Gura (L) 6.2 9 5 3 2 2 0
Marty Pattin 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 8.0 10 5 3 2 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore CF 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Lynn Jones PH,CF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Whitaker 2B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Steve Kemp LF 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
Jerry Morales RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lance Parrish C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
John Wockenfuss DH 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Jason Thompson 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Tom Brookens 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alan Trammell SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 4 0 2 4 1 2 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Chris (W) 6.0 2 2 2 3 4 0
John Hiller (S) 3.0 3 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 5 2 2 3 6 0

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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

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

23

García

Adolis García

23

Ward

Taylor Ward

Batting Average Leaders

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.371

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.365

Betts

Mookie Betts

.359

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

38

Betts

Mookie Betts

36

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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26

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.468

Betts

Mookie Betts

.439

Contreras

William Contreras

.433

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.695

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.651

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

40

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

39

Jones

Jared Jones

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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441.7

Betts

Mookie Betts

430.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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334

Betts

Mookie Betts

327

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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