Win: Horace King Loss: Johnnie Gill
Save: Steve Nelson
Inning: 1 Kansas City George Mathewson pitching. Tim Gagliano strikes out. Don Surhoff singles to center field. Lou Lance singles to center field. Don Surhoff advances to third on the hit. Brian Gannon strikes out. Carroll Dreyer pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Detroit Wally Braggs pitching. Jerry Golsteyn strikes out. Ken Fantetti grounds out to the pitcher. Homer Elias strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Reid Cripe strikes out. John Zipfel grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Gerkin walks. Wally Braggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Luther Blue singles to center field. Bubba Baker grounds out to the pitcher. Luther Blue advances to second on the play. Herman Weaver singles to right field. Luther Blue scores. Carlos Palmquist flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Paul Johns grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Herman Weaver is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tim Gagliano strikes out. Don Surhoff grounds out to the shortstop. Lou Lance grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit George Mathewson grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Golsteyn pops out to the first baseman. Ken Fantetti grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Brian Gannon grounds out to the third baseman. Carroll Dreyer singles to left field. Reid Cripe walks. John Zipfel strikes out. Ron Gerkin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Homer Elias grounds out to the pitcher. Luther Blue walks. Bubba Baker flies out to the right fielder. Passed ball. Luther Blue advances to second. Herman Weaver singles to right field. Luther Blue is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Wally Braggs hits a home run. Tim Gagliano singles to right field. Don Surhoff singles to right field. Tim Gagliano advances to third on the hit. Lou Lance walks. Brian Gannon grounds out to the pitcher. Tim Gagliano scores. Don Surhoff advances to third on the play. Lou Lance advances to second on the play. Carroll Dreyer strikes out. Reid Cripe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Carlos Palmquist grounds out to the pitcher. Paul Johns strikes out. Dan Rostenkowski is pinch hitting for George Mathewson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dan Rostenkowski strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Horace King pitching. John Zipfel doubles past the first baseman. Ron Gerkin walks. Wally Braggs fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Wally Braggs lines out to the shortstop. Tim Gagliano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Zipfel advances to third on the play. Ron Gerkin advances to second on the play. Don Surhoff strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Jerry Golsteyn singles to left field. Ken Fantetti singles to left field. Jerry Golsteyn advances to third on the hit. Homer Elias grounds out to the pitcher. Ken Fantetti advances to second on the play. Luther Blue strikes out. Bubba Baker walks. Herman Weaver grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Lou Lance grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Gannon flies out to the center fielder. Carroll Dreyer lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Carlos Palmquist doubles to left field. Johnnie Gill comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Paul Johns flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Cirillo is pinch hitting for Horace King. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jeff Cirillo hits a home run. Carlos Palmquist scores. Jerry Golsteyn walks. Ken Fantetti strikes out. Homer Elias strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Julian Chance pitching. Reid Cripe walks. John Zipfel walks. Tommy McMillan is pinch hitting for Ron Gerkin. Tommy McMillan strikes out. Benny Roarke is pinch hitting for Johnnie Gill. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Benny Roarke walks. Tim Gagliano strikes out. Don Surhoff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Detroit Ike Espino pitching. Bob Bell enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tommy McMillan at LF. Luther Blue walks. Bubba Baker flies out to the right fielder. Luther Blue is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Herman Weaver walks. Carlos Palmquist grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Lou Lance singles to center field. Steve Nelson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Brian Gannon grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Lou Lance is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Carroll Dreyer flies out to the center fielder. Reid Cripe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 13 Detroit total runners left on base: 7