Reaching a career-high of nine victories for the season, Milt Wilcox hurled the Tigers to an 11-2 victory over the Royals. Rusty Staub drove in his 96th run of the year, tying for the league lead.

Milt May had two RBI singles and Ron LeFlore, besides hitting a home run, stole his 54th base of the season and 23rd in a row, three short of the A.L. record. The Tigers picked up four runs in the seventh on four walks, two errors by Royal third baseman George Brett and one hit. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 11, Kansas City Royals 2

Game Played on Monday, August 14, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 9 5 Tigers 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 1 x - 11 17 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brett 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .318 LeFlore cf 4 3 2 1 2 0 .290 McRae dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .276 Whitaker 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .299 LaCock 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .312 Staub dh 5 2 2 1 1 0 .300 Cowens rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Kemp lf 6 2 3 1 0 0 .284 Hurdle lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .275 May c 4 0 3 2 2 0 .278 Otis cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Corcoran rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .268 Wilson cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Mankowski 3b 1 1 0 0 1 0 .299 Porter c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .268 Rodriguez 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0 .263 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .279 Stanley 1b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .264 Braun ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241 Trammell ss 5 1 1 0 0 3 .257 Washington 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 2 9 2 1 5 Totals 41 11 17 8 8 5 Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 31,409 Left on Base: Royals 7, Tigers 15 DP: Royals 1, Tigers 1 Errors: Brett 2, Porter, Patek 2 Doubles: Brett (34), Porter (22), Otis (23), Stanley (5), Rodriguez (18) Triples: Kemp (4) Home Runs: LeFlore (7) Stolen Bases: LeFlore (54) Caught Stealing: Whitaker (7) Sacrifice Hits: Whitaker (10) GIDP: Washington (2), Staub (18) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale L(13-4) 3.1 8 5 4 3 4 0 21 2.77 Mingori 2.1 5 1 1 1 1 0 13 2.49 Pattin 2.1 4 5 2 4 0 1 16 3.94 Totals 8 17 11 7 8 5 1 50 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilcox W(9-8) 9 9 2 2 1 5 0 36 3.51 Totals 9 9 2 2 1 5 0 36 Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser ROYALS 1ST: Brett doubled to left; McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); LaCock grounded out (first unassisted) [Brett to third]; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker singled to left; Whitaker was caught stealing second but was safe at second (error by Patek; assist by Porter); Staub flied out to right; Kemp grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Hurdle grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded out (second to first); Porter singled to right; Patek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: May walked; Corcoran struck out; Mankowski forced May (first to shortstop) [Mankowski to second (error by Patek)]; Stanley singled to center [Mankowski scored (unearned)]; Trammell was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 1. ROYALS 3RD: Washington struck out; Brett lined to center; McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker flied out to left; Staub singled to left; Kemp tripled to right [Staub scored]; May singled to left [Kemp scored]; Corcoran singled to center [May to second]; Mankowski walked [May to third, Corcoran to second]; Stanley was called out on strikes; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 3. ROYALS 4TH: LaCock lined to shortstop; Cowens grounded out (third to first); Hurdle singled to right; Otis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 3. TIGERS 4TH: Trammell was called out on strikes; LeFlore singled to center; LeFlore stole second [LeFlore to third (error by Porter)]; Whitaker walked; Staub singled to center [LeFlore scored, Whitaker to second]; MINGORI REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Kemp popped to catcher in foul territory; May singled to right [Whitaker scored, Staub to third]; Corcoran grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 5. ROYALS 5TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MANKOWSKI (PLAYING 3B); Porter doubled to left; Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); Brett singled to center [Porter scored]; McRae singled to left [Brett to second]; LaCock grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 5. TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley doubled to left; Trammell was called out on strikes; LeFlore was walked intentionally; Whitaker flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 5. ROYALS 6TH: Cowens flied out to right; Hurdle singled to center; Otis doubled [Hurdle to third]; Porter grounded out (first to pitcher) [Hurdle scored, Otis to third]; Patek was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 5. TIGERS 6TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Kemp singled to center; May singled to center [Kemp to second]; Corcoran flied out to right [Kemp to third]; Rodriguez doubled to left [Kemp scored, May to third]; PATTIN REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Stanley grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 6. ROYALS 7TH: Washington flied out to right; Brett struck out; McRae grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 6. TIGERS 7TH: Trammell singled to center; LeFlore walked [Trammell to second]; Whitaker reached on an error by Brett on a sacrifice bunt [Trammell scored (no RBI), LeFlore scored (unearned) (no RBI), Whitaker to second]; Staub was walked intentionally; Kemp grounded out (first unassisted) [Whitaker to third, Staub to second]; May was walked intentionally; Corcoran grounded out (first unassisted) [Whitaker scored (unearned), Staub to third, May to second]; Rodriguez walked; Stanley reached on an error by Brett [Staub scored (unearned) (no RBI), May to third, Rodriguez to second]; Trammell flied out to right; 4 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 10. ROYALS 8TH: LaCock lined to right; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Hurdle flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 10. TIGERS 8TH: WILSON REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING CF); LeFlore homered; Whitaker singled to center; Staub grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Whitaker out at second]; Kemp singled to center; May flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 11. ROYALS 9TH: Wilson singled to center; Porter flied out to left; BRAUN BATTED FOR PATEK; Braun walked [Wilson to second]; Washington grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Braun out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 11.

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