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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

1996-08-30 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 16498 · 81°F, night, dry · Wind 5 mph to LF · 2:11

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Royals 4–0. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 1st. Todd Van Poppel earned the win. Tony Clark went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
DET	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	6

W: Todd Van Poppel L: Jose Rosado SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim McKean · 1B: Ted Hendry · 2B: John Hirschbeck · 3B: Jim Joyce · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jose Offerman	4	1	0	0
Tom Goodwin	4	1	0	0
Keith Lockhart	4	0	0	0
Joe Vitiello	3	0	1	0
Bob Hamelin	3	1	1	0
Craig Paquette	4	0	0	1
Jon Nunnally	3	0	0	0
Mike Sweeney	3	1	0	0
Johnny Damon	3	1	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kimera Bartee	4	1	2	0	0	2
Mark Lewis	4	1	1	1	0	0
Travis Fryman	3	1	1	0	1	2
Ruben Sierra	3	0	0	1	0	1
Tony Clark	3	1	1	2	0	1
Phil Nevin	3	0	1	0	0	1
Melvin Nieves	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Higginson	3	0	0	0	0	1
Brad Ausmus	3	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Rosado	7.0	6	1	8
Hipolito Pichardo	1.0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Van Poppel	9.0	5	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Offerman: S7/G56
Tom Goodwin: 2/BP2R
Keith Lockhart: 5/P56S
Joe Vitiello: W.1-2
Bob Hamelin: 6(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 1

Kimera Bartee: S1/G13.B-3(E1/TH)
Mark Lewis: D7/L78M.3-H
Travis Fryman: S8/L8LM.2-3
Ruben Sierra: 8/SF/F8LXD.3-H
Tony Clark: HR/F7LD.1-H
Phil Nevin: S6/G6MS
Melvin Nieves: 8/F78M
Bobby Higginson: 4/P4S

Top 2

Craig Paquette: 8/F78XD
Jon Nunnally: 8/F8LS
Mike Sweeney: 3/P23F

Bot 2

Brad Ausmus: 5/L5
Kimera Bartee: K
Mark Lewis: 3/G3

Top 3

Johnny Damon: S5/BG5S
Jose Offerman: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M
Tom Goodwin: 43/G4

Bot 3

Travis Fryman: K
Ruben Sierra: K
Tony Clark: K

Top 4

Keith Lockhart: 8/L8RM
Joe Vitiello: 4/L4
Bob Hamelin: 6/P56D

Bot 4

Phil Nevin: E6/TH/G6.B-2
Melvin Nieves: 8/F89M
Bobby Higginson: 8/F78D.2-3
Brad Ausmus: K

Top 5

Craig Paquette: K
Jon Nunnally: 7/F7D
Mike Sweeney: 8/F8LM

Bot 5

Kimera Bartee: S8/L8LM
Mark Lewis: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Travis Fryman: W
Ruben Sierra: 9/F9M

Top 6

Johnny Damon: 6/L6
Jose Offerman: 8/F8RM
Tom Goodwin: 43/G4

Bot 6

Tony Clark: 63/G6
Phil Nevin: K
Melvin Nieves: 43/G4

Top 7

Keith Lockhart: 43/G4M
Joe Vitiello: 53/G56
Bob Hamelin: W
Craig Paquette: 4/P4D

Bot 7

Bobby Higginson: K
Brad Ausmus: 53/G5S
Kimera Bartee: K

Top 8

Jon Nunnally: 6/P6D
Mike Sweeney: S9/L4D
Johnny Damon: K
Jose Offerman: 46(1)/FO/G4

Bot 8

Mark Lewis: 9/F9D
Travis Fryman: K
Ruben Sierra: 13/G25

Top 9

Tom Goodwin: S9/G34
Keith Lockhart: 4/P3D
Joe Vitiello: 9/L9M
Bob Hamelin: S3/L3.1-3
Craig Paquette: 13/G13