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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

1985-04-21 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 13 innings · Att: 30168 · 4:05

Kansas City Royals defeated Detroit Tigers 3–2. Dan Quisenberry earned the win and Larry Gura picked up the save. Steve Balboni went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
KCA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7
DET	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12

W: Dan Quisenberry L: Juan Berenguer SV: Larry Gura

Umpires — HP: Ken Kaiser · 1B: Rocky Roe · 2B: Larry Barnett · 3B: Dale Ford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie Wilson	6	2	2	0	0	0
Pat Sheridan	4	0	0	1	0	2
George Brett	4	0	1	0	2	0
Jorge Orta	4	0	0	0	0	2
Darryl Motley	6	0	1	1	0	1
Steve Balboni	5	1	2	1	0	1
Greg Pryor	3	0	0	0	2	0
Jim Sundberg	5	0	0	0	0	0
Onix Concepcion	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dane Iorg	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lynn Jones	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae	0	0	0	0	2	0
Buddy Biancalana	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Wathan	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tom Brookens	6	0	2	0	1	0
Alan Trammell	6	1	2	0	1	1
Kirk Gibson	4	0	0	0	3	0
Lance Parrish	6	1	2	1	0	1
Larry Herndon	6	0	2	0	0	3
Chet Lemon	5	0	2	1	1	1
Barbaro Garbey	2	0	0	0	1	0
Marty Castillo	3	0	0	0	0	2
Chris Pittaro	1	0	0	0	1	1
Lou Whitaker	2	0	1	0	2	0
Darrell Evans	1	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Grubb	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rusty Kuntz	2	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Hernandez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Baker	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Jackson	5.1	8	4	3
Joe Beckwith	3.2	1	1	6
Mike Jones	0.1	1	2	0
Dan Quisenberry	2.2	1	1	1
Larry Gura	1.0	1	2	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Milt Wilcox	7.0	4	3	4
Bill Scherrer	1.0	0	0	2
Aurelio Lopez	2.0	0	0	0
Willie Hernandez	2.0	1	1	1
Juan Berenguer	1.0	2	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Willie Wilson: T
Pat Sheridan: 3/G.3-H
George Brett: 7
Jorge Orta: K/C

Bot 1

Tom Brookens: 53
Alan Trammell: T
Kirk Gibson: W
Lance Parrish: S.3-H;1-3
Larry Herndon: K
Chet Lemon: 8

Top 2

Darryl Motley: K
Steve Balboni: HR
Greg Pryor: W
Jim Sundberg: 8
Onix Concepcion: 5

Bot 2

Barbaro Garbey: 53
Marty Castillo: K
Chris Pittaro: K

Top 3

Willie Wilson: E4.B-1
Pat Sheridan: K
George Brett: CS2(26)
George Brett: W
Jorge Orta: 8

Bot 3

Tom Brookens: S
Alan Trammell: 7
Kirk Gibson: CS2(26)
Kirk Gibson: W
Lance Parrish: 6

Top 4

Darryl Motley: 63
Steve Balboni: K
Greg Pryor: W
Jim Sundberg: 8

Bot 4

Larry Herndon: S
Chet Lemon: S.1-2
Barbaro Garbey: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Marty Castillo: 63

Top 5

Onix Concepcion: S
Willie Wilson: 3
Pat Sheridan: 9
George Brett: S.1-2
Jorge Orta: 8/L

Bot 5

Chris Pittaro: W
Tom Brookens: S.1-2
Alan Trammell: 8.2-3
Kirk Gibson: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Darryl Motley: 6
Steve Balboni: 43
Greg Pryor: 7

Bot 6

Lance Parrish: D
Larry Herndon: 9
Chet Lemon: D.2-H
Barbaro Garbey: W
Marty Castillo: K
Lou Whitaker: W.2-3;1-2
Tom Brookens: 43

Top 7

Jim Sundberg: 63
Onix Concepcion: 4
Willie Wilson: 2/FL

Bot 7

Alan Trammell: K
Kirk Gibson: 8
Lance Parrish: K

Top 8

Pat Sheridan: K
George Brett: 6
Jorge Orta: K

Bot 8

Larry Herndon: K
Chet Lemon: K
Darrell Evans: D
Johnny Grubb: K/C

Top 9

Darryl Motley: 9
Steve Balboni: 43
Greg Pryor: 4

Bot 9

Lou Whitaker: 7
Tom Brookens: 3
Alan Trammell: 7

Top 10

Jim Sundberg: 9
Dane Iorg: 13
Willie Wilson: 43

Bot 10

Kirk Gibson: W
Lance Parrish: 5
Larry Herndon: D.1-3
Chet Lemon: I
Rusty Kuntz: 2(B)5(3)/FL/DP

Top 11

Lynn Jones: 7
George Brett: 8
Hal McRae: W
Darryl Motley: FLE3
Darryl Motley: 7

Bot 11

Willie Hernandez: 53
Lou Whitaker: D
Tom Brookens: 4
Alan Trammell: W
Kirk Gibson: 43

Top 12

Steve Balboni: D
Greg Pryor: FC1/BG.2X3(15)
Jim Sundberg: 9/FL
Buddy Biancalana: K

Bot 12

Lance Parrish: 63
Larry Herndon: K
Chet Lemon: 9

Top 13

Willie Wilson: S
Lynn Jones: 8.1-2
George Brett: I
Hal McRae: W.2-3;1-2
Darryl Motley: S.3-H;2XH(942);1-2
John Wathan: 2/FL

Bot 13

Rusty Kuntz: 9
Doug Baker: K
Lou Whitaker: W
Tom Brookens: WP.1-2
Tom Brookens: W
Alan Trammell: S.2-3;1-2
Kirk Gibson: 31

Notes & reviews

Lance Parrish moved from DH to catcher; Aurelio Lopez in batting order
Suicide squeeze