September 6, 1989 Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers Box Score and Play by Play

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CLE 9
@BAL 0 MIL 7
@CAL 4 TOR 4
@CHW 2 DET 11
KCR 5 OAK 7
BOS 5 NYY 5
@SEA 3 TEX 3
MIN 2 SFG 7
@ATL 2 CIN 9
LAD 5 SDP 3
@HOU 2 MON 11
PIT 6 STL 3
@NYM 2 PHI 9
CHC 1

Standings at end of play this day

Tiger Stadium, Attendance: 12,903

Wednesday, September 6, 1989, 7:51
Time of Game: 2:59

Royals

80-59

Lost 3

2nd, 4½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          2  0  2   1  0  0   0  0  0    5 10  3
Tigers          0  4  2   0  0  2   3  0  X   11 14  0

W: E Nunez (3-3), L: C Leibrandt (5-11), S: B Dubois (1)

Tigers

53-89

Won 6

7th, 25 GB

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Seitzer 3B                  4   1   2   0    1   1  .278  .713   17    1   0   2B
K Stillwell SS                4   0   2   0    1   1  .281  .763   23    0   1   
G Brett 1B                    5   2   2   2    0   0  .267  .778   17    8   1   HR,2B,GDP
B Jackson LF                  2   1   1   2    2   1  .259  .826   14    3   0   HR,IW
J Eisenreich CF               4   1   1   0    0   0  .301  .796   16    2   0   SB
D Tartabull DH                4   0   0   0    0   2  .279  .822   20    0   0   
P Tabler RF                   3   0   1   0    1   1  .263  .637   14    4   0   
F White 2B                    4   0   1   1    0   0  .263  .646    8    1   3   
B Boone C                     4   0   0   0    0   0  .268  .670   12    5   1   GDP

C Leibrandt P                                                            0   0
  T Leach P                                                              0   0
  L McWilliams P                                                         0   0
  R Luecken P                                                            0   0
  L Aquino P                                                             0   0
Totals                       34   5  10   5    5   6              141   24   6

BATTING

2B: G Brett (21, off F Tanana); K Seitzer (16, off F Tanana).

HR: B Jackson (30, off F Tanana; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep CF-RF); G Brett (11, off F Tanana; 3rd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep RF).

IBB: B Jackson (5, by B Dubois).

TB: G Brett 6; B Jackson 4; K Seitzer 3; K Stillwell 2; J Eisenreich; P Tabler; F White.

GIDP: B Boone (15); G Brett (15).

RBI: B Jackson 2 (88); G Brett 2 (62); F White (34).

2-out RBI: B Jackson 2; G Brett 2.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. G Brett-B Boone.

E: F White (9); B Jackson (6); K Stillwell (13).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Eisenreich (24, 2nd base off F Tanana/M Heath).

PO: K Seitzer (1st base by B Dubois).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Pettis CF                   3   2   1   0    2   1  .255  .688   26    0   0   2·SB
M Heath C                     5   2   2   0    0   0  .279  .754   23    7   0   
L Whitaker 2B                 4   2   2   3    1   0  .258  .839   17    1   4   HR,2B,IW
G Ward 1B                     2   0   1   2    0   0  .260  .726    2    2   0   2B
  D Bergman PH-1B             1   0   0   0    1   0  .254  .683   15    8   0   HBP,IW
C Lemon RF                    5   1   1   0    0   1  .240  .678   19    2   0   
R Schu DH                     3   1   2   1    0   1  .217  .633   10    0   0   2B
  F Lynn PH                   2   0   1   1    0   0  .229  .688    4    0   0   
K Williams LF                 0   1   0   0    1   0  .200  .561    7    1   0   
  S Lusader PH-LF             3   0   1   0    1   0  .267  .711   15    2   0   2B
M Brumley SS                  5   1   2   2    0   1  .217  .556   14    4   5   HR,CS,GDP
D Strange 3B                  4   1   1   0    0   0  .216  .532   10    0   1   

F Tanana P                                                               0   0
  E Nunez P                                                              0   0
  B Dubois P                                                             0   2
Totals                       37  11  14   9    6   4              162   27  12

BATTING

2B: G Ward (10, off C Leibrandt); R Schu (9, off C Leibrandt); S Lusader (4, off T Leach); L Whitaker (16, off C Leibrandt).

HR: M Brumley (1, off C Leibrandt; 2nd inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep LF); L Whitaker (27, off R Luecken; 7th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep RF).

IBB: D Bergman (3, by T Leach); L Whitaker (6, by T Leach).

HBP: D Bergman (2, by L McWilliams).

TB: L Whitaker 6; M Brumley 5; R Schu 3; S Lusader 2; G Ward 2; M Heath 2; D Strange; C Lemon; F Lynn; G Pettis.

GIDP: M Brumley (4).

RBI: L Whitaker 3 (79); M Brumley 2 (9); G Ward 2 (28); R Schu (20); F Lynn (42).

2-out RBI: L Whitaker 3.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 4 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 2. D Strange-L Whitaker-G Ward; L Whitaker-M Brumley-D Bergman.

BASERUNNING

SB: G Pettis 2 (36, 2nd base off T Leach/B Boone 2).

CS: M Brumley (4, 3rd base by R Luecken/B Boone).

PITCHING

Kansas City Royals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Leibrandt, L (5-11)          2     6   6   6    1   1   1   5.23   13   43-28   20· 4· 3    3· 4· 4· 0     20    -     0.93  -0.61
T Leach                        3     4   2   0    4   2   0   3.96   16   59-34   19· 4·11    4· 5· 1· 0          1-0    1.20   0.05
L McWilliams                   0     0   0   0    0   0   0   4.17    2    6-3     1· 1· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          2-1    0.89  -0.07
R Luecken                      2     3   3   3    1   1   1   3.07    9   32-18   13· 2· 3    5· 1· 1· 0          3-1    0.50  -0.02
L Aquino                       1     1   0   0    0   0   0   3.54    4   14-8     5· 0· 3    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
Totals                         8    14  11   9    6   4   2          44  154-91   58·11·21   14·12· 7· 0          6-2

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
F Tanana                       3.1   6   5   5    1   6   2   3.67   17   65-39   20· 5·14    1· 6· 3· 0     33    -     0.94  -0.46
E Nunez, W (3-3)               0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   2.82    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    2.43   0.11
B Dubois, S (1)                5     4   0   0    4   0   0   0.75   21   74-36   21· 4·11   11· 5· 1· 0          0-0    0.87   0.20
Totals                         9    10   5   5    5   6   2          39  140-76   42· 9·25   13·11· 4· 0          2-0

C Leibrandt faced 3 batters in the 3rd inning.
T Leach faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.
L McWilliams faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: T Leach (1).

WP: C Leibrandt (9).

IBB: B Dubois (2; B Jackson); T Leach 2 (8; L Whitaker, D Bergman).

PO: B Dubois (2; K Seitzer, 1st base).

HBP: L McWilliams (6; D Bergman).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Tim Welke, 3B - Jim Evans.

Time of Game: 2:59.

Attendance: 12,903.

Field Condition: Soaked.

Weather: 65° F, Night, Rain.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Detroit Tigers                       
1. K Seitzer            3B    1. G Pettis             CF 
2. K Stillwell          SS    2. M Heath              C  
3. G Brett              1B    3. L Whitaker           2B 
4. B Jackson            LF    4. G Ward               1B 
5. J Eisenreich         CF    5. C Lemon              RF 
6. D Tartabull          DH    6. R Schu               DH 
7. P Tabler             RF    7. K Williams           LF 
8. F White              2B    8. M Brumley            SS 
9. B Boone              C     9. D Strange            3B 

   C Leibrandt          P        F Tanana             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 3   2  4-2  -2-  6  -20%  54% G Brett         F Tanana        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Seitzer Scores
   b 2   1  2-2  1--  1   19%  74% M Brumley       C Leibrandt     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Williams Scores
   t 1   2  0-0  -2-  2  -18%  33% B Jackson       F Tanana        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Brett Scores
   b 2   1  2-0  1--  3   16%  49% R Schu          C Leibrandt     Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Lemon Scores; Schu to 3B/Adv on E7 (throw)
   b 3   0  4-4  1--  3   12%  71% L Whitaker      C Leibrandt     Double to LF (Fly Ball to LF Line); Heath to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Frank Tanana facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   52%  K Seitzer       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   54%  K Stillwell     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   51%  G Brett         Double to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   RR     -2-  2   33%  B Jackson       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Brett Scores
   O      ---  3   34%  J Eisenreich    Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Charlie Leibrandt facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   32%  G Pettis        Lineout: RF (CF-RF)
   O      ---  2   30%  M Heath         Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  3   29%  L Whitaker      Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Frank Tanana facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  6   31%  D Tartabull     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   32%  P Tabler        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2   33%  F White         Popfly: SS (Deep 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Charlie Leibrandt facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  1   30%  G Ward          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   33%  C Lemon         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   R      1--  3   49%  R Schu          Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Lemon Scores; Schu to 3B/Adv on E7 (throw)
   R      --3      53%  K Williams      Wild Pitch; Schu Scores
          ---  6   55%  " "             Walk
   RR     1--  1   74%  M Brumley       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Williams Scores
   O      ---  4   73%  D Strange       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   72%  G Pettis        Strikeout
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 4.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 2-4, Frank Tanana facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   75%  B Boone         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  1   70%  K Seitzer       Double to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      -2-  1   74%  K Stillwell     Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   RR     -2-  6   54%  G Brett         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Seitzer Scores
   O      ---  4   55%  B Jackson       Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Tigers 4.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Tied 4-4, Charlie Leibrandt facing 2-3-4
          ---  5   59%  M Heath         Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF)
          1--  3   71%  L Whitaker      Double to LF (Fly Ball to LF Line); Heath to 3B
   RR     -23  1   82%  G Ward          Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Heath Scores; Whitaker Scores
                  Terry Leach replaces Charlie Leibrandt pitching
   O      -2-  3   79%  C Lemon         Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
          -2-  3   82%  R Schu          Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Ward to 3B
                  Scott Lusader pinch hits for Kenny Williams batting 7th
          1-3  6   84%  S Lusader       Walk; Schu to 2B
   OO     123  1   74%  M Brumley       Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-C
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Tigers 6.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 4-6, Frank Tanana facing 5-6-7
                  Scott Lusader moves to LF
          ---  4   70%  J Eisenreich    Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF)
   O      1--  6   72%  D Tartabull     Strikeout Swinging, Eisenreich Steals 2B
          -2-  5   69%  P Tabler        Walk
   R      12-  3   58%  F White         Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF); Eisenreich Scores; Tabler to 2B
                  Edwin Nunez replaces Frank Tanana pitching
   OO     12-  1   69%  B Boone         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 6-5, Terry Leach facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  1   67%  D Strange       Flyball: LF (Short LF)
          ---  6   69%  G Pettis        Walk
          1--      71%  M Heath         Pettis Steals 2B
   O      -2-  2   68%  " "             Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
          -2-  4   69%  L Whitaker      Intentional Walk
                  Dave Bergman pinch hits for Gary Ward batting 4th
          12-      70%  D Bergman       Balk; Pettis to 3B; Whitaker to 2B
          -23  5   71%  " "             Intentional Walk
   O      123  4   65%  C Lemon         Flyball: RF (RF Line)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 6.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 5-6, Brian Dubois facing 1-2-3
                  Brian Dubois replaces Edwin Nunez pitching; Dave Bergman moves to 1B
          ---  4   59%  K Seitzer       Walk
   O      1--      68%  K Stillwell     Seitzer Picked off 1B (P-1B)
          ---  6   64%  " "             Walk
   O      1--  3   67%  G Brett         Groundout: 1B unassisted; Stillwell to 2B
          -2-  4   65%  B Jackson       Intentional Walk
   O      12-  4   71%  J Eisenreich    Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 6-5, Terry Leach facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   69%  R Schu          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   73%  S Lusader       Double to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      -2-  5   70%  M Brumley       Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  1   67%  D Strange       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 6.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Behind 5-6, Brian Dubois facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   71%  D Tartabull     Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   73%  P Tabler        Popfly: RF (Short RF)
   O      ---  1   75%  F White         Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 6-5, Terry Leach facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   78%  G Pettis        Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
          1--      81%  M Heath         Pettis Steals 2B
          -2-  8   86%  " "             Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Pettis to 3B
                  Larry McWilliams replaces Terry Leach pitching
   R      1-3  3   93%  L Whitaker      Fielder's Choice SS; Pettis Scores/Adv on E6 (throw to Hm)/No RBI/unER; Heath to 3B; Whitaker to 2B
          -23  3   93%  D Bergman       Hit By Pitch
                  Rick Luecken replaces Larry McWilliams pitching
   O      123  5   90%  C Lemon         Strikeout Swinging
                  Fred Lynn pinch hits for Rick Schu batting 6th
   RO     123  1   92%  F Lynn          Groundout: 1B unassisted; Heath Scores/unER; Whitaker to 3B; Bergman to 2B
   O      -23  2   90%  S Lusader       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 8.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Behind 5-8, Brian Dubois facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   93%  B Boone         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  4   90%  K Seitzer       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  4   86%  K Stillwell     Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep 3B); Seitzer to 2B
   OO     12-  2   95%  G Brett         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 8.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 8-5, Rick Luecken facing 8-9-1
          ---  3   96%  M Brumley       Single to 2B (Bunt to Weak 2B); Brumley to 2B/Adv on E4 (throw to 1B)
   O      -2-      94%  D Strange       Brumley Caught Stealing 3B (C-3B)
          ---  3   95%  " "             Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
          1--  7   95%  G Pettis        Walk; Strange to 2B
   O      12-  3   94%  M Heath         Lineout: RF
   RRR    12-  4   99%  L Whitaker      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Strange Scores; Pettis Scores
   O      ---  4   99%  D Bergman       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 11.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Behind 5-11, Brian Dubois facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   99%  B Jackson       Walk
   O      1--  5   99%  J Eisenreich    Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      1--  5  100%  D Tartabull     Popfly: SS
          1--  1   99%  P Tabler        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Jackson to 2B
   O      12-  2  100%  F White         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 11.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 11-5, Luis Aquino facing 5-6-7
                  Luis Aquino replaces Rick Luecken pitching
   O      ---  1  100%  C Lemon         Lineout: LF
          ---  3  100%  F Lynn          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  6  100%  S Lusader       Flyball: RF
   O      1--  4  100%  M Brumley       Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 11.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Behind 5-11, Brian Dubois facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5  100%  B Boone         Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3  100%  K Seitzer       Groundout: SS-1B (Deep SS-2B)
          ---  6  100%  K Stillwell     Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  1  100%  G Brett         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 11.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation