After having their Home Opener postponed twice due to bad weather, the Detroit Tigers finally got the 1982 season started in Kansas City. For the Royals, the game was their Home Opener after starting the season in Baltimore. The Tigers went out in front first when John Wockenfuss hit a 3-run homer in the 4th inning. Kansas City tied the game up on a 2-run blast by Amos Otis in the 4th and a solo shot from George Brett in the 6th. Detroit scored what proved to be the game winning run in the 8th inning when rookie Howard Johnson came through with a clutch pinch-hit RBI single. It was Johnson's first ML at bat. Starter Jack Morris buckled down the last 2 innings and closed out the complete game 4-3 victory for Detroit.
BOXSCORE: 1982 Detroit Tigers At 1982 Kansas City Royals 4/9/1982
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Royals AB R H RBI AVG
L.Whitaker 2B 5 0 0 0 .000 T.Poquette LF 4 0 1 0 .250
A.Trammell SS 5 0 1 0 .200 J.Wathan C 4 0 0 0 .125
L.Herndon LF 3 1 1 0 .333 G.Brett 3B 4 1 2 1 .250
L.Parrish C 5 1 2 0 .400 W.Aikens 1B 4 1 3 0 .444
J.Wockenfuss DH 4 1 3 3 .750 A.Otis CF 4 1 1 2 .222
A-L.Jones PR,DH 0 1 0 0 ---- H.McRae DH 3 0 1 0 .500
K.Gibson CF 4 0 0 0 .000 C-G.Pryor PR 0 0 0 0 ----
E.Cabell 1B 3 0 2 0 .667 J.Martin RF 4 0 0 0 .000
T.Brookens 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 F.White 2B 3 0 0 0 .500
B-H.Johnson PH,3B 1 0 1 11.000 U.Washington SS 3 0 1 0 .143
E.Miller RF 4 0 0 0 .000 D-J.Quirk PH 1 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 37 4 10 4 Totals 34 3 9 3
A-Pinch Ran For Wockenfuss In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Brookens In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For McRae In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Washington In 9th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 10 1
Royals.......... 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 9 2
Tigers (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Morris WIN(1-0) 9 9 3 3 1 4 2 3.00
Totals 9 9 3 3 1 4 2
Royals (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Gura LOSS(0-1) 7 2/3 8 4 4 3 2 1 4.70
D.Quisenberr 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.20
Totals 9 10 4 4 3 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 35,420 DATE- Friday, April 9th 1982 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Terry Cooney, Vic Voltaggio, Bill Kunkel, John Shulock
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 9 Royals: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1 Royals: 2
ERRORS- A.Trammell, F.White-2
DOUBLES- W.Aikens-2(2nd), H.McRae(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Wockenfuss(1st), G.Brett(1st), A.Otis(1st)
RBIs- J.Wockenfuss-3(3rd), H.Johnson(1st), G.Brett(1st), A.Otis-2(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- F.White
WALKS- L.Herndon-2, E.Cabell, H.McRae
STRIKE OUTS- K.Gibson, E.Miller, J.Wathan, U.Washington-2, J.Quirk
GIDP- J.Wockenfuss, T.Brookens, T.Poquette
2-out RBI- A.Otis-2, H.Johnson
RLISP 2-out- T.Poquette, E.Miller-3, J.Martin, J.Quirk
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 2 for 8 Royals: 1 for 8
Jack Morris went the distance at Royals Stadium as the Detroit Tigers beat the
Kansas City Royals 4 to 3.
Detroit scored the deciding run in the 8th inning. After an out was recorded,
John Wockenfuss delivered a single. After another out, Enos Cabell stepped
up to the plate and he singled. Howard Johnson then laced a one-base hit
scoring the run. Kansas City made it exciting in the 9th, but they were
unable to push the needed runs across.
The victory was credited to Morris(1-0) who went the distance, allowing 3
runs. Larry Gura(0-1) was the loser. 'We didn't get the key hits when we
needed them' Dick Howser said. 'We did what we could, we just didn't pull out
the win. What can you say?'
