Visitor:  Detroit Tigers

Home:  Kansas City Royals

Date:  October 3, 1984

ALCS Game 2

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3                      4          5          6                      7          8          9                      10        11              R        H         E

DET                 2          0          1                      0          0          0                      0          0          0                      0         2              5        8          1

KC                  0          0          0                      1          0          0                      1          1          0                       0         0              3        10        2         

 

Visitor playmakers:

2B Lou Whitaker, OF Kirk Gibson, C Lance Parrish, OF Johnny Grubb, 3B Darrell Evans, OF Ruppert Jones

 

Home playmakers:

OF Pat Sheridan, 2B Jorge Orta, 2B Frank White, 3B Dane Iorg, OF Lynn Jones, DH Hal McRae

 

Network:  ABC (KABC Los Angeles)

Announcers:  Al Michaels, Howard Cosell, Jim Palmer

 

Pregame:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  Very Good

 

Notes:  While the first game was over pretty much after the first inning, this game showed why the Kansas City Royals walked away with the AL West division title.

 

Like Game 1, the Tigers went up quickly in the first to take a 2-0 lead. Lou Whitaker reached on an error, and moved over to second on a deep out to center by Alan Trammell. Mr. Clutch, Kirk Gibson drove in Lou with a double, and then was driven in himself on a double by Lance Parrish.

 

The Tigers extended their lead to 3-0 when Kirk Gibson hit a solo homerun in the top half of the third. Up 3-0, the Tigers looked to be comfortably in control, but the Royals were poised for a comeback.

 

It started in the bottom of the fourth off of starter Dan Petry. Pat Sheridan was driven in with a sac fly to cut the lead to 3-1. They added one more run in the seventh on an RBI single by pinch hitter Dane Iorg, then tied the game up off of Willie Hernandez in the eighth on a Hal McRae RBI double.

 

Neither team would score in the ninth or tenth innings, and it was finally in the eleventh when the Tigers sealed the game up. Lance Parrish led off with a single, and moved to second on an error committed while Darrell Evans was trying to move him over. Ruppert Jones forced out Lance Parrish at third to make it once again first and second with one out. Then John Grubb came up with the big hit, and drove in both baserunners with a two run double.

 

The Royals made an attempt in the bottom of the eleventh to come back by getting two men on, but Aurelio Lopez pitched out of the jam to earn the win.

(Thanks to Brian at http://www.1984tigers.com/category/1984-diary/)

 

Thanks Jim!

 

Running time:  3:12 (2 discs)