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Longtime National Leaguer Jack Billingham tossed a three-hitter to pick up his third straight A.L. victory as the Tigers defeated the White Sox, 4-1. The Tigers scored three runs in the second on a double by Lance Parrish, walk to Aurelio Rodriguez, Ron LeFlore's RBI single and Steve Dillard's two-run triple. Rodriguez hit a homer in the fourth for the Tigers' final run. [The Sporting News] Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago White Sox 1Game Played on Monday, April 24, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park ITigers 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 1
White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 3 1
Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
LeFlore cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .350 Garr lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289
Dillard 2b 4 0 1 2 0 1 .200 Orta 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .264
Staub dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .315 Lemon cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .354
Thompson 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .346 Bonds rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .292
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .366 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .280
Spikes rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Molinaro dh 3 1 1 0 0 0 .167
Corcoran ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Soderholm 3b 2 0 0 0 0 2 .238
Parrish c 4 1 1 0 0 2 .154 Cruz ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Rodriguez 3b 3 2 1 1 1 1 .406 Moore 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Wagner ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Nahorodny c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .280
Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pryor ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Blomberg ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Kessinger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214
Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 4 9 4 1 9 Totals 30 1 3 1 1 5
Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 8,314
Left on Base: Tigers 5, White Sox 4
DP: Tigers 0, White Sox 2
Errors: Thompson, Garr
Doubles: Parrish (1)
Triples: Dillard (1), Molinaro (1)
Home Runs: Rodriguez (2)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (4), Bonds (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Cruz (1)
GIDP: Corcoran (2)
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Billingham W(3-0) 9 3 1 1 1 5 0 32 2.96
Totals 9 3 1 1 1 5 0 32
White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Kravec L(1-2) 4.1 8 4 4 1 6 1 23 6.06
Willoughby 4.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 13 6.00
Totals 9 9 4 4 1 9 1 36
Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Marty Springstead
TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Dillard grounded out (shortstop
to first); Staub singled to right; Thompson singled to right
[Staub to third]; Kemp was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (third to first); Orta flied
out to left; Lemon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, White Sox 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Spikes struck out; Parrish doubled to left;
Rodriguez walked; Wagner popped to first in foul territory;
LeFlore singled to right [Parrish scored, Rodriguez to third];
Dillard tripled to right [Rodriguez scored, LeFlore scored];
Staub grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Bonds walked; Bonds stole second; Lamar Johnson
struck out; Molinaro grounded out (pitcher to first); Soderholm
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 0.
TIGERS 3RD: Thompson flied out to left; Kemp reached on an error
by Garr; Spikes flied out to right; Parrish struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Nahorodny singled to left; Pryor singled to
center [Nahorodny to third]; Garr reached on a fielder's choice
[Nahorodny out at home (first to catcher), Pryor to second];
Orta forced Garr (second to shortstop) [Pryor to third]; Lemon
forced Orta (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3,
White Sox 0.
TIGERS 4TH: Rodriguez homered; Wagner grounded out (shortstop to
first); LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Dillard was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, White
Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Bonds struck out; Lamar Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Molinaro reached on an error by Thompson;
Soderholm was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 4, White Sox 0.
TIGERS 5TH: Staub singled to center; Thompson singled to right
[Staub to second]; Kemp struck out; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED KRAVEC
(PITCHING); CORCORAN BATTED FOR SPIKES; Corcoran grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Thompson out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 5TH: CORCORAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Nahorodny
popped to shortstop in foul territory; Pryor flied out to right;
Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, White Sox 0.
TIGERS 6TH: Parrish struck out; Rodriguez struck out; Wagner
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta lined to shortstop; Lemon grounded out
(first to pitcher); Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, White Sox 0.
TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore singled to left; LeFlore stole second;
Dillard lined into a double play (first to shortstop) [LeFlore
out at second]; Staub grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 7TH: Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first);
Molinaro tripled to right; CRUZ BATTED FOR SODERHOLM; Cruz hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Molinaro scored]; Nahorodny flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, White Sox 1.
TIGERS 8TH: MOORE REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING 3B); Thompson grounded
out (first to pitcher); Kemp grounded out (second to first);
Corcoran grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 8TH: BLOMBERG BATTED FOR PRYOR; Blomberg made an out
to shortstop; Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers
4, White Sox 1.
TIGERS 9TH: KESSINGER REPLACED BLOMBERG (PLAYING SS); Parrish
flied out to left; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first);
Wagner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon lined to shortstop; Bonds grounded out
(third to first); Lamar Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 4, White Sox 1.
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