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Although the amazing A's boosted their record to 19-5, they had done it with only two complete games from their pitching staff, both by rookie lefthander John Henry Johnson, who turned in his second route-going effort in a 5-1 victory over the Tigers. Oakland Athletics 5, Detroit Tigers 1Game Played on Friday, May 5, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumTigers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 3
A's 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 x - 5 12 1
Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
LeFlore cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .292 North cf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .286
Wagner ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Edwards 2b 2 1 1 0 0 1 .288
Staub dh 3 0 2 1 1 0 .326 Tabb ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .307 Staggs 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .286 Page lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .298
Wockenfuss rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .333 Murphy lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Parrish c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Alexander dh 3 0 1 1 0 1 .269
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .370 Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .320
Dillard 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Revering 1b 3 2 1 0 1 0 .282
Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gross 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .253
Crawford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Essian c 3 1 1 2 0 0 .227
Dilone rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .214
Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 30 1 4 1 2 6 Totals 31 5 12 3 2 4
Time of Game: 2:03 Attendance: 14,612
Left on Base: Tigers 5, A's 7
DP: Tigers 0, A's 1
Errors: Parrish, Dillard 2, Gross
Doubles: LeFlore (5)
Home Runs: Essian (2)
Stolen Bases: Dilone (9), Edwards (4)
Caught Stealing: North (2), Dilone (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Dillard (4), Edwards (2), Essian (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Alexander (1)
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Billingham L(3-1) 6 11 5 3 2 4 1 29 3.38
Crawford 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.86
Totals 8 12 5 3 2 4 1 36
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Johnson W(3-1) 9 4 1 1 2 6 0 33 1.19
Totals 9 4 1 1 2 6 0 33
Wild Pitches: Billingham (3)
Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc
TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Wagner
grounded out (third to first); Staub singled to center; Thompson
forced Staub (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to left; Edwards struck out; North
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Page walked;
Alexander singled to left [Page to third]; Guerrero singled to
second [Page scored (error by Dillard) (unearned), Alexander to
third, Guerrero to second]; Revering flied out to left; 1 R (0
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 1.
TIGERS 2ND: Kemp flied out to center; Wockenfuss flied out to
center; Parrish flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross grounded out (second to first); Essian
popped to second; Dilone singled to right; Dilone was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 1.
TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez reached on an error by Gross [Rodriguez to
second]; Dillard out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Rodriguez to third]; LeFlore hit into a double play (right to
catcher) [Rodriguez out at home]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Tigers
0, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 3RD: North reached on an error by Dillard; Edwards out
on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [North to second]; Page
flied out to left; Alexander was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 1.
TIGERS 4TH: Wagner popped to second; Staub walked; Thompson
struck out; Kemp flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first);
Revering walked; Gross was called out on strikes; Essian homered
[Revering scored]; Dilone singled to left; Dilone stole second;
North singled to left [Dilone out at home (left to catcher)]; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 3.
TIGERS 5TH: Wockenfuss walked; Parrish flied out to center;
Rodriguez struck out; Dillard flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Edwards singled to left; Edwards stole second
[Edwards to third (error by Parrish)]; Page grounded out
(shortstop to first); Alexander hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Edwards scored (unearned)]; Guerrero flied out to center; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 4.
TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore doubled to right; Wagner grounded out
(shortstop to first); Staub singled to right [LeFlore scored];
Thompson struck out; Kemp struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Athletics 4.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering singled to center; Gross singled to left
[Revering to third]; Billingham threw a wild pitch [Revering
scored, Gross to second]; Essian out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Gross to third]; Dilone reached on a fielder's choice
[Gross out at home (second to catcher)]; North singled to right
[Dilone to third, North to second (on throw to 3b)]; TABB BATTED
FOR EDWARDS; Tabb struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1,
Athletics 5.
TIGERS 7TH: STAGGS REPLACED TABB (PLAYING 2B); Wockenfuss struck
out; Parrish flied out to right; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 5.
ATHLETICS 7TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Page
flied to left in foul territory; Alexander flied out to center;
Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 5.
TIGERS 8TH: MURPHY REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); Dillard grounded
out (shortstop to first); LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to
first); Wagner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 5.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Revering grounded out (second to first); Gross
singled to left; Essian grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gross
to second]; Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 5.
TIGERS 9TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Thompson
singled to center; Kemp struck out; Wockenfuss grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 5.
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