Called up from the minors earlier in the week, Bob Sykes allowed only four singles and posted his first major league shutout, pitching the Tigers to a 6-0 victory over the A's. The young lefthander was with the Tigers in 1977 and had a 5-7 record but was sent to Evansville (American Association) this spring. The Tigers backed Sykes with a 15-hit attack that included a homer by Jason Thompson. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Saturday, May       6, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       3  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  0  -   6 15  1
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            3   0   1   1     1   0   .293      North cf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Mankowski 3b          4   1   2   0     1   0   .257        Murphy cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Staub dh              4   1   1   1     1   0   .322      Edwards 2b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .276
Thompson 1b           5   1   1   1     0   1   .301      Page lf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .294
Kemp lf               4   2   3   0     1   0   .311      Alexander dh          4   0   0   0     0   1   .256
May c                 3   0   2   1     0   0   .413      Guerrero ss           2   0   1   0     1   0   .323
Corcoran rf           5   0   1   1     0   0   .196        Staggs ss           0   0   0   0     1   0   .357
Trammell ss           5   1   2   1     0   0   .316      Revering 1b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .292
Dillard 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .170      Gross 3b              1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Sykes p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Perez 3b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
                                                          Essian c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .218
                                                            Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                          Dilone rf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .205
                                                          Wirth p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Renko p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  15   6     4   1             Totals               31   0   4   0     3   9

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 12,539
Left on Base: Tigers 11, A's 7
DP: Tigers 1, A's 2
Errors: Dillard, Dilone
Doubles: Trammell (1)
Home Runs: Thompson (6)
Stolen Bases: Mankowski (1), Staub (2), LeFlore 3 (11)
Caught Stealing: LeFlore (3), Mankowski (1)
Sacrifice Hits: May (1)
Sacrifice Flies: LeFlore (1)
GIDP: Thompson (1), Trammell (1), Alexander (7)
Hit by Pitch: May (1,by Renko)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sykes W(1-0)            9     4   0   0   3   9   0  34   0.00
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   9   0  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wirth L(1-3)            0.2   3   3   3   2   1   0   6   3.43
Heaverlo                3.1   6   2   2   2   0   1  17   2.78
Lacey                   1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.08
Coleman                 2     2   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00
Renko                   2     3   1   1   0   0   0  10   4.50
Totals                  9    15   6   6   4   1   1  44

Hit by Pitch: Renko (1)
Wild Pitches: Wirth (3)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore walked; LeFlore was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Mankowski singled; Wirth threw a wild
pitch [Mankowski to second]; Mankowski stole third; Staub
singled [Mankowski scored]; Thompson struck out; Staub stole
second; Kemp walked; May singled [Staub scored, Kemp to third];
HEAVERLO REPLACED WIRTH (PITCHING); Corcoran singled [Kemp
scored, May to second]; Trammell flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North flied out to right; Edwards grounded out
(second to first); Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Dillard lined to first; LeFlore singled; LeFlore
stole second; LeFlore stole third; Mankowski walked; Staub
walked [Mankowski to second]; Thompson grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Staub out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Alexander flied out to left; Guerrero singled;
Revering singled [Guerrero to second]; Gross struck out; Essian
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
3, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 3RD: PEREZ REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 3B); Kemp grounded out
(pitcher to first); May singled; Corcoran reached on an error by
Dilone [May to third]; Trammell grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Corcoran out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Dilone flied out to left; North struck out;
Edwards walked; Page was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Dillard singled; LeFlore forced Dillard (shortstop
to second); LeFlore stole second; Mankowski grounded out (second
to first); Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Alexander grounded out (third to first); Guerrero
walked; Revering singled [Guerrero to second]; Perez flied out
to right [Guerrero to third]; Essian grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Thompson homered; Kemp singled; LACEY REPLACED
HEAVERLO (PITCHING); May out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Kemp to second]; Corcoran flied out to left; Trammell
doubled to left [Kemp scored]; Dillard grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Dilone struck out; North grounded out (second to
first); Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 6TH: MURPHY REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING CF); COLEMAN REPLACED
LACEY (PITCHING); LeFlore popped to first; Mankowski singled;
Staub flied out to right; Mankowski was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page singled; Alexander grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Page out at second];
Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 7TH: STAGGS REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING SS); Thompson
flied out to left; Kemp singled; May flied out to center;
Corcoran flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering grounded out (first to pitcher); Perez
struck out; Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 8TH: NEWMAN REPLACED ESSIAN (PLAYING C ); RENKO REPLACED
COLEMAN (PITCHING); Trammell singled; Dillard singled [Trammell
to third]; LeFlore hit a sacrifice fly to right [Trammell
scored]; Mankowski flied out to center; Staub grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Dilone struck out; Murphy reached on an error by
Dillard; Edwards flied out to center; Page flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 9TH: Thompson popped to shortstop; Kemp singled; May was
hit by a pitch [Kemp to second]; Corcoran forced May (second to
shortstop) [Kemp to third]; Trammell flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 6, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Alexander struck out; Staggs walked; Revering
lined to shortstop; Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 6, Athletics 0.