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Saturday May 6, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

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.



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