With Milt Wilcox tossing a five-hitter, the Tigers extended the A's scoreless streak to 20 innings in applying a 4-0 whitewash. The Tigers' Trammell hit his first major league homer in the third inning and Jason Thompson blasted a two-run shot in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 4, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Sunday, May       7, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       1  0  1    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   4  8  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   1   2   0     0   2   .301      North cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .265
Mankowski 3b          3   0   0   0     0   2   .237      Edwards 2b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .269
Staub dh              3   1   0   0     1   0   .312        Tabb ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Thompson 1b           4   1   1   2     0   0   .299        Staggs 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Kemp lf               4   0   3   0     0   1   .333      Page lf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .291
May c                 4   0   0   0     0   1   .380      Alexander dh          4   0   0   0     0   3   .244
Corcoran rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .180      Guerrero ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .320
Trammell ss           3   1   2   1     0   0   .341      Revering 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .290
Dillard 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .161      Perez 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Essian c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .210
                                                          Dilone rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .211
                                                          Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   8   3     1   7             Totals               32   0   5   0     1   7

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 16,239
Left on Base: Tigers 3, A's 6
DP: Tigers 0, A's 3
Errors: Guerrero, Revering
Doubles: Guerrero (2)
Home Runs: Trammell (1), Thompson (7)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Mankowski (2)
GIDP: Thompson (2), May (2), Corcoran (3)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox W(2-1)           9     5   0   0   1   7   0  33   3.72
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   7   0  33

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough L(2-1)           6     5   4   3   1   7   2  23   2.41
Coleman                 3     3   0   0   0   0   0  11   0.00
Totals                  9     8   4   3   1   7   2  34

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled; LeFlore stole second [LeFlore to
third (error by Guerrero)]; Mankowski struck out; Staub reached
on an error by Revering [LeFlore scored (unearned) (no RBI)];
Thompson grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
first) [Staub out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (first unassisted); Edwards
was called out on strikes; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kemp singled; May grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Kemp out at second]; Corcoran struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Alexander struck out; Guerrero doubled to center;
Revering grounded out (second to first) [Guerrero to third];
Perez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell homered; Dillard flied out to center;
LeFlore struck out; Mankowski struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian struck out; Dilone flied out to left;
North grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub flied out to left; Thompson popped to third;
Kemp singled to right; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Edwards flied out to right; Page struck out
(catcher to first); Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Corcoran flied out to center; Trammell lined to
second; Dillard grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero flied out to right; Revering singled to
left; Perez flied out to right; Essian popped to shortstop; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore struck out; Mankowski grounded out (pitcher
to first); Staub walked; Thompson homered [Staub scored]; Kemp
struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Dilone popped to second; North walked; TABB
BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Tabb flied out to left; Page popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 7TH: STAGGS REPLACED TABB (PLAYING 2B); COLEMAN REPLACED
KEOUGH (PITCHING); May flied out to left; Corcoran flied out to
center; Trammell singled to center; Dillard forced Trammell
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Alexander struck out; Guerrero popped to second;
Revering popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Athletics 0.

TIGERS 8TH: LeFlore singled to left; Mankowski out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [LeFlore to second]; Staub
grounded out (second to first) [LeFlore to third]; Thompson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Perez flied out to right; Essian flied out to
right; Dilone singled to left; North singled to center [Dilone
to third]; Staggs flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 4, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 9TH: Kemp singled to left; May forced Kemp (second to
shortstop); Corcoran grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [May out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Page singled to center; Alexander flied out to
right; Guerrero flied out to left; Revering popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 0.