The A's sent 12 men to bat in the ninth inning and scored seven runs to defeat the Tigers, 10-4. Gary Alexander and Gary Thomasson homered for the A's and Lance Parrish rapped a two-run blow for the Tigers, who were leading, 4-3, going into the final frame.

Alexander ignited the A's outburst with a double for his fourth hit of the game. Jeff Newman singled and Thomasson doubled, driving in Alexander to tie the score. After an intentional pass to Bill North, second baseman Lou Whitaker dropped a pop fly by Steve Staggs and Newman scored to put the A's in front. Their other runs counted on singles by Mario Guerrero, Dave Revering, Dwayne Murphy and Newman. [The Sporting News]
Oakland Athletics 10, Detroit Tigers 4

Game Played on Friday, May 12, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

A's          0  0  1    0  1  0    1  0  7  -  10 16  2
Tigers       0  2  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   4 10  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   1   0   0     1   1   .239      LeFlore cf            5   0   1   0     0   4   .295
Edwards 2b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Wagner ss             5   0   2   1     0   0   .236
  Tabb ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .250      Staub dh              4   0   0   0     1   1   .294
  Staggs pr,2b        2   1   1   0     0   0   .381      Thompson 1b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .302
Page lf               5   0   2   0     0   1   .284      Kemp lf               2   0   0   0     2   0   .325
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wockenfuss rf         2   1   0   0     0   0   .381
  Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Corcoran ph,rf      1   0   0   0     1   0   .176
Guerrero ss           4   1   2   1     0   0   .313      Parrish c             2   1   1   2     0   0   .204
Revering 1b           5   1   1   2     0   3   .286        May ph,c            1   0   0   1     0   0   .373
Gross 3b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .235      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .344
  Perez 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mankowski ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Alexander dh          4   2   4   1     0   0   .265      Dillard 2b            2   1   2   0     0   0   .194
  Murphy pr,dh,lf     1   1   1   1     0   0   .077        Whitaker ph,2b      2   0   1   0     0   0   .316
Essian c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .209      Billingham p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dilone pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .203        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Newman c            2   1   2   1     0   0   .273        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Thomasson rf          3   2   2   2     1   0   .141        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40  10  16   9     3   7             Totals               35   4  10   4     4   5

Time of Game: 3:06   Attendance: 18,367
Left on Base: A's 8, Tigers 9
DP: A's 1, Tigers 1
Errors: Staggs, Gross, Parrish, Whitaker
Doubles: Alexander 2 (4), Thomasson (1)
Home Runs: Thomasson (3), Alexander (9), Parrish (2)
Stolen Bases: Page (2)
Caught Stealing: Dillard (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Thomasson (1), Guerrero (6)
Sacrifice Flies: May (1)
GIDP: Revering (1), Rodriguez (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson                 4.2   7   3   1   0   3   1  20   1.28
Lacey                   0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   2.31
Heaverlo                2     0   0   0   1   1   0   6   2.36
Sosa W(4-0)             1.2   2   0   0   2   1   0  10   0.71
Coleman                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9    10   4   2   4   5   1  40

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham              6     7   3   3   2   6   2  26   3.53
Hiller L(3-1)           2     5   4   4   1   1   0  11   3.38
Foucault                0.1   1   2   0   0   0   0   3   3.48
Crawford                0.2   3   1   1   0   0   0   5   4.35
Totals                  9    16  10   7*  3   7   2  45

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Marty Springstead


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Edwards
grounded out (shortstop to first); Page singled to center; Page
stole second [Page to third (error by Parrish)]; Guerrero
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Wagner grounded out (third to
first); Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering struck out; Gross popped to third;
Alexander doubled to left; Essian flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson flied out to center; Kemp flied out to
left; Wockenfuss reached on an error by Gross; Parrish homered
(unearned) [Wockenfuss scored (unearned)]; Rodriguez popped to
third in foul territory; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Thomasson homered; North flied out to center;
Edwards struck out; Page struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Dillard singled to center; LeFlore struck out;
Dillard was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Wagner singled to left; Staub struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero flied out to left; Revering struck out;
Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson singled to right; Kemp flied out to left
[Thompson to second]; Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Thompson to third]; Parrish popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Alexander singled to center; Essian grounded out
(third to first) [Alexander to second]; Thomasson walked; North
struck out; TABB BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Tabb singled to center
[Alexander scored, Thomasson to third]; STAGGS RAN FOR TABB;
Page grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: STAGGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Rodriguez popped
to shortstop; Dillard singled to center; LeFlore singled to
center [Dillard to third]; Wagner singled to center [Dillard
scored, LeFlore out at third (center to third)]; LACEY REPLACED
JOHNSON (PITCHING); Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Guerrero singled to right; Revering grounded into
a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Guerrero out at
second]; Gross struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Thompson singled to center; Kemp walked [Thompson to
second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); CORCORAN BATTED FOR
WOCKENFUSS; Corcoran walked [Thompson to third, Kemp to second];
MAY BATTED FOR PARRISH; May hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Thompson scored]; Rodriguez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Corcoran out at second]; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: CORCORAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MAY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Alexander homered; Essian walked; DILONE
RAN FOR ESSIAN; HILLER REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Thomasson
out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Dilone to second];
North lined to right; Staggs singled to shortstop [Dilone out at
home (shortstop to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
3, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: NEWMAN REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING C ); WHITAKER BATTED
FOR DILLARD; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); LeFlore
was called out on strikes; Wagner grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Tigers 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: WHITAKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Page
singled to left; Guerrero out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Page to second]; Revering was called out on strikes;
Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: SOSA REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Staub grounded
out (pitcher to first); Thompson reached on an error by Staggs
[Thompson to second]; Kemp was walked intentionally; Corcoran
flied out to center; May lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Tigers 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Alexander doubled to left; MURPHY RAN FOR
ALEXANDER; Newman singled to left [Murphy to third]; Thomasson
doubled to right [Murphy scored, Newman to third]; North was
walked intentionally; FOUCAULT REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING);
Staggs reached on an error by Whitaker [Newman scored (no RBI),
Thomasson to third, North to second]; Page flied out to left;
Guerrero singled to center [Thomasson scored, North to third,
Staggs to second]; CRAWFORD REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING);
Revering singled to right [North scored, Staggs scored
(unearned), Guerrero to second]; Gross grounded out (first
unassisted) [Guerrero to third, Revering to second]; Murphy
singled to center [Guerrero scored (unearned), Revering to
third]; Newman singled to center [Revering scored (unearned, but
earned for the pitcher), Murphy to third]; Thomasson popped to
shortstop; 7 R (5 ER), 7 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 10, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 9TH: SOSA REPLACED PAGE (PITCHING); MURPHY STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING LF); PEREZ REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 3B); MANKOWSKI
BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Mankowski singled to right; Whitaker
singled to left [Mankowski to second]; LeFlore was called out on
strikes; Wagner flied out to center; Staub walked [Mankowski to
third, Whitaker to second]; COLEMAN REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING);
Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics
10, Tigers 4.
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