After a seven-inning bid to become the first Tiger pitcher to throw a no-hitter since 1958, Dave Rozema was struck by disaster and lost to the A's, 3-2. The young rlghthander faced only 21 batters in his no-hit string. Jim Essian, the A's lone base-runner in that stretch, drew a walk in the sixth and was erased on a double play.

Mario Guerrero wrecked Rozema's bid with a bad-hop single off the shoulder of third baseman Phil Mankowski to open the eighth. Dave Revering then teed off on Rozema for a homer to tie the score at 2-2. Unsettled, Rozema issued two walks and, after a sacrifice, passed Gary Thomasson intentionally to load the bases. Dwayne Murphy followed with a sacrifice fly to drive in the A's deciding run. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 3, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       13, 1978 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   3  3  3
Tigers       0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .229      LeFlore cf            4   1   2   0     1   0   .302
  Murphy cf           1   0   0   1     0   0   .071      Whitaker 2b           5   1   1   0     0   1   .302
Edwards 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Staub dh              4   0   0   0     1   0   .283
  Staggs ph,2b        1   0   0   0     1   1   .364      Thompson 1b           2   0   1   0     2   1   .306
Page lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Kemp lf               2   0   0   0     2   0   .318
Guerrero ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .319      May c                 3   0   0   1     1   0   .352
Revering 1b           4   1   1   2     0   1   .284      Corcoran rf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .185
Gross 3b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .229        Wockenfuss ph,rf    1   0   0   0     0   0   .364
  Dilone pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .203      Mankowski 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .233
  Perez 3b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Trammell ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .318
Alexander dh          3   0   0   0     1   1   .257        Stanley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Essian c              1   0   0   0     1   0   .207      Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Thomasson rf          2   0   0   0     1   0   .137        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               27   3   3   3     5   6             Totals               32   2   5   1     7   3

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 16,324
Left on Base: A's 4, Tigers 10
DP: A's 2, Tigers 1
Errors: Edwards, Guerrero, Essian
Home Runs: Revering (2)
Stolen Bases: Dilone (10), LeFlore (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Essian (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Murphy (1)
GIDP: Thomasson (3), Whitaker (1), Kemp (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough                  6.2   3   2   0   6   2   0  29   2.05
Lacey W(3-0)            0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.25
Sosa SV(5)              1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.67
Totals                  9     5   2   0   7   3   0  39

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema L(2-1)           7.2   2   3   3   5   2   1  29   2.03
Hiller                  1.1   1   0   0   0   4   0   5   3.18
Totals                  9     3   3   3   5   6   1  34

Wild Pitches: Keough (2)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards
grounded out (third to first); Page grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore walked; Whitaker grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [LeFlore out at second]; Staub walked;
Keough threw a wild pitch [Staub to second]; Staub was picked
off second but was safe on an error by Essian [Staub to third];
Thompson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first);
Revering flied out to center; Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kemp grounded out (pitcher to first); May walked;
Corcoran singled [May to second]; Mankowski flied out to center
[May to third]; Trammell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Alexander flied out to center; Essian grounded
out (third to first); Thomasson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore singled; Whitaker reached on a fielder's
choice [LeFlore scored (error by Edwards) (unearned), Whitaker
to second]; Staub popped to second in foul territory [Whitaker
to third]; Thompson walked; Kemp walked [Thompson to second];
May forced Kemp (second to shortstop) [Whitaker scored
(unearned), Thompson to third]; Corcoran forced May (second to
shortstop); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: North struck out; Edwards made an out to second;
Page lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers
2.

TIGERS 4TH: MURPHY REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING CF); Mankowski
grounded out (shortstop to first); Trammell grounded out (third
to first); LeFlore reached on an error by Guerrero [LeFlore to
second]; Whitaker flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Revering
made an out to third; Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Staub flied out to center; Thompson walked; Kemp
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Alexander grounded out (second to first); Essian
walked; Thomasson grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop) [Essian out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Corcoran
lined to first; Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Murphy grounded out (second to first); STAGGS
BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Staggs struck out; Page grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: STAGGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Trammell flied
out to right; LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first);
Whitaker singled; LACEY REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Staub flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero singled; Revering homered [Guerrero
scored]; Gross walked; DILONE RAN FOR GROSS; Dilone stole
second; Alexander walked; Essian out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Dilone to third, Alexander to second];
Thomasson was walked intentionally; Murphy hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Dilone scored, Alexander to third]; Staggs walked
[Thomasson to second]; HILLER REPLACED ROZEMA (PITCHING); Page
was called out on strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: PEREZ REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING 3B); Thompson
singled; Kemp walked [Thompson to second]; May forced Thompson
(pitcher to third) [Kemp to second]; WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR
CORCORAN; SOSA REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Wockenfuss forced May
(shortstop to second) [Kemp to third]; Mankowski grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: WOCKENFUSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Guerrero
singled; Revering struck out; Perez struck out; Alexander struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: STANLEY BATTED FOR TRAMMELL; Stanley grounded out
(shortstop to first); LeFlore singled; LeFlore stole second;
Whitaker struck out; Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 3, Tigers 2.