Jim Palmer notched his 47th career shutout as the Orioles won the second game of a doubleheader, 1-0, after the Tigers won the opener, 3-2. In the lidlifter, the score was 2-2 going into the top of the ninth when the Tigers began their winning rally with a single by Milt May. Steve Dillard, running for May, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Tim Corcoran and scored on a single up the middle by Aurelio Rodriguez.

The only run of the nightcap came on a solo round-tripper by Andres Mora, his first homer of the season. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 3, Baltimore Orioles 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, May       24, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  1  -   3 12  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  6  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   1   0     1   2   .275      Harlow cf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .323
Whitaker 2b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .355      Belanger ss           2   0   0   0     1   0   .245
Staub dh              4   1   2   0     0   0   .288        May ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Thompson 1b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .312        Garcia ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .316
Kemp lf               2   0   1   1     2   1   .293      Kelly lf              2   1   1   1     1   0   .341
May c                 4   0   3   0     0   0   .358      Singleton rf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .323
  Dillard pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .211        Lopez pr,rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .218
  Parrish c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Murray 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Corcoran rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .232      DeCinces 2b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .258
Mankowski 3b          3   0   0   0     0   2   .270      Crowley dh            3   0   1   0     0   0   .313
  Rodriguez 3b        1   0   1   1     0   0   .308        Mora ph,dh          1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Trammell ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Dauer 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .188
Slaton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Skaggs c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .094
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hendricks ph,c      1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3  12   2     3   7             Totals               31   2   6   2     3   4

Time of Game: 2:29
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Orioles 6
DP: Tigers 2, Orioles 2
Errors: Whitaker
Doubles: May (4), DeCinces (9), Harlow (11), Kelly (2)
Stolen Bases: Whitaker (4)
Caught Stealing: Kemp (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Corcoran (1), Kelly (2)
GIDP: Corcoran (4), May (4), Dauer (1), Singleton (2)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton                  7.2   5   2   2   3   2   0  30   4.85
Hiller W(4-1)           1.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   5   2.41
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   4   0  35

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez L(3-3)      8.1  12   3   3   2   7   0  35   4.73
Stanhouse               0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.98
Totals                  9    12   3   3   3   7   0  38

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Whitaker lined to
first; Staub singled; Thompson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow walked; Belanger reached on an error by
Whitaker [Harlow to second, Belanger to first]; Kelly out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harlow to third, Belanger to
second]; Singleton struck out; Murray grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

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

ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); Crowley
singled to center; Dauer grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Crowley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore
struck out; Whitaker grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Skaggs flied out to right; Harlow grounded out
(shortstop to first); Belanger grounded out (catcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub singled to right; Thompson singled [Staub to
second]; Kemp walked [Staub to third, Thompson to second]; May
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Staub scored (no RBI), Thompson to third, Kemp out at second];
Corcoran grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Kelly flied out to center; Singleton flied out to
center; Murray popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Mankowski was called out on strikes; Trammell was
called out on strikes; LeFlore singled to right; Whitaker was
credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball
to second [LeFlore out at second (second unassisted)]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces doubled to left; Crowley flied out to
center [DeCinces to third]; Dauer flied out to left; Skaggs
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Orioles 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Staub flied out to center; Thompson singled; Kemp
struck out; May doubled [Thompson to third]; Corcoran flied out
to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Harlow grounded out (second to first); Belanger
walked; Kelly walked [Belanger to second]; Singleton grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kelly out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Mankowski flied out to center; Trammell grounded out
(shortstop to first); LeFlore flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MANKOWSKI (PLAYING 3B); Murray
made an out to shortstop; DeCinces singled to left; Crowley
flied out to center; Dauer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 8TH: Whitaker singled to left; Whitaker stole second;
Staub made an out to second; Thompson flied out to center; Kemp
singled to left [Whitaker scored]; Kemp was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: HENDRICKS BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Hendricks made an out
to shortstop; Harlow doubled to center; MAY BATTED FOR BELANGER;
May grounded out (second to first) [Harlow to third]; Kelly
doubled to left [Harlow scored]; HILLER REPLACED SLATON
(PITCHING); Singleton singled [Kelly scored]; LOPEZ RAN FOR
SINGLETON; Murray struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Orioles 2.

TIGERS 9TH: GARCIA REPLACED MAY (PLAYING SS); LOPEZ STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); HENDRICKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); May
singled to left; DILLARD RAN FOR MAY; Corcoran out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Dillard to second];
Rodriguez singled to center [Dillard scored]; STANHOUSE REPLACED
D. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Trammell grounded out (third to first)
[Rodriguez to second]; LeFlore walked; Whitaker forced LeFlore
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Orioles
2.

ORIOLES 9TH: PARRISH REPLACED DILLARD (PLAYING C ); DeCinces
grounded out (shortstop to first); MORA BATTED FOR CROWLEY; Mora
struck out; Dauer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Orioles 2.