Superb relief pitching by John Hiller enabled the Tigers to preserve a 4-3 victory over the Brewers. With the Tigers ahead, 4-3, in the eighth inning, Hiller came on with runners on first and third and one out to strike out Cecil Cooper and get Sal Bando on a fly to left. Detroit Tigers 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3Game Played on Thursday, June 1, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumBrewers 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 0 Tigers 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 x - 4 9 2 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 LeFlore cf 3 1 1 2 0 0 .275 Money dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .239 Whitaker 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .327 Cooper 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .315 Staub dh 3 0 0 1 0 0 .298 Bando 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .271 Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Oglivie lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Kemp lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Lezcano rf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .297 May c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Davis cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .246 Corcoran rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .260 Yount ss 2 0 0 1 0 0 .290 Mankowski 3b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .288 Martinez c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .209 Rodriguez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Hisle ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Trammell ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .274 Moore c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 Slaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sorensen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 5 3 2 5 Totals 29 4 9 4 0 1 Time of Game: 1:51 Attendance: 11,614 Left on Base: Brewers 4, Tigers 4 DP: Brewers 0, Tigers 0 Errors: May, Mankowski Doubles: Davis (3) Triples: Molitor (1) Home Runs: Bando (6) Stolen Bases: Davis (2) Caught Stealing: Whitaker (4) Sacrifice Hits: Trammell (1) Sacrifice Flies: Yount (1), LeFlore (2), Staub (2) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sorensen L(6-4) 8 9 4 4 0 1 0 32 3.67 Totals 8 9 4 4 0 1 0 32 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Slaton W(5-2) 7.1 5 3 3 2 3 1 29 4.81 Hiller SV(6) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2.53 Totals 9 5 3 3 2 5 1 34 Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Nestor Chylak BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (third to first); Money made an out to shortstop; On a bunt Cooper singled to third [Cooper to second (error by Mankowski)]; Bando homered [Cooper scored]; Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker struck out; Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano walked; Davis singled to center [Lezcano to third]; Yount hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lezcano scored]; Davis stole second [Davis to third (error by May)]; Martinez struck out; Molitor grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Thompson flied out to left; Kemp grounded out (shortstop to first); May grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Money flied out to center; Cooper made an out to third; Bando grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Corcoran singled to left; Mankowski singled to right [Corcoran to second]; Trammell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Corcoran to third, Mankowski to second]; LeFlore hit a sacrifice fly to right [Corcoran scored, Mankowski to third]; Whitaker flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 1. BREWERS 4TH: Oglivie popped to first in foul territory; Lezcano struck out; Davis doubled to left; Yount grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Staub flied out to center; Thompson singled to right; Kemp lined to center; May flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 1. BREWERS 5TH: Martinez grounded out (third to first); Molitor grounded out (second to first); Money flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Corcoran flied out to left; Mankowski singled to center; Trammell singled to right [Mankowski to third]; LeFlore singled to left [Mankowski scored, Trammell to second]; Whitaker singled to left [Trammell scored, LeFlore to third (on throw to home), Whitaker to second (on throw to home)]; Staub hit a sacrifice fly to center [LeFlore scored, Whitaker to third]; Thompson flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. BREWERS 6TH: Cooper struck out; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. TIGERS 6TH: Kemp singled to center; May forced Kemp (third to shortstop); Corcoran flied out to left; Mankowski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. BREWERS 7TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MANKOWSKI (PLAYING 3B); Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. TIGERS 7TH: Trammell flied out to center; LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker singled to right; Whitaker was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. BREWERS 8TH: HISLE BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Molitor tripled to right; Money walked; HILLER REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); Cooper struck out; Bando flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. TIGERS 8TH: MOORE REPLACED HISLE (PLAYING C ); Staub grounded out (second to first); Thompson flied out to left; Kemp grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. BREWERS 9TH: Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Lezcano was called out on strikes; Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. |
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