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.

Bando hit a two-run homer and the Brewers led, 3-1, going into the bottom of the fifth when the Tigers staged the winning rally. Singles by Phil Mankowski, Alan Trammell, Ron LeFlore and Lou Whitaker tied the score with one out before a fly to center by Rusty Staub gave the Tigers their third straight victory. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Game Played on Thursday, June      1, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Brewers      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.