A five-run explosion in the second inning carried the A's to their fourth straight victory, 6-3 over the Tigers. Singles by Jeff Newman and Mike Edwards and a walk to Tony Armas loaded the bases with one out. A single by Taylor Duncan drove home two runs and Mitchell Page followed with a three-run circuit clout to climax the rally. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Tuesday, July      18, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       0  0  1    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   3 12  2
A's          0  5  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   6 11  3


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            5   0   2   0     0   1   .291      Wallis cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .294
Whitaker 2b           4   1   1   0     1   2   .295      Duncan 3b             3   1   1   2     1   0   .252
Staub dh              5   1   2   2     0   0   .298        Gross 3b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .207
Thompson 1b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .293      Page lf               4   1   1   3     0   1   .293
Kemp lf               5   0   1   0     0   0   .273        Burke lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
May c                 3   0   0   0     2   0   .265      Horton dh             3   0   0   0     1   1   .255
Corcoran rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .253      Revering 1b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .275
Mankowski 3b          2   0   1   0     0   0   .301        Dilone pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .246
  Rodriguez ph,3b     2   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Essian c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Trammell ss           4   1   2   0     0   1   .275      Guerrero ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .285
Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Newman c,1b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .260
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Edwards 2b            4   1   3   1     0   0   .273
                                                          Armas rf              3   1   0   0     1   1   .230
                                                          Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   3  12   3     3   4             Totals               34   6  11   6     3   5

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  3,023
Left on Base: Tigers 12, A's 8
DP: Tigers 0, A's 0
Errors: May 2, Guerrero, Edwards, Lacey
Home Runs: Staub (13), Page (10)
Stolen Bases: Dilone (29), Edwards (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Guerrero (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Thompson (3)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema L(4-5)           7    10   6   6   3   3   1  34   3.09
Foucault                1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   2.83
Totals                  8    11   6   6   3   5   1  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford W(2-7)         5     7   3   3   2   3   1  24   3.14
Lacey SV(4)             4     5   0   0   1   1   0  18   2.89
Totals                  9    12   3   3   3   4   1  42

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dave Phillips


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Whitaker struck out; Staub
singled; Thompson singled [Staub to second]; Kemp grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis singled; Duncan grounded out (first
unassisted) [Wallis to second]; Page was called out on strikes;
Horton walked; Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); Corcoran flied
out to center; Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero flied out to right; Newman singled;
Edwards singled [Newman to second]; Armas walked [Newman to
third, Edwards to second]; Wallis flied out to center; Duncan
singled to left [Newman scored, Edwards scored, Armas to third];
Page homered [Armas scored, Duncan scored]; Horton struck out; 5
R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 5.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell singled; LeFlore singled [Trammell to
second]; Whitaker singled [Trammell to third, LeFlore to
second]; Staub flied out to left; Thompson hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Trammell scored]; Kemp forced Whitaker (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Revering grounded out (first unassisted);
Guerrero singled; Newman singled to right [Guerrero to third];
Edwards singled [Guerrero scored, Newman to second]; Armas
struck out; Wallis lined to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
1, Athletics 6.

TIGERS 4TH: May walked; Corcoran grounded out (second to first)
[May to second]; Mankowski singled [May to third]; Trammell
struck out; LeFlore reached on a fielder's choice [May out at
home (pitcher to catcher), Mankowski to second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Duncan grounded out (third to first); Page
grounded out (second to first); Horton lined to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 6.

TIGERS 5TH: Whitaker walked; Staub homered [Whitaker scored];
Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Kemp flied out to
right; May flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Revering singled; Guerrero out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Revering to second]; Newman grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Revering to third]; Edwards made an
out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 6.

TIGERS 6TH: LACEY REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Corcoran singled
[Corcoran to second (error by Edwards)]; RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR
MANKOWSKI; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Trammell
singled [Corcoran stayed at second]; LeFlore forced Trammell
(shortstop unassisted) [Corcoran to third]; Whitaker grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: RODRIGUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Armas
grounded out (third to first); Wallis flied out to left; Duncan
walked; Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 6.

TIGERS 7TH: BURKE REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); Staub grounded out
(second to first); Thompson made an out to shortstop; Kemp
singled; May walked [Kemp to second]; Corcoran grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); Revering
singled; DILONE RAN FOR REVERING; Dilone stole second [Dilone to
third (error by May)]; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to
first); Newman flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
3, Athletics 6.

TIGERS 8TH: ESSIAN REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING C ); NEWMAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); GROSS REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 3B);
Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); Trammell grounded out
(shortstop to first); LeFlore singled [LeFlore to second (error
by Guerrero)]; LeFlore was picked off second but was safe on an
error by Lacey [LeFlore to third]; Whitaker was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED ROZEMA (PITCHING); Edwards
singled; Edwards stole second [Edwards to third (error by May)];
Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Wallis was called out
on strikes; Gross struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Athletics 6.

TIGERS 9TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Thompson
singled; Kemp flied out to center; May grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 6.