Backing the five-hit pitching of Milt Wilcox with a 15-hit attack, the Tigers ripped the A's, 11-2. A's starter Steve Renko gave up a single to Steve Kemp, the first of six straight Tiger hits in the sixth inning, before departing. The Tigers scored four runs in the sixth and added five more in the seventh. Ron LeFlore and Alan Trammell drove in two runs apiece for the Tigers, who also scored on each of the A's three errors. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 11, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Tuesday, July      25, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   2  5  3
Tigers       0  0  2    0  0  4    5  0  x  -  11 15  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Edwards 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .284      LeFlore cf            3   1   1   2     2   1   .290
  Adams ph,2b         0   1   0   0     1   0   .200      Whitaker 2b           4   1   2   1     1   0   .302
Dilone rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Staub dh              4   0   1   1     1   0   .294
  Murphy ph,rf        1   0   1   1     0   0   .188      Thompson 1b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .296
Page lf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .292      Kemp lf               5   2   2   1     0   1   .270
Revering 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .266      May c                 4   2   2   0     1   1   .262
  Gross 1b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Corcoran rf           5   2   4   2     0   0   .256
Horton dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Mankowski 3b          3   1   1   0     0   0   .293
  Burke ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .223        Rodriguez 3b        1   1   0   0     0   0   .259
Guerrero ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Trammell ss           3   0   1   2     0   0   .267
  Picciolo ss         1   0   1   0     0   0   .219      Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Duncan 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .248
  Armas ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .225
Wallis cf             3   1   1   1     0   1   .300
Newman c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .247
  Essian ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Broberg p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McCatty p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   5   2     2   4             Totals               36  11  15  10     5   3

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 17,723
Left on Base: A's 5, Tigers 8
DP: A's 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Guerrero, Wallis, Newman
Doubles: Page (18), Murphy (2), Corcoran 2 (9), Kemp (11)
Home Runs: Wallis (6)
Stolen Bases: Dilone (32), LeFlore (40)
Sacrifice Flies: Thompson (4), Trammell (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko L(4-5)            5     5   3   3   3   3   0  23   2.99
Broberg                 0     3   3   3   0   0   0   3   4.50
Sosa                    1     2   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.93
McCatty                 2     5   5   2   2   0   0  14   4.50
Totals                  8    15  11   8   5   3   0  43

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox W(7-8)           9     5   2   2   2   4   1  34   3.55
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   4   1  34

Wild Pitches: McCatty (1), Wilcox (3)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan


ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards flied out to center; Dilone flied out to
center; Page doubled to center; Wilcox threw a wild pitch [Page
to third]; Revering grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied out to right; Whitaker flied out to
left; Staub walked; Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Horton flied out to right; Guerrero lined to
second; Duncan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kemp struck out; May grounded out (second to first);
Corcoran doubled to right; Mankowski flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Wallis was called out on strikes; Newman struck
out; Edwards grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell flied out to left; LeFlore walked; LeFlore
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Newman [LeFlore
to third]; Whitaker walked; Staub singled to right [LeFlore
scored, Whitaker to third]; Thompson hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Whitaker scored, Staub to second]; Kemp flied out to center; 2
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Dilone grounded out (second to first); Page made
an out to third; Revering grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: May struck out; Corcoran doubled to right; Mankowski
made an out to shortstop; Trammell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Horton flied out to left; Guerrero flied out to
center; Duncan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore struck out; Whitaker singled; Staub made an
out to shortstop; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Wallis homered; Newman flied out to right;
Edwards flied out to right; Dilone singled; Dilone stole second;
Page walked; Revering grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: GROSS REPLACED REVERING (PLAYING 1B); Kemp doubled
to right; BROBERG REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); May singled [Kemp
to third]; Corcoran singled [Kemp scored, May to second];
Mankowski singled [May to third, Corcoran to second]; SOSA
REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Trammell singled [May scored,
Corcoran to third, Mankowski to second]; LeFlore singled to
center [Corcoran scored, Mankowski scored, Trammell out at third
(center to third)]; LeFlore stole second; LeFlore was picked off
second (pitcher to shortstop); Whitaker grounded out (shortstop
to first); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MANKOWSKI (PLAYING 3B); Horton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero grounded out
(shortstop to first); Duncan grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 7TH: MCCATTY REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Staub made an out
to second; Thompson singled; McCatty threw a wild pitch
[Thompson to second]; Kemp singled to left [Thompson scored];
May singled to right [Kemp to third]; Corcoran singled [Kemp
scored, May to second]; Rodriguez reached on a fielder's choice
[May scored (unearned) (no RBI), Corcoran to third (error by
Guerrero)]; Trammell hit a sacrifice fly to center [Corcoran
scored (unearned), Rodriguez to second (error by Wallis)];
LeFlore walked; Whitaker singled to center [Rodriguez scored
(unearned), LeFlore to third]; Staub lined to right; 5 R (2 ER),
5 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 11.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Wallis grounded out (first unassisted); ESSIAN
BATTED FOR NEWMAN; Essian grounded out (pitcher to first); ADAMS
BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Adams walked; MURPHY BATTED FOR DILONE;
Murphy doubled [Adams scored]; Page grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 11.

TIGERS 8TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MURPHY STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); PICCIOLO REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING SS);
ESSIAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Thompson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kemp grounded out (second to first); May
walked; Corcoran flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Tigers 11.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross flied out to center; BURKE BATTED FOR
HORTON; Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo
singled; ARMAS BATTED FOR DUNCAN; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 11.