Jack Billingham allowed just four hits in pitching a shutout and Lance Parrish smashed a pair of two-run homers as the Tigers defeated the White Sox, 7-0, for their fourth straight victory and seventh in the last eight games. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 7, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Saturday, August    5, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  2
Tigers       0  1  0    3  0  2    0  1  x  -   7 10  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosley cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .257      LeFlore cf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .290
Kessinger ss          3   0   1   0     0   1   .255      Whitaker 2b           5   0   0   0     0   1   .291
  Pryor ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Staub dh              3   0   0   0     1   0   .293
Orta 2b               3   0   1   0     1   0   .299      Thompson 1b           4   2   1   0     0   1   .296
Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .258      Kemp lf               2   2   2   0     1   0   .281
  Bell 3b             1   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Parrish c             4   2   2   4     0   2   .237
Garr lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Rodriguez 3b          4   1   3   1     0   0   .263
Lamar Johnson 1b      2   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Stanley rf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Washington rf         2   0   0   0     1   0   .240      Trammell ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .269
Molinaro dh           3   0   1   0     0   0   .269      Billingham p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Colbern c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Burns p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   4   0     2   5             Totals               34   7  10   6     3   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 33,494
Left on Base: White Sox 5, Tigers 7
DP: White Sox 0, Tigers 2
Errors: Lamar Johnson, Washington
Doubles: Orta (19), Rodriguez 2 (17), Thompson (19)
Home Runs: Parrish 2 (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Kemp (1)
GIDP: Orta (8)
Hit by Pitch: Lamar Johnson (2,by Billingham)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burns L(0-1)            5     7   6   5   2   2   2  25   9.00
Schueler                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.25
Hinton                  1     1   0   0   1   2   0   5   4.12
Willoughby              1     2   1   1   0   1   0   5   3.43
Totals                  8    10   7   6   3   5   2  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(11-5)      9     4   0   0   2   5   0  32   3.73
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   5   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Billingham (5)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Russ Goetz


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley struck out; Debut game for Britt
Burns; Kessinger was called out on strikes; Orta doubled to
center; Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker
struck out; Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Lamar
Johnson was hit by a pitch; Washington walked [Lamar Johnson to
second]; Molinaro lined into a double play (second to first)
[Washington out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson reached on an error by Lamar Johnson; Kemp
out on a sacrifice bunt (second to first) [Thompson to second];
Parrish was called out on strikes; Rodriguez doubled to left
[Thompson scored (unearned)]; Stanley lined to shortstop; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Colbern singled to left; Bosley grounded out
(second to first) [Colbern to second]; Kessinger grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Colbern to third]; Orta walked; Soderholm
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell singled to center; LeFlore flied out to
right; Whitaker forced Trammell (first to shortstop); Staub
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Garr flied out to right; Lamar Johnson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Washington grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson doubled to left; Kemp singled to right
[Thompson scored (error by Washington)]; Parrish homered [Kemp
scored]; Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Stanley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Trammell walked; LeFlore
forced Trammell (third to second); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Tigers 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Molinaro grounded out (second to first); Colbern
grounded out (second to first); Bosley grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 5TH: Whitaker grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub
grounded out (second to first); Thompson grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Kessinger singled to left; Orta grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kessinger out at
second]; Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Kemp walked; Parrish homered [Kemp scored];
Rodriguez singled to second; SCHUELER REPLACED BURNS (PITCHING);
Stanley flied out to center; Trammell flied out to left; LeFlore
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
0, Tigers 6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Lamar
Johnson grounded out (third to first); Washington flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 7TH: BELL REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); PRYOR REPLACED
KESSINGER (PLAYING SS); HINTON REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING);
Whitaker grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub walked;
Thompson struck out; Kemp singled to center [Staub to second];
Parrish struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Molinaro singled to right; Colbern was called out
on strikes; Bosley flied out to left; Pryor flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 8TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Rodriguez
doubled to center; Stanley singled to right [Rodriguez scored];
Trammell flied out to center; LeFlore struck out; Whitaker flied
out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 7.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Orta grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell struck
out; Garr flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Tigers 7.