A grand slam by Tim Corcoran -- his first home run in 79 games this season -- lifted the Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Rangers. The Tigers trailed, 2-1, going into the bottom of the eighth when Jim Umbarger took over the mound chores for the Rangers. A double by Rusty Staub, single by Jason Thompson and walk to Steve Kemp loaded the sacks before Corcoran slammed an 0-2 pitch into the upper deck in right field. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Texas Rangers 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    9, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   2  6  1
Tigers       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  4  x  -   5 11  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           2   0   0   2     0   0   .250      LeFlore cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .290
Wills 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Whitaker 2b           4   0   1   1     0   1   .296
Sundberg c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .298      Staub dh              3   1   1   0     1   0   .297
Oliver lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .322      Thompson 1b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .294
Bonds rf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .275      Kemp lf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .280
Zisk dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .256      May c                 4   0   1   0     0   1   .265
Lowenstein 3b         2   0   0   0     1   0   .222      Corcoran rf           4   1   3   4     0   0   .270
Beniquez cf           3   1   1   0     0   1   .267      Mankowski 3b          3   1   2   0     0   1   .311
Harrah ss             2   1   2   0     1   0   .209        Rodriguez ph,3b     1   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Trammell ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .260
  Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Young p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   2   6   2     3   4             Totals               34   5  11   5     2   5

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 30,167
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Tigers 7
DP: Rangers 1, Tigers 2
Errors: Lowenstein, Young
Doubles: Staub (20)
Triples: Rodriguez (2)
Home Runs: Corcoran (1)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein 2 (10), Bonds (28), LeFlore (52)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Hargrove 2 (5)
GIDP: Zisk (10)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins                 7     7   1   1   1   4   0  29   3.43
Umbarger L(4-7)         0.1   4   4   4   1   1   1   6   5.07
Cleveland               0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.92
Totals                  8    11   5   5   2   5   1  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Young W(4-1)            9     6   2   1   3   4   0  33   1.42
Totals                  9     6   2   1   3   4   0  33

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


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove flied out to center; Wills grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sundberg made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore reached on an error by Lowenstein; LeFlore
stole second; Whitaker struck out; Staub grounded out (first to
pitcher) [LeFlore to third]; Thompson grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Oliver flied out to center; Bonds struck out; Zisk
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kemp popped to third in foul territory; May singled
to right; Corcoran grounded out (first unassisted) [May to
second]; Mankowski singled to right [May out at home (right to
catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Lowenstein walked; Lowenstein stole second;
Beniquez struck out; Lowenstein stole third; Harrah walked;
Hargrove hit into a double play to right [Lowenstein out at home
(right to catcher)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell struck out; LeFlore struck out; Whitaker
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Sundberg
struck out; Oliver grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Thompson
grounded out (second to first); Kemp singled to left; May
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Bonds walked; Bonds stole second; Zisk struck out;
Bonds was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Lowenstein
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Corcoran singled to right; Mankowski singled to
center [Corcoran to second]; Trammell forced Corcoran (catcher
to shortstop) [Mankowski to second]; LeFlore forced Trammell
(second to shortstop) [Mankowski to third]; Whitaker singled to
center [Mankowski scored, LeFlore to second]; Staub walked
[LeFlore to third, Whitaker to second]; Thompson grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez flied out to center; Harrah singled to
center; Harrah was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Young [Harrah to third]; Hargrove hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Harrah scored (unearned)]; Wills flied out to right; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Kemp made an out to shortstop; May grounded out
(first to pitcher); Corcoran singled to center; Mankowski struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg singled to third; Oliver singled to right
[Sundberg to second]; Bonds forced Oliver (shortstop to second)
[Sundberg to third]; Zisk grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Bonds out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Trammell flied out to right; LeFlore grounded out
(first unassisted); Ron LeFlore tripled but was called out
for missing 1B; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); Beniquez
singled to center; Harrah singled to right [Beniquez to third];
Hargrove hit a sacrifice fly to right [Beniquez scored, Harrah
to second]; Wills grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: UMBARGER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Staub doubled
to center; Thompson singled to left [Staub to third]; Kemp
walked [Thompson to second]; May struck out; Corcoran homered
[Staub scored, Thompson scored, Kemp scored]; RODRIGUEZ BATTED
FOR MANKOWSKI; Rodriguez tripled to center; CLEVELAND REPLACED
UMBARGER (PITCHING); Trammell hit into a double play to right
[Rodriguez out at home (right to catcher)]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, Tigers 5.

RANGERS 9TH: RODRIGUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Sundberg
flied out to center; Oliver flied out to center; Bonds singled
to left; Zisk forced Bonds (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Tigers 5.