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With rookie Lance Parrish driving in six runs on a grand slam homer and triple, the Tigers posted a 9-6 victory over the Twins. Parrish blasted his first career grand slam off reliever Johnny Sutton in the seventh inning and tripled off starter Geoff Zahn for the Tigers' first two runs in the first frame and scored on a sacrifice fly by Aurelio Rodriguez. Detroit Tigers 9, Minnesota Twins 6Game Played on Monday, August 21, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumTigers 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 - 9 11 0
Twins 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 - 6 14 0
Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
LeFlore cf 5 2 2 0 0 2 .294 Powell rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .248
Wockenfuss lf 5 2 3 2 0 0 .288 Morales ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .321
Staub dh 4 2 1 0 1 0 .296 Randall 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
Parrish c 5 2 2 6 0 0 .224 Smalley ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 .288
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .260 Cubbage 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .293
Stanley 1b 3 0 1 0 2 1 .266 Ford cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .294
Dillard 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 Wynegar c 5 1 2 0 0 0 .251
Corcoran rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .267 Adams dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .254
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Norwood lf 4 0 2 3 0 0 .273
Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kusick 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .186
Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilfong 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .264
Rivera ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .272
Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Sutton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Holly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 9 11 9 4 5 Totals 39 6 14 6 2 2
Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 7,419
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Twins 8
DP: Tigers 1, Twins 0
Doubles: Staub (21), Adams 2 (14), Wilfong (6), Ford (30), Powell (15)
Triples: Parrish (2)
Home Runs: Wockenfuss (3), Parrish (12), Smalley (17)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (57)
Caught Stealing: Powell (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Trammell (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Rodriguez (2)
GIDP: Ford (13)
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Billingham W(14-5) 7 13 5 5 2 1 0 34 3.55
Hiller 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 2.73
Totals 9 14 6 6 2 2 1 41
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Zahn L(9-12) 6.1 8 7 7 1 4 1 28 3.33
Sutton 0.2 2 2 2 2 0 1 6 4.06
Holly 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 3.78
Totals 9 11 9 9 4 5 2 42
Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Vic Voltaggio
TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Wockenfuss
singled to center; Staub doubled to left [Wockenfuss to third];
Parrish tripled to right [Wockenfuss scored, Staub scored];
Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Parrish scored]; Stanley
struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Powell singled to right; Smalley flied out to center;
Powell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Cubbage popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Twins 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Dillard struck out; Corcoran struck out; Trammell
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers
3, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Ford flied out to left; Wynegar grounded out
(shortstop to first); Adams doubled to right; Norwood grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins
0.
TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Wockenfuss
flied out to left; Staub grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0.
TWINS 3RD: Kusick struck out; Wilfong doubled to left; Powell
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Wilfong to third]; Smalley
walked; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0.
TIGERS 4TH: Parrish lined to third; Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Stanley walked; Dillard popped to first; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0.
TWINS 4TH: Ford singled to left; Wynegar singled to right [Ford
to third]; Adams grounded out (second to first) [Ford scored,
Wynegar to second]; Norwood grounded out (third to first);
Kusick walked; Wilfong flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 1.
TIGERS 5TH: Corcoran grounded out (first unassisted); Trammell
grounded out (second to first); LeFlore singled to shortstop;
Wockenfuss homered [LeFlore scored]; Staub grounded out (second
to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 1.
TWINS 5TH: Powell grounded out (third to first); Smalley lined
to right; Cubbage flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 5, Twins 1.
TIGERS 6TH: Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley singled to center;
Dillard forced Stanley (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 1.
TWINS 6TH: Ford doubled to left; Wynegar flied out to right
[Ford to third]; Adams flied out to left; Norwood singled to
right [Ford scored]; Kusick singled to center [Norwood to
second]; Wilfong grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 2.
TIGERS 7TH: Corcoran singled to right; Trammell out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Corcoran to second]; LeFlore
singled to center [Corcoran to third]; SUTTON REPLACED ZAHN
(PITCHING); LeFlore stole second; Wockenfuss grounded out (first
unassisted); Staub was walked intentionally; Parrish homered
[Corcoran scored, LeFlore scored, Staub scored]; Rodriguez
singled to right; Stanley walked [Rodriguez to second]; Dillard
forced Stanley (shortstop to second); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 9, Twins 2.
TWINS 7TH: Powell doubled to left; Smalley flied out to right
[Powell to third]; Cubbage singled to center [Powell scored];
Ford grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Cubbage out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 9, Twins
3.
TIGERS 8TH: HOLLY REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Corcoran grounded
out (shortstop to first); Trammell flied out to right; LeFlore
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 9, Twins 3.
TWINS 8TH: Wynegar singled to center; Adams doubled to left
[Wynegar to third]; Norwood singled to left [Wynegar scored,
Adams scored]; HILLER REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Kusick
popped to first in foul territory; RIVERA BATTED FOR WILFONG;
Rivera was called out on strikes; MORALES BATTED FOR POWELL;
Morales flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 9,
Twins 5.
TIGERS 9TH: RANDALL REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING 2B); RIVERA STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Wockenfuss singled to left; Staub forced
Wockenfuss (second to shortstop); Parrish flied out to center;
Rodriguez walked [Staub to second]; Stanley flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 9, Twins 5.
TWINS 9TH: Smalley homered; Cubbage lined to left; Ford made an
out to second; Wynegar flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 9, Twins 6.
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