Knocked out in the second inning, Jack Billingham was stopped on his personal nine-game winning streak when the Brewers defeated the Tigers, 9-5. Buck Martinez walked with the bases loaded to force in one of the Brewers' three runs off Billingham. Martinez later accounted for two more RBIs with a pair of singles, while Don Money and Gorman Thomas smacked homers in the Brewers' attack. The Tigers had round-trippers by Lance Parrish and Rusty Staub. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 9, Detroit Tigers 5
Game Played on Saturday, August    26, 1978 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Brewers      0  3  1    1  1  0    0  2  1  -   9 14  0
Tigers       0  2  1    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   5  8  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor 2b            5   0   0   1     0   0   .288      LeFlore cf            4   0   1   1     1   0   .294
Money 3b              4   2   2   1     1   0   .285      Whitaker 2b           5   1   1   0     0   0   .299
Oglivie lf            4   1   2   2     1   0   .295      Staub dh              4   1   2   2     0   0   .294
Hisle dh              5   0   1   1     0   3   .294      Thompson 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .298
Cooper 1b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .324      Kemp lf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .290
Lezcano rf            5   1   1   0     0   1   .286      Parrish c             4   1   1   2     0   2   .220
Yount ss              5   3   3   0     0   0   .301      Wockenfuss rf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Thomas cf             3   1   2   1     1   1   .242      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .256
Martinez c            4   1   2   3     1   0   .211      Trammell ss           3   1   0   0     0   1   .264
Travers p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Billingham p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tobik p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sykes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Glynn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   9  14   9     4   5             Totals               34   5   8   5     3   4

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 32,103
Left on Base: Brewers 9, Tigers 6
DP: Brewers 1, Tigers 0
Doubles: Oglivie (19), Staub (23)
Triples: LeFlore (3)
Home Runs: Money (9), Thomas (28), Parrish (13), Staub (20)
GIDP: Wockenfuss (6)
Hit by Pitch: Thomas (2,by Billingham), Trammell (1,by McClure)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Travers W(9-7)          6     7   5   5   2   2   2  26   4.53
Rodriguez               0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.83
McClure SV(9)           2.2   0   0   0   1   2   0  10   3.75
Totals                  9     8   5   5   3   4   2  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham L(14-6)      1.2   3   3   3   3   1   0  12   3.68
Tobik                   3     6   3   3   1   1   1  15   9.00
Sykes                   3.1   4   2   2   0   3   0  14   3.94
Glynn                   1     1   1   1   0   0   1   4   2.84
Totals                  9    14   9   9   4   5   2  45

Hit by Pitch: McClure (6), Billingham (7)

Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser


BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Money
walked; Oglivie walked [Money to second]; Hisle was called out
on strikes; Cooper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied out to center; Whitaker flied out to
center; Staub flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Tigers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano singled to right; Yount singled to left
[Lezcano to third]; Thomas was hit by a pitch [Yount to second];
Martinez walked [Lezcano scored, Yount to third, Thomas to
second]; Molitor forced Thomas (third unassisted) [Yount scored,
Martinez to second]; Money flied out to center; Oglivie singled
to right [Martinez scored, Molitor to third]; TOBIK REPLACED
BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Hisle grounded out (first unassisted);
Debut game for Dave Tobik; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson walked; Kemp forced Thompson (first to
shortstop); Parrish homered [Kemp scored]; Wockenfuss flied out
to left; Rodriguez singled to third; Trammell forced Rodriguez
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Tigers
2.

BREWERS 3RD: Cooper popped to shortstop; Lezcano grounded out
(third to first); Yount singled to left; Thomas singled to left
[Yount to third]; Martinez singled to center [Yount scored,
Thomas to second]; Molitor forced Martinez (third to second); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore flied out to center; Whitaker grounded out
(pitcher to first); Staub homered; Thompson popped to third in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Tigers 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Money homered; On a bunt Oglivie grounded out
(pitcher to first); Hisle struck out; Cooper flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp singled to right; Parrish struck out;
Wockenfuss flied out to center [Kemp to second]; Rodriguez
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Tigers 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Lezcano popped to second; Yount singled to center;
Thomas walked [Yount to second]; Martinez singled to center
[Yount scored, Thomas to third (on throw to home), Martinez out
at second (center to catcher to second)]; SYKES REPLACED TOBIK
(PITCHING); Molitor grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 6, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Trammell struck out; LeFlore flied out to right;
Whitaker singled to left; Staub doubled to right [Whitaker
scored]; Thompson popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 6, Tigers 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Money flied out to right; Oglivie grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hisle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 6, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Kemp walked; Parrish flied out to center; Wockenfuss
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Kemp out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Tigers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Cooper singled to left; Lezcano struck out; Yount
flied out to right; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 6, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez singled to center; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED
TRAVERS (PITCHING); Trammell forced Rodriguez (shortstop to
second); LeFlore tripled [Trammell scored]; MCCLURE REPLACED
RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); Whitaker grounded out (second to first);
Staub grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 6, Tigers 5.

BREWERS 8TH: Martinez grounded out (third to first); Molitor
lined to shortstop; Money singled to left; Oglivie doubled to
left [Money scored]; Hisle singled to center [Oglivie scored];
Cooper flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 8,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Thompson struck out; Kemp flied out to center;
Parrish struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 8, Tigers 5.

BREWERS 9TH: GLYNN REPLACED SYKES (PITCHING); Lezcano grounded
out (shortstop to first); Yount popped to third; Thomas homered;
Martinez flied to right in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Brewers 9, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Wockenfuss popped to catcher; Rodriguez grounded out
(third to first); Trammell was hit by a pitch; LeFlore walked
[Trammell to second]; Whitaker flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Brewers 9, Tigers 5.