Two doubles by Rusty Staub and two triples by Alan Trammell helped lift the Tigers to a 7-5 victory over the Orioles in 10 innings. Staub drove in four runs. After his first double accounted for a pair in the third, the Tigers fell behind, 5-2, but then rallied to tie the score in the seventh on a triple by Alan Trammell, singles by Steve Dillard and Ron LeFiore and Staub's second double.

In the 10th, Jason Thompson doubled, took third on a bunt by Steve Kemp and scored the tie-breaking run on a sacrifice fly by Lance Parrish. Aurelio Rodriguez kept the inning going with a single and counted an insurance run on Trammell's second triple. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 7, Baltimore Orioles 5
Game Played on Friday, September 22, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Tigers       0  0  2    0  0  0    3  0  0    2  -   7 11  1
Orioles      1  0  3    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   5 10  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            5   1   1   0     0   2   .296      Harlow cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .238
Wockenfuss rf         4   1   0   0     1   2   .271        Lopez ph,cf         2   0   0   0     0   1   .243
Staub dh              5   0   2   4     0   0   .279      Kelly lf              4   1   2   0     0   2   .271
Thompson 1b           4   1   1   0     1   0   .293        Roenicke ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Kemp lf               3   0   0   0     1   2   .277      Singleton rf          2   2   1   1     3   0   .294
Parrish c             4   0   0   1     0   1   .222      Murray 1b             5   0   2   0     0   1   .290
Rodriguez 3b          5   1   2   0     0   1   .270      DeCinces 3b           4   1   1   2     1   0   .278
Trammell ss           4   2   3   1     1   1   .270      May dh                4   0   1   0     1   2   .248
Dillard 2b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .239      Dempsey c             5   0   2   1     0   1   .258
Young p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Dimmel pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dauer 2b              4   0   0   0     1   0   .266
                                                            Garcia pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .254
                                                          Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .212
                                                            Mora ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .216
                                                          Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   7  11   7     4   9             Totals               40   5  10   4     6   9

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance:  5,444
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Orioles 11
DP: Tigers 0, Orioles 0
Errors: Dillard
Doubles: Staub 2 (30), Dillard (5), Thompson (25), Harlow (23), May (16), Dempsey (22)
Triples: Trammell 2 (6), Kelly (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Dillard (7), Kemp (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Parrish (1)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Young                   6.1   8   5   5   5   5   0  32   2.95
Hiller W(8-4)           3.2   2   0   0   1   4   0  14   2.51
Totals                 10    10   5   5   6   9   0  46

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan L(18-14)       9.2  11   7   7   4   9   0  44   4.08
Stanhouse               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.94
Totals                 10    11   7   7   4   9   0  45

Passed Balls: Dempsey (6)
Wild Pitches: Flanagan (8)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Don Denkinger


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied out to right; Wockenfuss struck out;
Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow struck out; Kelly struck out; Singleton
walked; Murray singled to left [Singleton to second]; DeCinces
singled to center [Singleton scored, Murray to second]; May
forced DeCinces (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson walked; Kemp struck out; Parrish popped to
third in foul territory; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: On a bunt Dempsey grounded out (catcher to first);
Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell walked; Dillard out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Trammell to second]; Dempsey allowed a passed
ball [Trammell to third]; LeFlore struck out; Wockenfuss walked;
Staub doubled to left [Trammell scored, Wockenfuss scored];
Thompson grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Harlow doubled to right; Kelly was called out on
strikes; Singleton walked; Murray singled to third [Harlow to
third, Singleton to second]; DeCinces forced Murray (shortstop
to second) [Harlow scored, Singleton scored (error by Dillard)
(no RBI), DeCinces to second]; May walked; Dempsey singled to
left [DeCinces scored, May to second]; Dauer made an out to
second; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 4.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp flied out to left; Parrish flied out to right;
Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 4TH: Belanger flied out to right; Harlow grounded out
(second to first); Kelly tripled to right; Singleton singled to
second [Kelly scored]; Murray struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Orioles 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Trammell struck out; Dillard doubled to right;
LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Wockenfuss struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); May
struck out; Dempsey popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Staub flied out to left; Thompson grounded out
(second to first); Kemp walked; Parrish struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 6TH: Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger
flied out to center; Harlow flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Trammell
tripled to center; Dillard singled to shortstop [Trammell
scored]; LeFlore singled to right [Dillard to second];
Wockenfuss grounded out (third to first) [Dillard to third,
LeFlore to second]; Staub doubled to left [Dillard scored,
LeFlore scored]; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 7TH: Kelly singled to right; Singleton walked [Kelly to
second]; Murray forced Singleton (first to shortstop) [Kelly to
third]; DeCinces walked [Murray to second]; HILLER REPLACED
YOUNG (PITCHING); May struck out; Dempsey struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 5, Orioles 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Kemp struck out; Parrish grounded out (third to
first); Rodriguez singled to right; Trammell singled to left
[Rodriguez to second]; Flanagan threw a wild pitch [Rodriguez to
third, Trammell to second]; Dillard grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 8TH: Dauer made an out to first; Belanger popped to
first in foul territory; LOPEZ BATTED FOR HARLOW; Lopez struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Orioles 5.

TIGERS 9TH: LOPEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); LeFlore struck
out; Wockenfuss grounded out (third to first); Staub flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 9TH: ROENICKE BATTED FOR KELLY; Roenicke flied out to
left; Singleton flied out to right; Murray grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Orioles 5.

TIGERS 10TH: ROENICKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Thompson
doubled to right; Kemp out on a sacrifice bunt (second to first)
[Thompson to third]; Parrish hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Thompson scored]; Rodriguez singled to right; Trammell tripled
[Rodriguez scored]; STANHOUSE REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING);
Dillard grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 7, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 10TH: DeCinces made an out to second; May doubled to
right; Dempsey doubled to left [May to third]; DIMMEL RAN FOR
DEMPSEY; Dauer walked; GARCIA RAN FOR DAUER; MORA BATTED FOR
BELANGER; Mora struck out; Lopez flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 7, Orioles 5.