Saturday September 30, 1978
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Detroit Tigers 5, Baltimore Orioles 4

Game Played on Saturday, September 30, 1978 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

Orioles 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 10 1 Tigers 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 x - 5 9 1 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harlow cf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .242 Whitaker 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .286 Garcia ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Wockenfuss rf 4 2 3 1 0 0 .283 Dauer 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Staub dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Singleton rf 4 1 3 0 1 1 .293 Thompson 1b 3 0 0 1 1 1 .287 Lopez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Kemp lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .277 Murray 1b 3 0 0 0 2 2 .285 Parrish c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .219 DeCinces 3b 5 1 2 2 0 1 .285 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .267 Kelly lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .270 Stegman cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .286 May dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Trammell ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Dempsey c 2 1 0 0 1 0 .259 Morris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Crowley ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Baker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dimmel pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Roenicke ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Skaggs c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .155 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 4 10 4 5 8 Totals 32 5 9 5 3 3 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 13,919 Left on Base: Orioles 11, Tigers 6 DP: Orioles 1, Tigers 0 Errors: Dauer, Whitaker Doubles: Rodriguez (25) Home Runs: DeCinces (28), Harlow (8), Stegman (1), Wockenfuss (7) GIDP: Trammell (12) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan L(19-15) 8 9 5 5 3 3 2 35 4.03 Totals 8 9 5 5 3 3 2 35 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Morris 5 6 2 1 2 3 1 24 4.33 Baker W(2-4) 2 3 2 2 1 3 1 10 4.55 Hiller SV(15) 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 2.36 Totals 9 10 4 3 5 8 2 42 Passed Balls: Dempsey (7) Wild Pitches: Baker (6) Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Terry Cooney ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton singled to right; Murray struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Whitaker walked; Wockenfuss singled to center [Whitaker to second]; Staub popped to shortstop; Dempsey allowed a passed ball [Whitaker to third]; Thompson struck out; Kemp singled to center [Whitaker scored, Wockenfuss to third]; Parrish forced Kemp (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 1. ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces homered; Kelly walked; May flied out to left; Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first) [Kelly to second]; Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Stegman homered; Trammell flied out to right; Whitaker grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Tigers 2. ORIOLES 3RD: Harlow struck out; Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton singled to center; Murray reached on an error by Whitaker [Singleton to second]; DeCinces singled to center [Singleton scored (unearned), Murray to third]; Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Tigers 2. TIGERS 3RD: Wockenfuss popped to second; Staub flied out to right; Thompson walked; Kemp grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Tigers 2. ORIOLES 4TH: May grounded out (third to first); Dempsey popped to third in foul territory; Belanger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Tigers 2. TIGERS 4TH: Parrish struck out; Rodriguez doubled to left; Stegman struck out; Trammell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Tigers 2. ORIOLES 5TH: Harlow singled to right; Dauer flied out to right; Singleton singled to shortstop [Harlow to second]; Murray walked [Harlow to third, Singleton to second]; DeCinces popped to third in foul territory; Kelly grounded out (second to first); 1:13 rain delay; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 2, Tigers 2. TIGERS 5TH: Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Wockenfuss homered; Staub popped to second; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Tigers 3. ORIOLES 6TH: BAKER REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); May popped to first in foul territory; Dempsey walked; Baker threw a wild pitch [Dempsey to second]; Belanger popped to catcher in foul territory; Harlow homered [Dempsey scored]; Dauer grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Tigers 3. TIGERS 6TH: Kemp singled to right; Parrish singled to center [Kemp to third]; Rodriguez forced Parrish (shortstop to second) [Kemp scored, Rodriguez to second (error by Dauer)]; Stegman walked; Trammell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Stegman out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Tigers 4. ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton was called out on strikes; Murray struck out; DeCinces struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Tigers 4. TIGERS 7TH: Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Wockenfuss singled to right; Staub singled to center [Wockenfuss to third]; Thompson forced Staub (first to shortstop) [Wockenfuss scored]; Kemp flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Tigers 5. ORIOLES 8TH: Kelly singled to center; May singled to shortstop [Kelly to second]; HILLER REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); CROWLEY BATTED FOR DEMPSEY; Kelly was picked off second (catcher to shortstop); Crowley singled to right [May to second]; DIMMEL RAN FOR CROWLEY; ROENICKE BATTED FOR BELANGER; Roenicke struck out; GARCIA BATTED FOR HARLOW; Garcia popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, Tigers 5. TIGERS 8TH: GARCIA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); DIMMEL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SKAGGS REPLACED ROENICKE (PLAYING C ); Parrish flied out to left; Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Stegman flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Tigers 5. ORIOLES 9TH: Dauer flied out to left; Singleton walked; LOPEZ RAN FOR SINGLETON; Murray walked [Lopez to second]; DeCinces popped to third in foul territory; Kelly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, Tigers 5.

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