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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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