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Rusty Staub drove in three runs with a homer and double to pace the Tigers to a 9-2 victory over the A's. Staub smacked his homer in the second inning and stroked a two-run double in the sixth. The Tigers scored five times in the fifth inning as the A's contributed three errors. Jerry Morales began the frame with a homer. Detroit Tigers 9, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Tuesday, June 12, 1979 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumA's 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 6 3 Tigers 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 1 x - 9 10 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Murphy cf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .280 LeFlore cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .303 Murray lf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .194 Whitaker 2b 4 2 1 1 1 1 .303 Page dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .227 Kemp lf 5 1 3 1 0 1 .356 Newman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .218 Staub dh 3 1 2 3 2 0 .241 Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .219 Parrish c 3 0 0 1 1 1 .302 Armas rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .152 Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Essian c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .240 Morales rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .241 Gross 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .253 Rodriguez 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .243 Edwards 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .241 Trammell ss 3 2 2 0 0 0 .260 Minetto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 2 6 2 2 8 Totals 33 9 10 7 6 5 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 16,278 Left on Base: A's 4, Tigers 7 DP: A's 3, Tigers 1 Errors: Newman 2, Guerrero, Thompson Doubles: Armas (1), Murray (7), Essian (5), Staub (10) Home Runs: Staub (5), Morales (7) Stolen Bases: Whitaker (5), Trammell (2) Caught Stealing: Guerrero (1) Sacrifice Hits: Trammell (3) GIDP: Thompson 2 (7), Morales (5) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Minetto L(1-2) 4.1 5 6 3 5 3 2 22 4.61 Langford 1.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 10 6.24 Heaverlo 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 8 2.45 Totals 8 10 9 6 6 5 2 40 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood W(2-0) 9 6 2 2 2 8 0 33 3.60 Totals 9 6 2 2 2 8 0 33 Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - John Shulock, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Bill Kunkel ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy flied to left in foul territory; Murray struck out; Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Whitaker struck out; Kemp popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero grounded out (second to first); Armas doubled [Armas to third (error by Thompson)]; Essian grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Staub homered; Parrish walked; Thompson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Parrish out at second]; Morales struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross struck out; Edwards struck out; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez made an out to shortstop; Trammell lined to left; LeFlore walked; Whitaker forced LeFlore (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Murray made an out to shortstop; Page struck out; Newman lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Kemp singled; Staub walked [Kemp to second]; Parrish forced Staub (shortstop to second) [Kemp to third]; Thompson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Parrish out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero singled; Armas flied out to center; Guerrero was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first); Essian singled; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Morales homered; Rodriguez walked; Trammell out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Rodriguez to second]; LeFlore reached on an error by Newman (assist by Guerrero) [Rodriguez to third, LeFlore to first]; Whitaker singled [Rodriguez scored, LeFlore to third]; Kemp singled [LeFlore scored (unearned), Whitaker to third]; Staub walked [Kemp to second]; LANGFORD REPLACED MINETTO (PITCHING); Parrish reached on an error by Guerrero [Whitaker scored (unearned) (RBI), Kemp to third, Staub to second]; Thompson reached on a fielder's choice [Kemp scored (error by Newman) (unearned) (no RBI), Staub to third, Parrish to second]; Morales grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 5 R (2 ER), 3 H, 3 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 6. ATHLETICS 6TH: Edwards singled; Murphy walked [Edwards to second]; Murray doubled [Edwards scored, Murphy scored]; Page struck out; Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 6. TIGERS 6TH: Rodriguez flied out to right; Trammell singled; LeFlore flied out to center; Whitaker walked [Trammell to second]; Kemp singled [Trammell to third, Whitaker to second]; Staub doubled [Trammell scored, Whitaker scored, Kemp to third]; Parrish struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 8. ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas made an out to second; Essian doubled; Gross walked; Edwards flied into a double play (center to shortstop to first) [Gross out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 8. TIGERS 7TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Thompson flied out to center; Morales popped to pitcher; Rodriguez popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 8. ATHLETICS 8TH: Murphy struck out; Murray made an out to shortstop; Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 8. TIGERS 8TH: Trammell singled; LeFlore singled [Trammell to second]; Whitaker forced LeFlore (shortstop to second) [Trammell to third]; Trammell stole home and Whitaker stole second; Kemp struck out; Staub flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 9. ATHLETICS 9TH: Newman struck out; Guerrero grounded out (second to first); Armas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 9. |
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