Two homers by Jerry Morales paced the Tigers to an 8-7 decision over the A's. His first round-tripper came with a mate aboard in the fifth inning and put the Tigers ahead, 6-5. Detroit Tigers 8, Oakland Athletics 7Game Played on Thursday, August 30, 1979 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumA's 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 - 7 10 2 Tigers 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 x - 8 9 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf,cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .260 Brookens 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .261 Murray rf 1 1 1 1 1 0 .192 Whitaker ph,2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289 Heath ph,lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Trammell ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Murphy cf,rf 3 2 2 3 0 0 .259 Kemp lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .324 Revering 1b 4 0 3 2 0 0 .286 LeFlore dh 2 2 0 0 2 1 .292 Guerrero ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Morales cf 2 2 2 3 2 0 .224 Page dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 .251 Parrish c 4 0 1 2 0 1 .267 Gross 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .221 Thompson 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .252 Essian c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .272 Jones rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .283 Picciolo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .261 Newman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Petry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Minetto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tobik p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 7 10 7 3 2 Totals 32 8 9 6 6 7 Time of Game: 2:50 Attendance: 12,870 Left on Base: A's 3, Tigers 6 DP: A's 0, Tigers 2 Errors: Revering, Essian Doubles: Murphy (7), Jones (8) Triples: Thompson (1) Home Runs: Murphy (9), Gross (11), Morales 2 (13) Stolen Bases: Revering (1), Brookens (8), LeFlore (66), Thompson (2) Caught Stealing: Page (16) Sacrifice Hits: Murray (5), Murphy (10) GIDP: Guerrero (5) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Minetto L(1-5) 7 7 7 7 5 6 2 32 5.81 Todd 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 6 6.78 Totals 8 9 8 8 6 7 2 38 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Petry 4.2 7 5 5 3 1 1 21 3.84 Underwood 2.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 10 4.96 Tobik W(3-4) 1.2 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 4.25 Totals 9 10 7 7 3 2 2 37 Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Fred Spenn ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled; Murray out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Henderson to second]; Murphy doubled [Henderson scored]; Revering singled [Murphy scored]; Guerrero grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Revering out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Brookens flied out to center; Trammell flied out to right; Kemp lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Page walked; Gross flied out to left; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Essian struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Morales walked; Parrish was called out on strikes; Thompson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray walked; Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Jones singled; Rodriguez singled [Jones to third]; Rodriguez was picked off first but was safe on an error by Essian [Jones scored, Rodriguez to second]; Brookens singled [Rodriguez to third]; Brookens stole second [Rodriguez scored (error by Revering), Brookens to third]; Trammell made an out to second; Kemp struck out; LeFlore walked; LeFlore stole second; Morales walked; Parrish singled to right [Brookens scored, LeFlore scored, Morales out at third (right to third)]; 4 R, 4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 4. ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering singled; Revering stole second; Guerrero flied out to right; Page walked; Gross lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Page out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 4. TIGERS 4TH: Thompson walked; Thompson stole second; Jones singled [Thompson to third]; Rodriguez popped to first in foul territory; Brookens struck out; Trammell made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 4. ATHLETICS 5TH: Essian singled; Picciolo lined to right; Henderson grounded out (third to first) [Essian to second]; Murray singled [Essian scored]; Murphy homered [Murray scored]; UNDERWOOD REPLACED PETRY (PITCHING); Revering flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 4. TIGERS 5TH: Kemp lined to shortstop; LeFlore walked; Morales homered [LeFlore scored]; Parrish popped to catcher in foul territory; Thompson lined to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 6. ATHLETICS 6TH: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Page grounded out (second to first); Gross struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 6. TIGERS 6TH: Jones flied out to center; Rodriguez flied out to right; Brookens was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 6. ATHLETICS 7TH: Essian made an out to third; Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first); Henderson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 6. TIGERS 7TH: Trammell lined to center; Kemp grounded out (second to first); LeFlore flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 6. ATHLETICS 8TH: HEATH BATTED FOR MURRAY; Heath singled; Murphy out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Heath to second]; Revering singled [Heath scored]; TOBIK REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Guerrero forced Revering (shortstop to second); Page forced Guerrero (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Tigers 6. TIGERS 8TH: HEATH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HENDERSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); MURPHY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Morales homered; TODD REPLACED MINETTO (PITCHING); Parrish grounded out (third to first); Thompson tripled; Jones doubled [Thompson scored]; Rodriguez struck out; WHITAKER BATTED FOR BROOKENS; Whitaker was walked intentionally; Trammell flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Tigers 8. ATHLETICS 9TH: WHITAKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Gross homered; Essian grounded out (third to first); NEWMAN BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Newman flied out to center; Henderson flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Tigers 8. |
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