With the help of Dave Hamilton, who struck out the last two batters in the ninth inning, Brian Kingman gained a victory when the A's stopped the Tigers' six-game winning streak, 5-3. Dave Revering batted in the A's first two runs with a double and single. Jason Thompson homered for the Tigers.

With the Tigers leading, 3-2, Mario Guerrero hit a sacrifice fly to tie the score in the fifth and the A's go-ahead run followed in the sixth when Rickey Henderson grounded into a double play with the bases loaded. Rob Picciolo iced the verdict with a homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Friday, August    31, 1979 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
A's          1  0  1    0  1  1    0  1  0  -   5 14  1
Tigers       0  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          5   1   1   0     0   2   .259      Whitaker 2b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .286
Murphy cf             3   1   1   0     2   0   .260      LeFlore dh            4   0   0   0     0   2   .290
Gross 3b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .221      Kemp lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .321
Revering 1b           5   0   3   2     0   1   .290      Thompson 1b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .252
Guerrero ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .230      Summers rf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .285
Page dh               4   0   1   0     0   2   .251      Morales cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .224
Newman c              4   1   1   0     0   2   .233      Parrish c             4   1   2   1     0   2   .269
Heath rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .267      Rodriguez 3b          2   0   1   0     1   1   .263
  Murray rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .192        Greene ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .156
Picciolo 2b           4   1   3   1     0   0   .279        Jones ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .282
Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wagner ss             1   0   1   1     1   0   .270
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Trammell pr,ss      0   0   0   0     0   0   .268
                                                            Wockenfuss ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .273
                                                          Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tobik p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Chris p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  14   4     2   8             Totals               33   3   8   3     2   9

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 18,454
Left on Base: A's 8, Tigers 6
DP: A's 1, Tigers 2
Errors: Murray
Doubles: Revering (22), Morales (20)
Home Runs: Picciolo (2), Thompson (18)
Sacrifice Hits: Wagner (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Guerrero (2)
GIDP: Heath (13), Henderson (3), Whitaker (6)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman W(5-5)          8.1   8   3   3   2   7   1  34   4.38
Hamilton SV(4)          0.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   3.66
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   9   1  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox                  5    10   3   3   1   5   0  24   4.66
Tobik L(3-5)            0.2   3   1   1   0   0   0   4   4.37
Chris                   1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   5   6.63
Lopez                   2     1   1   1   0   2   1   7   2.40
Totals                  9    14   5   5   2   8   1  40

Wild Pitches: Kingman (7)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Fred Spenn, 3B - Jim Evans


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Murphy walked; Gross struck
out; Revering doubled to center [Murphy scored, Revering out at
third (center to first to third)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Whitaker struck out; LeFlore was called out on
strikes; Kemp lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero singled; Page singled [Guerrero to
second]; Newman struck out; Heath grounded into a double play
(pitcher to second to first) [Page out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson homered; Summers singled; Morales flied out
to center [Summers to second]; Parrish struck out; Rodriguez
walked; Wagner walked [Summers to third, Rodriguez to second];
Whitaker struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers
1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo made an out to second; Henderson
singled; Murphy singled [Henderson to second]; Gross flied out
to right [Henderson to third]; Revering singled [Henderson
scored, Murphy to third]; Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Kemp flied out to
center; Thompson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page struck out; Newman struck out; Heath
singled; Picciolo singled [Heath to second]; Henderson forced
Picciolo (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Summers singled; Morales doubled [Summers to third];
Parrish singled to right [Summers scored, Morales out at home
(right to catcher)]; Rodriguez singled [Parrish to third];
Wagner out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Parrish
scored, Rodriguez to second]; Whitaker grounded out (shortstop
to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Gross
singled; Revering singled [Gross to third]; Guerrero hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Gross scored]; Page grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Tigers
3.

TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore flied out to right; Kemp flied out to left;
Thompson grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 3, Tigers 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: TOBIK REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Newman singled;
Heath singled [Newman to second]; Picciolo singled [Newman to
third, Heath to second]; Henderson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Newman scored (no RBI), Heath to
third, Picciolo out at second]; CHRIS REPLACED TOBIK (PITCHING);
Murphy walked; Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Summers flied out to center; Morales lined to left;
Parrish struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering lined to right; Guerrero grounded out
(shortstop to first); Page was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez struck out; Wagner singled; TRAMMELL RAN
FOR WAGNER; Whitaker grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Trammell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: TRAMMELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); LOPEZ
REPLACED CHRIS (PITCHING); Newman grounded out (shortstop to
first); Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo
homered; Henderson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: MURRAY REPLACED HEATH (PLAYING RF); LeFlore grounded
out (shortstop to first); Kemp flied out to center; Thompson
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Tigers 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Murphy lined to left; Gross flied out to center;
Revering was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Summers reached on an error by Murray; Kingman threw
a wild pitch [Summers to second]; Morales flied out to right;
Parrish singled [Summers to third]; GREENE BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ;
HAMILTON REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); JONES BATTED FOR GREENE;
Jones struck out; WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR TRAMMELL; Wockenfuss
struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
5, Tigers 3.