The A's, who were helped by two errors, scored three runs in the 10th inning and defeated the Tigers, 6-3. Wayne Gross and Dave Revering homered for the A's, while the Tigers had a two-run smash by Alan Trammell to tie the score at 3-3 in the eighth. Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 3Game Played on Saturday, September 1, 1979 (Day game) at Tiger StadiumA's 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 - 6 9 0 Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 9 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .263 Whitaker 2b 4 1 3 0 1 0 .291 Murphy cf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .257 Trammell ss 4 2 1 2 1 0 .267 Gross 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .221 Kemp lf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .322 Revering 1b 4 2 1 1 1 1 .289 Thompson 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .249 Essian c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Summers rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .284 Page dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .251 Wockenfuss ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Murray rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .189 LeFlore dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .290 Chalk 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .231 Morales cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Edwards pr,2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .240 Parrish c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .269 Picciolo ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .280 Mankowski 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .222 McCatty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 6 9 3 3 6 Totals 37 3 9 3 4 7 Time of Game: 2:48 Attendance: 15,235 Left on Base: A's 4, Tigers 8 DP: A's 0, Tigers 3 Errors: Parrish, Lopez Doubles: LeFlore (17) Triples: Kemp (2) Home Runs: Gross (12), Revering (15), Trammell (5) Stolen Bases: Edwards (9), Henderson (21), Trammell (11) Caught Stealing: Whitaker (10), LeFlore (12) Sacrifice Hits: Henderson (7), Picciolo (10) GIDP: Page (8), Gross (6), Murphy (8) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McCatty W(9-9) 9.1 9 3 3 4 6 1 39 4.02 Hamilton SV(5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.63 Totals 10 9 3 3 4 7 1 41 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Billingham 5 4 1 1 2 1 0 19 3.55 Underwood 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 12 4.98 Lopez L(7-4) 2 2 3 1 0 3 0 9 2.44 Totals 10 9 6 4 3 6 2 40 Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Greg Kosc ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Whitaker grounded out (shortstop to first); Trammell walked; Kemp walked [Trammell to second]; Trammell stole third; Thompson struck out; Summers singled [Trammell scored, Kemp to second]; LeFlore forced Summers (third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering walked; Essian singled [Revering to third]; Page grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Revering scored (no RBI), Essian out at second]; Murray flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 2ND: Morales was called out on strikes; Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Mankowski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Chalk singled; Picciolo singled [Chalk to second]; Henderson out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Chalk to third, Picciolo to second]; Murphy was walked intentionally; Gross grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 3RD: Whitaker singled; Trammell made an out to second; Whitaker was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Kemp tripled; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering flied out to center; Essian lined to third; Page singled; Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Summers flied out to left; LeFlore doubled; Morales grounded out (second to first) [LeFlore to third]; Parrish grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Chalk grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first); Henderson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); Whitaker walked; Trammell forced Whitaker (shortstop to second); Kemp made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: UNDERWOOD REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Murphy struck out; Gross homered; Revering homered; Essian flied out to left; Page grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: Thompson made an out to third; Summers flied out to center; LeFlore walked; LeFlore was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Murray made an out to shortstop; Chalk grounded out (second to first); Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 7TH: Morales was called out on strikes; Parrish struck out; Mankowski flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: Henderson singled; Murphy grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Henderson out at second]; Gross walked; Revering popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 8TH: Whitaker singled; Trammell homered [Whitaker scored]; Kemp grounded out (second to first); Thompson struck out; Summers flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: LOPEZ REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Essian made an out to second; Page struck out; Murray flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 3. TIGERS 9TH: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales flied out to left; Parrish singled; Mankowski flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 3. ATHLETICS 10TH: Chalk singled; EDWARDS RAN FOR CHALK; Edwards stole second; Picciolo reached on an error by Lopez on a sacrifice bunt [Edwards to third]; Henderson singled [Edwards scored, Picciolo to third]; Henderson stole second [Picciolo scored (error by Parrish) (unearned), Henderson scored (unearned)]; Murphy struck out; Gross made an out to second; Revering was called out on strikes; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Tigers 3. TIGERS 10TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Whitaker singled; Trammell forced Whitaker (pitcher to shortstop); Kemp singled [Trammell to third]; HAMILTON REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING); Thompson struck out; WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR SUMMERS; Wockenfuss grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Tigers 3. |
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