Although yielding 10 hits including two homers, Rick Langford was able to pitch the A's to a 5-4 victory over the Tigers. Wild pitches admitted two of the A's runs. Dave Revering singled in the second inning, took second when Mike Heath also walked, advanced to third after a fly by Jim Essian and scored on a wild pitch by Bruce Robbins. After Essian added a run with a single in the fourth, the A's counted twice in the fifth on a double by Rob Picciolo, wild throw by third baseman Phil Mankowski on Rickey Henderson's safe bunt and a double by Larry Murray.

Steve Kemp homered for the Tigers in the sixth, but the A's put over the deciding run in the eighth on a pass to Revering, single by Heath and wild pitch by reliever Dave Tobik. As a result, the Tigers fell short by one run when Alan Trammell smashed a homer with two men on base and two out in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Detroit Tigers 4
Game Played on Sunday, September 2, 1979 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
A's          0  1  0    1  2  0    0  1  0  -   5  7  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  3  -   4 10  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson cf          3   1   1   0     2   0   .264      LeFlore cf            5   0   2   0     0   1   .291
Murray lf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .190      Whitaker 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .288
Newman c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .231      Kemp lf               3   1   2   1     1   0   .325
Revering dh           2   3   1   0     2   0   .290      Summers 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Heath rf              3   0   2   0     1   0   .273      Thompson dh           4   0   1   0     0   0   .249
Essian 3b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .271      Morales rf            4   1   0   0     0   0   .219
  Edwards 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Parrish c             4   1   3   0     0   0   .274
Gross 1b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .220      Mankowski 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .223
Chalk 2b,3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Trammell ss           4   1   1   3     0   0   .267
Picciolo ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .279      Robbins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Langford 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

Totals               31   5   7   2     6   5             Totals               36   4  10   4     1   2

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 14,379
Left on Base: A's 5, Tigers 6
DP: A's 1, Tigers 1
Errors: Mankowski
Doubles: Picciolo (12), Murray (10)
Home Runs: Kemp (25), Trammell (6)
Caught Stealing: Henderson (7)
GIDP: Murray (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford W(11-13)       9    10   4   4   1   2   2  37   4.15
Totals                  9    10   4   4   1   2   2  37

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Robbins L(3-3)          4.1   6   4   4   3   3   0  20   4.74
Tobik                   3.2   1   1   1   3   2   0  14   4.25
Chris                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   6.30
Totals                  9     7   5   5   6   5   0  37

Wild Pitches: Robbins (2), Tobik (4)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson flied out to right; Murray popped to
catcher in foul territory; Newman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled; Whitaker flied out to left; Kemp
singled [LeFlore to third]; Summers made an out to third;
Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering singled; Heath walked [Revering to
second]; Essian flied out to right [Revering to third]; Robbins
threw a wild pitch [Revering scored, Heath to second]; Gross
grounded out (first unassisted) [Heath to third]; Chalk flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Parrish
singled; Mankowski forced Parrish (second to shortstop);
Trammell forced Mankowski (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo flied out to right; Henderson walked;
Murray grounded into a double play (second to first) [Henderson
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore struck out; Whitaker grounded out (second to
first); Kemp lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman was called out on strikes; Revering
walked; Heath singled [Revering to second]; Essian singled
[Revering scored, Heath to second]; Gross was called out on
strikes; Chalk flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Summers grounded out (first unassisted); Thompson
flied out to right; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo doubled; Henderson singled [Picciolo
scored (error by Mankowski) (no RBI), Henderson to second];
Murray doubled [Henderson scored, Murray out at third (center to
shortstop to third)]; TOBIK REPLACED ROBBINS (PITCHING); Newman
popped to first in foul territory; Revering flied out to right;
2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Parrish singled; Mankowski singled [Parrish to
second]; Trammell forced Parrish (pitcher to third) [Mankowski
to second]; LeFlore flied out to right [Mankowski to third];
Whitaker struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers
0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); Essian
grounded out (third to first); Gross walked; Chalk grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers
0.

TIGERS 6TH: Kemp homered; Summers lined to left; Thompson flied
out to right; Morales grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Picciolo grounded out (second to first);
Henderson walked; Henderson was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Parrish grounded out (pitcher to first); Mankowski
flied out to right; Trammell grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Newman made an out to shortstop; Revering walked;
Heath singled [Revering to third]; Essian struck out while
Revering advanced to home and Heath advanced to second on a wild
pitch; Gross grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: EDWARDS REPLACED ESSIAN (PLAYING 2B); CHALK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); LeFlore singled; Whitaker flied into a
double play (right to pitcher to shortstop) [LeFlore out at
second]; Kemp walked; Summers grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: CHRIS REPLACED TOBIK (PITCHING); Chalk grounded
out (pitcher to first); Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to
first); Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: Thompson singled; Morales forced Thompson (third to
second); Parrish singled [Morales to second]; Mankowski flied
out to right; Trammell homered [Morales scored, Parrish scored];
LeFlore grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Tigers 4.