With Ron LeFlore driving in both runs, the Tigers edged the Orioles, 2-1. LeFlore clouted a solo homer in the third inning. The deciding run in the seventh was unearned. Tom Brookens singled and reached second when Oriole first baseman Eddie Murray failed to handle a pickoff throw by Mike Flanagan.

After a sacrifice bunt by Aurelio Rodriguez, Brookens scored on a grounder by LeFlore. Doug DeCinces homered for the Orioles' run in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 2, Baltimore Orioles 1

Game Played on Tuesday, September 18, 1979 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 4 1 Tigers 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 x - 2 7 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bumbry cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .284 LeFlore cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .298 Garcia ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .256 Trammell ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .277 Singleton rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .302 Morales dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .215 Murray 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Wockenfuss 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .262 Lowenstein dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .262 Thompson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Kelly lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Parrish c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .273 DeCinces 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .230 Jones lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .291 Dauer 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Brookens 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .257 Molinaro ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Skaggs c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Rodriguez 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Dempsey c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Stegman rf 2 0 2 0 1 0 .227 Crowley ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .317 Petry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Krenchicki pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 1 4 1 2 2 Totals 27 2 7 2 5 5 Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 13,586 Left on Base: Orioles 4, Tigers 7 DP: Orioles 1, Tigers 0 Errors: Murray Doubles: Parrish (22) Triples: Garcia (9) Home Runs: DeCinces (15), LeFlore (6) Caught Stealing: Garcia (9), Stegman (1) Sacrifice Hits: Rodriguez (5) GIDP: LeFlore (16) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan L(22-8) 8 7 2 1 5 5 1 33 3.12 Totals 8 7 2 1 5 5 1 33 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Petry W(6-5) 7.1 4 1 1 2 2 1 27 4.06 Lopez SV(20) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.23 Totals 9 4 1 1 2 2 1 32 Passed Balls: Parrish (19) Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Terry Cooney ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (third to first); Garcia grounded out (first to pitcher); Singleton walked; Parrish allowed a passed ball [Singleton to second]; Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Trammell was called out on strikes; Morales walked; Wockenfuss flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Lowenstein walked; Kelly flied out to left; DeCinces made an out to shortstop; Dauer forced Lowenstein (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Parrish struck out; Jones popped to second; Brookens grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey flied out to center; Bumbry was called out on strikes; Garcia tripled to right; Singleton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez popped to third; Stegman singled to center; Stegman was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); LeFlore homered; Trammell flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 1. ORIOLES 4TH: Murray grounded out (pitcher to first); Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); Kelly grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Wockenfuss walked; Parrish flied out to right; Jones walked [Wockenfuss to second]; Brookens struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 1. ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces flied out to center; Dauer flied out to right; Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez singled to left; On a bunt Stegman singled [Rodriguez to second]; LeFlore grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rodriguez to third, Stegman out at second]; Trammell popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 1. ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia singled to left; Garcia was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Singleton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: Morales popped to shortstop; Wockenfuss singled to center; Parrish doubled to center [Wockenfuss out at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 1. ORIOLES 7TH: Murray flied out to right; Lowenstein flied out to center; Kelly flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 7TH: Brookens singled to center; Brookens was picked off first but was safe on an error by Murray; assist by Flanagan [Brookens to second]; Rodriguez out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Brookens to third]; Stegman walked; LeFlore forced Stegman (shortstop to second) [Brookens scored (unearned)]; Trammell walked [LeFlore to second]; Morales flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 2. ORIOLES 8TH: DeCinces homered; MOLINARO BATTED FOR DAUER; Molinaro struck out; CROWLEY BATTED FOR DEMPSEY; Crowley singled to right; LOPEZ REPLACED PETRY (PITCHING); KRENCHICKI RAN FOR CROWLEY; Bumbry grounded out (first unassisted) [Krenchicki to second]; Garcia flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 8TH: SKAGGS REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING C ); KRENCHICKI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first); Parrish grounded out (third to first); Jones was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Tigers 2. ORIOLES 9TH: THOMPSON REPLACED WOCKENFUSS (PLAYING 1B); WHITAKER REPLACED BROOKENS (PLAYING 2B); Singleton grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray flied out to center; Lowenstein popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Tigers 2.

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