Pushing across two runs in the ninth inning, the Tigers edged the Orioles, 3-2. With one out in the ninth, Lance Parrish beat out an infield hit and Alan Trammell followed with a single. Pinch-hitter Lynn Jones then delivered the game-tying single and, one out later, Ron LeFlore stroked a single to send Trammell home with the decisive tally. Rookie Kirk Gibson drilled his first major league homer for the Tigers in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 3, Baltimore Orioles 2
Game Played on Tuesday, September 25, 1979 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2  -   3 10  1
Orioles      0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  7  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            5   0   2   1     0   1   .300      Bumbry cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .290
Whitaker 2b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .288      Garcia ss             3   0   0   0     1   1   .251
Gibson lf             3   1   1   1     1   0   .269      Singleton rf          2   0   0   0     1   1   .296
Summers rf,1b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .287        Corey pr,rf         1   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Thompson 1b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .247      Murray 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .297
  Morales ph,rf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Lowenstein lf         2   0   1   1     0   0   .259
Parrish c             4   1   2   0     0   0   .273        Molinaro lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Trammell ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .275      May dh                4   0   1   0     0   2   .253
Brookens 3b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .247      DeCinces 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .226
  Jones ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .290        Krenchicki 2b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Mankowski 3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Dauer 2b,3b           3   1   2   0     0   0   .251
Peters dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .267        Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .311
Morris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dempsey c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .241
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kelly ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .286
                                                          Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stewart p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stoddard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   3  10   3     1   6             Totals               32   2   7   1     2   9

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 12,543
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Orioles 7
DP: Tigers 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Trammell, Garcia, Dauer
Doubles: Parrish 2 (25)
Home Runs: Gibson (1)
Stolen Bases: Gibson (3), LeFlore (78), Lowenstein (16), Murray (9)
Caught Stealing: Summers (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Krenchicki (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Lowenstein (3)
GIDP: Whitaker (9), Singleton (17)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morris W(16-7)          8     6   2   2   2   7   0  32   3.39
Lopez SV(21)            1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   2.16
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   9   0  36

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   5     5   1   1   0   3   1  18   3.77
Stewart                 2     1   0   0   1   3   0   8   3.47
Stoddard                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.76
T. Martinez L(10-3)     1     3   2   0   0   0   0   7   3.00
Totals                  9    10   3   1   1   6   1  38

Wild Pitches: Morris (9)
Balks: Morris (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - George Maloney


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Whitaker singled to center;
Gibson grounded out (second to pitcher) [Whitaker to second];
Summers flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry was called out on strikes; Garcia struck
out; Singleton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson struck out; Parrish doubled to right;
Trammell grounded out (third to first); Brookens grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray flied out to center; Lowenstein singled to
center; Lowenstein stole second; May struck out; DeCinces
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
0, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Peters singled to center; LeFlore forced Peters
(shortstop to second); Whitaker grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [LeFlore out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer singled to left; Dempsey singled to right
[Dauer to second]; Bumbry grounded out (first unassisted) [Dauer
to third, Dempsey to second]; Morris threw a wild pitch [Dauer
scored, Dempsey to third]; Garcia walked; Singleton grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Garcia out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Gibson homered; Summers singled to right; Thompson
flied out to left; Summers was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); Parrish grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray struck out; Lowenstein flied out to left;
May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Orioles 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Trammell flied out to left; Brookens struck out;
Peters grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces grounded out (third to first); Dauer
singled to center; Dempsey reached on an error by Trammell
[Dauer to second]; Morris balked [Dauer to third, Dempsey to
second]; Bumbry flied out to left; Garcia grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 1.

TIGERS 6TH: STEWART REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); LeFlore flied out
to right; Whitaker was called out on strikes; Gibson walked;
Gibson stole second; Summers flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton walked; COREY RAN FOR SINGLETON; Murray
singled to right [Corey to third]; Lowenstein hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Corey scored]; May struck out; DeCinces forced
Murray (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Orioles 2.

TIGERS 7TH: COREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MOLINARO REPLACED
LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING LF); KRENCHICKI REPLACED DECINCES (PLAYING
2B); DAUER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Thompson was called
out on strikes; Parrish doubled to center; Trammell popped to
second; Brookens was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dauer grounded out (third to first); Dempsey struck
out; Bumbry grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 1, Orioles 2.

TIGERS 8TH: STODDARD REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); Peters flied
out to left; LeFlore singled to center; LeFlore stole second;
Whitaker reached on an error by Garcia; Gibson forced Whitaker
(shortstop to second) [LeFlore to third]; Summers forced Gibson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles
2.

ORIOLES 8TH: Garcia flied out to center; Corey grounded out
(third to first); Murray singled to center; Murray stole second;
Molinaro grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Orioles 2.

TIGERS 9TH: T. MARTINEZ REPLACED STODDARD (PITCHING); MORALES
BATTED FOR THOMPSON; Morales flied out to center; Parrish
reached on an error by Dauer; Trammell singled to center
[Parrish to second]; JONES BATTED FOR BROOKENS; Jones singled to
center [Parrish scored (unearned), Trammell to second]; Peters
flied to right in foul territory; LeFlore singled to right
[Trammell scored (unearned), Jones to third]; Whitaker grounded
out (pitcher to first); 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: SUMMERS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); MORALES
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MANKOWSKI REPLACED JONES (PLAYING
3B); LOPEZ REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); May singled to left;
Krenchicki out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [May to
second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR DAUER; Crowley was called out on
strikes; KELLY BATTED FOR DEMPSEY; Kelly struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Orioles 2.