Virtually pilfering a victory, the A's stole home twice while beating the Tigers, 5-3. After the Tigers took a 2-0 lead, the A's tied the score in the second inning on singles by Dave Revering and Wayne Gross, an infield out by Jeff Newman and theft of home by Gross.

The A's broke away in the next stanza with two more runs. Rob Picciolo doubled and scored on singles by Dwayne Murphy and Mitchell Page. After Gross beat out an infield tap to load the bases, the runners worked a triple steal with Page scoring. Tony Armas homered for the A's in the sixth. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 5, Detroit Tigers 3

Game Played on Saturday, May 3, 1980 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Tigers 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 2 A's 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 x - 5 9 1 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Whitaker 2b 3 1 0 0 2 0 .221 Henderson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Trammell ss 5 1 3 0 0 1 .377 Murphy cf 4 1 2 0 0 2 .309 Hebner dh 2 0 1 1 1 0 .300 Page dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .232 Wockenfuss ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Revering 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .306 Summers rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .415 Gross 3b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .314 Parrish c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .346 Armas rf 3 1 2 1 0 0 .317 Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .261 Newman c 2 0 0 1 0 0 .207 Corcoran lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .182 Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Peters pr,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .138 Picciolo 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .290 Gibson cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .224 Kingman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brookens 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .265 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 9 3 4 8 Totals 30 5 9 3 0 4 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 7,062 Left on Base: Tigers 8, A's 2 DP: Tigers 1, A's 1 Errors: Summers, Brookens, Newman Doubles: Picciolo (5) Home Runs: Armas (4) Stolen Bases: Gibson (1), Trammell (3), Gross 2 (2), Murphy (2), Page (3) Caught Stealing: Brookens (2), Murphy (3) Sacrifice Hits: Newman (1) GIDP: Brookens (1), Guerrero (2) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Morris L(3-3) 3 6 4 4 0 2 0 14 5.21 Underwood 5 3 1 1 0 2 1 17 3.65 Totals 8 9 5 5 0 4 1 31 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kingman W(2-3) 5 7 3 2 4 2 0 24 5.00 Hamilton 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 8.40 Jones SV(2) 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 9 0.00 Totals 9 9 3 2 4 8 0 38 Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Durwood Merrill TIGERS 1ST: Whitaker walked; Trammell singled to left [Whitaker to third]; Hebner singled to right [Whitaker scored, Trammell to second]; Summers forced Hebner (first to shortstop) [Trammell to third, Summers to first]; Parrish struck out; Thompson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson made an out to second; Murphy struck out; Page grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 0. TIGERS 2ND: Corcoran made an out to first; Gibson singled to right; Gibson stole second [Gibson to third (error by Newman)]; Brookens singled to first [Gibson scored (unearned)]; Brookens was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Whitaker walked; Trammell flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering singled to right; Gross singled to right [Revering to third (error by Summers), Gross to second]; Armas grounded out (pitcher to first); Newman grounded out (shortstop to first) [Revering scored, Gross to third]; Gross stole home; Guerrero made an out to second; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 2. TIGERS 3RD: Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); Summers flied out to center; Parrish flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo doubled to left; Henderson made an out to second; Murphy singled to first [Picciolo to third]; Page singled to left [Picciolo scored, Murphy to second]; Revering struck out; Gross singled to first [Murphy to third, Page to second]; Murphy stole home and Page stole third and Gross stole second; Page was out trying to advance to home (catcher to pitcher); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 4. TIGERS 4TH: Thompson walked; Corcoran flied out to center; Gibson singled to center [Thompson to second]; Brookens grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gibson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 4TH: UNDERWOOD REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Armas singled to right; Newman reached on an error by Brookens on a sacrifice bunt [Armas to second, Newman to first]; Guerrero grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Armas to third, Newman out at second]; Picciolo grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 4. TIGERS 5TH: Whitaker flied out to center; Trammell singled to center; Hebner walked [Trammell to second]; Summers singled to center [Trammell scored, Hebner to second]; Parrish flied out to left; Thompson flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 5TH: Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Murphy struck out; Page made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 4. TIGERS 6TH: HAMILTON REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Corcoran singled to center; PETERS RAN FOR CORCORAN; Gibson struck out; Brookens grounded out (second to first) [Peters to second]; Whitaker grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 6TH: PETERS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Revering flied out to left; Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas homered; Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 5. TIGERS 7TH: Trammell singled to right; WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR HEBNER; JONES REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Trammell stole second; Wockenfuss struck out; Summers grounded out (first unassisted) [Trammell to third]; Parrish struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 7TH: WOCKENFUSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first); Henderson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 5. TIGERS 8TH: Thompson struck out; Peters struck out; Gibson made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: Murphy singled to left; Murphy was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to pitcher to second to shortstop); Page struck out; Revering made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 5. TIGERS 9TH: Brookens made an out to pitcher; Whitaker grounded out (shortstop to first); Trammell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 5.

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