Rallying for two runs in the ninth inning, the Tigers gained their fifth straight victory, beating the A's, 6-5. After Rickey Henderson doubled in a run to give the A's a 5-4 lead in the top of the ninth, John Wockenfuss and Lance Parrish opened the bottom of the frame with consecutive walks. Two outs later, a walk to Lou Whitaker loaded the bases and Alan Trammell then rapped a two-run single for his fourth hit of the game. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 6, Oakland Athletics 5

Game Played on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

A's 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 8 0 Tigers 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 6 8 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 3 0 1 1 2 0 .272 Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .230 Murphy cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .315 Trammell ss 4 3 4 2 1 0 .370 Page dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .221 Kemp dh 3 1 2 1 1 0 .299 Revering 1b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .365 Hebner 3b 3 0 1 3 0 1 .299 Gross 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .307 Summers rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .330 Armas rf 4 1 2 3 0 2 .313 Thompson 1b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .248 Essian c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .189 Wockenfuss ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255 Edwards pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Peters pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Heath c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Parrish c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .296 Guerrero ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .243 Gibson cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .277 Picciolo 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .281 Stegman lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Corcoran ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brookens ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCatty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 5 8 5 5 5 Totals 31 6 8 6 6 5 Time of Game: 2:51 Attendance: 16,694 Left on Base: A's 6, Tigers 6 DP: A's 2, Tigers 2 Errors: Hiller Doubles: Essian (2), Henderson (4), Kemp (6), Trammell (2) Triples: Hebner (3) Home Runs: Revering (6), Armas (6) Stolen Bases: Henderson (13) Sacrifice Flies: Hebner (1) GIDP: Parrish 2 (7) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford 7 7 4 4 3 2 0 29 3.15 Lacey 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.51 Jones L(1-1) 0.1 0 2 2 2 1 0 3 1.32 Hamilton 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8.22 McCatty 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5.35 Totals 8.2 8 6 6 6 5 0 38 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilcox 4 4 4 4 2 1 2 17 5.95 Hiller 4 1 0 0 3 4 0 16 2.70 Lopez W(2-2) 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 5.49 Totals 9 8 5 5 5 5 2 38 Balks: Hiller (1) Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Terry Cooney ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Henderson was picked off first (pitcher to first); Murphy struck out; Page made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Whitaker made an out to first; Trammell singled to center; Kemp walked [Trammell to second]; Hebner tripled to center [Trammell scored, Kemp scored]; Summers made an out to third; Thompson flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering homered; Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas singled to third; Essian flied out to right; Guerrero made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 2ND: Parrish flied out to right; Gibson struck out; Stegman made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo made an out to first; Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 3RD: Whitaker flied out to center; Trammell singled to shortstop; Kemp singled to center [Trammell to third]; Hebner hit a sacrifice fly to center [Trammell scored]; Summers flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 3. ATHLETICS 4TH: Page grounded out (pitcher to first); Revering singled to right; Gross walked [Revering to second]; Armas homered [Revering scored, Gross scored]; Essian made an out to second; Guerrero grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 3. TIGERS 4TH: Thompson singled to right; Parrish grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; Gibson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: HILLER REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Picciolo made an out to shortstop; Henderson reached on an error by Hiller; Henderson stole second; Murphy struck out; Page walked; Hiller balked [Henderson to third, Page to second]; Revering walked; Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 3. TIGERS 5TH: Stegman grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker grounded out (pitcher to first); Trammell walked; Kemp doubled to left [Trammell scored]; Hebner flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 4. ATHLETICS 6TH: Armas struck out; Essian flied out to left; Guerrero struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 4. TIGERS 6TH: Summers flied out to right; Thompson walked; Parrish grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 4. ATHLETICS 7TH: Picciolo flied out to center; Henderson walked; Murphy lined into a double play (second to first) [Henderson out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 4. TIGERS 7TH: Gibson grounded out (pitcher to first); Stegman grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 4. ATHLETICS 8TH: Page made an out to third; Revering grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross singled to right; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 4. TIGERS 8TH: Trammell doubled to left; LACEY REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Kemp made an out to catcher; Hebner struck out; Summers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Tigers 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: LOPEZ REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Essian doubled to left; EDWARDS RAN FOR ESSIAN; On a bunt Guerrero hit into a double play (third to second) [Edwards out at home (second to shortstop)]; Picciolo singled to left; Henderson doubled to center [Picciolo scored, Henderson to third (on throw to home)]; Murphy made an out to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 4. TIGERS 9TH: HEATH REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING C ); WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR THOMPSON; JONES REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Wockenfuss walked; PETERS RAN FOR WOCKENFUSS; Parrish walked [Peters to second]; Gibson struck out; CORCORAN BATTED FOR STEGMAN; HAMILTON REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); BROOKENS BATTED FOR CORCORAN; Brookens struck out; MCCATTY REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Whitaker walked [Peters to third, Parrish to second]; Trammell singled to right [Peters scored, Parrish scored, Whitaker to second]; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Tigers 6.

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