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.