Detroit Tigers (15) Oakland Athletics (0)

| 1978

Date of Game: Sunday, May 14, 1978
Stadium: Tiger Stadium

Oakland Athletics (AL)	Detroit Tigers (AL)
Record: 21-10	Record: 18-9
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Attendance: 12,513 Time of Game: 2:15

Game Notes:

Bob Sykes - Complete game/Shutout

None listed
Best at-bats

Alan Trammell 2B in 2nd inning (13.54)

Lou Whitaker 1B in 2nd inning (11.23)

Phil Mankowski 1B in 3rd inning (5.88)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland Athletics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Detroit Tigers	1	3	1	0	1	1	1	7	x	15	20	0

Oakland Athletics Batting Stats

Oakland Athletics	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Mike Edwards	2b	25.260	4	0	0	0	0	1	.233	27	34	0	6	4
Dwayne Murphy	cf	23.056	3	0	0	0	1	1	.059	22	22	0	2	0
Mitchell Page	lf	26.212	3	0	0	0	1	0	.257	20	165	1	6	2
Mario Guerrero	ss	28.228	3	0	0	0	0	0	.311	31	423	1	14	0
Steve Staggs	ss	27.008	1	0	0	0	0	0	.348	22	94	0	0	1
Dave Revering	1b	25.091	3	0	1	0	0	0	.286	30	30	2	8	0
Jerry Tabb	pr-1b	26.058	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	5	67	0	1	0
Wayne Gross	3b	26.121	3	0	1	0	0	0	.233	28	184	2	6	0
Marty Perez	pr-3b	31.075	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	13	920	0	0	0
Gary Alexander	dh-c	25.048	2	0	0	0	2	1	.252	31	108	9	17	0
Jim Essian	c	27.132	2	0	1	0	1	0	.213	31	244	2	13	0
Miguel Dilone	pr	23.194	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	29	104	0	4	9
Dave Heaverlo	p	27.262	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	14	173	0	0	0
Gary Thomasson	rf	26.290	3	0	1	0	0	1	.145	23	627	3	7	1
Rick Langford	p	26.055	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	19	0	0	0
Totals:			28	0	4	0	6	5	.143	327	3214

Detroit Tigers Batting Stats

Detroit Tigers	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Ron LeFlore	cf	29.332	6	1	1	3	0	2	.295	27	511	3	16	14
Mickey Stanley	cf	35.298	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	3	1466	0	0	0
Lou Whitaker	2b	21.002	6	1	3	3	0	0	.327	15	26	0	5	2
Rusty Staub	dh	34.043	6	2	3	2	0	0	.295	27	2158	3	26	2
Jason Thompson	1b	23.312	3	1	2	3	2	0	.315	27	308	8	20	0
Steve Kemp	lf	23.280	6	2	2	0	0	2	.319	27	178	1	11	1
Milt May	c	27.286	5	3	3	2	0	0	.373	17	587	5	16	0
Tim Corcoran	rf	25.056	4	2	2	0	1	0	.207	21	76	0	6	1
Phil Mankowski	3b	25.125	3	2	3	1	1	0	.283	16	134	1	6	1
Alan Trammell	ss	20.082	4	1	1	1	1	0	.312	14	33	1	4	1
Totals:			43	15	20	15	5	4	.465	194	5477

Game Stats

2B: Steve Kemp (3), Rusty Staub (4), Alan Trammell (2)
HR: Milt May (5), Rusty Staub (3), Jason Thompson (8)
RBIs: Ron LeFlore 3 (16), Phil Mankowski (6), Milt May 2 (16), Rusty Staub 2 (26), Jason Thompson 3 (20), Alan Trammell (4), Lou Whitaker 3 (5)
SB: Lou Whitaker (2)
SF: Jason Thompson (1)
GDP: Gary Alexander (8), Mike Edwards (2), Mario Guerrero (4)

Oakland Athletics Pitching Stats

Oakland Athletics	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Pete Broberg (L 4-2)	28.073	1.2	6	4	4	0	2	0	2.70	1.28	0	0	0	7	178
Rick Langford	26.055	5.1	7	4	4	4	2	1	3.15	1.35	0	0	0	7	56
Dave Heaverlo	27.262	1	7	7	7	1	0	2	4.50	1.46	0	0	0	14	173
Pitching Totals:		8	20	15	15	5	4	3			0	0	0	28	407

Detroit Tigers Pitching Stats

Detroit Tigers	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Bob Sykes (W 2-0)	23.154	9	4	0	0	6	5	0	0.00	0.94	0	0	0	2	34
Pitching Totals:		9	4	0	0	6	5	0			0	0	0	2	34

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Rick Langford;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Pete Broberg 0-0-0; Rick Langford 0-0-0; Dave Heaverlo 0-0-0; Bob Sykes 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Pete Broberg 11; Rick Langford 27; Dave Heaverlo 12; Bob Sykes 34;
Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 12,513
Umpires: Home: Durwood Merrill 1B Marty Springstead 2B (none) 3B Jim Evans

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