Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
April 22, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 6, Detroit Tigers 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 3 1 0 0
Campaneris ss 3 0 1 2
Oliver lf 5 0 2 1
Zisk dh 3 0 0 1
Washington rf 4 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson rf 0 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 5 2 3 1
Beniquez cf 5 1 1 0
Wills 2b 3 1 0 1
Sundberg c 3 1 1 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 1 0
Whitaker 2b 5 1 3 0
Staub dh 4 0 1 1
  Dillard pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 2 2 1
Kemp lf 4 0 1 0
Corcoran rf 4 1 2 2
May c 4 1 2 2
Mankowski 3b 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 6
Texas 110 013 000 0681
Detroit 000 033 000 17120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   5.0 7 5 5 0 5
  Cleveland   1.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Jenkins  L (0-1) 3.1 4 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.1
12
7
6
3
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris   4.1 3 3 3 5 3
  Crawford   1.1 4 3 3 2 3
  Hiller  W (2-0) 4.1 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
10.0
8
6
6
7
9

  E–Hargrove (3).  DP–Texas 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Texas Harrah 2 (5,off Morris 2).  HR–Texas Harrah (1,6th inning off Crawford 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Thompson (3,5th inning off Alexander 0 on, 0 out); May (3,5th inning off Alexander 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Zisk (1,off Morris); Wills (1,off Morris); Staub (1,off Cleveland); Corcoran (1,off Cleveland).  IBB–Zisk (1,by Crawford); Thompson (1,by Jenkins).  SB–Beniquez (3,2nd base off Crawford/May).  CS–Whitaker (1,2nd base by Alexander/Sundberg).  WP–Crawford (1).  IBB–Jenkins (2,Thompson); Crawford (1,Zisk).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:51.  A–22,054.
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