Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
April 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1978 at Kingdome. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Seattle Mariners 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 6 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 3 0
Staub dh 4 2 2 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 2 1 2
Spikes rf 2 0 2 1
  Corcoran ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Parrish c 2 0 1 0
  May ph,c 3 0 2 2
Wagner ss 4 0 1 0
Dillard 2b 2 0 0 0
  Whitaker ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Slaton p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 0 3 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
Stinson c 2 1 0 1
  Roberts ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Bochte lf 3 0 1 1
Stanton dh 4 0 1 1
Jones cf 3 0 0 0
Meyer 1b 4 1 2 1
Stein 3b 3 2 0 0
Hale rf 3 0 0 0
  Pasley c 1 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 3 0
  Baez ph 1 0 0 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
Detroit 010 020 2005121
Seattle 100 010 1104100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Slaton  W (2-1) 6.1 9 3 2 2 5
  Hiller  SV (1) 2.2 1 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
4
8
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  L (1-3) 4.1 8 3 3 3 1
  Romo   2.1 2 2 2 2 1
  Rawley   2.1 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
7
5

  E–Whitaker (3).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Spikes (1,off Honeycutt); Parrish (2,off Honeycutt); Kemp (2,off Honeycutt); May (3,off Romo); Rodriguez (3,off Rawley), Seattle Meyer (5,off Slaton).  HR–Seattle Meyer (3,8th inning off Hiller 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Wagner (1,by Romo); Stinson (2,by Slaton).  IBB–Corcoran (1,by Romo).  CS–Rodriguez (1,2nd base by Honeycutt/Stinson); Meyer (1,3rd base by Slaton/Parrish).  SB–Cruz (5,2nd base off Slaton/Parrish).  WP–Rawley (2).  HBP–Slaton (2,Stinson); Romo (1,Wagner).  IBB–Romo (2,Corcoran).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:53.  A–10,240.
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