Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
April 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1978 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Seattle Mariners 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 6 1 1 0
Mankowski 3b 4 0 1 1
  Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 0
Staub dh 5 0 2 1
Thompson 1b 6 1 2 1
Kemp lf 4 0 1 0
May c 5 0 2 0
Corcoran rf 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 1 2 0
Dillard 2b 4 0 1 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 3 12 3
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Braun dh 5 1 1 1
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 1
Meyer 1b 5 0 1 1
Bochte lf 5 0 0 0
Jones cf 5 0 1 0
Roberts rf 4 0 2 0
Stein 3b 2 0 1 0
  Milbourne pr,3b 1 1 1 0
Stinson c 5 0 2 0
Cruz 2b 4 2 3 1
Parrott p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 12 4
Detroit 101 000 100 003120
Seattle 001 000 020 014120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   7.0 5 3 3 3 0
  Hiller   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Foucault  L (0-1) 2.1 6 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.1
12
4
4
4
3
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Parrott   6.2 9 3 3 0 2
  Rawley   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Romo  W (2-0) 3.2 1 0 0 3 3
Totals
11.0
12
3
3
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–Stinson (2).  2B–Seattle Roberts 2 (3,off Billingham,off Foucault); Cruz (2,off Billingham); Braun (2,off Billingham).  HR–Detroit Thompson (4,3rd inning off Parrott 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Dillard (3,off Parrott); Reynolds (2,off Hiller).  SF–Reynolds (2,off Billingham).  SB–LeFlore (8,2nd base off Parrott/Stinson); Dillard (1,2nd base off Parrott/Stinson); Trammell (1,2nd base off Parrott/Stinson); Corcoran (1,2nd base off Romo/Stinson); Cruz (6,2nd base off Billingham/May); Meyer (2,2nd base off Hiller/May).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–3:20.  A–7,474.
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