Detroit Tigers vs California Angels
May 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1978 at Anaheim Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 7, California Angels 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 1 2
Wagner ss 4 0 0 0
Staub dh 3 0 1 2
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Wockenfuss rf 3 1 1 0
  Corcoran rf 1 0 1 0
Parrish c 4 2 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 2 1 0
Dillard 2b 4 2 1 2
Slaton p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 6
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Miller rf 3 1 1 0
  Rudi ph 1 0 0 0
Mulliniks ss 3 0 0 0
Bostock cf 4 0 1 2
Fairly 1b 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 4 1 1 0
Landreaux lf 4 1 1 1
Grich 2b 4 0 1 1
Chalk 3b 3 1 1 0
Humphrey c 2 0 1 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0
  Hampton c 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Hartzell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Detroit 003 000 400781
California 002 000 002472
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Slaton  W (3-1) 8.1 7 4 4 1 2
  Hiller  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
2
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  L (5-1) 6.1 7 7 4 1 7
  LaRoche   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Hartzell   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
4
2
8

  E–Wagner (3), Mulliniks (3), Chalk (3).  DP–Detroit 1, California 2.  2B–Detroit Staub (3,off Tanana); Parrish (4,off Tanana); Dillard (1,off Tanana); LeFlore (4,off Tanana), California R Miller (4,off Slaton).  3B–California Landreaux (1,off Slaton).  IBB–Rodriguez (1,by Tanana).  HBP–Mulliniks (1,by Slaton).  WP–Slaton 2 (6).  HBP–Slaton (3,Mulliniks).  IBB–Tanana (2,Rodriguez).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:29.  A–19,462.
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