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Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics
May 6, 1978 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981) |
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| Game played on Saturday, May 6, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum |
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| Detroit |
3 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 15 | 1 |
| Oakland |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | 1 |
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| Detroit Tigers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Sykes W (1-0) |
9.0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
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| Oakland Athletics |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Wirth L (1-3) |
0.2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Heaverlo |
3.1 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
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Lacey |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Coleman |
2.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Renko |
2.0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
15 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
E–Dillard (5), Dilone (2). DP–Detroit 1, Oakland 2. 2B–Detroit Trammell (1,off Lacey). HR–Detroit Thompson (6,5th inning off Heaverlo 0 on, 0 out). SH–May (1,off Lacey). SF–LeFlore (1,off Renko). HBP–May (1,by Renko). SB–Mankowski (1,3rd base off Wirth/Essian); Staub (2,2nd base off Wirth/Essian); LeFlore 3 (11,2nd base off Heaverlo/Essian 2,3rd base off Heaverlo/Essian). CS–LeFlore (3,2nd base by Wirth/Essian); Mankowski (1,2nd base by Coleman/Essian). WP–Wirth (3). HBP–Renko (1,May). U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jerry Neudecker. T–2:16. A–12,539. |
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| Game played on Saturday, May 6, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum |
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