California Angels vs Detroit Tigers
May 9, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 7, Detroit Tigers 5

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Miller rf 3 2 0 1
Chalk ss 5 0 0 0
Bostock cf 4 1 3 0
Fairly 1b 4 1 3 3
Baylor lf 4 1 2 1
  Landreaux lf 0 0 0 0
Solaita dh 3 1 1 2
  Rettenmund ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Grich 2b 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 5 1 1 0
Humphrey c 4 0 1 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 2 1 1
Wagner ss 5 0 1 1
Staub dh 5 1 1 1
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 1
Kemp lf 3 0 1 0
Wockenfuss rf 4 1 3 1
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0
Dillard 2b 4 0 1 0
Slaton p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
California 000 131 0117111
Detroit 000 110 3005101
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   6.1 8 4 3 0 5
  LaRoche  W (3-0) 2.2 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Slaton   5.2 8 5 5 5 2
  Crawford   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Foucault  L (0-2) 2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Hiller   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
6
3

  E–Chalk (4), LeFlore (3).  DP–California 1.  2B–California Bostock 2 (6,off Slaton 2); Lansford (6,off Hiller), Detroit Rodriguez (5,off Tanana); Thompson (5,off LaRoche).  3B–Detroit Wagner (2,off Tanana).  HR–California Baylor (9,4th inning off Slaton 0 on, 0 out); Solaita (1,5th inning off Slaton 1 on, 2 out), Detroit Wockenfuss (1,4th inning off Tanana 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Chalk (3,off Foucault).  SF–R Miller (1,off Hiller).  HBP–Grich (1,by Slaton); Baylor (1,by Crawford); Rettenmund (1,by Foucault).  SB–R Miller (2,2nd base off Slaton/Parrish); LeFlore (13,2nd base off LaRoche/Humphrey).  WP–Tanana (1).  HBP–Slaton (4,Grich); Crawford (1,Baylor); Foucault (1,Rettenmund).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:43.  A–21,089.
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