Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 13, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 13, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Detroit Tigers 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 2 0 0 0
  Murphy cf 1 0 0 1
Edwards 2b 2 0 0 0
  Staggs ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Page lf 4 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 4 1 2 0
Revering 1b 4 1 1 2
Gross 3b 2 0 0 0
  Dilone pr 0 1 0 0
  Perez 3b 1 0 0 0
Alexander dh 3 0 0 0
Essian c 1 0 0 0
Thomasson rf 2 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 3 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 2 0
Whitaker 2b 5 1 1 0
Staub dh 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 2 0 1 0
Kemp lf 2 0 0 0
May c 3 0 0 1
Corcoran rf 3 0 1 0
  Wockenfuss ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Mankowski 3b 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
  Stanley ph 1 0 0 0
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 1
Oakland 000 000 030333
Detroit 002 000 000250
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough   6.2 3 2 0 6 2
  Lacey  W (3-0) 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Sosa  SV (5) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
0
7
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema  L (2-1) 7.2 2 3 3 5 2
  Hiller   1.1 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
3
3
3
5
6

  E–Edwards (5), Guerrero (6), Essian (2).  DP–Oakland 2, Detroit 1.  HR–Oakland Revering (2,8th inning off Rozema 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Essian (4,off Rozema).  SF–Murphy (1,off Rozema).  IBB–Thomasson (2,by Rozema).  SB–Dilone (10,2nd base off Rozema/May); LeFlore (14,2nd base off Sosa/Essian).  WP–Keough (2).  IBB–Rozema (1,Thomasson).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:39.  A–16,324.
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