Milwaukee Brewers vs Detroit Tigers
May 31, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 0, Detroit Tigers 3

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 2b 4 0 2 0
Money 3b 3 0 0 0
Cooper 1b 4 0 1 0
Bando dh 4 0 2 0
Oglivie lf 4 0 2 0
Lezcano rf 4 0 0 0
Thomas cf 4 0 0 0
Yount ss 4 0 0 0
Moore c 3 0 1 0
Travers p 0 0 0 0
  Stein p 0 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 0 8 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 4 0 1 0
Staub dh 3 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 1 1 0
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Wockenfuss rf 2 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph,rf 1 0 0 1
Parrish c 3 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 1 2 2
Whitaker 2b 3 0 1 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Milwaukee 000 000 000085
Detroit 010 011 00x380
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Travers  L (1-2) 5.1 7 3 2 1 0
  Stein   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  McClure   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
2
1
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (4-2) 9.0 8 0 0 1 9
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
1
9

  E–Molitor (10), Cooper (7), Oglivie 2 (2), Stein (1).  DP–Milwaukee 2.  2B–Milwaukee Oglivie (4,off Wilcox).  HR–Detroit Rodriguez (4,2nd inning off Travers 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Molitor (3,2nd base by Wilcox/Parrish); Whitaker (3,2nd base by Stein/Moore).  SB–LeFlore (19,3rd base off Travers/Moore).  WP–Travers (1), Wilcox (2).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:20.  A–13,017.
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