Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
July 7, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1978 at Arlington Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 12, Texas Rangers 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 3 4 1
Whitaker 2b 5 1 2 2
Staub dh 5 1 3 4
Thompson 1b 5 0 0 2
Kemp lf 4 0 2 0
May c 5 1 2 0
Mankowski 3b 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez ph,3b 6 1 2 0
Corcoran rf 6 3 3 1
Trammell ss 6 2 5 2
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 12 23 12
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 5 1 1 1
Wills 2b 5 3 3 1
Sundberg c 4 0 2 2
  Alomar pr,ss 1 0 1 1
Zisk lf 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0
  Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 1 0 0
Lowenstein dh 4 1 2 2
Campaneris ss 2 0 1 0
  Mason ss 1 0 0 0
  Ellis J. c 1 1 1 0
Thompson cf 4 0 0 0
Ellis D. p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Umbarger p 0 0 0 0
  Comer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 7
Detroit 300 142 02012231
Texas 011 000 0237121
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema  W (4-4) 8.0 9 5 5 2 4
  Hiller   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
2
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  L (7-4) 0.1 3 3 3 2 0
  Lindblad   4.1 9 4 4 0 3
  Cleveland   0.0 1 1 1 3 0
  Barker   0.2 4 2 2 0 0
  Umbarger   2.2 5 2 2 1 0
  Comer   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
23
12
12
6
3

  E–Trammell (5), Bonds (7).  DP–Detroit 1, Texas 1.  2B–Detroit LeFlore (14,off D Ellis); Rodriguez (10,off Lindblad); Trammell (6,off Umbarger), Texas Wills 2 (8,off Rozema,off Hiller); Sundberg (12,off Rozema); J Ellis (2,off Hiller).  3B–Detroit Staub (1,off D Ellis), Texas Wills (3,off Rozema).  HR–Texas Bonds (13,8th inning off Rozema 0 on, 0 out); Lowenstein (3,9th inning off Rozema 0 on, 0 out).  SH–May (2,off Lindblad).  SB–LeFlore (30,2nd base off Lindblad/Sundberg); Harrah (22,2nd base off Rozema/May).  WP–D Ellis (3), Barker 2 (4).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–3:08.  A–21,069.
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