Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
July 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 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 5, Texas Rangers 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 2 2 2
Whitaker 2b 5 0 2 1
Staub dh 4 0 2 1
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 1 1 1
May c 5 0 1 0
Mankowski 3b 2 1 0 0
  Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 0
Corcoran rf 3 0 0 0
Trammell ss 2 1 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 3 0 1 1
Wills 2b 4 0 1 0
Sundberg c 4 0 2 0
Zisk lf 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 2 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0
Ellis dh 3 0 1 0
Campaneris ss 2 0 0 0
Thompson cf 2 1 1 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Matlack p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 8 1
Detroit 010 003 010580
Texas 001 000 000181
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (6-7) 9.0 8 1 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  L (6-5) 5.1 4 4 4 7 3
  Matlack   3.2 4 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
7
7

  E–Hargrove (11).  DP–Detroit 3.  2B–Detroit May (6,off Alexander).  3B–Detroit LeFlore (2,off Alexander), Texas Thompson (3,off Wilcox).  HR–Detroit Kemp (6,2nd inning off Alexander 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Corcoran (2,off Alexander); Campaneris (19,off Wilcox).  HBP–Bonds (1,by Wilcox).  SB–LeFlore (31,2nd base off Matlack/Sundberg); Bonds (18,2nd base off Wilcox/May).  CS–Bonds (9,3rd base by Wilcox/May).  WP–Alexander (3).  HBP–Wilcox (4,Bonds).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:33.  A–22,993.
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