Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
July 9, 1978 Box Score

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

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Detroit Tigers 3, Texas Rangers 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 6 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 0
Staub dh 5 0 1 0
  Dillard pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Wockenfuss ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 5 1 0 0
Kemp lf 5 1 1 2
May c 5 1 2 1
Mankowski 3b 4 0 1 0
  Rodriguez ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Corcoran rf 5 0 3 0
Trammell ss 3 0 1 0
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Slaton p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 3 11 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 5 0 2 0
Wills 2b 6 0 0 0
Sundberg c 5 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 2 1 0
Jorgensen lf,cf 2 1 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0
Ellis dh 3 0 1 2
  Alomar pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Putnam ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph 0 0 0 0
  Mason ss 1 0 1 1
Thompson cf 3 1 1 0
  Zisk lf 2 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Umbarger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 6 3
Detroit 000 200 100 000 03110
Texas 001 200 000 000 1460
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Baker   3.1 3 3 2 4 0
  Slaton  L (8-6) 8.2 2 1 1 5 7
  Hiller   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Foucault   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.1
6
4
3
11
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   10.0 9 3 3 1 6
  Umbarger  W (4-6) 3.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
13.0
11
3
3
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Texas 2.  PB–May (1).  2B–Detroit Corcoran (7,off Jenkins).  HR–Detroit Kemp (7,4th inning off Jenkins 1 on, 1 out); May (8,7th inning off Jenkins 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Trammell (2,off Jenkins); Whitaker (4,off Jenkins); Harrah (3,off Baker); Campaneris (20,off Slaton); Jorgensen (1,off Hiller).  IBB–Harrah (2,by Hiller).  CS–LeFlore (8,2nd base by Umbarger/Sundberg).  SB–Bonds (19,2nd base off Slaton/May).  IBB–Hiller (2,Harrah).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–3:40.  A–15,770.
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