California Angels vs Detroit Tigers
July 21, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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California Angels 4, Detroit Tigers 2

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 6 1 2 0
Lansford 3b 5 1 2 0
Bostock rf 5 1 3 1
Fairly 1b 2 0 0 0
Baylor dh 5 0 2 1
Rudi lf 5 0 0 0
Downing c 6 1 3 2
Chalk ss,2b 6 0 1 0
Grich 2b 4 0 2 0
  Solaita ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson ss 0 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 4 15 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 3 0 1 0
Wockenfuss rf 4 0 0 0
  Corcoran pr 0 0 0 0
Staub dh 3 0 0 0
  Whitaker pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 1 1 0
Kemp lf 5 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 1 1 2
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Wagner ss 4 0 2 0
Dillard 2b 3 0 1 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
California 000 000 110 024150
Detroit 000 000 200 00260
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   8.0 6 2 2 1 3
  LaRoche  W (7-4) 3.0 0 0 0 3 1
Totals
11.0
6
2
2
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox   7.1 11 2 2 4 3
  Glynn   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Foucault   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Young  L (0-1) 2.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
11.0
15
4
4
6
4

  E–None.  DP–California 2, Detroit 1.  2B–California Baylor (14,off Wilcox); Lansford (12,off Young), Detroit LeFlore (17,off Tanana); Dillard (2,off Tanana).  HR–California Downing (5,8th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Parrish (7,7th inning off Tanana 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Lansford (3,off Wilcox); Fairly (2,off Glynn); Dillard (6,off Tanana); Thompson (1,off LaRoche); Whitaker (5,off LaRoche).  IBB–Baylor (7,by Foucault); LeFlore (4,by Tanana).  WP–Tanana (4), Young (1).  IBB–Tanana (6,LeFlore); Foucault (3,Baylor).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:29.
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