Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
July 25, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 25, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 2, Detroit Tigers 11

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Edwards 2b 3 0 0 0
  Adams ph,2b 0 1 0 0
Dilone rf 3 0 1 0
  Murphy ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Page lf 3 0 1 0
Revering 1b 3 0 0 0
  Gross 1b 1 0 0 0
Horton dh 3 0 0 0
  Burke ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0
  Picciolo ss 1 0 1 0
Duncan 3b 3 0 0 0
  Armas ph 1 0 0 0
Wallis cf 3 1 1 1
Newman c 2 0 0 0
  Essian ph,c 1 0 0 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Broberg p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  McCatty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 3 1 1 2
Whitaker 2b 4 1 2 1
Staub dh 4 0 1 1
Thompson 1b 4 1 1 1
Kemp lf 5 2 2 1
May c 4 2 2 0
Corcoran rf 5 2 4 2
Mankowski 3b 3 1 1 0
  Rodriguez 3b 1 1 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 1 2
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 15 10
Oakland 000 001 010253
Detroit 002 004 50x11150
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  L (4-5) 5.0 5 3 3 3 3
  Broberg   0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Sosa   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  McCatty   2.0 5 5 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
15
11
8
5
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (7-8) 9.0 5 2 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
4

  E–Guerrero (18), Wallis (3), Newman (7).  2B–Oakland Page (18,off Wilcox); Murphy (2,off Wilcox), Detroit Corcoran 2 (9,off Renko 2); Kemp (11,off Renko).  HR–Oakland Wallis (6,6th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Thompson (4,off Renko); Trammell (2,off McCatty).  SB–Dilone (32,2nd base off Wilcox/May); LeFlore (40,2nd base off Sosa/Newman).  WP–McCatty (1), Wilcox (3).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:21.  A–17,723.
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