Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
August 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1978 at Tiger 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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Texas Rangers 9, Detroit Tigers 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 2 0 1 0
  Jorgensen pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Wills 2b 5 2 4 2
Sundberg c 5 2 1 2
Oliver dh 3 1 1 0
Bonds rf 5 1 3 3
Zisk lf 5 1 1 0
Lowenstein 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Beniquez cf 5 1 2 1
Harrah ss 4 1 0 0
Mirabella p 0 0 0 0
  Medich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 14 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 3 1
Whitaker 2b 3 1 1 0
Staub dh 4 0 2 1
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 0 1 1
Parrish c 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Stanley rf 2 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Trammell ss 2 0 0 0
  May ph 1 1 1 1
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Texas 000 140 3019140
Detroit 100 010 002490
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mirabella  W (2-0) 5.0 5 2 2 3 3
  Medich  SV (2) 4.0 4 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema  L (5-6) 4.0 7 5 5 2 1
  Morris   2.2 5 3 3 2 1
  Glynn   2.1 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Texas Bonds (16,off Morris); Beniquez (12,off Morris); Bevacqua (9,off Glynn), Detroit Parrish (9,off Medich); May (7,off Medich); LeFlore (20,off Medich).  HR–Texas Sundberg (3,7th inning off Morris 1 on, 0 out); Bonds (21,9th inning off Glynn 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hargrove (2,off Rozema).  IBB–Oliver (3,by Morris).  SB–Wills (35,2nd base off Rozema/Parrish); Jorgensen (3,2nd base off Glynn/Parrish).  CS–Hargrove (3,Home by Rozema/Parrish).  WP–Rozema (2), Morris (3).  IBB–Morris (3,Oliver).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:56.  A–20,951.
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