Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
August 9, 1978 Box Score

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

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Texas Rangers 2, Detroit Tigers 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 2 0 0 2
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Oliver lf 4 0 1 0
Bonds rf 3 0 1 0
Zisk dh 4 0 0 0
Lowenstein 3b 2 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 3 1 1 0
Harrah ss 2 1 2 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Umbarger p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 6 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 1
Staub dh 3 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 1 1 0
Kemp lf 3 1 1 0
May c 4 0 1 0
Corcoran rf 4 1 3 4
Mankowski 3b 3 1 2 0
  Rodriguez ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Texas 000 001 010261
Detroit 000 010 04x5111
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   7.0 7 1 1 1 4
  Umbarger  L (4-7) 0.1 4 4 4 1 1
  Cleveland   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Young  W (4-1) 9.0 6 2 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
3
4

  E–Lowenstein (4), Young (1).  DP–Texas 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Staub (20,off Umbarger).  3B–Detroit Rodriguez (2,off Umbarger).  HR–Detroit Corcoran (1,8th inning off Umbarger 3 on, 1 out).  SF–Hargrove 2 (5,off Young 2).  SB–Lowenstein 2 (10,2nd base off Young/May,3rd base off Young/May); Bonds (28,2nd base off Young/May); LeFlore (52,2nd base off Jenkins/Sundberg).  CS–Bonds (13,3rd base by Young/May).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:20.  A–30,167.
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