Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
August 11, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1978 at Comiskey Park I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 7, Chicago White Sox 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 2 1 0
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 3
Staub dh 4 1 2 2
Thompson 1b 5 0 1 0
Kemp lf 5 0 2 0
Parrish c 5 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 1
Stanley rf 4 1 3 1
Trammell ss 3 1 0 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Molinaro lf 4 0 0 0
Bosley rf 4 0 0 0
Orta 2b 3 1 2 0
Johnson dh 4 0 2 0
Blomberg 1b 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
Pryor ss 3 1 1 0
Colbern c 3 1 1 1
Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Schueler p 0 0 0 0
  Torrealba p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 1
Detroit 006 100 0007121
Chicago 020 000 001361
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (12-5) 9.0 6 3 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
1
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Burns  L (0-2) 2.2 7 6 6 1 1
  Schueler   4.1 2 1 0 1 3
  Torrealba   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
2
5

  E–Kemp (5), Colbern (4).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Whitaker (9,off Burns); Kemp (13,off Schueler); Stanley (4,off Torrealba).  3B–Chicago Colbern (1,off Billingham).  SF–Whitaker (7,off Schueler).  HBP–LeFlore (4,by Schueler); Orta (4,by Billingham).  SB–LeFlore (53,2nd base off Schueler/Colbern).  HBP–Billingham (6,Orta); Schueler (5,LeFlore).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:15.  A–25,798.
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