Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
August 21, 1978 Box Score

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

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Detroit Tigers 9, Minnesota Twins 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 2 2 0
Wockenfuss lf 5 2 3 2
Staub dh 4 2 1 0
Parrish c 5 2 2 6
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 1
Stanley 1b 3 0 1 0
Dillard 2b 4 0 0 0
Corcoran rf 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 9
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 1 2 0
  Morales ph 1 0 0 0
  Randall 2b 0 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 1 1 1
Cubbage 3b 5 0 1 1
Ford cf 5 2 2 0
Wynegar c 5 1 2 0
Adams dh 4 1 2 1
Norwood lf 4 0 2 3
Kusick 1b 3 0 1 0
Wilfong 2b 3 0 1 0
  Rivera ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Holly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 14 6
Detroit 300 020 4009110
Minnesota 000 101 1216140
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (14-5) 7.0 13 5 5 2 1
  Hiller   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
2
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  L (9-12) 6.1 8 7 7 1 4
  Sutton   0.2 2 2 2 2 0
  Holly   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Staub (21,off Zahn), Minnesota Adams 2 (14,off Billingham 2); Wilfong (6,off Billingham); Ford (30,off Billingham); Powell (15,off Billingham).  3B–Detroit Parrish (2,off Zahn).  HR–Detroit Wockenfuss (3,5th inning off Zahn 1 on, 2 out); Parrish (12,7th inning off Sutton 3 on, 2 out), Minnesota Smalley (17,9th inning off Hiller 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Trammell (5,off Zahn).  SF–Rodriguez (2,off Zahn).  IBB–Staub (3,by Sutton).  SB–LeFlore (57,2nd base off Sutton/Wynegar).  CS–Powell (2,2nd base by Billingham/Parrish).  IBB–Sutton (3,Staub).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:30.  A–7,419.
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