Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
September 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1978 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Baltimore Orioles 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 2 0
Mankowski 3b 4 0 1 0
  Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 1 2
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
May c 4 0 1 0
  Stegman pr 0 1 0 0
  Parrish c 0 0 0 0
Corcoran rf 4 1 2 0
Trammell ss 4 0 2 0
Dillard 2b 3 1 1 0
  Wockenfuss ph 1 0 1 2
  Wagner 2b 0 0 0 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 4 1 2 0
  Mora ph 1 0 0 0
Kelly lf 4 1 2 1
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 1 0
  Dimmel pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 2 0 0 1
DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 1
May dh 4 0 0 0
Garcia ss 3 0 1 0
  Anderson lf 1 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 0 0
Skaggs c 3 1 2 0
  Roenicke ph 0 0 0 0
  Lopez pr 0 0 0 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Detroit 000 001 0124110
Baltimore 001 000 020391
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   7.1 8 3 3 2 6
  Hiller  W (9-4) 1.2 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
9
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   8.0 8 3 2 3 5
  Stanhouse  L (6-8) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
3
6

  E–Skaggs (2).  DP–Detroit 1, Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Harlow (24,off Billingham); DeCinces (35,off Hiller).  3B–Baltimore Skaggs (1,off Billingham).  IBB–Staub (5,by D Martinez).  SF–Murray (6,off Hiller).  SB–LeFlore (66,2nd base off D Martinez/Skaggs).  CS–Kelly (8,2nd base by Billingham/May).  IBB–D Martinez (4,Staub).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:49.
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