Detroit Tigers vs Milwaukee Brewers
April 26, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1979 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Detroit Tigers 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 1, Milwaukee Brewers 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore dh 3 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Morales cf 4 0 0 0
Mankowski 3b 4 0 0 0
Corcoran lf 3 1 1 0
Gonzales rf 4 0 2 1
Wagner ss 3 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Yount ss 4 0 0 0
Thomas cf 4 1 3 1
Cooper 1b 4 1 1 1
Money dh 2 0 0 0
  Wohlford pr,dh 1 1 0 0
Oglivie lf 4 2 2 1
Lezcano rf 3 0 0 0
Bando 3b 2 0 0 0
Gantner 2b 1 0 0 0
  Molitor ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Moore c 2 0 1 2
Slaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 7 5
Detroit 010 000 000170
Milwaukee 000 000 32x570
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (1-2) 6.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Hiller   2.0 4 3 3 1 2
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
2
2
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Slaton  W (1-1) 9.0 7 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Milwaukee Thomas (2,off Billingham).  HR–Milwaukee Cooper (6,7th inning off Billingham 0 on, 0 out); Thomas (2,8th inning off Hiller 0 on, 0 out); Oglivie (3,8th inning off Hiller 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Moore (1,off Billingham); Lezcano (1,off Hiller).  HBP–Money (1,by Billingham).  IBB–Bando (2,by Hiller).  SB–Corcoran (1,2nd base off Slaton/Moore); LeFlore (8,2nd base off Slaton/Moore); Gonzales (1,2nd base off Slaton/Moore).  WP–Hiller (1).  HBP–Billingham (2,Money).  IBB–Hiller (1,Bando).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Dick Heitzer, 2B–Jim O'Brien, 3B–Ken Kirby.  T–2:10.
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