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)
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Detroit Tigers 5, Milwaukee Brewers 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore dh 5 1 2 0
Whitaker 2b 4 1 3 0
Thompson 1b 5 0 0 0
Parrish c 5 0 1 1
Morales rf 4 0 1 1
Wockenfuss lf 3 1 1 1
  Corcoran lf 2 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 2 2 1
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 2 0
  Mankowski ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Wagner ss 3 0 2 1
  Gonzales ph 1 0 0 0
  Trammell ss 0 0 0 0
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 14 5
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Yount ss 4 1 2 4
Thomas cf 5 1 3 3
Cooper 1b 4 0 0 0
Money dh 4 0 1 0
  Wohlford pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Oglivie lf 4 1 2 0
Lezcano rf 3 0 0 0
Bando 3b 2 2 0 0
Gantner 2b 3 1 1 0
Martinez c 2 0 0 0
  Hisle ph 1 1 1 0
  Fosse c 1 0 0 0
Augustine p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Castro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
Detroit 000 012 0025141
Milwaukee 001 003 03x7101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Baker  L (0-2) 5.2 7 4 4 5 6
  Taylor   2.1 3 3 2 2 3
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
7
9
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Augustine   5.2 10 3 2 0 2
  Cleveland  W (1-2) 2.2 4 2 2 1 2
  Castro  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
5
4
1
4

  E–Taylor (1), Yount (2).  2B–Detroit Parrish (2,off Cleveland), Milwaukee Oglivie (1,off Baker); Yount 2 (5,off Baker,off Taylor).  HR–Detroit Jones (1,5th inning off Augustine 0 on, 0 out); Wockenfuss (2,6th inning off Augustine 0 on, 2 out), Milwaukee Thomas (3,3rd inning off Baker 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Morales (2,off Castro).  IBB–Cooper (1,by Taylor).  SB–LeFlore (9,2nd base off Cleveland/Fosse); Wohlford (1,2nd base off Taylor/Parrish).  CS–Whitaker (1,2nd base by Augustine/Martinez); Gantner (1,2nd base by Baker/Parrish).  WP–Baker (2).  IBB–Taylor (2,Cooper).  U-HP–Dick Heitzer, 1B–Jim O'Brien, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Ken Kirby.  T–2:52.  A–8,839.
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