Milwaukee Brewers vs Detroit Tigers
May 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 3, Detroit Tigers 2

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 2b 5 0 0 0
Yount ss 4 0 0 0
Cooper 1b 4 0 2 0
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0
Oglivie lf 4 1 1 0
Lezcano rf 4 1 3 2
Thomas cf 4 0 0 0
Fosse dh 2 0 1 0
  Wohlford pr,dh 1 1 1 0
Martinez c 2 0 0 0
  Moore ph,c 1 0 1 1
Travers p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Augustine p 0 0 0 0
  Castro p 0 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 2 2 0
Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 1
Staub dh 3 0 1 1
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Jones rf 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 2 0 1 0
  Mankowski ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Trammell ss 1 0 0 0
  Wockenfuss ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner ss 1 0 1 0
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Milwaukee 020 000 001390
Detroit 101 000 000270
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Travers   5.2 6 2 2 2 4
  Cleveland   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Augustine  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Castro   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  McClure  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema   5.0 3 2 2 0 2
  Lopez   1.2 3 0 0 1 2
  Taylor  L (1-2) 2.1 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Milwaukee Oglivie (4,off Rozema); Wohlford (1,off Taylor); Moore (3,off Taylor), Detroit LeFlore (3,off Travers); Jones (1,off Travers).  HR–Milwaukee Lezcano (6,2nd inning off Rozema 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Fosse (2,by Rozema).  IBB–Mankowski (3,by Cleveland).  CS–Lezcano (2,2nd base by Lopez/Parrish).  SB–LeFlore (16,2nd base off Travers/Martinez).  HBP–Rozema (3,Fosse).  IBB–Cleveland (2,Mankowski).  U-HP–Dick Nelson, 1B–Doug Cossey, 2B–Joe Kavulich, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:32.  A–19,801.
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