Detroit Tigers vs California Angels
June 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 10, 1979 at Anaheim Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 10, California Angels 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 2 2 0
  Jones cf 0 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 4 2 2 2
Kemp lf 3 2 1 2
Staub dh 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 1
Morales rf 3 1 1 3
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 2 2 1
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 9 9
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 4 1 2 0
Lansford 3b 5 2 3 0
Ford rf 4 0 3 1
Baylor lf 5 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 4 2 3 3
Downing c 4 1 1 0
Davis dh 4 0 0 0
Grich 2b 4 1 2 2
Anderson ss 4 0 0 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Barlow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 14 6
Detroit 024 301 0001090
California 301 001 0207142
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   2.2 7 4 4 0 1
  Arroyo  W (1-0) 5.1 6 3 3 1 4
  Hiller  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
1
5
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  L (5-4) 2.0 5 6 6 1 1
  LaRoche   3.1 4 4 4 4 3
  Barlow   3.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
10
10
6
6

  E–Baylor (4), Anderson (1).  DP–Detroit 3.  2B–Detroit Whitaker (10,off LaRoche), California Lansford (10,off Hiller).  HR–Detroit Morales (6,2nd inning off Tanana 1 on, 2 out); Kemp (9,4th inning off LaRoche 1 on, 1 out); Trammell (1,6th inning off LaRoche 0 on, 0 out), California Aikens 2 (10,1st inning off Billingham 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Arroyo 0 on, 0 out); Grich (13,8th inning off Arroyo 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Morales (4,off LaRoche).  HBP–Harlow (1,by Billingham).  SB–LeFlore (28,2nd base off LaRoche/Downing); Lansford (11,2nd base off Arroyo/Parrish).  CS–Trammell (5,2nd base by Barlow/Downing).  WP–Tanana (4).  HBP–Billingham (3,Harlow).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:39.  A–30,229.
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