Detroit Tigers vs Milwaukee Brewers
July 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 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 4, Milwaukee Brewers 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 3 1
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 0 0 0
Morales rf 4 1 1 1
Parrish c 4 1 2 1
Wockenfuss 1b 4 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 2 1
Wagner ss 2 1 1 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 2b 5 1 2 0
Money dh 4 1 1 0
Cooper 1b 1 0 0 0
Thomas cf 5 0 1 1
Oglivie lf 3 3 3 4
Lezcano rf 4 0 1 0
Yount ss 3 0 0 0
Moore c 3 0 1 0
Gantner 3b 4 0 2 0
Caldwell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 5
Detroit 000 110 0114102
Milwaukee 011 001 20x5110
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   3.2 4 2 2 4 0
  Hiller  L (3-7) 3.1 5 3 3 2 1
  Lopez   1.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
7
3
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell  W (10-5) 9.0 10 4 4 0 9
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
0
9

  E–Whitaker (3), Wagner (5).  DP–Detroit 3, Milwaukee 1.  PB–Parrish (15).  2B–Detroit Staub (12,off Caldwell); Rodriguez (14,off Caldwell); Wagner (3,off Caldwell), Milwaukee Molitor (18,off Billingham); Gantner (4,off Hiller).  3B–Milwaukee Lezcano (3,off Hiller).  HR–Detroit Morales (8,4th inning off Caldwell 0 on, 1 out); Parrish (10,9th inning off Caldwell 0 on, 0 out), Milwaukee Oglivie 3 (18,2nd inning off Billingham 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Hiller 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Hiller 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Kemp (2,off Caldwell); Wagner (3,off Caldwell); Cooper (2,off Hiller).  IBB–Cooper (5,by Billingham).  SB–LeFlore (44,2nd base off Caldwell/Moore).  WP–Caldwell (4).  IBB–Billingham (4,Cooper).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:44.
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