Milwaukee Brewers vs Detroit Tigers
July 26, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 2, Detroit Tigers 5

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 2b 4 0 1 0
Bando dh 4 0 0 0
Cooper 1b 3 0 1 0
Thomas cf 2 0 1 0
  Wohlford cf 2 1 1 0
Oglivie rf 4 1 1 2
Davis lf 4 0 0 0
Yount ss 4 0 1 0
Moore c 3 0 0 0
Gantner 3b 3 0 1 0
Haas p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 1 1
Whitaker 2b 3 1 0 0
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 1 1 3
Summers rf 3 0 2 0
Parrish c 2 0 0 0
Greene dh 3 0 1 0
Brookens 3b 3 1 1 1
Trammell ss 3 1 1 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 7 5
Milwaukee 000 000 002270
Detroit 004 000 10x570
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Haas  L (7-7) 3.0 5 4 4 3 3
  Mitchell   5.0 2 1 1 0 6
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
3
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  W (3-1) 9.0 7 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
3

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 3.  PB–Parrish (17).  2B–Milwaukee Cooper (26,off Petry); Molitor (20,off Petry).  HR–Milwaukee Oglivie (20,9th inning off Petry 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Thompson (10,3rd inning off Haas 2 on, 2 out); Brookens (2,7th inning off Mitchell 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Trammell (4,2nd base off Haas/Moore); LeFlore (51,2nd base off Haas/Moore); Summers (4,2nd base off Mitchell/Moore).  CS–Summers (2,3rd base by Mitchell/Moore).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:32.  A–24,079.
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