Detroit Tigers vs California Angels
August 13, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 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 5, California Angels 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 0 3 3
Trammell ss 4 0 1 0
LeFlore cf 4 0 1 1
Kemp lf 5 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 1 1 0
Summers dh 4 1 1 0
  Jones ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Morales rf 5 2 2 0
Parrish c 3 0 0 1
Brookens 3b 3 1 1 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 4 0 2 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 0 0
Ford rf 2 1 0 1
Baylor lf 4 1 2 2
Aikens dh 4 0 1 0
Downing c 4 0 1 0
Miller cf 3 0 0 0
Grich 2b 4 0 0 0
Campaneris ss 2 0 1 0
  Anderson ss 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 0 1 0 0
  Thon ss 0 0 0 0
  Rudi ph 1 0 0 0
Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
  Botting p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Detroit 000 004 0105100
California 000 200 010372
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (10-5) 7.0 7 3 3 2 5
  Lopez  SV (12) 2.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
7
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (12-8) 5.2 7 4 4 2 2
  Clear   2.0 3 1 1 3 4
  Botting   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
5
7

  E–Downing (8), Anderson (11).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Whitaker (11,off Clear), California Carew 2 (14,off Morris 2).  HR–California Baylor (28,4th inning off Morris 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Parrish (1,off Ryan); Ford (8,off Lopez).  HBP–Brookens (1,by Ryan).  SB–Whitaker 2 (14,2nd base off Ryan/Downing,2nd base off Clear/Downing); Morales (4,2nd base off Clear/Downing); Ford (7,2nd base off Morris/Parrish).  HBP–Ryan (3,Brookens).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–2:37.  A–34,032.
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