Detroit Tigers vs California Angels
August 15, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 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 6, California Angels 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 2 1 0
LeFlore cf 3 1 2 0
Summers rf 3 1 2 2
  Jones rf 0 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 1 1 2
Morales lf 4 0 0 0
Wockenfuss dh 3 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 1 2 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 1
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 5
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 1 0 0
Ford rf 4 0 1 0
Baylor dh 1 0 0 0
Carew 1b 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 3 0 1 0
  Harlow lf 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0
Grich 2b 2 0 0 0
Anderson ss 3 0 0 0
Donohue c 3 0 0 0
Barr p 0 0 0 0
  Botting p 0 0 0 0
  Barlow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 2 0
Detroit 000 301 1106102
California 001 000 000120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  W (4-3) 8.0 2 1 0 5 4
  Underwood   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
2
1
0
5
5
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Barr  L (8-10) 6.1 8 5 5 2 0
  Botting   1.2 1 1 1 1 3
  Barlow   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
3

  E–Trammell (17), Petry (2).  DP–Detroit 2, California 1.  2B–Detroit Parrish (19,off Barr).  HR–Detroit Thompson (13,4th inning off Barr 1 on, 1 out); Summers (13,6th inning off Barr 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Jones (1,off Botting).  HBP–Baylor (9,by Petry).  IBB–Grich (8,by Petry).  SB–Whitaker (15,2nd base off Barr/Donohue); LeFlore (57,2nd base off Barr/Donohue); Baylor (16,2nd base off Petry/Parrish).  CS–Whitaker (9,3rd base by Barr/Donohue); Rodriguez (1,2nd base by Botting/Donohue).  WP–Botting (3).  HBP–Petry (3,Baylor).  IBB–Petry (3,Grich).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:37.  A–31,885.
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