California Angels vs Detroit Tigers
August 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the California Angels 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)
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California Angels 2, Detroit Tigers 3

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 4 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 1 0
Ford rf 4 0 0 0
Baylor lf 4 1 1 0
Aikens dh 3 0 0 0
Downing c 4 0 0 0
Grich 2b 3 0 0 0
Miller cf 3 1 1 0
Campaneris ss 4 0 1 1
Barr p 0 0 0 0
  Barlow p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 0 2 1
LeFlore cf 3 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Summers dh 3 0 0 1
Morales rf 3 0 2 0
Wockenfuss c 3 1 1 0
  Parrish c 0 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 1 1 1
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3
California 000 100 100251
Detroit 002 100 00x370
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Barr  L (8-11) 3.2 5 3 2 1 1
  Barlow   4.0 2 0 0 1 3
  LaRoche   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
2
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (9-6) 7.0 5 2 2 3 4
  Lopez  SV (15) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
6

  E–Downing (9).  DP–California 2.  2B–Detroit Wockenfuss (7,off Barr); Brookens (4,off Barr); Kemp (25,off Barr).  3B–California Campaneris (4,off Billingham).  IBB–Lansford (2,by Billingham).  SH–Whitaker (10,off Barr).  SB–Carew (16,2nd base off Billingham/Wockenfuss); Baylor (18,2nd base off Billingham/Wockenfuss); Trammell (10,2nd base off Barlow/Downing); LeFlore (65,2nd base off LaRoche/Downing).  WP–Billingham 2 (5).  IBB–Billingham (9,Lansford).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:27.  A–22,874.
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