A homer by Rusty Staub with two men on base in the 10th inning capped a four-run uprising that gave the Tigers an 8-4 triumph over the White Sox. Milt May singled to open the 10th and after Phil Mankowski struck out, Lerrin LaGrow replaced Pablo Torrealba on the mound for the Chisox and gave up a single to Mark Wagner, sending May to third. Ron LeFlore forced Wagner as May scored the tie-breaking run. After Lou Whitaker singled, Rich Hinton replaced LaGrow and was greeted by Staub's blast.

The Tigers had rallied for three runs in the ninth to tie the game at 4-4. LeFlore started the rally by drawing a walk and stealing second. With one out, Staub doubled LeFlore home and Torrealba replaced Francisco Barrios on the slab. The reliever got the second out, but Steve Kemp tripled home Staub and then scored the tying run on a passed ball. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 8, Chicago White Sox 4

Game Played on Tuesday, April 25, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 - 8 7 1 White Sox 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 1 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 2 3 0 1 2 0 .339 Garr lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .265 Whitaker 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .303 Orta 2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .293 Staub dh 5 2 2 5 0 0 .322 Lemon cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .321 Thompson 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Bonds rf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .288 Kemp lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .364 Lamar Johnson 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .273 Corcoran rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Molinaro dh 4 1 3 1 1 0 .400 May c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .355 Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .222 Mankowski 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Nordhagen c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .323 Trammell ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .320 Pryor ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Wockenfuss ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Barrios p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wagner ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .269 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 8 7 7 3 2 Totals 38 4 9 4 3 7 Time of Game: 2:47 Attendance: 13,496 Left on Base: Tigers 2, White Sox 8 DP: Tigers 0, White Sox 1 Errors: Wilcox, Nordhagen Doubles: Staub (2), Orta (4), Bonds (3), Nordhagen (6) Triples: Kemp (1), Molinaro (2) Home Runs: Staub (2) Stolen Bases: LeFlore 2 (6), Molinaro (1) Sacrifice Flies: Soderholm (1) GIDP: Staub (4) Hit by Pitch: LeFlore (1,by Barrios) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilcox 5.2 7 4 4 2 4 0 26 8.18 Hiller W(3-0) 4.1 2 0 0 1 3 0 16 1.29 Totals 10 9 4 4 3 7 0 42 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barrios 8.1 2 3 2 3 1 0 30 3.42 Torrealba L(1-1) 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 5 2.31 LaGrow 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 4.00 Hinton 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1.69 Totals 10 7 8 6 3 2 1 40 Passed Balls: Nordhagen (4) Hit by Pitch: Barrios (2) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry Barnett TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore walked; LeFlore stole second [LeFlore to third (error by Nordhagen)]; Whitaker struck out; Staub grounded out (first to pitcher) [LeFlore scored (unearned)]; Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr walked; Orta doubled to center [Garr scored]; Orta was picked off second but was safe on an error by Wilcox [Orta to third]; Lemon popped to first; Bonds doubled to right [Orta scored]; Lamar Johnson grounded out (first to pitcher) [Bonds to third]; Molinaro walked; Molinaro stole second; Soderholm lined to first; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 2. TIGERS 2ND: Kemp grounded out (pitcher to first); Corcoran flied out to left; May lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen struck out; Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 2. TIGERS 3RD: Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); Trammell grounded out (second to first); LeFlore grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta flied out to center; Lemon struck out; Bonds flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 2. TIGERS 4TH: Whitaker grounded out (third to first); Staub flied out to right; Thompson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: Lamar Johnson made an out to second; Molinaro singled to right; Soderholm forced Molinaro (shortstop to second); Nordhagen made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 2. TIGERS 5TH: Kemp walked; Corcoran popped to first in foul territory; May grounded out (first to second to first) [Kemp to second]; Mankowski grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Pryor struck out; Garr flied out to center; Orta singled to right; Lemon popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 2. TIGERS 6TH: Trammell singled to second; LeFlore was hit by a pitch [Trammell to second]; Whitaker lined to third; Staub grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [LeFlore out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Bonds made an out to third; Lamar Johnson singled to right; Molinaro tripled to right [Lamar Johnson scored]; Soderholm hit a sacrifice fly to left [Molinaro scored]; Nordhagen doubled to center; HILLER REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Pryor popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 4. TIGERS 7TH: Thompson flied out to left; Kemp grounded out (pitcher to first); Corcoran grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 7TH: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta singled to center; Lemon grounded out (pitcher to first) [Orta to second]; Bonds walked; Lamar Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 4. TIGERS 8TH: May grounded out (first unassisted); Mankowski flied out to left; WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR TRAMMELL; Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 8TH: WAGNER REPLACED WOCKENFUSS (PLAYING SS); Molinaro singled to right; Soderholm flied out to left; Nordhagen struck out; Pryor forced Molinaro (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, White Sox 4. TIGERS 9TH: LeFlore walked; Whitaker flied out to center; LeFlore stole second; Staub doubled to left [LeFlore scored]; TORREALBA REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Kemp tripled to center [Staub scored]; Nordhagen allowed a passed ball [Kemp scored (unearned)]; Corcoran grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: Garr made an out to shortstop; Orta flied out to right; Lemon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, White Sox 4. TIGERS 10TH: May singled to center; Mankowski struck out; LAGROW REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); Wagner singled to right [May to third]; LeFlore forced Wagner (shortstop to second) [May scored]; Whitaker singled to center [LeFlore to third]; HINTON REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); Staub homered [LeFlore scored, Whitaker scored]; Thompson flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 8, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 10TH: Bonds flied out to left; Lamar Johnson flied out to left; Molinaro flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 8, White Sox 4.

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