The Tigers clawed the Angels, 7-4, sending lefty Frank Tanana down to his first defeat of the season. Errors by Angel shortstop Rance Mulliniks and third baseman Dave Chalk opened the door to three unearned Tiger runs in the third inning.

Recovering from those errors, Tanana retired 11 straight batters until the Tigers loaded the bases in the seventh on a single by John Wockenfuss, double by Lance Parrish and walk to Aurelio Rodriguez. Steve Dillard and Ron LeFlore then smashed doubles to send Tanana to the showers. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 7, California Angels 4

Game Played on Wednesday, May 3, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Tigers 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 7 8 1 Angels 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 7 2 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 5 0 1 2 0 3 .293 R. Miller rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .237 Wagner ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .244 Rudi ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Staub dh 3 0 1 2 1 1 .313 Mulliniks ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .310 Bostock cf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .157 Kemp lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .303 Fairly 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Wockenfuss rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .417 Baylor dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .280 Corcoran rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .195 Landreaux lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .226 Parrish c 4 2 1 0 0 0 .225 Grich 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .207 Rodriguez 3b 3 2 1 0 1 0 .392 Chalk 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .291 Dillard 2b 4 2 1 2 0 0 .149 Humphrey c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Slaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hampton c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Jackson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Tanana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hartzell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 7 8 6 2 8 Totals 34 4 7 4 2 2 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 19,462 Left on Base: Tigers 3, Angels 6 DP: Tigers 1, Angels 2 Errors: Wagner, Mulliniks, Chalk Doubles: Staub (3), Parrish (4), Dillard (1), LeFlore (4), R. Miller (4) Triples: Landreaux (1) GIDP: Wockenfuss (1), Parrish (2), Mulliniks (3) Hit by Pitch: Mulliniks (1,by Slaton) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Slaton W(3-1) 8.1 7 4 4 1 2 0 34 5.12 Hiller SV(2) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1.47 Totals 9 7 4 4 2 2 0 37 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tanana L(5-1) 6.1 7 7 4 1 7 0 28 2.89 LaRoche 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 1.23 Hartzell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.82 Totals 9 8 7 4 2 8 0 37 Hit by Pitch: Slaton (3) Wild Pitches: Slaton 2 (6) Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jim McKean TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Wagner popped to first; Staub struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller struck out; Mulliniks flied out to left; Bostock grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 0. TIGERS 2ND: Thompson singled to left; Kemp struck out; Wockenfuss grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); Baylor grounded out (second to first); Landreaux flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 0. TIGERS 3RD: Parrish reached on an error by Mulliniks; Rodriguez singled to center [Parrish to third, Rodriguez to second (on throw to 3b)]; Dillard reached on a fielder's choice [Parrish scored (error by Chalk) (unearned), Rodriguez to third]; LeFlore struck out; Wagner struck out; Staub doubled to right [Rodriguez scored (unearned), Dillard scored (unearned)]; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Grich grounded out (third to first); Chalk singled to center; Humphrey popped to shortstop; R. Miller doubled to left [Chalk to third]; Mulliniks was hit by a pitch; Bostock singled to right [Chalk scored, R. Miller scored, Mulliniks to third]; Fairly popped to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 2. TIGERS 4TH: Kemp grounded out (second to first); Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first); Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 2. ANGELS 4TH: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Landreaux flied out to center; Grich flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 2. TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez flied out to left; Dillard popped to second; LeFlore struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 2. ANGELS 5TH: Chalk grounded out (third to first); Humphrey singled to center; Slaton threw a wild pitch [Humphrey to second]; R. Miller walked; Mulliniks popped to shortstop; Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 2. TIGERS 6TH: Wagner grounded out (third to first); Staub grounded out (first unassisted); Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 2. ANGELS 6TH: Fairly popped to second; Baylor popped to shortstop; Landreaux was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Angels 2. TIGERS 7TH: Kemp was called out on strikes; Wockenfuss singled to left; Parrish doubled to left [Wockenfuss to third]; Rodriguez was walked intentionally; Dillard doubled to left [Wockenfuss scored, Parrish scored, Rodriguez to third]; LeFlore doubled to left [Rodriguez scored, Dillard scored]; LAROCHE REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING); Wagner was called out on strikes; Staub walked; Thompson flied out to left; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 7, Angels 2. ANGELS 7TH: CORCORAN REPLACED WOCKENFUSS (PLAYING RF); Grich flied out to left; Chalk flied out to center; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR HUMPHREY; Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Angels 2. TIGERS 8TH: HAMPTON REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING C ); Kemp grounded out (shortstop to first); Corcoran singled to left; Parrish grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Corcoran out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Angels 2. ANGELS 8TH: R. Miller reached on an error by Wagner; Mulliniks grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [R. Miller out at second]; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Angels 2. TIGERS 9TH: HARTZELL REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Dillard grounded out (third to first); LeFlore grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Angels 2. ANGELS 9TH: Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); Baylor singled to center; Slaton threw a wild pitch [Baylor to second]; Landreaux tripled to center [Baylor scored]; Grich singled to left [Landreaux scored]; HILLER REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); Chalk walked [Grich to second]; JACKSON BATTED FOR HAMPTON; Jackson flied out to center; RUDI BATTED FOR R. MILLER; Rudi forced Chalk (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 7, Angels 4.

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