With Milt Wilcox tossing a five-hitter, the Tigers extended the A's scoreless streak to 20 innings in applying a 4-0 whitewash. The Tigers' Trammell hit his first major league homer in the third inning and Jason Thompson blasted a two-run shot in the sixth. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 4, Oakland Athletics 0

Game Played on Sunday, May 7, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Tigers 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 8 0 A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 2 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 4 1 2 0 0 2 .301 North cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .265 Mankowski 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .237 Edwards 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Staub dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 .312 Tabb ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thompson 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .299 Staggs 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Kemp lf 4 0 3 0 0 1 .333 Page lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .291 May c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .380 Alexander dh 4 0 0 0 0 3 .244 Corcoran rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .180 Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .320 Trammell ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 .341 Revering 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Dillard 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .161 Perez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Essian c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .210 Dilone rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .211 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 4 8 3 1 7 Totals 32 0 5 0 1 7 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 16,239 Left on Base: Tigers 3, A's 6 DP: Tigers 0, A's 3 Errors: Guerrero, Revering Doubles: Guerrero (2) Home Runs: Trammell (1), Thompson (7) Stolen Bases: LeFlore (12) Sacrifice Hits: Mankowski (2) GIDP: Thompson (2), May (2), Corcoran (3) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilcox W(2-1) 9 5 0 0 1 7 0 33 3.72 Totals 9 5 0 0 1 7 0 33 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough L(2-1) 6 5 4 3 1 7 2 23 2.41 Coleman 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 Totals 9 8 4 3 1 7 2 34 Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled; LeFlore stole second [LeFlore to third (error by Guerrero)]; Mankowski struck out; Staub reached on an error by Revering [LeFlore scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Thompson grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Staub out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (first unassisted); Edwards was called out on strikes; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 0. TIGERS 2ND: Kemp singled; May grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Kemp out at second]; Corcoran struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Alexander struck out; Guerrero doubled to center; Revering grounded out (second to first) [Guerrero to third]; Perez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 0. TIGERS 3RD: Trammell homered; Dillard flied out to center; LeFlore struck out; Mankowski struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian struck out; Dilone flied out to left; North grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 0. TIGERS 4TH: Staub flied out to left; Thompson popped to third; Kemp singled to right; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Edwards flied out to right; Page struck out (catcher to first); Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 0. TIGERS 5TH: Corcoran flied out to center; Trammell lined to second; Dillard grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero flied out to right; Revering singled to left; Perez flied out to right; Essian popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 0. TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore struck out; Mankowski grounded out (pitcher to first); Staub walked; Thompson homered [Staub scored]; Kemp struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Dilone popped to second; North walked; TABB BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Tabb flied out to left; Page popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. TIGERS 7TH: STAGGS REPLACED TABB (PLAYING 2B); COLEMAN REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); May flied out to left; Corcoran flied out to center; Trammell singled to center; Dillard forced Trammell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Alexander struck out; Guerrero popped to second; Revering popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. TIGERS 8TH: LeFlore singled to left; Mankowski out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [LeFlore to second]; Staub grounded out (second to first) [LeFlore to third]; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: Perez flied out to right; Essian flied out to right; Dilone singled to left; North singled to center [Dilone to third]; Staggs flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. TIGERS 9TH: Kemp singled to left; May forced Kemp (second to shortstop); Corcoran grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [May out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: Page singled to center; Alexander flied out to right; Guerrero flied out to left; Revering popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Athletics 0.

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