The A's sent 12 men to bat in the ninth inning and scored seven runs to defeat the Tigers, 10-4. Gary Alexander and Gary Thomasson homered for the A's and Lance Parrish rapped a two-run blow for the Tigers, who were leading, 4-3, going into the final frame.

Alexander ignited the A's outburst with a double for his fourth hit of the game. Jeff Newman singled and Thomasson doubled, driving in Alexander to tie the score. After an intentional pass to Bill North, second baseman Lou Whitaker dropped a pop fly by Steve Staggs and Newman scored to put the A's in front. Their other runs counted on singles by Mario Guerrero, Dave Revering, Dwayne Murphy and Newman. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 10, Detroit Tigers 4

Game Played on Friday, May 12, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

A's 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 - 10 16 2 Tigers 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 4 10 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .239 LeFlore cf 5 0 1 0 0 4 .295 Edwards 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Wagner ss 5 0 2 1 0 0 .236 Tabb ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Staub dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .294 Staggs pr,2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .381 Thompson 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .302 Page lf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .284 Kemp lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .325 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wockenfuss rf 2 1 0 0 0 0 .381 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Corcoran ph,rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .176 Guerrero ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .313 Parrish c 2 1 1 2 0 0 .204 Revering 1b 5 1 1 2 0 3 .286 May ph,c 1 0 0 1 0 0 .373 Gross 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .344 Perez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mankowski ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Alexander dh 4 2 4 1 0 0 .265 Dillard 2b 2 1 2 0 0 0 .194 Murphy pr,dh,lf 1 1 1 1 0 0 .077 Whitaker ph,2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .316 Essian c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .209 Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dilone pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Newman c 2 1 2 1 0 0 .273 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thomasson rf 3 2 2 2 1 0 .141 Crawford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 10 16 9 3 7 Totals 35 4 10 4 4 5 Time of Game: 3:06 Attendance: 18,367 Left on Base: A's 8, Tigers 9 DP: A's 1, Tigers 1 Errors: Staggs, Gross, Parrish, Whitaker Doubles: Alexander 2 (4), Thomasson (1) Home Runs: Thomasson (3), Alexander (9), Parrish (2) Stolen Bases: Page (2) Caught Stealing: Dillard (1) Sacrifice Hits: Thomasson (1), Guerrero (6) Sacrifice Flies: May (1) GIDP: Revering (1), Rodriguez (2) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson 4.2 7 3 1 0 3 1 20 1.28 Lacey 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2.31 Heaverlo 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 2.36 Sosa W(4-0) 1.2 2 0 0 2 1 0 10 0.71 Coleman 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 10 4 2 4 5 1 40 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Billingham 6 7 3 3 2 6 2 26 3.53 Hiller L(3-1) 2 5 4 4 1 1 0 11 3.38 Foucault 0.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 3.48 Crawford 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 4.35 Totals 9 16 10 7* 3 7 2 45 Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Marty Springstead ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Page singled to center; Page stole second [Page to third (error by Parrish)]; Guerrero grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Wagner grounded out (third to first); Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering struck out; Gross popped to third; Alexander doubled to left; Essian flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Thompson flied out to center; Kemp flied out to left; Wockenfuss reached on an error by Gross; Parrish homered (unearned) [Wockenfuss scored (unearned)]; Rodriguez popped to third in foul territory; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Thomasson homered; North flied out to center; Edwards struck out; Page struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 3RD: Dillard singled to center; LeFlore struck out; Dillard was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Wagner singled to left; Staub struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero flied out to left; Revering struck out; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 4TH: Thompson singled to right; Kemp flied out to left [Thompson to second]; Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first) [Thompson to third]; Parrish popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Alexander singled to center; Essian grounded out (third to first) [Alexander to second]; Thomasson walked; North struck out; TABB BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Tabb singled to center [Alexander scored, Thomasson to third]; STAGGS RAN FOR TABB; Page grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 2. TIGERS 5TH: STAGGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Rodriguez popped to shortstop; Dillard singled to center; LeFlore singled to center [Dillard to third]; Wagner singled to center [Dillard scored, LeFlore out at third (center to third)]; LACEY REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Guerrero singled to right; Revering grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Guerrero out at second]; Gross struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3. TIGERS 6TH: Thompson singled to center; Kemp walked [Thompson to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); CORCORAN BATTED FOR WOCKENFUSS; Corcoran walked [Thompson to third, Kemp to second]; MAY BATTED FOR PARRISH; May hit a sacrifice fly to center [Thompson scored]; Rodriguez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Corcoran out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 4. ATHLETICS 7TH: CORCORAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Alexander homered; Essian walked; DILONE RAN FOR ESSIAN; HILLER REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Thomasson out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Dilone to second]; North lined to right; Staggs singled to shortstop [Dilone out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 4. TIGERS 7TH: NEWMAN REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING C ); WHITAKER BATTED FOR DILLARD; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); LeFlore was called out on strikes; Wagner grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 4. ATHLETICS 8TH: WHITAKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Page singled to left; Guerrero out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Page to second]; Revering was called out on strikes; Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 4. TIGERS 8TH: SOSA REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Staub grounded out (pitcher to first); Thompson reached on an error by Staggs [Thompson to second]; Kemp was walked intentionally; Corcoran flied out to center; May lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Tigers 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: Alexander doubled to left; MURPHY RAN FOR ALEXANDER; Newman singled to left [Murphy to third]; Thomasson doubled to right [Murphy scored, Newman to third]; North was walked intentionally; FOUCAULT REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Staggs reached on an error by Whitaker [Newman scored (no RBI), Thomasson to third, North to second]; Page flied out to left; Guerrero singled to center [Thomasson scored, North to third, Staggs to second]; CRAWFORD REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); Revering singled to right [North scored, Staggs scored (unearned), Guerrero to second]; Gross grounded out (first unassisted) [Guerrero to third, Revering to second]; Murphy singled to center [Guerrero scored (unearned), Revering to third]; Newman singled to center [Revering scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Murphy to third]; Thomasson popped to shortstop; 7 R (5 ER), 7 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 10, Tigers 4. TIGERS 9TH: SOSA REPLACED PAGE (PITCHING); MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PEREZ REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 3B); MANKOWSKI BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Mankowski singled to right; Whitaker singled to left [Mankowski to second]; LeFlore was called out on strikes; Wagner flied out to center; Staub walked [Mankowski to third, Whitaker to second]; COLEMAN REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 10, Tigers 4.

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