Jim Palmer notched his 47th career shutout as the Orioles won the second game of a doubleheader, 1-0, after the Tigers won the opener, 3-2. In the lidlifter, the score was 2-2 going into the top of the ninth when the Tigers began their winning rally with a single by Milt May. Steve Dillard, running for May, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Tim Corcoran and scored on a single up the middle by Aurelio Rodriguez.

The only run of the nightcap came on a solo round-tripper by Andres Mora, his first homer of the season. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 3, Baltimore Orioles 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Wednesday, May 24, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Tigers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 12 1 Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 6 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .275 Harlow cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .323 Whitaker 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .355 Belanger ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .245 Staub dh 4 1 2 0 0 0 .288 May ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Thompson 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .312 Garcia ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Kemp lf 2 0 1 1 2 1 .293 Kelly lf 2 1 1 1 1 0 .341 May c 4 0 3 0 0 0 .358 Singleton rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .323 Dillard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .211 Lopez pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Parrish c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Murray 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Corcoran rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .232 DeCinces 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .258 Mankowski 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .270 Crowley dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .313 Rodriguez 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .308 Mora ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Trammell ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Dauer 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Slaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Skaggs c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .094 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hendricks ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 12 2 3 7 Totals 31 2 6 2 3 4 Time of Game: 2:29 Left on Base: Tigers 8, Orioles 6 DP: Tigers 2, Orioles 2 Errors: Whitaker Doubles: May (4), DeCinces (9), Harlow (11), Kelly (2) Stolen Bases: Whitaker (4) Caught Stealing: Kemp (2) Sacrifice Hits: Corcoran (1), Kelly (2) GIDP: Corcoran (4), May (4), Dauer (1), Singleton (2) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Slaton 7.2 5 2 2 3 2 0 30 4.85 Hiller W(4-1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 2.41 Totals 9 6 2 2 3 4 0 35 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Martinez L(3-3) 8.1 12 3 3 2 7 0 35 4.73 Stanhouse 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.98 Totals 9 12 3 3 3 7 0 38 Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Whitaker lined to first; Staub singled; Thompson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow walked; Belanger reached on an error by Whitaker [Harlow to second, Belanger to first]; Kelly out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harlow to third, Belanger to second]; Singleton struck out; Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Orioles 0. TIGERS 2ND: Kemp walked; May singled to center [Kemp to second]; Corcoran grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kemp to third, May out at second]; Mankowski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); Crowley singled to center; Dauer grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Crowley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Orioles 0. TIGERS 3RD: Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore struck out; Whitaker grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Skaggs flied out to right; Harlow grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Orioles 0. TIGERS 4TH: Staub singled to right; Thompson singled [Staub to second]; Kemp walked [Staub to third, Thompson to second]; May grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Staub scored (no RBI), Thompson to third, Kemp out at second]; Corcoran grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Kelly flied out to center; Singleton flied out to center; Murray popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Orioles 0. TIGERS 5TH: Mankowski was called out on strikes; Trammell was called out on strikes; LeFlore singled to right; Whitaker was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball to second [LeFlore out at second (second unassisted)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces doubled to left; Crowley flied out to center [DeCinces to third]; Dauer flied out to left; Skaggs grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Orioles 0. TIGERS 6TH: Staub flied out to center; Thompson singled; Kemp struck out; May doubled [Thompson to third]; Corcoran flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Harlow grounded out (second to first); Belanger walked; Kelly walked [Belanger to second]; Singleton grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kelly out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Orioles 0. TIGERS 7TH: Mankowski flied out to center; Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 7TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MANKOWSKI (PLAYING 3B); Murray made an out to shortstop; DeCinces singled to left; Crowley flied out to center; Dauer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Orioles 0. TIGERS 8TH: Whitaker singled to left; Whitaker stole second; Staub made an out to second; Thompson flied out to center; Kemp singled to left [Whitaker scored]; Kemp was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 8TH: HENDRICKS BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Hendricks made an out to shortstop; Harlow doubled to center; MAY BATTED FOR BELANGER; May grounded out (second to first) [Harlow to third]; Kelly doubled to left [Harlow scored]; HILLER REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); Singleton singled [Kelly scored]; LOPEZ RAN FOR SINGLETON; Murray struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Orioles 2. TIGERS 9TH: GARCIA REPLACED MAY (PLAYING SS); LOPEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HENDRICKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); May singled to left; DILLARD RAN FOR MAY; Corcoran out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Dillard to second]; Rodriguez singled to center [Dillard scored]; STANHOUSE REPLACED D. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Trammell grounded out (third to first) [Rodriguez to second]; LeFlore walked; Whitaker forced LeFlore (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 9TH: PARRISH REPLACED DILLARD (PLAYING C ); DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); MORA BATTED FOR CROWLEY; Mora struck out; Dauer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Orioles 2.

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