Superb relief pitching by John Hiller enabled the Tigers to preserve a 4-3 victory over the Brewers. With the Tigers ahead, 4-3, in the eighth inning, Hiller came on with runners on first and third and one out to strike out Cecil Cooper and get Sal Bando on a fly to left.

Bando hit a two-run homer and the Brewers led, 3-1, going into the bottom of the fifth when the Tigers staged the winning rally. Singles by Phil Mankowski, Alan Trammell, Ron LeFlore and Lou Whitaker tied the score with one out before a fly to center by Rusty Staub gave the Tigers their third straight victory. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3

Game Played on Thursday, June 1, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Brewers 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 0 Tigers 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 x - 4 9 2 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 LeFlore cf 3 1 1 2 0 0 .275 Money dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .239 Whitaker 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .327 Cooper 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .315 Staub dh 3 0 0 1 0 0 .298 Bando 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .271 Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Oglivie lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Kemp lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Lezcano rf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .297 May c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Davis cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .246 Corcoran rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .260 Yount ss 2 0 0 1 0 0 .290 Mankowski 3b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .288 Martinez c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .209 Rodriguez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Hisle ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Trammell ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .274 Moore c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 Slaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sorensen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 5 3 2 5 Totals 29 4 9 4 0 1 Time of Game: 1:51 Attendance: 11,614 Left on Base: Brewers 4, Tigers 4 DP: Brewers 0, Tigers 0 Errors: May, Mankowski Doubles: Davis (3) Triples: Molitor (1) Home Runs: Bando (6) Stolen Bases: Davis (2) Caught Stealing: Whitaker (4) Sacrifice Hits: Trammell (1) Sacrifice Flies: Yount (1), LeFlore (2), Staub (2) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sorensen L(6-4) 8 9 4 4 0 1 0 32 3.67 Totals 8 9 4 4 0 1 0 32 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Slaton W(5-2) 7.1 5 3 3 2 3 1 29 4.81 Hiller SV(6) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2.53 Totals 9 5 3 3 2 5 1 34 Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Nestor Chylak BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (third to first); Money made an out to shortstop; On a bunt Cooper singled to third [Cooper to second (error by Mankowski)]; Bando homered [Cooper scored]; Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker struck out; Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano walked; Davis singled to center [Lezcano to third]; Yount hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lezcano scored]; Davis stole second [Davis to third (error by May)]; Martinez struck out; Molitor grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Thompson flied out to left; Kemp grounded out (shortstop to first); May grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Money flied out to center; Cooper made an out to third; Bando grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Corcoran singled to left; Mankowski singled to right [Corcoran to second]; Trammell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Corcoran to third, Mankowski to second]; LeFlore hit a sacrifice fly to right [Corcoran scored, Mankowski to third]; Whitaker flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 1. BREWERS 4TH: Oglivie popped to first in foul territory; Lezcano struck out; Davis doubled to left; Yount grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Staub flied out to center; Thompson singled to right; Kemp lined to center; May flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 1. BREWERS 5TH: Martinez grounded out (third to first); Molitor grounded out (second to first); Money flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Corcoran flied out to left; Mankowski singled to center; Trammell singled to right [Mankowski to third]; LeFlore singled to left [Mankowski scored, Trammell to second]; Whitaker singled to left [Trammell scored, LeFlore to third (on throw to home), Whitaker to second (on throw to home)]; Staub hit a sacrifice fly to center [LeFlore scored, Whitaker to third]; Thompson flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. BREWERS 6TH: Cooper struck out; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. TIGERS 6TH: Kemp singled to center; May forced Kemp (third to shortstop); Corcoran flied out to left; Mankowski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. BREWERS 7TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MANKOWSKI (PLAYING 3B); Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. TIGERS 7TH: Trammell flied out to center; LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker singled to right; Whitaker was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. BREWERS 8TH: HISLE BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Molitor tripled to right; Money walked; HILLER REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); Cooper struck out; Bando flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. TIGERS 8TH: MOORE REPLACED HISLE (PLAYING C ); Staub grounded out (second to first); Thompson flied out to left; Kemp grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4. BREWERS 9TH: Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Lezcano was called out on strikes; Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 4.

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