Breaking loose with one of their biggest offensive displays in many years, the Tigers piled up 23 hits and defeated the Rangers, 12-7. Alan Trammell rapped five hits in six trips and Ron LeFlore had four in five times at bat. Rusty Staub drove in four runs. There were no homers in the Tigers' attack, while the Rangers' 12 hits included round-trippers by Bobby Bonds and John Lowenstein.

The Detroit club record for most hits in a game was set September 29, 1928, when the Tigers collected 28 against the Yankees. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 12, Texas Rangers 7

Game Played on Friday, July 7, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Tigers 3 0 0 1 4 2 0 2 0 - 12 23 1 Rangers 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 - 7 12 1 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 5 3 4 1 1 0 .277 Bonds rf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .254 Whitaker 2b 5 1 2 2 1 1 .317 Wills 2b 5 3 3 1 0 1 .230 Staub dh 5 1 3 4 1 0 .298 Sundberg c 4 0 2 2 0 0 .314 Thompson 1b 5 0 0 2 1 1 .297 Alomar pr,ss 1 0 1 1 0 0 .231 Kemp lf 4 0 2 0 2 0 .282 Zisk lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .277 May c 5 1 2 0 0 0 .268 Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Mankowski 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Rodriguez ph,3b 6 1 2 0 0 0 .270 Harrah 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .215 Corcoran rf 6 3 3 1 0 0 .248 Lowenstein dh 4 1 2 2 0 0 .255 Trammell ss 6 2 5 2 0 1 .273 Campaneris ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .215 Rozema p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mason ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Ellis c 1 1 1 0 0 0 .220 Thompson cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 D. Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 47 12 23 12 6 3 Totals 38 7 12 7 2 5 Time of Game: 3:08 Attendance: 21,069 Left on Base: Tigers 15, Rangers 6 DP: Tigers 1, Rangers 1 Errors: Trammell, Bonds Doubles: LeFlore (14), Rodriguez (10), Trammell (6), Wills 2 (8), Sundberg (12), J. Ellis (2) Triples: Staub (1), Wills (3) Home Runs: Bonds (13), Lowenstein (3) Stolen Bases: LeFlore (30), Harrah (22) Sacrifice Hits: May (2) GIDP: Harrah (4) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rozema W(4-4) 8 9 5 5 2 4 2 34 2.54 Hiller 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 6 2.52 Totals 9 12 7 7 2 5 2 40 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Ellis L(7-4) 0.1 3 3 3 2 0 0 6 3.69 Lindblad 4.1 9 4 4 0 3 0 21 3.55 Cleveland 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 4 3.00 Barker 0.2 4 2 2 0 0 0 6 3.42 Umbarger 2.2 5 2 2 1 0 0 14 4.63 Comer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.93 Totals 9 23 12 12 6 3 0 54 Wild Pitches: D. Ellis (3), Barker 2 (4) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Lou DiMuro TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore doubled to center; D. Ellis threw a wild pitch [LeFlore to third]; Whitaker walked; Staub tripled to right [LeFlore scored, Whitaker scored]; Thompson grounded out (second to first) [Staub scored]; Kemp walked; May singled to center [Kemp to second]; LINDBLAD REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR MANKOWSKI; Rodriguez singled to left [Kemp to third, May to second]; Corcoran hit into a double play to right [Kemp out at home (right to catcher)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: RODRIGUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Bonds struck out; Wills struck out; Sundberg lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Trammell singled to shortstop; LeFlore singled to right [Trammell to second]; Whitaker was called out on strikes; Staub forced LeFlore (first to shortstop) [Trammell to third]; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove grounded out (second to pitcher); Harrah walked; Harrah stole second; Lowenstein singled to right [Harrah scored]; Campaneris singled to left [Lowenstein out at home (left to second to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 1. TIGERS 3RD: On a bunt Kemp singled to second; May out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Kemp to second]; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Corcoran flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Thompson struck out; Bonds popped to catcher in foul territory; Wills doubled to left; Sundberg doubled to left [Wills scored]; Zisk walked; Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 2. TIGERS 4TH: Trammell was called out on strikes; LeFlore singled to shortstop; LeFlore stole second; Whitaker grounded out (third to first); Staub singled to right [LeFlore scored, Staub to second (error by Bonds)]; Thompson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Rangers 2. RANGERS 4TH: Harrah reached on an error by Trammell; Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted) [Harrah to second]; Campaneris flied out to left; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Rangers 2. TIGERS 5TH: Kemp grounded out (pitcher to first); May grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez doubled to left; Corcoran singled to right [Rodriguez scored]; Trammell singled to left [Corcoran to second]; CLEVELAND REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); LeFlore walked [Corcoran to third, Trammell to second]; Whitaker singled to left [Corcoran scored, Trammell scored, LeFlore to third]; Staub walked [Whitaker to second]; Thompson walked [LeFlore scored, Whitaker to third, Staub to second]; BARKER REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Kemp grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 8, Rangers 2. RANGERS 5TH: Bonds flied out to center; Wills flied out to left; Sundberg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 8, Rangers 2. TIGERS 6TH: May singled to right; Rodriguez flied out to center; Corcoran singled to shortstop [May to second]; Barker threw a wild pitch [May to third, Corcoran to second]; Trammell singled to center [May scored, Corcoran scored]; LeFlore singled to right [Trammell to second]; Barker threw a wild pitch [Trammell to third, LeFlore to second]; UMBARGER REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Staub flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 10, Rangers 2. RANGERS 6TH: Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove grounded out (second to pitcher); Harrah flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 10, Rangers 2. TIGERS 7TH: MASON REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); Thompson grounded out (second to first); Kemp singled to center; May grounded out (first unassisted) [Kemp to second]; Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 10, Rangers 2. RANGERS 7TH: Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); Mason struck out; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 10, Rangers 2. TIGERS 8TH: Corcoran singled to center; Trammell doubled to left [Corcoran to third]; LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first) [Corcoran scored]; Whitaker singled to left [Trammell to third]; Staub singled to right [Trammell scored, Whitaker to third]; Thompson flied out to left; Kemp walked [Staub to second]; May popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 12, Rangers 2. RANGERS 8TH: Bonds homered; Wills tripled to center; Sundberg singled to center [Wills scored]; ALOMAR RAN FOR SUNDBERG; Zisk flied out to right; Hargrove singled to right [Alomar to second]; JORGENSEN RAN FOR HARGROVE; Harrah grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Jorgensen out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 12, Rangers 4. TIGERS 9TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); J. ELLIS REPLACED MASON (PLAYING C ); JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); COMER REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Corcoran flied out to left; Trammell singled to center [Trammell out at second (center to first)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 12, Rangers 4. RANGERS 9TH: Lowenstein homered; HILLER REPLACED ROZEMA (PITCHING); J. Ellis doubled to left; Thompson flied out to left; Bonds struck out; Wills doubled to left [J. Ellis scored]; Alomar singled to left [Wills scored]; Zisk flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 12, Rangers 7.

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