A five-run explosion in the second inning carried the A's to their fourth straight victory, 6-3 over the Tigers. Singles by Jeff Newman and Mike Edwards and a walk to Tony Armas loaded the bases with one out. A single by Taylor Duncan drove home two runs and Mitchell Page followed with a three-run circuit clout to climax the rally. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 3

Game Played on Tuesday, July 18, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Tigers 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 2 A's 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 x - 6 11 3 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .291 Wallis cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .294 Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0 1 2 .295 Duncan 3b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .252 Staub dh 5 1 2 2 0 0 .298 Gross 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Thompson 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .293 Page lf 4 1 1 3 0 1 .293 Kemp lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Burke lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 May c 3 0 0 0 2 0 .265 Horton dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .255 Corcoran rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Revering 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .275 Mankowski 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .301 Dilone pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Rodriguez ph,3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Essian c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Trammell ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .275 Guerrero ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .285 Rozema p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Newman c,1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .260 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edwards 2b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .273 Armas rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .230 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 3 12 3 3 4 Totals 34 6 11 6 3 5 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 3,023 Left on Base: Tigers 12, A's 8 DP: Tigers 0, A's 0 Errors: May 2, Guerrero, Edwards, Lacey Home Runs: Staub (13), Page (10) Stolen Bases: Dilone (29), Edwards (12) Sacrifice Hits: Guerrero (11) Sacrifice Flies: Thompson (3) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rozema L(4-5) 7 10 6 6 3 3 1 34 3.09 Foucault 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.83 Totals 8 11 6 6 3 5 1 38 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(2-7) 5 7 3 3 2 3 1 24 3.14 Lacey SV(4) 4 5 0 0 1 1 0 18 2.89 Totals 9 12 3 3 3 4 1 42 Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dave Phillips TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Whitaker struck out; Staub singled; Thompson singled [Staub to second]; Kemp grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis singled; Duncan grounded out (first unassisted) [Wallis to second]; Page was called out on strikes; Horton walked; Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. TIGERS 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); Corcoran flied out to center; Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero flied out to right; Newman singled; Edwards singled [Newman to second]; Armas walked [Newman to third, Edwards to second]; Wallis flied out to center; Duncan singled to left [Newman scored, Edwards scored, Armas to third]; Page homered [Armas scored, Duncan scored]; Horton struck out; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 5. TIGERS 3RD: Trammell singled; LeFlore singled [Trammell to second]; Whitaker singled [Trammell to third, LeFlore to second]; Staub flied out to left; Thompson hit a sacrifice fly to left [Trammell scored]; Kemp forced Whitaker (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 3RD: Revering grounded out (first unassisted); Guerrero singled; Newman singled to right [Guerrero to third]; Edwards singled [Guerrero scored, Newman to second]; Armas struck out; Wallis lined to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 6. TIGERS 4TH: May walked; Corcoran grounded out (second to first) [May to second]; Mankowski singled [May to third]; Trammell struck out; LeFlore reached on a fielder's choice [May out at home (pitcher to catcher), Mankowski to second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 6. ATHLETICS 4TH: Duncan grounded out (third to first); Page grounded out (second to first); Horton lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Athletics 6. TIGERS 5TH: Whitaker walked; Staub homered [Whitaker scored]; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Kemp flied out to right; May flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 6. ATHLETICS 5TH: Revering singled; Guerrero out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Revering to second]; Newman grounded out (shortstop to first) [Revering to third]; Edwards made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 6. TIGERS 6TH: LACEY REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Corcoran singled [Corcoran to second (error by Edwards)]; RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR MANKOWSKI; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Trammell singled [Corcoran stayed at second]; LeFlore forced Trammell (shortstop unassisted) [Corcoran to third]; Whitaker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 6. ATHLETICS 6TH: RODRIGUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Armas grounded out (third to first); Wallis flied out to left; Duncan walked; Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 6. TIGERS 7TH: BURKE REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); Staub grounded out (second to first); Thompson made an out to shortstop; Kemp singled; May walked [Kemp to second]; Corcoran grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 6. ATHLETICS 7TH: Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); Revering singled; DILONE RAN FOR REVERING; Dilone stole second [Dilone to third (error by May)]; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Newman flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 6. TIGERS 8TH: ESSIAN REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING C ); NEWMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); GROSS REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 3B); Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore singled [LeFlore to second (error by Guerrero)]; LeFlore was picked off second but was safe on an error by Lacey [LeFlore to third]; Whitaker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 6. ATHLETICS 8TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED ROZEMA (PITCHING); Edwards singled; Edwards stole second [Edwards to third (error by May)]; Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Wallis was called out on strikes; Gross struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 6. TIGERS 9TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Thompson singled; Kemp flied out to center; May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Athletics 6.

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