A bases-loaded single by Jason Thompson in the seventh inning propelled the Tigers to a 5-4 victory over the A's. A two-run homer by Dave Revering put the A's ahead, 3-2, in the sixth inning, but the Tigers went ahead to stay in the seventh.

The winning rally began with a one-out double by Phil Mankowski. After a walk to Alan Trammell, Ron LeFlore hit into a forceout. But an infield single by Lou Whitaker scored one run and Rusty Staub drew a walk to load the bases. Thompson then smashed a hard grounder which deflected off second baseman Mike Edwards' glove into right field. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 5, Oakland Athletics 4

Game Played on Wednesday, July 19, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Tigers 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 - 5 6 0 A's 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 4 6 1 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 4 1 0 1 0 0 .288 Wallis cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .295 Whitaker 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .294 Duncan 3b 2 0 0 1 1 0 .248 Staub dh 3 0 0 0 2 0 .296 Page lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .290 Thompson 1b 4 0 1 2 0 1 .293 Horton dh 3 1 0 0 1 1 .251 Kemp lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Revering 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .274 May c 3 1 0 0 0 0 .261 Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .282 Corcoran rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .253 Newman c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .253 Mankowski 3b 2 1 2 0 1 0 .312 Edwards 2b 4 2 2 1 0 1 .277 Rodriguez ph,3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Burke rf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .248 Trammell ss 2 0 0 1 1 0 .272 Murphy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .178 Slaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Keough 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 32 5 6 5 4 4 Totals 30 4 6 4 4 5 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 5,225 Left on Base: Tigers 7, A's 5 DP: Tigers 0, A's 0 Errors: Guerrero Doubles: Mankowski (5) Home Runs: Revering (12), Edwards (1) Stolen Bases: LeFlore (36), Burke (8) Caught Stealing: Page (12) Sacrifice Hits: Trammell (3), Wallis (2) Sacrifice Flies: LeFlore (3), Duncan (3) Hit by Pitch: May (2,by Keough) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Slaton W(10-6) 9 6 4 4 4 5 2 36 4.13 Totals 9 6 4 4 4 5 2 36 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough L(6-6) 6.2 5 5 3 4 3 0 31 2.62 Lacey 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.84 Heaverlo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.85 Totals 9 6 5 3 4 4 0 39 Hit by Pitch: Keough (1) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore popped to first in foul territory; Whitaker struck out; Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis struck out; Duncan walked; Page made an out to shortstop; Horton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. TIGERS 2ND: Thompson struck out; Kemp grounded out (second to first); May was hit by a pitch; Corcoran struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering grounded out (second to first); Guerrero lined to second; Newman made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. TIGERS 3RD: Mankowski singled; Trammell out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Mankowski to second]; LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards singled; Burke singled [Edwards to second]; Wallis out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Edwards to third, Burke to second]; Duncan hit a sacrifice fly to left [Edwards scored, Burke to third]; Page made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 1. TIGERS 4TH: Staub popped to third in foul territory; Thompson made an out to second; Kemp grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering flied out to left; Guerrero flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Athletics 1. TIGERS 5TH: May reached on an error by Guerrero; Corcoran singled [May to second]; Mankowski walked [May to third, Corcoran to second]; Trammell forced Mankowski (second to shortstop) [May scored (unearned), Corcoran to third]; LeFlore hit a sacrifice fly to center [Corcoran scored (unearned), Trammell to second]; Whitaker popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman struck out; Edwards was called out on strikes; Burke singled; Burke stole second; Wallis flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 1. TIGERS 6TH: Staub walked; Thompson flied out to center; Kemp flied out to left; May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Duncan made an out to first; Page walked; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Horton walked; Revering homered [Horton scored]; Guerrero walked; Newman struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Athletics 3. TIGERS 7TH: Corcoran grounded out (second to first); Mankowski doubled to right; Trammell walked; LeFlore forced Trammell (second to shortstop) [Mankowski to third]; LeFlore stole second; Whitaker singled [Mankowski scored, LeFlore to third]; Staub walked [Whitaker to second]; Thompson singled to right [LeFlore scored, Whitaker scored, Staub to second]; LACEY REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Kemp grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Edwards flied out to center; Burke grounded out (second to first); Wallis singled; Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Athletics 3. TIGERS 8TH: May flied out to right; Corcoran struck out; RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR MANKOWSKI; Rodriguez singled; Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: RODRIGUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton struck out; Revering made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Athletics 3. TIGERS 9TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Guerrero flied out to center; Newman popped to catcher in foul territory; Edwards homered; MURPHY BATTED FOR BURKE; Murphy popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Athletics 4.

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