Backing the five-hit pitching of Milt Wilcox with a 15-hit attack, the Tigers ripped the A's, 11-2. A's starter Steve Renko gave up a single to Steve Kemp, the first of six straight Tiger hits in the sixth inning, before departing. The Tigers scored four runs in the sixth and added five more in the seventh. Ron LeFlore and Alan Trammell drove in two runs apiece for the Tigers, who also scored on each of the A's three errors. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 11, Oakland Athletics 2

Game Played on Tuesday, July 25, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

A's 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 5 3 Tigers 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 0 x - 11 15 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .284 LeFlore cf 3 1 1 2 2 1 .290 Adams ph,2b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 Whitaker 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .302 Dilone rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Staub dh 4 0 1 1 1 0 .294 Murphy ph,rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .188 Thompson 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .296 Page lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .292 Kemp lf 5 2 2 1 0 1 .270 Revering 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .266 May c 4 2 2 0 1 1 .262 Gross 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Corcoran rf 5 2 4 2 0 0 .256 Horton dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Mankowski 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .293 Burke ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Rodriguez 3b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .259 Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Trammell ss 3 0 1 2 0 0 .267 Picciolo ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .219 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Duncan 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Armas ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Wallis cf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .300 Newman c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Essian ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Renko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCatty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 5 2 2 4 Totals 36 11 15 10 5 3 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 17,723 Left on Base: A's 5, Tigers 8 DP: A's 0, Tigers 0 Errors: Guerrero, Wallis, Newman Doubles: Page (18), Murphy (2), Corcoran 2 (9), Kemp (11) Home Runs: Wallis (6) Stolen Bases: Dilone (32), LeFlore (40) Sacrifice Flies: Thompson (4), Trammell (2) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Renko L(4-5) 5 5 3 3 3 3 0 23 2.99 Broberg 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 4.50 Sosa 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.93 McCatty 2 5 5 2 2 0 0 14 4.50 Totals 8 15 11 8 5 3 0 43 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilcox W(7-8) 9 5 2 2 2 4 1 34 3.55 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 4 1 34 Wild Pitches: McCatty (1), Wilcox (3) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards flied out to center; Dilone flied out to center; Page doubled to center; Wilcox threw a wild pitch [Page to third]; Revering grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied out to right; Whitaker flied out to left; Staub walked; Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Horton flied out to right; Guerrero lined to second; Duncan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Kemp struck out; May grounded out (second to first); Corcoran doubled to right; Mankowski flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Wallis was called out on strikes; Newman struck out; Edwards grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Trammell flied out to left; LeFlore walked; LeFlore was picked off first but was safe on an error by Newman [LeFlore to third]; Whitaker walked; Staub singled to right [LeFlore scored, Whitaker to third]; Thompson hit a sacrifice fly to left [Whitaker scored, Staub to second]; Kemp flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Dilone grounded out (second to first); Page made an out to third; Revering grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 2. TIGERS 4TH: May struck out; Corcoran doubled to right; Mankowski made an out to shortstop; Trammell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Horton flied out to left; Guerrero flied out to center; Duncan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 2. TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore struck out; Whitaker singled; Staub made an out to shortstop; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Wallis homered; Newman flied out to right; Edwards flied out to right; Dilone singled; Dilone stole second; Page walked; Revering grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 6TH: GROSS REPLACED REVERING (PLAYING 1B); Kemp doubled to right; BROBERG REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); May singled [Kemp to third]; Corcoran singled [Kemp scored, May to second]; Mankowski singled [May to third, Corcoran to second]; SOSA REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Trammell singled [May scored, Corcoran to third, Mankowski to second]; LeFlore singled to center [Corcoran scored, Mankowski scored, Trammell out at third (center to third)]; LeFlore stole second; LeFlore was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); Whitaker grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 6. ATHLETICS 7TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MANKOWSKI (PLAYING 3B); Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 6. TIGERS 7TH: MCCATTY REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Staub made an out to second; Thompson singled; McCatty threw a wild pitch [Thompson to second]; Kemp singled to left [Thompson scored]; May singled to right [Kemp to third]; Corcoran singled [Kemp scored, May to second]; Rodriguez reached on a fielder's choice [May scored (unearned) (no RBI), Corcoran to third (error by Guerrero)]; Trammell hit a sacrifice fly to center [Corcoran scored (unearned), Rodriguez to second (error by Wallis)]; LeFlore walked; Whitaker singled to center [Rodriguez scored (unearned), LeFlore to third]; Staub lined to right; 5 R (2 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 11. ATHLETICS 8TH: Wallis grounded out (first unassisted); ESSIAN BATTED FOR NEWMAN; Essian grounded out (pitcher to first); ADAMS BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Adams walked; MURPHY BATTED FOR DILONE; Murphy doubled [Adams scored]; Page grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 11. TIGERS 8TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PICCIOLO REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING SS); ESSIAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Kemp grounded out (second to first); May walked; Corcoran flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 11. ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross flied out to center; BURKE BATTED FOR HORTON; Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo singled; ARMAS BATTED FOR DUNCAN; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 11.

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