A grand slam by Tim Corcoran -- his first home run in 79 games this season -- lifted the Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Rangers. The Tigers trailed, 2-1, going into the bottom of the eighth when Jim Umbarger took over the mound chores for the Rangers. A double by Rusty Staub, single by Jason Thompson and walk to Steve Kemp loaded the sacks before Corcoran slammed an 0-2 pitch into the upper deck in right field. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 5, Texas Rangers 2

Game Played on Wednesday, August 9, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 6 1 Tigers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 x - 5 11 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 2 0 0 2 0 0 .250 LeFlore cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .290 Wills 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .296 Sundberg c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .298 Staub dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .297 Oliver lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .322 Thompson 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .294 Bonds rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .275 Kemp lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .280 Zisk dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .256 May c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .265 Lowenstein 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Corcoran rf 4 1 3 4 0 0 .270 Beniquez cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .267 Mankowski 3b 3 1 2 0 0 1 .311 Harrah ss 2 1 2 0 1 0 .209 Rodriguez ph,3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Trammell ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Young p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 2 6 2 3 4 Totals 34 5 11 5 2 5 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 30,167 Left on Base: Rangers 4, Tigers 7 DP: Rangers 1, Tigers 2 Errors: Lowenstein, Young Doubles: Staub (20) Triples: Rodriguez (2) Home Runs: Corcoran (1) Stolen Bases: Lowenstein 2 (10), Bonds (28), LeFlore (52) Caught Stealing: Bonds (13) Sacrifice Flies: Hargrove 2 (5) GIDP: Zisk (10) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins 7 7 1 1 1 4 0 29 3.43 Umbarger L(4-7) 0.1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 5.07 Cleveland 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.92 Totals 8 11 5 5 2 5 1 36 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Young W(4-1) 9 6 2 1 3 4 0 33 1.42 Totals 9 6 2 1 3 4 0 33 Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Joe Brinkman RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove flied out to center; Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Sundberg made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore reached on an error by Lowenstein; LeFlore stole second; Whitaker struck out; Staub grounded out (first to pitcher) [LeFlore to third]; Thompson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Oliver flied out to center; Bonds struck out; Zisk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Kemp popped to third in foul territory; May singled to right; Corcoran grounded out (first unassisted) [May to second]; Mankowski singled to right [May out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Lowenstein walked; Lowenstein stole second; Beniquez struck out; Lowenstein stole third; Harrah walked; Hargrove hit into a double play to right [Lowenstein out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Trammell struck out; LeFlore struck out; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Sundberg struck out; Oliver grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Thompson grounded out (second to first); Kemp singled to left; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Bonds walked; Bonds stole second; Zisk struck out; Bonds was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Lowenstein grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Corcoran singled to right; Mankowski singled to center [Corcoran to second]; Trammell forced Corcoran (catcher to shortstop) [Mankowski to second]; LeFlore forced Trammell (second to shortstop) [Mankowski to third]; Whitaker singled to center [Mankowski scored, LeFlore to second]; Staub walked [LeFlore to third, Whitaker to second]; Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 0, Tigers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez flied out to center; Harrah singled to center; Harrah was picked off first but was safe on an error by Young [Harrah to third]; Hargrove hit a sacrifice fly to right [Harrah scored (unearned)]; Wills flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: Kemp made an out to shortstop; May grounded out (first to pitcher); Corcoran singled to center; Mankowski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 1. RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg singled to third; Oliver singled to right [Sundberg to second]; Bonds forced Oliver (shortstop to second) [Sundberg to third]; Zisk grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bonds out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 7TH: Trammell flied out to right; LeFlore grounded out (first unassisted); Ron LeFlore tripled but was called out for missing 1B; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Tigers 1. RANGERS 8TH: Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); Beniquez singled to center; Harrah singled to right [Beniquez to third]; Hargrove hit a sacrifice fly to right [Beniquez scored, Harrah to second]; Wills grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 1. TIGERS 8TH: UMBARGER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Staub doubled to center; Thompson singled to left [Staub to third]; Kemp walked [Thompson to second]; May struck out; Corcoran homered [Staub scored, Thompson scored, Kemp scored]; RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR MANKOWSKI; Rodriguez tripled to center; CLEVELAND REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Trammell hit into a double play to right [Rodriguez out at home (right to catcher)]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 5. RANGERS 9TH: RODRIGUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Sundberg flied out to center; Oliver flied out to center; Bonds singled to left; Zisk forced Bonds (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Tigers 5.

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