With rookie Lance Parrish driving in six runs on a grand slam homer and triple, the Tigers posted a 9-6 victory over the Twins. Parrish blasted his first career grand slam off reliever Johnny Sutton in the seventh inning and tripled off starter Geoff Zahn for the Tigers' first two runs in the first frame and scored on a sacrifice fly by Aurelio Rodriguez.

Ron LeFlore stole second in the sixth inning, his 26th straight theft without being caught, tying the A.L. record for consecutive steals, set last year by Mitchell Page of the Oakland A's. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 9, Minnesota Twins 6

Game Played on Monday, August 21, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Tigers 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 - 9 11 0 Twins 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 - 6 14 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 5 2 2 0 0 2 .294 Powell rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .248 Wockenfuss lf 5 2 3 2 0 0 .288 Morales ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .321 Staub dh 4 2 1 0 1 0 .296 Randall 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Parrish c 5 2 2 6 0 0 .224 Smalley ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 .288 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .260 Cubbage 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .293 Stanley 1b 3 0 1 0 2 1 .266 Ford cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .294 Dillard 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 Wynegar c 5 1 2 0 0 0 .251 Corcoran rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .267 Adams dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .254 Trammell ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Norwood lf 4 0 2 3 0 0 .273 Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kusick 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .186 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilfong 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Rivera ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sutton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 9 11 9 4 5 Totals 39 6 14 6 2 2 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 7,419 Left on Base: Tigers 6, Twins 8 DP: Tigers 1, Twins 0 Doubles: Staub (21), Adams 2 (14), Wilfong (6), Ford (30), Powell (15) Triples: Parrish (2) Home Runs: Wockenfuss (3), Parrish (12), Smalley (17) Stolen Bases: LeFlore (57) Caught Stealing: Powell (2) Sacrifice Hits: Trammell (5) Sacrifice Flies: Rodriguez (2) GIDP: Ford (13) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Billingham W(14-5) 7 13 5 5 2 1 0 34 3.55 Hiller 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 2.73 Totals 9 14 6 6 2 2 1 41 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn L(9-12) 6.1 8 7 7 1 4 1 28 3.33 Sutton 0.2 2 2 2 2 0 1 6 4.06 Holly 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 3.78 Totals 9 11 9 9 4 5 2 42 Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Vic Voltaggio TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Wockenfuss singled to center; Staub doubled to left [Wockenfuss to third]; Parrish tripled to right [Wockenfuss scored, Staub scored]; Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Parrish scored]; Stanley struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Powell singled to right; Smalley flied out to center; Powell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Cubbage popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0. TIGERS 2ND: Dillard struck out; Corcoran struck out; Trammell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Ford flied out to left; Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); Adams doubled to right; Norwood grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0. TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Wockenfuss flied out to left; Staub grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Kusick struck out; Wilfong doubled to left; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first) [Wilfong to third]; Smalley walked; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0. TIGERS 4TH: Parrish lined to third; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley walked; Dillard popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Ford singled to left; Wynegar singled to right [Ford to third]; Adams grounded out (second to first) [Ford scored, Wynegar to second]; Norwood grounded out (third to first); Kusick walked; Wilfong flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Twins 1. TIGERS 5TH: Corcoran grounded out (first unassisted); Trammell grounded out (second to first); LeFlore singled to shortstop; Wockenfuss homered [LeFlore scored]; Staub grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Powell grounded out (third to first); Smalley lined to right; Cubbage flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 1. TIGERS 6TH: Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley singled to center; Dillard forced Stanley (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: Ford doubled to left; Wynegar flied out to right [Ford to third]; Adams flied out to left; Norwood singled to right [Ford scored]; Kusick singled to center [Norwood to second]; Wilfong grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Twins 2. TIGERS 7TH: Corcoran singled to right; Trammell out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Corcoran to second]; LeFlore singled to center [Corcoran to third]; SUTTON REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); LeFlore stole second; Wockenfuss grounded out (first unassisted); Staub was walked intentionally; Parrish homered [Corcoran scored, LeFlore scored, Staub scored]; Rodriguez singled to right; Stanley walked [Rodriguez to second]; Dillard forced Stanley (shortstop to second); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 9, Twins 2. TWINS 7TH: Powell doubled to left; Smalley flied out to right [Powell to third]; Cubbage singled to center [Powell scored]; Ford grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cubbage out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 9, Twins 3. TIGERS 8TH: HOLLY REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Corcoran grounded out (shortstop to first); Trammell flied out to right; LeFlore struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 9, Twins 3. TWINS 8TH: Wynegar singled to center; Adams doubled to left [Wynegar to third]; Norwood singled to left [Wynegar scored, Adams scored]; HILLER REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Kusick popped to first in foul territory; RIVERA BATTED FOR WILFONG; Rivera was called out on strikes; MORALES BATTED FOR POWELL; Morales flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 9, Twins 5. TIGERS 9TH: RANDALL REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING 2B); RIVERA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Wockenfuss singled to left; Staub forced Wockenfuss (second to shortstop); Parrish flied out to center; Rodriguez walked [Staub to second]; Stanley flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 9, Twins 5. TWINS 9TH: Smalley homered; Cubbage lined to left; Ford made an out to second; Wynegar flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 9, Twins 6.

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