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Brewers 9 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
August 26, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Milwaukee Brewers, played on August 26, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Brewers with a score of 9 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 26, 1978 
Visiting Team
Milwaukee Brewers
R: 9 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 9
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherBill Travers  
Losing PitcherJack Billingham  
SaveBob McClure  
Game Winning RBIBuck Martinez 

Game Info

DateAugust 26, 1978 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMilwaukee Brewers 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Travers  
Home Starting PitcherJack Billingham  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance32,103 
Time of Game2 hours 45 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Mike Reilly
1B: Ron Luciano
2B: (none)
3B: Ken Kaiser

Milwaukee Brewers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Paul Molitor  Second Baseman 
Don Money  Third Baseman 
Ben Oglivie  Left Fielder 
Larry Hisle  DH 
Cecil Cooper  First Baseman 
Sixto Lezcano  Right Fielder 
Robin Yount  Shortstop 
Gorman Thomas  Center Fielder 
Buck Martinez  Catcher 
George Bamberger  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron LeFlore  Center Fielder 
Lou Whitaker  Second Baseman 
Rusty Staub  DH 
Jason Thompson  First Baseman 
Steve Kemp  Left Fielder 
Lance Parrish  Catcher 
John Wockenfuss  Right Fielder 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

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Brewers 9 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
August 26, 1978

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/26/1978 -- Milwaukee at Detroit (D)

  Milwaukee          AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Molitor P, 2b         5  0  0  1   LeFlore R, cf         4  0  1  1   
Money D, 3b           4  2  2  1   Whitaker L, 2b        5  1  1  0   
Oglivie B, lf         4  1  2  2   Staub R, dh           4  1  2  2   
Hisle L, dh           5  0  1  1   Thompson J, 1b        3  0  0  0   
Cooper C, 1b          5  0  1  0   Kemp S, lf            3  1  1  0   
Lezcano S, rf         5  1  1  0   Parrish L, c          4  1  1  2   
Yount R, ss           5  3  3  0   Wockenfuss J, rf      4  0  0  0   
Thomas G, cf          3  1  2  1   Rodriguez A, 3b       4  0  2  0   
Martinez B, c         4  1  2  3   Trammell A, ss        3  1  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40  9 14  9                        34  5  8  5

Milwaukee        031 110 021 --  9
Detroit          021 010 100 --  5

  Milwaukee            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Travers B (W)*        6.0  7  5  5  2  2
Rodriguez E           0.1  1  0  0  0  0
McClure B (S)         2.2  0  0  0  1  2

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Billingham J (L)      1.2  3  3  3  3  1
Tobik D               3.0  6  3  3  1  1
Sykes B               3.1  4  2  2  0  3
Glynn E               1.0  1  1  1  0  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th

DP -- Milwaukee 1
LOB -- Milwaukee 9, Detroit 6
2B -- Staub R, Oglivie B
3B -- LeFlore R
HR -- Parrish L, Staub R, Money D, Thomas G
HBP -- by Billingham J (Thomas G), by McClure B (Trammell A)
T -- 2:45
A -- 32103

    

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