Game Lineups and Play Information

Back Home

Lineups and Summary (back to top)

Tigers 3 @ Rangers 4
Arlington Stadium
July 9, 1978

(No Comments)

The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 9, 1978 at Arlington Stadium. The home team Rangers beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJuly 9, 1978 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 3 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Texas Rangers
R: 4 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 12
Runs: 4
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherJim Umbarger  
Losing PitcherJim Slaton  
Save 
Game Winning RBIJim Mason 

Game Info

DateJuly 9, 1978 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamTexas Rangers 
Visiting Starting PitcherSteve Baker  
Home Starting PitcherFergie Jenkins  
BallparkArlington Stadium 
CityArlington 
StateTX 
Attendance15,770 
Time of Game3 hours 40 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Durwood Merrill
1B: Lou DiMuro
2B: Jim Evans
3B: Nestor Chylak

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron LeFlore  Center Fielder 
Lou Whitaker  Second Baseman 
Rusty Staub  DH 
Jason Thompson  First Baseman 
Steve Kemp  Left Fielder 
Milt May  Catcher 
Phil Mankowski  Third Baseman 
Tim Corcoran  Right Fielder 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

Texas Rangers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Bonds  Right Fielder 
Bump Wills  Second Baseman 
Jim Sundberg  Catcher 
Mike Hargrove  First Baseman 
Mike Jorgensen  Left Fielder 
Toby Harrah  Third Baseman 
John Ellis  DH 
Bert Campaneris  Shortstop 
Bobby Thompson  Center Fielder 
Billy Hunter  Manager 

Comments about Game Info - Detroit Tigers at Texas Rangers - July 9, 1978 - — Add your comment

No comments yet. Be the first!

Add your comment…

will not be visible to others


All Plays in Game (back to top)

Tigers 3 @ Rangers 4
Arlington Stadium
July 9, 1978

Top 1


Bottom 1


Top 2


Bottom 2


Top 3


Bottom 3


Top 4


Bottom 4


Top 5


Bottom 5


Top 6


Bottom 6


Top 7


Bottom 7


Top 8


Bottom 8


Top 9


Bottom 9


Top 10


Bottom 10


Top 11


Bottom 11


Top 12


Bottom 12


Top 13


Bottom 13


Audio Play-by-Play (back to top)

Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.

If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".

If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.

Download MP3 version


Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/9/1978 -- Detroit at Texas (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Texas              AB  R  H RBI
LeFlore R, cf         6  0  1  0   Bonds B, rf           5  0  2  0   
Whitaker L, 2b        5  0  1  0   Wills B, 2b           6  0  0  0   
Staub R, dh           5  0  1  0   Sundberg J, c         5  0  0  0   
Dillard S, pr         0  0  0  0   Hargrove M, 1b        4  2  1  0   
Wockenfuss J, ph      1  0  0  0   Jorgensen M, lf-cf    2  1  0  0   
Thompson J, 1b        5  1  0  0   Harrah T, 3b          4  0  0  0   
Kemp S, lf            5  1  1  2   Ellis J, dh           3  0  1  2   
May M, c              5  1  2  1   Alomar S, pr          0  0  0  0   
Mankowski P, 3b       4  0  1  0   Putnam P, ph          1  0  0  0   
Rodriguez A, ph-3b    1  0  0  0   Bevacqua K, ph        0  0  0  0   
Corcoran T, rf        5  0  3  0   Campaneris B, ss      3  0  0  0   
Trammell A, ss        3  0  1  0   Lowenstein J, ph      0  0  0  0   
                                   Mason J, ss           1  0  1  1   
                                   Thompson B, cf        3  1  1  0   
                                   Zisk R, lf            2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  3 11  3                        39  4  6  3

Detroit          000 200 100 000 0 --  3
Texas            001 200 000 000 1 --  4
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Baker S               3.1  3  3  2  4  0
Slaton J (L)*         8.2  2  1  1  5  7
Hiller J              0.1  0  0  0  2  0
Foucault S            0.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Texas                IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jenkins F            10.0  9  3  3  1  6
Umbarger J (W)        3.0  2  0  0  1  3
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 13th

DP -- Detroit 1, Texas 2
LOB -- Detroit 7, Texas 12
2B -- Corcoran T
HR -- Kemp S, May M
SB -- Bonds B
CS -- LeFlore R
SH -- Trammell A, Harrah T, Whitaker L, Campaneris B, Jorgensen M
PB -- May M
T -- 3:40
A -- 15770

    

More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score