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Rangers 6 @ Tigers 9
Tiger Stadium
April 23, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Texas Rangers, played on April 23, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Rangers with a score of 9 to 6.

Game Summary

DateApril 23, 1978 
Visiting Team
Texas Rangers
R: 6 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 9 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 13
Runs: 9
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherJim Slaton  
Losing PitcherJon Matlack  
SaveSteve Foucault  
Game Winning RBIAurelio Rodriguez 

Game Info

DateApril 23, 1978 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamTexas Rangers 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherJon Matlack  
Home Starting PitcherJim Slaton  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 43 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry McCoy
1B: Steve Palermo
2B: Don Denkinger
3B: Dave Phillips

Texas Rangers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Oliver  Left Fielder 
Bobby Thompson  Center Fielder 
John Lowenstein  DH 
Richie Zisk  Right Fielder 
Mike Jorgensen  First Baseman 
Kurt Bevacqua  Third Baseman 
John Ellis  Catcher 
Jim Mason  Shortstop 
Sandy Alomar  Second Baseman 
Billy Hunter  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron LeFlore  Center Fielder 
Steve Dillard  Second Baseman 
Rusty Staub  DH 
Jason Thompson  First Baseman 
Steve Kemp  Left Fielder 
Lance Parrish  Catcher 
Charlie Spikes  Right Fielder 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Mark Wagner  Shortstop 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

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Rangers 6 @ Tigers 9
Tiger Stadium
April 23, 1978

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         Game of 4/23/1978, game 1 -- Texas at Detroit (D)

  Texas              AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Oliver A, lf          4  1  1  0   LeFlore R, cf         6  2  2  0   
Thompson B, cf        3  3  2  1   Dillard S, 2b         4  1  1  0   
Lowenstein J, dh      5  0  2  2   Staub R, dh           4  2  3  3   
Zisk R, rf            4  1  2  1   Thompson J, 1b        4  2  3  1   
Jorgensen M, 1b       4  0  2  1   Kemp S, lf            2  1  1  1   
Bevacqua K, 3b        5  0  1  0   Parrish L, c          2  0  0  0   
Ellis J, c            4  1  1  1   May M, ph-c           2  0  1  1   
Mason J, ss           3  0  0  0   Spikes C, rf          0  0  0  0   
Harrah T, ph-ss       1  0  1  0   Corcoran T, ph-rf     2  0  1  1   
Alomar S, 2b          2  0  0  0   Rodriguez A, 3b       5  0  1  2   
Hargrove M, ph        1  0  0  0   Wagner M, ss          5  1  1  0   
Wills B, 2b           1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  6 12  6                        36  9 14  9

Texas            001 011 201 --  6
Detroit          003 320 10x --  9

  Texas                IP  H  R ER BB SO
Matlack J (L)         3.1  7  6  6  4  2
Medich D              3.2  7  3  3  2  1
Cleveland R           1.0  0  0  0  0  1

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Slaton J (W)          6.2  9  5  5  3  2
Foucault S (S)        2.1  3  1  1  0  0

E -- Ellis J, Jorgensen M, Kemp S
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Texas 9, Detroit 13
2B -- Zisk R, Thompson J
3B -- Lowenstein J, Thompson B
HR -- Ellis J
SB -- LeFlore R, Jorgensen M
SH -- Dillard S
SF -- Corcoran T, Thompson B
HBP -- by Matlack J (Spikes C) 2, by Slaton J (Zisk R)
WP -- Slaton J 2
Balk -- Slaton J
PB -- Ellis J
T -- 2:43
A -- 0

    

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