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Orioles 4 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
September 30, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles, played on September 30, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Orioles with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 30, 1978 
Visiting Team
Baltimore Orioles
R: 4 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherSteve Baker  
Losing PitcherMike Flanagan  
SaveJohn Hiller  
Game Winning RBIJason Thompson 

Game Info

DateSeptember 30, 1978 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBaltimore Orioles 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherMike Flanagan  
Home Starting PitcherJack Morris  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance13,919 
Time of Game2 hours 24 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Deegan
1B: Bill Kunkel
2B: Al Clark
3B: Terry Cooney

Baltimore Orioles Lineup 

Name  Position 
Larry Harlow  Center Fielder 
Rich Dauer  Second Baseman 
Ken Singleton  Right Fielder 
Eddie Murray  First Baseman 
Doug DeCinces  Third Baseman 
Pat Kelly  Left Fielder 
Lee May  DH 
Rick Dempsey  Catcher 
Mark Belanger  Shortstop 
Earl Weaver  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

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

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Orioles 4 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
September 30, 1978

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         Game of 9/30/1978 -- Baltimore at Detroit (D)

  Baltimore          AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Harlow L, cf          4  1  2  2   Whitaker L, 2b        3  1  0  0   
Garcia K, ph-ss       1  0  0  0   Wockenfuss J, rf      4  2  3  1   
Dauer R, 2b           5  0  0  0   Staub R, dh           4  0  1  0   
Singleton K, rf       4  1  3  0   Thompson J, 1b        3  0  0  1   
Lopez C, pr           0  0  0  0   Kemp S, lf            4  1  2  1   
Murray E, 1b          3  0  0  0   Parrish L, c          4  0  1  0   
DeCinces D, 3b        5  1  2  2   Rodriguez A, 3b       4  0  1  1   
Kelly P, lf           4  0  1  0   Stegman D, cf         3  1  1  1   
May L, dh             4  0  1  0   Trammell A, ss        3  0  0  0   
Dempsey R, c          2  1  0  0                                      
Crowley T, ph         1  0  1  0                                      
Dimmel M, pr-cf       0  0  0  0                                      
Belanger M, ss        3  0  0  0                                      
Roenicke G, ph        1  0  0  0                                      
Skaggs D, c           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  4 10  4                        32  5  9  5

Baltimore        011 002 000 --  4
Detroit          110 011 10x --  5

  Baltimore            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Flanagan M (L)        8.0  9  5  5  3  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Morris J              5.0  6  2  1  2  3
Baker S (W)*          2.0  3  2  2  1  3
Hiller J (S)          2.0  1  0  0  2  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Whitaker L, Dauer R
DP -- Baltimore 1
LOB -- Baltimore 11, Detroit 6
2B -- Rodriguez A
HR -- DeCinces D, Stegman D, Wockenfuss J, Harlow L
WP -- Baker S
PB -- Dempsey R
T -- 2:24
A -- 13919

    

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