Rangers @ Tigers
August 8, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 9 14 0
Tigers 4 9 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 9 14 0
Tigers 4 9 0

Lou Whitaker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .297
OBP .750 .350
At Bats 2 333
Hits 1 99
• Singles 1 85
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 2 30
RBI’s 0 34

Doc Medich Season Stats

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5 6 1
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Tiger Stadium - August 8, 1978
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Out
Doc Medich
Jim Sundberg
Mike Jorgensen
Bump Wills
Kurt Bevacqua
Toby Harrah
Richie Zisk
Juan Beniquez
Bobby Bonds
Lou Whitaker
Ron LeFlore

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 9 14 0 9
Detroit Tigers 4 9 0 7
Winning Pitcher Paul Mirabella
Losing Pitcher Dave Rozema
Save Doc Medich
Game Winning RBI Bump Wills
Attendance 20,951
Time of Game 2 hours 56 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Whitaker hits a fly ball into left field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 LeFlore hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. LeFlore reaches second base with a double. May scores.
Bottom 9 Milt May pinch hits for Alan Trammell. May hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. May reaches second base with a double. Parrish scores.
Bottom 9 Corcoran hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Rodriguez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Kurt Bevacqua now playing third base. Parrish hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Beniquez. Parrish reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Glynn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Beniquez hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Corcoran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bevacqua moves to third.
Top 9 Kurt Bevacqua pinch hits for John Lowenstein. Bevacqua hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kemp. Bevacqua reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Zisk hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bonds hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Whitaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Corcoran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sundberg is called out on strikes.
Top 8 There goes Jorgensen. The throw from Parrish and he is safe. Jorgensen steals second.
Top 8 Wills is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Tim Corcoran now playing right field. Jorgensen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 LeFlore strikes out.
Bottom 7 Trammell hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tim Corcoran pinch hits for Mickey Stanley. Corcoran hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Corcoran for the out.
Top 7 Ed Glynn now pitching. Harrah hits a fly ball into right field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Beniquez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stanley. Beniquez reaches second base with a double. Zisk scores. Lowenstein moves to third.
Top 7 Lowenstein takes first base on ball four. Zisk moves to second.
Top 7 Zisk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sundberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Wills bunts towards the mound. Morris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Rodriguez hits a line drive towards short. Harrah reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowenstein fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Doc Medich now pitching. Kemp hits a fly ball into left field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jorgensen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Harrah is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. LeFlore scores. Whitaker moves to third.
Bottom 5 Whitaker takes first base on ball four. LeFlore moves to second.
Bottom 5 LeFlore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Trammell strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mike Jorgensen now playing first base. Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lowenstein hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to home to get Oliver. Bonds moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Bonds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kemp. Bonds reaches second base with a double. Wills scores. Sundberg scores. Oliver moves to third.
Top 5 Oliver is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez has Jorgensen trapped. There's the throw to Parrish and back to Rodriguez, who tags Jorgensen for the out. Wills moves to third. Sundberg moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Jack Morris now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Jorgensen moves to third. Wills moves to second.
Top 5 Mike Jorgensen pinch runs for Mike Hargrove. Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Beniquez scores. Harrah scores. Jorgensen moves to second.
Top 5 Hargrove bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Beniquez moves to third. Harrah moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Harrah takes first base on ball four. Beniquez moves to second.
Top 5 Beniquez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Parrish hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kemp hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lowenstein settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lowenstein is called out on strikes.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Oliver scores.
Top 4 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Oliver moves to third.
Top 4 Bonds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Oliver moves to second.
Top 4 Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mirabella fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Staub hits a popup towards short. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Whitaker is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 LeFlore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Trammell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Trammell takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 There go the runners. The throw from Parrish to Whitaker covering second. The throw back to home, and Hargrove is out at the plate. Wills moves to second.
Top 3 Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hargrove moves to third.
Top 3 Hargrove hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 2 Parrish hits a fly ball into left field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rozema fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lowenstein hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lowenstein for the out.
Top 2 Zisk hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kemp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Beniquez throws the ball in to Harrah who tags Kemp trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Whitaker scores. Staub moves to third.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a popup towards third. Lowenstein settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whitaker moves to third.
Bottom 1 Whitaker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Oliver takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sundberg for the out. Wills moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Wills. The throw from Parrish and he is safe. Wills steals second.
Top 1 Wills bunts towards third. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hargrove for the out.