Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
May 25, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1978 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 1, Baltimore Orioles 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 0 0
Wagner ss 4 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 0 2 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 0 1 0
Wockenfuss rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 1 1 1
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Dillard 2b 3 0 2 0
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 3 1 1 1
Smith 2b 4 0 3 0
Kelly lf 2 0 1 0
  Mora ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
  Lopez pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
May dh 3 1 2 1
Dempsey c 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
Dauer 3b 3 0 1 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 9 2
Detroit 000 000 100160
Baltimore 001 000 01x290
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Baker   6.1 8 1 1 3 6
  Hiller  L (4-2) 1.2 1 1 1 1 3
Totals
8.0
9
2
2
4
9
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (4-3) 9.0 6 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 3, Baltimore 1.  PB–Parrish (3).  2B–Detroit Staub (8,off McGregor), Baltimore Smith (5,off Baker).  HR–Detroit Parrish (5,7th inning off McGregor 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Harlow (3,3rd inning off Baker 0 on, 2 out); May (9,8th inning off Hiller 0 on, 2 out).  SB–May (1,2nd base off Baker/Parrish); Kelly (2,2nd base off Baker/Parrish).  CS–Lopez (2,2nd base by Hiller/Parrish).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:13.  A–5,109.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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