Milwaukee Brewers vs Detroit Tigers
August 26, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Brewers 9, Detroit Tigers 5

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 2b 5 0 0 1
Money 3b 4 2 2 1
Oglivie lf 4 1 2 2
Hisle dh 5 0 1 1
Cooper 1b 5 0 1 0
Lezcano rf 5 1 1 0
Yount ss 5 3 3 0
Thomas cf 3 1 2 1
Martinez c 4 1 2 3
Travers p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 14 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 1 1
Whitaker 2b 5 1 1 0
Staub dh 4 1 2 2
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 1 1 0
Parrish c 4 1 1 2
Wockenfuss rf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 2 0
Trammell ss 3 1 0 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Milwaukee 031 110 0219140
Detroit 021 010 100580
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Travers  W (9-7) 6.0 7 5 5 2 2
  Rodriguez   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  McClure  SV (9) 2.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (14-6) 1.2 3 3 3 3 1
  Tobik   3.0 6 3 3 1 1
  Sykes   3.1 4 2 2 0 3
  Glynn   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1.  2B–Milwaukee Oglivie (19,off Sykes), Detroit Staub (23,off Travers).  3B–Detroit LeFlore (3,off Rodriguez).  HR–Milwaukee Money (9,4th inning off Tobik 0 on, 0 out); Thomas (28,9th inning off Glynn 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Parrish (13,2nd inning off Travers 1 on, 1 out); Staub (20,3rd inning off Travers 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Thomas (2,by Billingham); Trammell (1,by McClure).  HBP–McClure (6,Trammell); Billingham (7,Thomas).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–(none), 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:45.  A–32,103.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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