The Detroit Tigers couldn't pull it off against the Toronto Blue Jays, 5 to 4, on April 21, 1979.

1979 Detroit Tigers

Final

TOR

Blue Jays

5-8

5

DET

Tigers

5-5

4

TOR

DET

1

1

0

2

0

1

3

0

0

4

1

0

5

2

0

6

0

1

7

1

1

8

0

0

9

0

1

R

5

4

H

7

9

E

1

1

Top 1st

TOR

DET

Blue Jays

Single by John Mayberry; Alfredo Griffin scored.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

TOR

DET

Tigers

Triple by Ron LeFlore; Aurelio Rodriguez scored.

1

1

Top 4th

TOR

DET

Blue Jays

Roy Howell grounded out; John Mayberry scored.

2

1

Top 5th

TOR

DET

Blue Jays

Home run by Rick Bosetti; Rick Cerone scored.

4

1

Bottom 6th

TOR

DET

Tigers

Single by Dan Gonzales; Tim Corcoran scored.

4

2

Top 7th

TOR

DET

Blue Jays

Double by Rick Bosetti; Bob Bailor scored.

5

2

Bottom 7th

TOR

DET

Tigers

Sacrifice fly by Lou Whitaker; Ron LeFlore scored.

5

3

Bottom 9th

TOR

DET

Tigers

Single by Lou Whitaker; Dave Machemer scored.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Alfredo Griffin SS 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otto Velez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Gomez SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Bailor RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rick Bosetti CF 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 6
Rico Carty DH 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
John Mayberry 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Al Woods LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Roy Howell 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
Dave McKay 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rick Cerone C 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5 1 6 4 0 1 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Phil Huffman (W) 6.0 5 2 2 4 1 0
Dave Freisleben (S) 3.0 4 2 1 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 4 3 5 2 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore DH 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Lou Whitaker 2B 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Morales CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Kemp LF 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Tim Corcoran 1B 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lance Parrish C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dan Gonzales RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Phil Mankowski PH,3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Wagner SS 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jason Thompson PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Machemer PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4 0 5 2 1 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Billingham (L) 4.2 4 4 3 3 2 1
Steve Baker 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 0
Sheldon Burnside 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Bruce Taylor 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 5 4 6 4 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

9

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

17

Greene

Riley Greene

AVG

.298

Urshela

Gio Urshela

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

56

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

1.90

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

Team Rankings

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HR

32

21st

R

149

20th

SO

325

8th

ERA

3.28

6th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
24 13 .649
Royals Royals
22 16 .579 2.5
Twins Twins
20 15 .571 3.0
Tigers Tigers
19 18 .514 5.0
White Sox White Sox
8 28 .222 15.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/10
HOU HOU
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Sat
5/11
HOU HOU
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
5/12
HOU HOU
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
5/13
MIA MIA
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
5/14
MIA MIA
@
DET DET
6:40 PM

Last Game

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CLE Guardians

24-13

5

Final

4

DET Tigers

19-18

Wed 8 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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11

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

10

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

10

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

RBI Leaders

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34

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

32

Bohm

Alec Bohm

31

Perez

Salvador Perez

Batting Average Leaders

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.355

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.353

Kwan

Steven Kwan

.346

Betts

Mookie Betts

Hit Leaders

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54

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

53

Betts

Mookie Betts

49

Arraez

Luis Arraez

Run Leaders

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36

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

32

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

32

Betts

Mookie Betts

OBP Leaders

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.451

Betts

Mookie Betts

.432

Soto

Juan Soto

.425

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.678

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.625

O'Neill

Tyler O'Neill

.598

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

SB Leaders

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19

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

14

Turang

Brice Turang

14

Caballero

José Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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6

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

6

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

5

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

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63

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

63

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

60

Cease

Dylan Cease

ERA Leaders

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1.08

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.53

López

Reynaldo López

1.64

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

WHIP Leaders

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0.72

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.75

Cease

Dylan Cease

0.77

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K/9 Leaders

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12.00

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

11.73

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

11.64

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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10.40

Jones

Jared Jones

10.25

Kirby

George Kirby

9.75

Eflin

Zach Eflin

Walk Leaders

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4

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Eflin

Zach Eflin

5

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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619.9

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

586.9

Betts

Mookie Betts

566.2

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

DraftKings Points Leaders

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475

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

447

Betts

Mookie Betts

437

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
5/7
MIL MIL
@
KCR KCR
4-6
Tue
5/7
MIA MIA
@
LAD LAD
1-3
Tue
5/7
DET DET
@
CLE CLE
4-5
Tue
5/7
LAA LAA
@
PIT PIT
5-4
Tue
5/7
SDP SDP
@
CHC CHC
3-0

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
5/8
ARI ARI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Wed
5/8
BAL BAL
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Wed
5/8
CWS CWS
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Wed
5/8
HOU HOU
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Wed
5/8
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
7:07 PM