The Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers, 9 to 6, on April 23, 1978.

Final

Rangers

2-9

6

Tigers

9-2

9

TEX

DET

1

0

2

0

3

1

3

4

0

3

5

1

2

6

1

0

7

2

1

8

0

9

1

R

6

9

H

12

14

E

2

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 3rd

TEX

DET

Triple by John Lowenstein; Bobby Thompson scored.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

TEX

DET

Single by Steve Kemp; Steve Dillard scored.

1

Single by Aurelio Rodriguez; Jason Thompson and Steve Kemp scored.

1

3

Bottom 4th

TEX

DET

Single by Rusty Staub; Error by John Ellis; Ron LeFlore scored.

1

4

Milt May walked; Rusty Staub scored.

1

5

Sacrifice fly by Tim Corcoran; Jason Thompson scored.

1

6

Top 5th

TEX

DET

Sacrifice fly by Bobby Thompson; Al Oliver scored.

2

6

Bottom 5th

TEX

DET

Single by Rusty Staub; Mark Wagner and Ron LeFlore scored.

2

8

Top 6th

TEX

DET

Home run by John Ellis.

3

8

Top 7th

TEX

DET

Double by Richie Zisk; Bobby Thompson scored.

4

8

Single by Mike Jorgensen; Richie Zisk scored.

5

8

Bottom 7th

TEX

DET

Double by Jason Thompson; Rusty Staub scored.

5

9

Top 9th

TEX

DET

John Lowenstein grounded out; Bobby Thompson scored.

6

9

Rangers

Tigers

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Al Oliver LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Thompson CF	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	4
John Lowenstein DH	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4
Richie Zisk RF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
Mike Jorgensen 1B	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	2
Kurt Bevacqua 3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
John Ellis C	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Jim Mason SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Toby Harrah PH,SS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sandy Alomar Sr. 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Hargrove PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bump Wills 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	37	6	12	6	1	3	2	1	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jon Matlack (L)	3.1	7	6	6	4	2
Doc Medich	3.2	7	3	3	2	1
Reggie Cleveland	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	8.0	14	9	9	6	4

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Ron LeFlore CF	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
Steve Dillard 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Rusty Staub DH	4	2	3	3	1	0	0	3
Jason Thompson 1B	4	2	3	1	1	0	0	4
Steve Kemp LF	2	1	1	1	3	1	0	1
Lance Parrish C	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Milt May PH,C	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
Charlie Spikes RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Corcoran PH,RF	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B	5	0	1	2	0	1	0	1
Mark Wagner SS	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	36	9	14	9	6	4	1	15

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Jim Slaton (W)	6.2	9	5	5	3	2	1
Steve Foucault (S)	2.1	3	1	1	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	12	6	6	3	2	1

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More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Greene

RBI

15

Canha

AVG

.298

Urshela

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Skubal

K

36

Flaherty

ERA

1.82

Skubal

Team Rankings

HR

21

27th

R

107

22nd

SO

230

17th

ERA

3.22

5th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	19	8	.704
Royals	17	11	.607	2.5
Tigers	15	12	.556	4.0
Twins	13	13	.500	5.5
White Sox	5	22	.185	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	STL	@	DET	6:40 PM
Tue 4/30	STL	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 5/1	STL	@	DET	1:10 PM
Fri 5/3	DET	@	NYY	7:05 PM

Last Game

Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

Royals

17-11

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.354

Ozuna

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

40

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

25

Kwan

24

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.443

Soto

.434

Bohm

SLG Leaders

.698

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

515.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

393

Betts

347

Cruz

342

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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