The Detroit Tigers lost to the Texas Rangers, 8 to 2, on April 7, 1979.

1979 Detroit Tigers

Final

1

2

0

2

0

1

3

0

0

4

0

1

5

2

0

6

1

0

7

3

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

8

2

H

8

7

E

4

2

Top 1st

TEX

DET

Rangers

Home run by Johnny Grubb; Bump Wills scored.

2

0

Bottom 2nd

TEX

DET

Tigers

Single by Phil Mankowski; Error by Richie Zisk; Jerry Morales scored.

2

1

Bottom 4th

TEX

DET

Tigers

Home run by Steve Kemp.

2

2

Top 5th

TEX

DET

Rangers

Johnny Grubb fly ball; Error by Ron LeFlore; Bump Wills scored.

3

2

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Al Oliver; Johnny Grubb scored.

4

2

Top 6th

TEX

DET

Rangers

Single by Jim Sundberg; Buddy Bell scored.

5

2

Top 7th

TEX

DET

Rangers

Single by Al Oliver; Bump Wills scored.

6

2

Rangers

Double by Pat Putnam; Al Oliver and Buddy Bell scored.

8

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bump Wills 2B 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Johnny Grubb LF,RF 5 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Al Oliver CF 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richie Zisk RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Sample LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Buddy Bell 3B 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Oscar Gamble DH 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Ellis PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Putnam PH 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jim Sundberg C 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Jorgensen 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nelson Norman SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 8 7 1 4 3 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Fergie Jenkins (W) 9.0 7 2 2 2 5 1
Totals 9.0 7 2 2 2 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lou Whitaker 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jason Thompson 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Steve Kemp LF 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Jerry Morales RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Lance Parrish C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Phil Mankowski 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tim Corcoran DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Alan Trammell SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dan Gonzales PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2 1 2 5 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Rozema (L) 5.1 4 5 2 2 1 1
Sheldon Burnside 1.1 2 3 3 1 0 0
Aurelio Lopez 2.1 2 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 9.0 8 8 5 4 3 1

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More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

8

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

16

Greene

Riley Greene

AVG

.302

Pérez

Wenceel Pérez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

50

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

1.72

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

Team Rankings

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HR

29

21st

R

131

19th

SO

290

10th

ERA

3.17

5th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
20 12 .625
Royals Royals
20 13 .606 0.5
Twins Twins
19 13 .594 1.0
Tigers Tigers
18 15 .545 2.5
White Sox White Sox
6 26 .188 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
5/5
DET DET
@
NYY NYY
1:35 PM
Mon
5/6
DET DET
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Tue
5/7
DET DET
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Wed
5/8
DET DET
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Fri
5/10
HOU HOU
@
DET DET
6:40 PM

Last Game

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NYY Yankees

22-13

5

Final

3

DET Tigers

18-15

Sat 4 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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
Fri
5/3
MIL MIL
@
CHC CHC
5-6
Fri
5/3
DET DET
@
NYY NYY
3-5
Fri
5/3
BOS BOS
@
MIN MIN
1-3
Thu
5/2
MIA MIA
@
OAK OAK
1-3
Thu
5/2
SDP SDP
@
ARI ARI
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
5/4
CWS CWS
@
STL STL
2:15 PM
Sat
5/4
COL COL
@
PIT PIT
4:05 PM
Sat
5/4
TOR TOR
@
WSH WSH
4:05 PM
Sat
5/4
MIA MIA
@
OAK OAK
4:07 PM
Sat
5/4
SFG SFG
@
PHI PHI
6:05 PM