The Detroit Tigers were defeated by 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

5

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

14

Canha

Mark Canha

AVG

.298

Urshela

Gio Urshela

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

36

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

1.82

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

Team Rankings

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HR

20

27th

R

101

21st

SO

228

15th

ERA

3.19

4th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 8 .692
Royals Royals
17 10 .630 1.5
Tigers Tigers
14 12 .538 4.0
Twins Twins
12 13 .480 5.5
White Sox White Sox
4 22 .154 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
4/30
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Wed
5/1
STL STL
@
DET DET
1:10 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

KCR Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 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
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM