The Detroit Tigers pulled it off against the Oakland Athletics, 8 to 7, on August 30, 1979.

1979 Detroit Tigers

Final

DET

Tigers

73-61

8

1

2

0

2

0

0

3

0

4

4

0

0

5

3

2

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

2

9

1

R

7

8

H

10

9

E

2

0

Top 1st

OAK

DET

Athletics

Double by Dwayne Murphy; Rickey Henderson scored.

1

0

Athletics

Single by Dave Revering; Dwayne Murphy scored.

2

0

Bottom 3rd

OAK

DET

Tigers

Pickoff attempt; Error by Jim Essian; Lynn Jones scored.

2

1

Tigers

Tom Brookens stole second; Error by Dave Revering; Aurelio Rodriguez scored.

2

2

Tigers

Single by Lance Parrish; Tom Brookens and Ron LeFlore scored.

2

4

Top 5th

OAK

DET

Athletics

Single by Larry Murray; Jim Essian scored.

3

4

Athletics

Home run by Dwayne Murphy; Larry Murray scored.

5

4

Bottom 5th

OAK

DET

Tigers

Home run by Jerry Morales; Ron LeFlore scored.

5

6

Top 8th

OAK

DET

Athletics

Single by Dave Revering; Mike Heath scored.

6

6

Bottom 8th

OAK

DET

Tigers

Home run by Jerry Morales.

6

7

Tigers

Double by Lynn Jones; Jason Thompson scored.

6

8

Top 9th

OAK

DET

Athletics

Home run by Wayne Gross.

7

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson LF,CF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larry Murray RF 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mike Heath PH,LF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dwayne Murphy CF,RF 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 6
Dave Revering 1B 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
Mario Guerrero SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mitchell Page DH 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
Wayne Gross 3B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Jim Essian C 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rob Picciolo 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Newman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 7 2 3 2 1 1 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Craig Minetto (L) 7.0 7 7 7 5 6 2
Jim Todd 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0
Totals 8.0 9 8 8 6 7 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Tom Brookens 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
Lou Whitaker PH,2B 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Alan Trammell SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Kemp LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ron LeFlore DH 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
Jerry Morales CF 2 2 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 8
Lance Parrish C 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jason Thompson 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
Lynn Jones RF 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 32 8 9 6 2 6 7 3 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dan Petry 4.2 7 5 5 3 1 1
Pat Underwood 2.2 2 1 1 0 1 0
Dave Tobik (W) 1.2 1 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 10 7 7 3 2 2

Explore

More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

See more

HR

3

Carpenter

Kerry Carpenter

RBI

8

Canha

Mark Canha

AVG

.310

Vierling

Matt Vierling

Team Pitching Leaders

See more

W

3

Miller

Shelby Miller

K

26

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

ERA

1.74

Faedo

Alex Faedo

Team Rankings

See more

HR

14

28th

R

64

27th

SO

157

19th

ERA

2.96

3rd

2024 Division Standings

See more
TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
12 6 .667
Royals Royals
12 7 .632 0.5
Tigers Tigers
10 8 .556 2.0
Twins Twins
6 11 .353 5.5
White Sox White Sox
3 15 .167 9.0

Schedule

See more
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/18
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
4/19
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
8:10 PM
Sat
4/20
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM
Sun
4/21
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM
Mon
4/22
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM

Last Game

See more
DET Tigers

10-8

4

Final

5

TEX Rangers

10-9

Wed 17 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
Tue
4/16
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
1-2
Tue
4/16
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
2-4
Tue
4/16
ATL ATL
@
HOU HOU
5-4
Tue
4/16
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
5-4
Tue
4/16
STL STL
@
OAK OAK
3-6

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/18
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Thu
4/18
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
1:10 PM
Thu
4/18
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
1:35 PM
Thu
4/18
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
7:40 PM
Thu
4/18
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
9:45 PM