The Detroit Tigers schooled the Texas Rangers, 8 to 2, on August 7, 1979.

1979 Detroit Tigers

Final

TEX

Rangers

58-53

2

DET

Tigers

57-53

8

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

1

0

4

0

3

5

0

0

6

1

1

7

0

0

8

0

4

9

0

R

2

8

H

7

10

E

1

0

Top 3rd

TEX

DET

Rangers

Home run by Buddy Bell.

1

0

Bottom 4th

TEX

DET

Tigers

Single by Steve Kemp; Alan Trammell scored.

1

1

Tigers

Home run by Jerry Morales; Steve Kemp scored.

1

3

Top 6th

TEX

DET

Rangers

Home run by Richie Zisk.

2

3

Bottom 6th

TEX

DET

Tigers

Triple by John Wockenfuss; Alan Trammell scored.

2

4

Bottom 8th

TEX

DET

Tigers

Home run by Jerry Morales; Steve Kemp scored.

2

6

Tigers

Single by Lance Parrish; John Wockenfuss scored.

2

7

Tigers

Single by Ron LeFlore; Lynn Jones scored.

2

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Buddy Bell SS 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Al Oliver DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richie Zisk RF 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
Pat Putnam 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
John Ellis C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Sundberg C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Eric Soderholm 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Sample LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Larvell Blanks 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mike Jorgensen PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2 2 2 3 1 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Rajsich (L) 5.2 5 4 4 2 2 1
Sparky Lyle 2.0 4 4 4 1 2 1
Bob Babcock 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 8.0 10 8 8 4 4 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore DH 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Alan Trammell SS 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1
Steve Kemp LF 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jerry Morales RF 4 2 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 8
John Wockenfuss C,1B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Lynn Jones CF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Tom Brookens 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ed Putman 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lance Parrish C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mark Wagner 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Champ Summers PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lou Whitaker 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 10 8 2 4 4 3 1 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Billingham (W) 6.0 5 2 2 1 2 2
Aurelio Lopez (S) 3.0 2 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 7 2 2 2 3 2

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More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

3

Carpenter

Kerry Carpenter

RBI

9

Canha

Mark Canha

AVG

.304

Urshela

Gio Urshela

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Miller

Shelby Miller

K

26

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

ERA

1.42

Faedo

Alex Faedo

Team Rankings

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HR

14

28th

R

71

23rd

SO

164

16th

ERA

3.11

4th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
13 6 .684
Royals Royals
12 7 .632 1.0
Tigers Tigers
10 9 .526 3.0
Twins Twins
6 11 .353 6.0
White Sox White Sox
3 15 .167 9.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Tue
4/23
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

10-9

7

Final

9

TEX Rangers

11-9

Thu 18 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
Wed
4/17
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
0-5
Wed
4/17
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
1-2
Wed
4/17
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
5-4
Wed
4/17
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
9-7
Tue
4/16
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
1-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
4/19
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
HOU HOU
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM