The Detroit Tigers didn't even show up against the Texas Rangers, 16 to 9, on August 8, 1979.

1979 Detroit Tigers

Final

TEX

Rangers

59-53

16

DET

Tigers

57-54

9

1

4

0

2

0

2

3

2

0

4

0

0

5

3

0

6

5

3

7

1

0

8

1

1

9

0

3

R

16

9

H

17

11

E

2

2

Top 1st

TEX

DET

Rangers

Double by Buddy Bell; Mickey Rivers scored.

1

0

Rangers

Single by Richie Zisk; Buddy Bell scored.

2

0

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by John Ellis; Al Oliver scored.

3

0

Rangers

Home run by Eric Soderholm.

4

0

Bottom 2nd

TEX

DET

Tigers

Double by Lance Parrish; Champ Summers scored.

4

1

Tigers

Sacrifice fly by Aurelio Rodriguez; Jerry Morales scored.

4

2

Top 3rd

TEX

DET

Rangers

Passed ball; Al Oliver scored.

5

2

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Eric Soderholm; Richie Zisk scored.

6

2

Top 5th

TEX

DET

Rangers

Home run by Eric Soderholm; Richie Zisk and Mike Jorgensen scored.

9

2

Top 6th

TEX

DET

Rangers

Home run by Al Oliver.

10

2

Rangers

Wild pitchSome( by John Hiller); Richie Zisk scored.

11

2

Rangers

Double by Jim Sundberg; Mike Jorgensen and Eric Soderholm scored.

13

2

Rangers

Single by Larvell Blanks; Jim Sundberg scored.

14

2

Bottom 6th

TEX

DET

Tigers

Home run by Champ Summers; Steve Kemp and Jason Thompson scored.

14

5

Top 7th

TEX

DET

Rangers

Single by Eric Soderholm; Al Oliver scored.

15

5

Top 8th

TEX

DET

Rangers

Home run by Mickey Rivers.

16

5

Bottom 8th

TEX

DET

Tigers

Home run by Steve Kemp.

16

6

Bottom 9th

TEX

DET

Tigers

Lynn Jones ground ball; Error by Buddy Bell; Al Greene scored.

16

7

Tigers

Double by Champ Summers; Lou Whitaker and Mark Wagner scored.

16

9

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 6 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Fergie Jenkins P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Kern P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Bell SS 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Al Oliver LF 5 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 7
Richie Zisk RF 2 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 2
John Ellis 1B 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mike Jorgensen PR,1B 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Eric Soderholm 3B 4 3 3 6 2 1 0 0 0 9
Jim Sundberg C 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bill Sample DH,CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Larvell Blanks 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 41 16 17 14 4 8 1 0 0 33

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Fergie Jenkins (W) 8.0 10 6 6 3 4 2
Jim Kern 1.0 1 3 0 3 3 0
Totals 9.0 11 9 6 6 7 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Lou Whitaker 2B 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Alan Trammell SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Wagner SS 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Steve Kemp LF 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 5
Jason Thompson 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lynn Jones CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Champ Summers RF,1B 3 2 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 6
Jerry Morales CF,RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Lance Parrish C 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ed Putman C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Greene DH 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 34 9 11 8 2 6 7 0 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Pat Underwood (L) 0.2 4 4 4 1 0 1
Steve Baker 4.0 6 5 4 2 0 1
John Hiller 4.1 7 7 7 5 1 2
Totals 9.0 17 16 15 8 1 4

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More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

13

Carpenter

Kerry Carpenter

AVG

.298

Urshela

Gio Urshela

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

35

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

ERA

1.50

Holton

Tyler Holton

Team Rankings

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HR

20

22nd

R

96

20th

SO

207

16th

ERA

2.82

2nd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
17 6 .739
Tigers Tigers
14 10 .583 3.5
Royals Royals
14 10 .583 3.5
Twins Twins
9 13 .409 7.5
White Sox White Sox
3 20 .130 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
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

Last Game

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TBR Rays

12-13

2

Final

4

DET Tigers

14-10

Tue 23 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
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
8-0
Tue
4/23
ARI ARI
@
STL STL
1-5
Tue
4/23
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
6-5
Mon
4/22
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
4-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Wed
4/24
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Wed
4/24
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM