The Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers, 3 to 2, on August 9, 1979.

1979 Detroit Tigers

Final

TEX

Rangers

59-55

2

DET

Tigers

59-54

3

1

1

0

2

1

0

3

0

1

4

0

1

5

0

1

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

2

3

H

11

6

E

1

1

Top 1st

TEX

DET

Rangers

Single by Richie Zisk; Mickey Rivers scored.

1

0

Top 2nd

TEX

DET

Rangers

Home run by Eric Soderholm.

2

0

Bottom 3rd

TEX

DET

Tigers

Sacrifice fly by Alan Trammell; Lynn Jones scored.

2

1

Bottom 4th

TEX

DET

Tigers

Home run by Champ Summers.

2

2

Bottom 5th

TEX

DET

Tigers

Double by Steve Kemp; Alan Trammell scored.

2

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Buddy Bell SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2
Al Oliver LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richie Zisk RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
John Ellis DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Eric Soderholm 3B 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Pat Putnam 1B 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bill Sample PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Jorgensen PH,1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Sundberg C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Larvell Blanks 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 11 2 1 2 5 1 1 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Doc Medich (L) 4.0 6 3 3 3 3 1
Jim Kern 4.0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Totals 8.0 6 3 3 4 8 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Lou Whitaker 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alan Trammell SS 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Kemp LF 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Jason Thompson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Champ Summers DH 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 4
Jerry Morales RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Lance Parrish C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Tom Brookens 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
Lynn Jones CF 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Totals 29 3 6 3 1 4 8 2 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Chris (W) 5.0 8 2 2 2 4 1
Aurelio Lopez (S) 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 11 2 2 2 5 1

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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
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
Tue
4/16
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
2-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/18
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
9:45 PM
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