The Detroit Tigers couldn't pull it off against the Oakland Athletics, 5 to 4, on September 2, 1979.

1979 Detroit Tigers

Final

DET

Tigers

73-64

4

1

0

0

2

1

0

3

0

0

4

1

0

5

2

0

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

0

3

R

5

4

H

7

10

E

0

1

Top 2nd

OAK

DET

Athletics

Wild pitchSome( by Bruce Robbins); Dave Revering scored.

1

0

Top 4th

OAK

DET

Athletics

Single by Jim Essian; Dave Revering scored.

2

0

Top 5th

OAK

DET

Athletics

Single by Rickey Henderson; Error by Phil Mankowski; Rob Picciolo scored.

3

0

Athletics

Double by Larry Murray; Rickey Henderson scored.

4

0

Bottom 6th

OAK

DET

Tigers

Home run by Steve Kemp.

4

1

Top 8th

OAK

DET

Athletics

Wild pitchSome( by Dave Tobik); Dave Revering scored.

5

1

Bottom 9th

OAK

DET

Tigers

Home run by Alan Trammell; Jerry Morales and Lance Parrish scored.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson CF 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
Larry Murray LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jeff Newman C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Dave Revering DH 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Mike Heath RF 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jim Essian 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mike Edwards 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Gross 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Chalk 2B,3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Picciolo SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 31 5 7 2 0 6 5 0 1 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Langford (W) 9.0 10 4 4 1 2 2
Totals 9.0 10 4 4 1 2 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Lou Whitaker 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Kemp LF 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Champ Summers 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Thompson DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Morales RF 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lance Parrish C 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Phil Mankowski 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alan Trammell SS 4 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 36 4 10 4 2 1 2 0 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bruce Robbins (L) 4.1 6 4 4 3 3 0
Dave Tobik 3.2 1 1 1 3 2 0
Mike Chris 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 5 5 6 5 0

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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

10th

ERA

3.19

4th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 7 .720
Royals Royals
17 10 .630 2.0
Tigers Tigers
14 12 .538 4.5
Twins Twins
11 13 .458 6.5
White Sox White Sox
3 22 .120 15.0

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
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
3-1
Thu
4/25
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
8-0
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM