The Detroit Tigers were decisively beaten by the Boston Red Sox, 8 to 5, on September 29, 1979.

1979 Detroit Tigers

Final

BOS

Red Sox

91-68

8

DET

Tigers

84-76

5

BOS

DET

1

1

1

2

0

1

3

0

1

4

1

0

5

1

0

6

1

1

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

3

1

R

8

5

H

12

7

E

1

2

Top 1st

BOS

DET

Red Sox

Sacrifice fly by Fred Lynn; Rick Burleson scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

BOS

DET

Tigers

Kirk Gibson grounded out; Lou Whitaker scored.

1

1

Bottom 2nd

BOS

DET

Tigers

Home run by Al Greene.

1

2

Bottom 3rd

BOS

DET

Tigers

Home run by Ron LeFlore.

1

3

Top 4th

BOS

DET

Red Sox

Single by Butch Hobson; Jim Rice scored.

2

3

Top 5th

BOS

DET

Red Sox

Double by Rick Burleson; Ted Sizemore scored.

3

3

Top 6th

BOS

DET

Red Sox

Single by Butch Hobson; Errors by Ron LeFlore and Lou Whitaker; Carlton Fisk scored.

4

3

Bottom 6th

BOS

DET

Tigers

Home run by Champ Summers.

4

4

Top 8th

BOS

DET

Red Sox

Sacrifice fly by Carl Yastrzemski; Carlton Fisk scored.

5

4

Top 9th

BOS

DET

Red Sox

Single by Dwight Evans; Tom Poquette scored.

6

4

Red Sox

Home run by Carlton Fisk; Dwight Evans scored.

8

4

Bottom 9th

BOS

DET

Tigers

Home run by Jason Thompson.

8

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rick Burleson SS 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Tom Poquette RF 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Fred Lynn CF 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dwight Evans PR,CF 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Jim Rice LF 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Carlton Fisk DH 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 4
Butch Hobson 3B 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
Jim Dwyer 1B 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Ted Sizemore 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Carl Yastrzemski PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan Papi 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Allenson C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 7 1 5 8 1 2 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Renko (W) 7.1 6 4 3 2 3 3
Dick Drago (S) 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 1
Totals 9.0 7 5 4 2 5 4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore CF 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Lou Whitaker 2B 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kirk Gibson LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Champ Summers RF 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
Jason Thompson 1B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Lance Parrish C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Al Greene DH 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Alan Trammell SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 5 7 5 4 2 5 0 0 21

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dan Petry 5.2 7 4 3 3 6 0
Dave Tobik 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Aurelio Lopez (L) 2.0 4 4 4 1 2 1
Totals 9.0 12 8 7 5 8 1

Explore

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

24th

R

101

20th

SO

218

10th

ERA

3.00

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
17 7 .708
Royals Royals
14 10 .583 3.0
Tigers Tigers
14 11 .560 3.5
Twins Twins
9 13 .409 7.0
White Sox White Sox
3 20 .130 13.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Tue
4/30
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM

Last Game

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TBR Rays

13-13

7

Final

5

DET Tigers

14-11

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

23

Ward

Taylor Ward

22

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.371

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.365

Betts

Mookie Betts

.359

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

38

Betts

Mookie Betts

35

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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26

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.468

Betts

Mookie Betts

.439

Contreras

William Contreras

.433

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.695

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.651

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

4

Garrett

Reed Garrett

Strikeout Leaders

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

39

Jones

Jared Jones

38

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

11.92

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

10.00

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

3

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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441.7

Betts

Mookie Betts

430.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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334

Betts

Mookie Betts

327

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
11-2
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
5-7
Tue
4/23
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
8-0

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
7:40 PM
Wed
4/24
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Wed
4/24
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
7:40 PM
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Wed
4/24
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
8:40 PM