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White Sox 9 @ Tigers 10
Tiger Stadium
April 17, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox, played on April 17, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting White Sox with a score of 10 to 9.

Game Summary

DateApril 17, 1978 
Visiting Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 9 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 9
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 10 H: 16 E: 2 LOB: 13
Runs: 10
Hits: 16
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherJohn Hiller  
Losing PitcherJim Willoughby  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateApril 17, 1978 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago White Sox 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherWilbur Wood  
Home Starting PitcherMark Fidrych  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance19,841 
Time of Game3 hours 2 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jerry Neudecker
1B: George Maloney
2B: Jim McKean
3B: Greg Kosc

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ralph Garr  Left Fielder 
Chet Lemon  Center Fielder 
Jorge Orta  Second Baseman 
Bobby Bonds  Right Fielder 
Lamar Johnson  First Baseman 
Ron Blomberg  DH 
Eric Soderholm  Third Baseman 
Don Kessinger  Shortstop 
Bill Nahorodny  Catcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron LeFlore  Center Fielder 
Steve Dillard  Second Baseman 
Rusty Staub  DH 
Jason Thompson  First Baseman 
Steve Kemp  Left Fielder 
Charlie Spikes  Right Fielder 
Lance Parrish  Catcher 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Mark Wagner  Shortstop 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

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White Sox 9 @ Tigers 10
Tiger Stadium
April 17, 1978

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/17/1978 -- Chicago at Detroit (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Garr R, lf            4  2  0  0   LeFlore R, cf         5  2  3  2   
Lemon C, cf           4  2  3  1   Dillard S, 2b         3  1  0  0   
Orta J, 2b            4  1  1  1   Whitaker L, ph-2b     2  0  2  1   
Bonds B, rf           5  3  3  1   Staub R, dh           5  1  1  4   
Johnson L, 1b         5  0  3  4   Thompson J, 1b        3  0  0  0   
Blomberg R, dh        3  0  1  1   Kemp S, lf            3  1  2  0   
Bannister A, ph       2  0  0  0   Spikes C, rf          4  0  0  0   
Soderholm E, 3b       5  0  1  0   May M, ph             1  0  0  0   
Kessinger D, ss       2  0  0  0   Wockenfuss J, rf      0  0  0  0   
Eden M, ss            1  0  0  0   Parrish L, c          4  1  1  0   
Nahorodny B, c        2  1  0  0   Rodriguez A, 3b       5  2  4  1   
                                   Wagner M, ss          3  1  2  1   
                                   Mankowski P, ph       1  1  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  9 12  8                        39 10 16  9

Chicago          200 040 210 --  9
Detroit          000 041 104 -- 10
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wood W                4.1  8  4  4  2  0
Torrealba P           2.1  2  2  2  4  2
LaGrow L              0.2  1  0  0  1  0
Hinton R*             0.0  0  0  0  1  0
Willoughby J (L)+     0.2  4  4  3  0  0
Schueler R            0.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Fidrych M             4.0  6  2  2  0  0
Wilcox M#             2.0  3  5  5  3  1
Hiller J (W)          3.0  3  2  1  1  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
  + Pitched to 4 batters in 9th
  # Pitched to 1 batter in 7th

E -- Spikes C, Johnson L, Dillard S, Bonds B
DP -- Chicago 1, Detroit 2
LOB -- Chicago 7, Detroit 13
2B -- Johnson L, Kemp S, Bonds B, LeFlore R
3B -- Rodriguez A
HR -- Staub R
SB -- Bonds B
CS -- LeFlore R
SH -- Nahorodny B
HBP -- by Wilcox M (Nahorodny B)
T -- 3:02
A -- 19841

    

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