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Orioles 7 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
May 26, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles, played on May 26, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Orioles with a score of 7 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 26, 1979 
Visiting Team
Baltimore Orioles
R: 7 H: 15 E: 1 LOB: 16
Runs: 7
Hits: 15
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 16
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 15 E: 3 LOB: 17
Runs: 5
Hits: 15
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 17
Winning PitcherSammy Stewart  
Losing PitcherJohn Hiller  
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Game Winning RBILee May 

Game Info

DateMay 26, 1979 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBaltimore Orioles 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherMike Flanagan  
Home Starting PitcherMilt Wilcox  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance14,583 
Time of Game5 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dave Phillips
1B: Lou DiMuro
2B: Al Clark
3B: Durwood Merrill

Baltimore Orioles Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Bumbry  Center Fielder 
Rich Dauer  Third Baseman 
Ken Singleton  Right Fielder 
Eddie Murray  First Baseman 
John Lowenstein  Left Fielder 
Lee May  DH 
Billy Smith  Second Baseman 
Kiko Garcia  Shortstop 
Rick Dempsey  Catcher 
Earl Weaver  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lynn Jones  Center Fielder 
Lou Whitaker  Second Baseman 
Steve Kemp  Left Fielder 
Rusty Staub  DH 
Jason Thompson  First Baseman 
Lance Parrish  Catcher 
Jerry Morales  Right Fielder 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Les Moss  Manager 

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Orioles 7 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/26/1979 -- Baltimore at Detroit (D)

  Baltimore          AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Bumbry A, cf          8  2  5  1   Jones L, cf           7  0  1  0   
Dauer R, 3b           7  0  0  1   Whitaker L, 2b        7  1  0  0   
Singleton K, rf       3  1  0  0   Kemp S, lf            7  1  4  1   
Harlow L, rf          0  0  0  0   Staub R, dh           4  1  2  0   
Ayala B, ph-rf        2  1  1  0   Morris J, pr          0  1  0  0   
Murray E, 1b          8  1  2  3   Wockenfuss J, ph      3  0  0  0   
Lowenstein J, lf      3  0  0  0   Thompson J, 1b        7  0  3  1   
Roenicke G, ph-lf     0  0  0  0   Parrish L, c          5  0  0  0   
May L, dh             8  0  3  2   Morales J, rf         8  1  2  2   
Smith B, 2b           4  0  0  0   Rodriguez A, 3b       2  0  1  0   
Belanger M, ss        3  0  1  0   Mankowski P, ph-3b    4  0  1  0   
Garcia K, ss-2b       6  0  2  0   Trammell A, ss        3  0  1  0   
Dempsey R, c          7  2  1  0   Gonzales D, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   Wagner M, ss          2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     59  7 15  7                        60  5 15  4

Baltimore        101 030 000 000 000 2 --  7
Detroit          100 001 102 000 000 0 --  5

  Baltimore            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Flanagan M            6.0  9  2  2  3  5
Martinez T            0.1  1  1  1  1  0
Stoddard T*           1.2  3  2  2  1  3
Stanhouse D           3.0  1  0  0  1  3
Stewart S (W)         5.0  1  0  0  2  5

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wilcox M              4.2  6  5  2  3  2
Lopez A               3.0  3  0  0  1  3
Tobik D               3.1  1  0  0  1  5
Hiller J (L)          4.1  4  2  2  5  4
Arroyo F              0.2  1  0  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 9th

E -- Whitaker L, Trammell A, Stanhouse D, Parrish L
DP -- Baltimore 2, Detroit 1
LOB -- Baltimore 16, Detroit 17
2B -- Bumbry A, Murray E 2, Kemp S
HR -- Bumbry A, Morales J, Kemp S
SB -- Bumbry A 2, Lowenstein J
CS -- Morales J, May L, Harlow L, Roenicke G
SH -- Parrish L, Garcia K
HBP -- by Flanagan M (Jones L)
WP -- Stoddard T, Stewart S
T -- 5:17
A -- 14583

    

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