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Tigers 5 @ Brewers 3
County Stadium
May 17, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 17, 1978 at County Stadium. The home team Brewers were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateMay 17, 1978 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 16 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 16
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Milwaukee Brewers
R: 3 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 3
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherJack Billingham  
Losing PitcherJerry Augustine  
SaveJohn Hiller  
Game Winning RBIJason Thompson 

Game Info

DateMay 17, 1978 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamMilwaukee Brewers 
Visiting Starting PitcherJack Billingham  
Home Starting PitcherJerry Augustine  
BallparkCounty Stadium 
CityMilwaukee 
StateWI 
Attendance10,004 
Time of Game2 hours 31 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry McCoy
1B: Steve Palermo
2B: Don Denkinger
3B: Dave Phillips

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

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

Milwaukee Brewers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Paul Molitor  Second Baseman 
Cecil Cooper  First Baseman 
Sal Bando  DH 
Ben Oglivie  Left Fielder 
Sixto Lezcano  Right Fielder 
Jim Gantner  Third Baseman 
Gorman Thomas  Center Fielder 
Robin Yount  Shortstop 
Charlie Moore  Catcher 
George Bamberger  Manager 

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Tigers 5 @ Brewers 3
County Stadium
May 17, 1978

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/17/1978 -- Detroit at Milwaukee (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Milwaukee          AB  R  H RBI
LeFlore R, cf         5  3  4  1   Molitor P, 2b         4  0  1  0   
Wagner M, ss          5  0  2  0   Cooper C, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Staub R, dh           5  0  1  1   Bando S, dh           4  0  1  0   
Thompson J, 1b        5  1  1  2   Oglivie B, lf         4  0  0  0   
Kemp S, lf            4  0  1  0   Lezcano S, rf         4  1  2  1   
Wockenfuss J, rf      4  0  2  0   Gantner J, 3b         3  0  0  0   
Corcoran T, rf        1  0  0  0   Davis D, ph           1  0  0  0   
Parrish L, c          4  1  2  1   Thomas G, cf          4  1  2  1   
Rodriguez A, 3b       3  0  1  0   Yount R, ss           4  1  3  0   
Dillard S, 2b         3  0  1  0   Moore C, c            3  0  1  0   
Whitaker L, ph-2b     1  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40  5 16  5                        35  3 10  2

Detroit          101 000 210 --  5
Milwaukee        010 020 000 --  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Billingham J (W)      7.0  8  3  3  1  3
Hiller J (S)          2.0  2  0  0  0  0

  Milwaukee            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Augustine J (L)       7.1 12  5  5  1  4
Rodriguez E*          0.2  3  0  0  0  0
McClure B             1.0  1  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

DP -- Detroit 1, Milwaukee 1
LOB -- Detroit 10, Milwaukee 6
2B -- LeFlore R
3B -- Yount R
HR -- Lezcano S, LeFlore R, Thomas G, Thompson J, Parrish L
SB -- LeFlore R
CS -- Lezcano S, Kemp S
HBP -- by Augustine J (Rodriguez A)
T -- 2:31
A -- 10004

    

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