The Detroit Tigers fell to the Oakland Athletics, 5 to 3, on August 31, 1979.

1979 Detroit Tigers

Final

DET

Tigers

73-62

3

1

1

0

2

0

1

3

1

0

4

0

2

5

1

0

6

1

0

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

0

0

R

5

3

H

14

8

E

1

0

Top 1st

OAK

DET

Athletics

Double by Dave Revering; Dwayne Murphy scored.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

OAK

DET

Tigers

Home run by Jason Thompson.

1

1

Top 3rd

OAK

DET

Athletics

Single by Dave Revering; Rickey Henderson scored.

2

1

Bottom 4th

OAK

DET

Tigers

Single by Lance Parrish; Champ Summers scored.

2

2

Tigers

Sacrifice hit by Mark Wagner; Lance Parrish scored.

2

3

Top 5th

OAK

DET

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Mario Guerrero; Wayne Gross scored.

3

3

Top 6th

OAK

DET

Athletics

Rickey Henderson grounded out; Jeff Newman scored.

4

3

Top 8th

OAK

DET

Athletics

Home run by Rob Picciolo.

5

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson LF 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Dwayne Murphy CF 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Wayne Gross 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Dave Revering 1B 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
Mario Guerrero SS 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mitchell Page DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Jeff Newman C 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Mike Heath RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Larry Murray RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Picciolo 2B 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Totals 37 5 14 4 1 2 8 0 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Brian Kingman (W) 8.1 8 3 3 2 7 1
Dave Hamilton (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 8 3 3 2 9 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Lou Whitaker 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Ron LeFlore DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Steve Kemp LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Thompson 1B 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Champ Summers RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jerry Morales CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lance Parrish C 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Al Greene PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lynn Jones PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mark Wagner SS 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Alan Trammell PR,SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wockenfuss PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3 1 2 9 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Milt Wilcox 5.0 10 3 3 1 5 0
Dave Tobik (L) 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Chris 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Aurelio Lopez 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 1
Totals 9.0 14 5 5 2 8 1

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More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

10

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

29

Carpenter

Kerry Carpenter

AVG

.292

Vierling

Matt Vierling

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

7

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

90

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

2.01

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

Team Rankings

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HR

53

20th

R

246

17th

SO

495

14th

ERA

3.86

11th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
39 19 .672
Royals Royals
35 25 .583 5.0
Twins Twins
32 26 .552 7.0
Tigers Tigers
28 30 .483 11.0
White Sox White Sox
15 44 .254 24.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/2
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
1:35 PM
Mon
6/3
DET DET
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Tue
6/4
DET DET
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Wed
6/5
DET DET
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Fri
6/7
MIL MIL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM

Last Game

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BOS Red Sox

30-29

6

Final

3

DET Tigers

28-30

Sat 1 Jun 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
Fri
5/31
CWS CWS
@
MIL MIL
3-4
Fri
5/31
PIT PIT
@
TOR TOR
8-1
Fri
5/31
CIN CIN
@
CHC CHC
5-7
Fri
5/31
TEX TEX
@
MIA MIA
7-0
Fri
5/31
MIN MIN
@
HOU HOU
2-5

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/2
MIN MIN
@
HOU HOU
1:05 PM
Sun
6/2
TBR TBR
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
6/2
OAK OAK
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
6/2
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
1:35 PM
Sun
6/2
PIT PIT
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM