Baltimore, MD (Wed., Sept. 24, 1975) - Light-hitting Mark Belanger lined a single into center field with two outs in the bottom of the 15th, scoring Elrod Hendricks from second base, and the Baltimore Orioles kept their East Division title hopes alive with a 3-2 win over the Tigers at Memorial Stadium.
The Orioles tied the game, 2-2, in the eighth inning after the Tigers moved ahead 2-1 in the top half of the inning. Then the teams rarely threatened to score from the ninth through 14th innings.
The Tigers put runners on second and third with one out in the 14th, but Dyar Miller struck out Bill Freehan and Aurelio Rodriguez to end the threat.
In the 15th for Baltimore, Don Baylor led off with a single. Bobby Grich walked, and Hendricks hit a ground ball to shortstop Tom Veryzer, who flipped the ball to Jerry Manuel at second, but Manuel's throw to first was late, putting runners on first and third with one out.
Brooks Robinson hit a chopper to Rodriguez at third base, who gunned out Baylor trying to score. That left things up to Belanger, who stroked a 2-1 fastball from rookie Steve Grilli (0-1) into center field to plate Hendricks from second.
The win kept the Orioles 2.5 games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox. The Tigers (60-96) lost their third straight.
Rookie Bob Molinaro had two triples for the Tigers, both off starter Jim Palmer, who went 10 innings. Tigers starter Joe Coleman didn't add to his league-leading 20 losses, but he is still winless since May 19, and he has no remaining starts scheduled.
The Major Said: "This game kind of symbolizes our season. When you're going good, you win games like this. We had our shot in the 14th."
Tigers 000 100 010 000 000 2-9-0
Baltimore 000 001 010 000 001 3-15-1
WP: Garland
LP: Grilli (0-1)
Tigers record: 60-96 (actual 57-99)
Home: 31-49
Away: 29-47
Last 10: 4-6
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Game 154: Tiant, Red Sox Bats Too Much For Tigers, 7-0
Detroit (Sat., Sept. 20, 1975) - Carl Yastrzemski had three hits and scored three runs, Rico Petrocelli had four RBI, and Luis Tiant pitched a complete game shutout as the Boston Red Sox stymied the Tigers, 7-0, at Tiger Stadium.
The Red Sox squared the weekend series at a game apiece.
Tiant was masterful, scattering eight hits and walking one.
The Red Sox scored twice in the first inning, twice in the seventh, and three times in the ninth to hand the Tigers (60-94) their 30th loss in their past 43 games.
Tigers starter Mickey Lolich (14-16) went 8-plus innings, giving up 12 hits and five runs, three earned.
Petrocelli had a two-run single in the first, an RBI single in the seventh, and even drove in a run in the ninth by getting hit by a pitch.
Yastrzemski had three singles, walked, and reached base on an error.
Ron LeFlore had two singles for Detroit, but was caught stealing in the third with the score just 2-0, Boston. The caught stealing canceled an error by Rick Burleson that put LeFlore on first base.
Rookies Bob Molinaro (RF) and Jerry Manuel (2B) started, but went 0-for-7 between them.
The Major Said: "Tiant was as good as I've seen him. We got eight hits but nothing hit real hard and we couldn't really bunch them."
Boston 200 000 203 7-16-1
Tigers 000 000 000 0-8-1
WP: Tiant
LP: Lolich (14-16)
Tigers record: 60-94 (actual 57-97)
Home: 31-48
Away: 29-46
Last 10: 4-6
The Red Sox squared the weekend series at a game apiece.
Tiant was masterful, scattering eight hits and walking one.
The Red Sox scored twice in the first inning, twice in the seventh, and three times in the ninth to hand the Tigers (60-94) their 30th loss in their past 43 games.
Tigers starter Mickey Lolich (14-16) went 8-plus innings, giving up 12 hits and five runs, three earned.
Petrocelli had a two-run single in the first, an RBI single in the seventh, and even drove in a run in the ninth by getting hit by a pitch.
Yastrzemski had three singles, walked, and reached base on an error.
Ron LeFlore had two singles for Detroit, but was caught stealing in the third with the score just 2-0, Boston. The caught stealing canceled an error by Rick Burleson that put LeFlore on first base.
Rookies Bob Molinaro (RF) and Jerry Manuel (2B) started, but went 0-for-7 between them.
The Major Said: "Tiant was as good as I've seen him. We got eight hits but nothing hit real hard and we couldn't really bunch them."
Boston 200 000 203 7-16-1
Tigers 000 000 000 0-8-1
WP: Tiant
LP: Lolich (14-16)
Tigers record: 60-94 (actual 57-97)
Home: 31-48
Away: 29-46
Last 10: 4-6
Friday, September 21, 2012
Game 152: Indians Score 4 in 1st, Hang On, 5-2
Detroit (Thu., Sept. 18, 1975) - The Cleveland Indians jumped on spot starter Dave Lemanczyk for a four-run first inning, then held on the rest of the way to beat the Tigers, 5-2, at Tiger Stadium.
Buddy Bell's two out, two-run single capped the four-run frame.
The Tigers trailed, 5-0, before scoring single runs in the sixth and seventh.
Lemanczyk lasted just 3.2 innings, giving up all five Boston runs, all earned.
Rookie Steve Grilli pitched well, going 3.1 innings and striking out three, walking none.
The game featured the big league debuts of Chuck Scrivener (SS, batted lead-off, went 1-5); Bob Molinaro (RF, batted fifth, went 1-3 with an RBI); and Jerry Manuel (2B, batted ninth, went 0-4).
The Tigers took two of three in the series and welcome the Boston Red Sox for a weekend series.
The Major Said: "Not a great start, but I was happy to see the kids in the lineup kind of settle down and they didn't look out of place. We had five of 'em (rookies) in the game tonight. I want to see as much of them as I can before the season ends next week."
Cleveland 400 100 000 5-9-1
Tigers 000 001 100 2-7-1
WP: Bibby
SV: Buskey
LP: Lemanczyk (1-5)
Tigers record: 59-93 (actual 56-96)
Home: 30-47
Away: 29-46
Last 10: 4-6
Buddy Bell's two out, two-run single capped the four-run frame.
The Tigers trailed, 5-0, before scoring single runs in the sixth and seventh.
Lemanczyk lasted just 3.2 innings, giving up all five Boston runs, all earned.
Rookie Steve Grilli pitched well, going 3.1 innings and striking out three, walking none.
The game featured the big league debuts of Chuck Scrivener (SS, batted lead-off, went 1-5); Bob Molinaro (RF, batted fifth, went 1-3 with an RBI); and Jerry Manuel (2B, batted ninth, went 0-4).
The Tigers took two of three in the series and welcome the Boston Red Sox for a weekend series.
The Major Said: "Not a great start, but I was happy to see the kids in the lineup kind of settle down and they didn't look out of place. We had five of 'em (rookies) in the game tonight. I want to see as much of them as I can before the season ends next week."
Cleveland 400 100 000 5-9-1
Tigers 000 001 100 2-7-1
WP: Bibby
SV: Buskey
LP: Lemanczyk (1-5)
Tigers record: 59-93 (actual 56-96)
Home: 30-47
Away: 29-46
Last 10: 4-6
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