Detroit (Tue., Sept. 16, 1975) - The Tigers stormed out to a 10-3 lead then watched in horror as it almost was frittered away in holding off the Cleveland Indians, 10-9 at Tiger Stadium.
The Tigers debuted three rookie pitchers from Toledo, whose minor league season ended later than others because the Mud Hens made it to the International League's championship series.
Lefties Tom Makowski and Ed Glynn and right-hander Steve Grilli all pitched in their first big league games. Makowski and Grilli combined to give up six runs in the eighth and ninth innings, turning a rout into a nailbiter.
Glynn picked up his first save with the tying run at first base, coaxing a ground out from Duane Kuiper.
From Toledo, the Tigers also called up infielders Chuck Scrivener and Jerry Manuel, and outfielder Bob Molinaro, but none of them played Tuesday night.
Ben Oglivie had four hits and three RBI and another rookie, 2B John Knox, had three hits.
Detroit (58-92) scored six times in the fourth inning, and added three in the fifth for a 10-3 lead. The Tigers roughed up Cleveland starter Dennis Eckersley and reliever Fred Beene for all 10 runs.
The Tigers racked up 18 hits, overcoming three errors---two by SS Tom Veryzer.
Fernando Arroyo got the start for Detroit because scheduled starter Vern Ruhle had shoulder soreness when he arrived at the ballpark. Arroyo (4-2) pitched six innings, allowing two earned runs, earning the victory. He had pitched two innings in Sunday's loss to Baltimore.
Willie Horton picked up another RBI, giving him 96, edging him closer to being the first Tiger to drive in 100 runs since Horton himself did it in 1966.
The Tigers are 29-46 at home and 29-46 on the road.
The Major Said: "We don't have a lot of time to see the rookie pitchers but we do have some games left so may as well put them in there. They had a good season in Toledo as a team. But realistically we won't find out much about any of them until spring training."
Cleveland 000 210 042 9-13-2
Tigers 001 630 000 10-18-3
HR: LeFlore (DET, 7); Bell (CLE)
WP: Arroyo (4-2)
SV: Glynn (1)
LP: Eckersley
Tigers record: 58-92 (actual 55-95)
Home: 29-46
Away: 29-46
Last 10: 4-6
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Game 135: Brewers Break It Open Late, 7-3
Detroit (Tue., Sept. 2, 1975) - Mike Hegan's three-run homer in the eighth inning highlighted a five-run frame, and the Milwaukee Brewers tore open a 1-1 game to beat the Tigers, 7-3 at Tiger Stadium.
Tigers right-hander Joe Coleman (3-18), making his first start since August 18, was locked in a duel with Milwaukee's Jim Colborn until he tired in the eighth. Though most of the damage in the frame was done against reliever Fernando Arroyo, that fact didn't prevent Coleman from inching closer to becoming the first Tigers pitcher to lose 20 games in a single season since Art Houtteman in 1952.
Coleman left after the first two Brewers singled in the eighth. Arroyo retired Hank Aaron on a pop up, but the next four Milwaukee hitters reached base, including Hegan, who slammed a fastball deep into the upper deck in right field for a 5-1 lead.
Milwaukee added one more run, then tacked on another in the ninth. The Tigers (52-83) countered with single runs in the eighth and ninth but it was much too little, much too late.
Ben Oglivie hit two solo homers for Detroit, losers of 19 of their past 24 games.
Colborn pitched eight innings to get the victory. Bill Castro pitched the ninth.
In an effort to get a look at some of the kids for 1976, Tigers manager Ralph Houk sat Ron LeFlore and Gary Sutherland, his 1-2 hitters for most of the season, and started John Knox (2B) and Billy Baldwin (CF) in the 1-2 spots, respectively. Knox had three singles; Baldwin went 0-for-5.
The New York Yankees invade Tiger Stadium for games Wednesday and Thursday before the Tigers head to Cleveland for a four-game weekend series.
The Major Said: "Of course I would hate to see Joe (Coleman) lose 20 games. He just won 23 games a couple years ago. So it's obviously not a complete reflection of him as a pitcher. He hasn't pitched like we thought, but he's had a ton of bad luck, too."
Milw. 000 001 051 7-14-1
Tigers 000 100 011 3-11-0
HR: Oglivie (DET, [2] 7); Hegan (MIL)
WP: Colborn
LP: Coleman (3-18)
Tigers record: 52-83 (actual 53-82)
Home: 25-44
Away: 27-39
Last 10: 4-6
Tigers right-hander Joe Coleman (3-18), making his first start since August 18, was locked in a duel with Milwaukee's Jim Colborn until he tired in the eighth. Though most of the damage in the frame was done against reliever Fernando Arroyo, that fact didn't prevent Coleman from inching closer to becoming the first Tigers pitcher to lose 20 games in a single season since Art Houtteman in 1952.
Coleman left after the first two Brewers singled in the eighth. Arroyo retired Hank Aaron on a pop up, but the next four Milwaukee hitters reached base, including Hegan, who slammed a fastball deep into the upper deck in right field for a 5-1 lead.
Milwaukee added one more run, then tacked on another in the ninth. The Tigers (52-83) countered with single runs in the eighth and ninth but it was much too little, much too late.
Ben Oglivie hit two solo homers for Detroit, losers of 19 of their past 24 games.
Colborn pitched eight innings to get the victory. Bill Castro pitched the ninth.
In an effort to get a look at some of the kids for 1976, Tigers manager Ralph Houk sat Ron LeFlore and Gary Sutherland, his 1-2 hitters for most of the season, and started John Knox (2B) and Billy Baldwin (CF) in the 1-2 spots, respectively. Knox had three singles; Baldwin went 0-for-5.
The New York Yankees invade Tiger Stadium for games Wednesday and Thursday before the Tigers head to Cleveland for a four-game weekend series.
The Major Said: "Of course I would hate to see Joe (Coleman) lose 20 games. He just won 23 games a couple years ago. So it's obviously not a complete reflection of him as a pitcher. He hasn't pitched like we thought, but he's had a ton of bad luck, too."
Milw. 000 001 051 7-14-1
Tigers 000 100 011 3-11-0
HR: Oglivie (DET, [2] 7); Hegan (MIL)
WP: Colborn
LP: Coleman (3-18)
Tigers record: 52-83 (actual 53-82)
Home: 25-44
Away: 27-39
Last 10: 4-6
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Game 109: Tigers Prevail In 10 Wacky, Sloppy Innings, 11-8
Cleveland (Mon., Aug. 4, 1975) - The Cleveland Indians committed seven errors, the most in modern history for the franchise, and the final of those miscues opened the floodgates as the Tigers beat the Tribe, 11-8, in 10 innings at Municipal Stadium Monday night. It was the Tigers' second straight win.
Third baseman Buddy Bell made three errors by himself. But it was second baseman Jack Brohamer's fumbling of a ground ball in the tenth that started the Tigers' game-winning rally off reliever Jim Kern.
Jack Pierce singled, Aurelio Rodriguez doubled for a run, then rookie Art James came through with a two-out single that plated two more runs as the Tigers broke away from a 8-8 tie.
There were 19 runs and 27 hits, but only two home runs hit (Brohamer for Cleveland, a three-run shot; and Pierce for the Tigers, a solo blast).
The Tigers (45-64) jumped on Cleveland starter Dennis Eckersley for five runs in the first inning as the first six batters singled to start the game.
The Indians got a four spot in the fourth to make the score 5-4. Brohamer's drive over the right field wall off Detroit starter Mickey Lolich was the big blow.
Cleveland scored three times in the seventh inning to take a 7-6 lead but the Tigers answered with two in the eighth to regain the lead, 8-7. Rookie John Knox's double scored both runs. Knox had three RBI on the night.
The Indians bounced right back to score a run in their half of the eighth to tie the game once again. A bases loaded walk to Rick Manning scored the run.
Despite all the fireworks offensively, Tigers reliever (and winner) Dave Lemanczyk set down the final eight Indians hitters in a row to earn the victory, his first of the year.
The Major Said: "It wasn't pretty by any stretch but we'll take it. I didn't like the eight runs we gave up but I liked how we kept coming at them with the bats."
Tigers 500 000 120 3 11-16-0
Cleveland 000 400 310 0 8-11-7
HR: Brohamer (CLE); Pierce (DET, 4)
WP: Lemanczyk (1-2)
LP: Kern
Tigers record: 45-64 (actual 46-63)
Home: 22-34
Away: 23-30
Last 10: 5-5
Third baseman Buddy Bell made three errors by himself. But it was second baseman Jack Brohamer's fumbling of a ground ball in the tenth that started the Tigers' game-winning rally off reliever Jim Kern.
Jack Pierce singled, Aurelio Rodriguez doubled for a run, then rookie Art James came through with a two-out single that plated two more runs as the Tigers broke away from a 8-8 tie.
There were 19 runs and 27 hits, but only two home runs hit (Brohamer for Cleveland, a three-run shot; and Pierce for the Tigers, a solo blast).
The Tigers (45-64) jumped on Cleveland starter Dennis Eckersley for five runs in the first inning as the first six batters singled to start the game.
The Indians got a four spot in the fourth to make the score 5-4. Brohamer's drive over the right field wall off Detroit starter Mickey Lolich was the big blow.
Cleveland scored three times in the seventh inning to take a 7-6 lead but the Tigers answered with two in the eighth to regain the lead, 8-7. Rookie John Knox's double scored both runs. Knox had three RBI on the night.
The Indians bounced right back to score a run in their half of the eighth to tie the game once again. A bases loaded walk to Rick Manning scored the run.
Despite all the fireworks offensively, Tigers reliever (and winner) Dave Lemanczyk set down the final eight Indians hitters in a row to earn the victory, his first of the year.
The Major Said: "It wasn't pretty by any stretch but we'll take it. I didn't like the eight runs we gave up but I liked how we kept coming at them with the bats."
Tigers 500 000 120 3 11-16-0
Cleveland 000 400 310 0 8-11-7
HR: Brohamer (CLE); Pierce (DET, 4)
WP: Lemanczyk (1-2)
LP: Kern
Tigers record: 45-64 (actual 46-63)
Home: 22-34
Away: 23-30
Last 10: 5-5
Friday, July 27, 2012
Game 96: Jackson, A's Avoid 4-Game Sweep, 6-2
Detroit (Thu., July 24, 1975) - Reggie Jackson smacked two home runs and had five RBI as the Oakland A's averted a four-game sweep by beating the Tigers, 6-2, Thursday night in Detroit.
Jackson's blasts, both mammoth shots deep into the right field upper deck, came in the first and seventh innings.
Former Tiger Jim Perry went 7.1 innings, allowing two runs and six hits, to get the win.
Tigers starter Joe Coleman (3-13) was again roughed up, giving up six runs in 6.1 innings as his ERA rose to 5.05.
Gary Sutherland, who wasn't supposed to play, hit a two-run homer in the eighth for the Tigers' only offense. Sutherland was slated for a day off, but replacement second baseman John Knox was hit in the hand by a pitch in the first inning and had to leave the game.
The Tigers (39-57) had won five of their past six prior to Thursday's loss.
The Major Said: "Reggie would hit 60 home runs if he played here. He's a guy who you think is going to hit one out here every time he steps to the plate."
Oakland 300 010 200 6-10-0
Tigers 000 000 020 2-6-0
HR: Jackson (OAK [2]); Sutherland (DET, 3)
WP: Perry
LP: Coleman (3-13)
Tigers record: 39-57 (actual 43-53)
Home: 20-32
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 6-4
Jackson's blasts, both mammoth shots deep into the right field upper deck, came in the first and seventh innings.
Former Tiger Jim Perry went 7.1 innings, allowing two runs and six hits, to get the win.
Tigers starter Joe Coleman (3-13) was again roughed up, giving up six runs in 6.1 innings as his ERA rose to 5.05.
Gary Sutherland, who wasn't supposed to play, hit a two-run homer in the eighth for the Tigers' only offense. Sutherland was slated for a day off, but replacement second baseman John Knox was hit in the hand by a pitch in the first inning and had to leave the game.
The Tigers (39-57) had won five of their past six prior to Thursday's loss.
The Major Said: "Reggie would hit 60 home runs if he played here. He's a guy who you think is going to hit one out here every time he steps to the plate."
Oakland 300 010 200 6-10-0
Tigers 000 000 020 2-6-0
HR: Jackson (OAK [2]); Sutherland (DET, 3)
WP: Perry
LP: Coleman (3-13)
Tigers record: 39-57 (actual 43-53)
Home: 20-32
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 6-4
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Game 92: Royals Crown Tigers Late, 4-3
Detroit (Mon., July 21, 1975) - The Kansas City Royals used two hit batsmen and three singles to score three times in the eighth inning, sending them to a 4-3 win over the Tigers Monday night in Detroit.
The win averted a three-game sweep at the hands of the Tigers (36-56).
The Tigers led, 2-1 after seven innings before Kansas City erupted against Mickey Lolich.
Ben Oglivie hit a home run (1st) in the ninth inning to draw the Tigers to within 4-3, but reliever Stev Mingori left pinch runner John Knox stranded at first base after a Willie Horton single to seal the victory.
Harmon Killebrew (KC) and Leon Roberts (DET, 9th) each had solo homers.
Lolich failed to retire any of the four hitters he faced in the eighth, hitting two of them and allowing singles to the others. Buck Martinez's two-run single was the big blow.
The Major Said: "Mickey was cruising until the eighth. Just goes to show how quickly things can change in this game. We won the series, though, and we haven't done much of that lately."
KC 000 100 030 4-10-1
Tigers 000 020 001 3-7-1
HR: Killebrew (KC); Roberts (DET, 9); Oglivie (DET, 1)
WP: Leonard
SV: Mingori
LP: Lolich (7-12)
Tigers record: 36-56 (actual 42-50)
Home: 17-31
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 4-6
The win averted a three-game sweep at the hands of the Tigers (36-56).
The Tigers led, 2-1 after seven innings before Kansas City erupted against Mickey Lolich.
Ben Oglivie hit a home run (1st) in the ninth inning to draw the Tigers to within 4-3, but reliever Stev Mingori left pinch runner John Knox stranded at first base after a Willie Horton single to seal the victory.
Harmon Killebrew (KC) and Leon Roberts (DET, 9th) each had solo homers.
Lolich failed to retire any of the four hitters he faced in the eighth, hitting two of them and allowing singles to the others. Buck Martinez's two-run single was the big blow.
The Major Said: "Mickey was cruising until the eighth. Just goes to show how quickly things can change in this game. We won the series, though, and we haven't done much of that lately."
KC 000 100 030 4-10-1
Tigers 000 020 001 3-7-1
HR: Killebrew (KC); Roberts (DET, 9); Oglivie (DET, 1)
WP: Leonard
SV: Mingori
LP: Lolich (7-12)
Tigers record: 36-56 (actual 42-50)
Home: 17-31
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 4-6
Friday, May 4, 2012
Game 55: Tigers Finally Break Through, Slap A's, 7-5
Detroit (June 14) - Call it a blind squirrel finding a nut. A broken clock being right twice a day.
The Tigers will call it a win. And, because it came at home, a very rare one, indeed.
The Tigers pulled away from a 3-3 tie and held off the Oakland A's, 7-5, today at Tiger Stadium.
It was just the ninth home win for the Bengals (22-33) in 29 games.
Willie Horton struck the biggest blow---a three-run homer, his ninth, in the seventh to put the Tigers up, 7-3.
The win gave the Tigers three victories over the A's in the five games they played this week against the three-time defending World Champs.
"We needed this badly," manager Ralph Houk understated.
What he needed wasn't only a win, but for the Tigers to score more than three runs, which has been so very difficult for them to do in recent weeks.
The team finally did that in the seventh, when they rallied against reliever Glenn Abbott, who took over from starter Sonny Siebert.
Horton's big day helped carry the Tigers, breaking a six-game home losing skid
John Wockenfuss walked and moved to second on a two-out walk issued to fellow rookie John Knox. Dan Meyer singled, scoring Wockenfuss and sending Knox to third. Horton then drove an Abbott fastball deep into the upper deck in left, making the score 7-3.
Naturally, the A's didn't go down easily.
They added two runs in the eighth on two doubles and a single, but fireman John Hiller relieved Bob Reynolds with two outs and induced a pop out from Phil Garner, then pitched a mostly uneventful ninth for the save.
Reynolds got the win in relief of starter Tom Walker, who turned in another impressive effort in a spot role (6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER).
Ron LeFlore had three singles and a stolen base (and one caught stealing).
Horton, who had four RBI on the afternoon, said that the feeling of relief has to be followed with determination.
"This is nice, but it doesn't mean anything if we don't score runs tomorrow," he said.
The whole blind nut/broken clock thing.
Notes: Soon everyone will know whether Nate Colbert will be an ex-Tiger. The interleague trading deadline is tomorrow, and reports have the struggling first baseman going to several teams: Montreal, Atlanta and Texas among them...The bad news is that Jack Pierce, who seemingly would be Colbert's replacement at first base, is hitting .111 (3-for-27)...Leon Roberts, who hit into three double plays last night, was 2-for-3 today.
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Tigers record: 22-33 (actual 25-30)
Home: 9-20
Away: 13-13
Last 10: 4-6
The Tigers will call it a win. And, because it came at home, a very rare one, indeed.
The Tigers pulled away from a 3-3 tie and held off the Oakland A's, 7-5, today at Tiger Stadium.
It was just the ninth home win for the Bengals (22-33) in 29 games.
Willie Horton struck the biggest blow---a three-run homer, his ninth, in the seventh to put the Tigers up, 7-3.
The win gave the Tigers three victories over the A's in the five games they played this week against the three-time defending World Champs.
"We needed this badly," manager Ralph Houk understated.
What he needed wasn't only a win, but for the Tigers to score more than three runs, which has been so very difficult for them to do in recent weeks.
The team finally did that in the seventh, when they rallied against reliever Glenn Abbott, who took over from starter Sonny Siebert.
Horton's big day helped carry the Tigers, breaking a six-game home losing skid
John Wockenfuss walked and moved to second on a two-out walk issued to fellow rookie John Knox. Dan Meyer singled, scoring Wockenfuss and sending Knox to third. Horton then drove an Abbott fastball deep into the upper deck in left, making the score 7-3.
Naturally, the A's didn't go down easily.
They added two runs in the eighth on two doubles and a single, but fireman John Hiller relieved Bob Reynolds with two outs and induced a pop out from Phil Garner, then pitched a mostly uneventful ninth for the save.
Reynolds got the win in relief of starter Tom Walker, who turned in another impressive effort in a spot role (6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER).
Ron LeFlore had three singles and a stolen base (and one caught stealing).
Horton, who had four RBI on the afternoon, said that the feeling of relief has to be followed with determination.
"This is nice, but it doesn't mean anything if we don't score runs tomorrow," he said.
The whole blind nut/broken clock thing.
Notes: Soon everyone will know whether Nate Colbert will be an ex-Tiger. The interleague trading deadline is tomorrow, and reports have the struggling first baseman going to several teams: Montreal, Atlanta and Texas among them...The bad news is that Jack Pierce, who seemingly would be Colbert's replacement at first base, is hitting .111 (3-for-27)...Leon Roberts, who hit into three double plays last night, was 2-for-3 today.
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Tigers record: 22-33 (actual 25-30)
Home: 9-20
Away: 13-13
Last 10: 4-6
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