New York (Mon., July 28, 1975) - The Tigers scored five runs in the fifth inning then fended off a furious rally to beat the New York Yankees, 7-4, at Shea Stadium on Monday night.
Ben Oglivie's solo home run started the scoring, and the Tigers added four more runs off starter Larry Gura as they sent 10 men to the plate.
The Yankees closed to within 5-4 and threatened to tie or take the lead in the eighth. But with the bases loaded and one out, reliever Dave Lemanczyk got Lou Piniella to ground into an inning-ending double play.
The Tigers (42-59) added two insurance runs in the ninth inning to seal the win, their eighth victory in twelve games.
Thurman Munson had four hits and a walk for the Yankees.
After Oglivie's fourth home run of the year, the next five Tigers singled to score three times. One out later, Aurelio Rodriguez singled to plate the fifth run of the inning.
The Yankees got three runs across the plate in the eighth and the crowd was shrieking, but Piniella pounded a Lemanczyk slider into the ground to second baseman Gary Sutherland, who started a 4-6-3 double play to end the threat.
Tigers starter Vern Ruhle went 6.1 innings, allowing just one run.
Before the game, reliever John Hiller had his left (pitching) elbow examined at a Manhattan clinic. So far, Hiller has been advised to rest the elbow for 10 days to two weeks, to relieve the tightness he experienced after Sunday's appearance. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list.
The Major Said: "That was a tough spot for Dave (Lemanczyk), with the bases loaded and the crowd into it. He made the perfect pitch, really."
Tigers 000 050 002 7-16-1
NY 000 000 130 4-13-0
HR: Oglivie (DET, 4)
WP: Ruhle (7-7)
SV: Lemanczyk (1)
LP: Gura
Tigers record: 42-59 (actual 46-55)
Home: 22-34
Away: 20-25
Last 10: 6-4
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Games 99 & 100: Tigers, Tribe Swap Blowout Wins in DH
Detroit (Sun., July 27, 1975) - The Cleveland Indians whalloped the Tigers, 9-3, then were the recipients of a 6-2 loss as the teams split a Sunday doubleheader in Detroit.
The Tribe used a seven-run fifth inning to take command of Game 1.
In the nightcap, the Tigers (41-59) built a 4-0 lead by the fourth inning, watched the Indians pull to within 4-2, then finished Cleveland off with single runs in the fifth and seventh innings.
Willie Horton (16) broke a home run drought with a four-bagger in Game 1, his first homer in nearly two weeks. Tom Veryzer hit his first home run of the season in the eighth inning of the first game.
Tigers starter Tom Walker was blitzed in Game 1, giving up seven runs in 4.1 innings. In Game 2, Lerrin LaGrow pitched 7.2 strong innings. John Hiller got his 17th save, though he reported tightness in his pitching elbow after the game.
Tigers brass said Hiller would have the elbow examined on Monday in New York, where the team opens a three-game series.
The Tigers lost outfielder/first baseman Mickey Stanley Saturday to a broken hand. It's unclear whether Stanley will miss the rest of the season.
The Tigers finished their 11-game home stand with a 7-4 record.
The Major Said: "Clearly we don't want to lose John (Hiller) for any length of time. It would be a big blow. He's had tightness before, but he said this felt a little worse. We'll just have to keep our fingers crossed. He said it bothered him during the last batter of the game, (Rick) Manning."
Game 1
Cleveland 000 070 002 9-14-0
Tigers 001 100 010 3-10-0
HR: Manning (CLE); Sutherland (DET, 4); Horton (DET, 16); Veryzer (DET, 1)
WP: Raich
LP: Walker (2-3)
Game 2
Cleveland 000 020 000 2-8-0
Tigers 100 310 10x 6-8-0
HR: Gamble (CLE); Roberts (DET, 10)
WP: LaGrow (4-11)
SV: Hiller (17)
LP: Peterson
Tigers record: 41-59 (actual 45-55)
Home: 22-34
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 6-4
The Tribe used a seven-run fifth inning to take command of Game 1.
In the nightcap, the Tigers (41-59) built a 4-0 lead by the fourth inning, watched the Indians pull to within 4-2, then finished Cleveland off with single runs in the fifth and seventh innings.
Willie Horton (16) broke a home run drought with a four-bagger in Game 1, his first homer in nearly two weeks. Tom Veryzer hit his first home run of the season in the eighth inning of the first game.
Tigers starter Tom Walker was blitzed in Game 1, giving up seven runs in 4.1 innings. In Game 2, Lerrin LaGrow pitched 7.2 strong innings. John Hiller got his 17th save, though he reported tightness in his pitching elbow after the game.
Tigers brass said Hiller would have the elbow examined on Monday in New York, where the team opens a three-game series.
The Tigers lost outfielder/first baseman Mickey Stanley Saturday to a broken hand. It's unclear whether Stanley will miss the rest of the season.
The Tigers finished their 11-game home stand with a 7-4 record.
The Major Said: "Clearly we don't want to lose John (Hiller) for any length of time. It would be a big blow. He's had tightness before, but he said this felt a little worse. We'll just have to keep our fingers crossed. He said it bothered him during the last batter of the game, (Rick) Manning."
Game 1
Cleveland 000 070 002 9-14-0
Tigers 001 100 010 3-10-0
HR: Manning (CLE); Sutherland (DET, 4); Horton (DET, 16); Veryzer (DET, 1)
WP: Raich
LP: Walker (2-3)
Game 2
Cleveland 000 020 000 2-8-0
Tigers 100 310 10x 6-8-0
HR: Gamble (CLE); Roberts (DET, 10)
WP: LaGrow (4-11)
SV: Hiller (17)
LP: Peterson
Tigers record: 41-59 (actual 45-55)
Home: 22-34
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 6-4
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Game 98: Lolich Quiets Tribe, 3-1
Detroit (Sat., July 26, 1975) - The Tigers like those 3-1 games.
They won for the fourth time out of their past seven victories by the score of 3-1, beating the Cleveland Indians Saturday in Detroit.
The win evened this four-game weekend series between the Tigers (40-58) and the Tribe.
Mickey Lolich pitched his seventh complete game, a masterful six-hitter, allowing just one Indian runner to reach second base after the third inning. The run he surrendered was unearned.
Ron LeFlore and Aurelio Rodriguez each had two hits and a run scored for Detroit, winners of six of their past nine games.
Lolich (8-12) outdueled Indians starter Dennis Eckerlsey, a 20-year-old rookie. Eckersley went 7.2 innings of six-hit baseball.
The Major Said: "They (Indians) thumped us pretty good Friday night, so it was great to see Mickey do his thing. We do tend to win low-scoring games."
Cleveland 001 000 000 1-6-1
Tigers 000 020 01x 3-7-2
WP: Lolich (8-12)
LP: Eckersley
Tigers record: 40-58 (actual 44-54)
Home: 21-33
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 6-4
They won for the fourth time out of their past seven victories by the score of 3-1, beating the Cleveland Indians Saturday in Detroit.
The win evened this four-game weekend series between the Tigers (40-58) and the Tribe.
Mickey Lolich pitched his seventh complete game, a masterful six-hitter, allowing just one Indian runner to reach second base after the third inning. The run he surrendered was unearned.
Ron LeFlore and Aurelio Rodriguez each had two hits and a run scored for Detroit, winners of six of their past nine games.
Lolich (8-12) outdueled Indians starter Dennis Eckerlsey, a 20-year-old rookie. Eckersley went 7.2 innings of six-hit baseball.
The Major Said: "They (Indians) thumped us pretty good Friday night, so it was great to see Mickey do his thing. We do tend to win low-scoring games."
Cleveland 001 000 000 1-6-1
Tigers 000 020 01x 3-7-2
WP: Lolich (8-12)
LP: Eckersley
Tigers record: 40-58 (actual 44-54)
Home: 21-33
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 6-4
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Game 97: Tribe Blasts Tigers, 8-2
Detroit (Fri., July 25, 1975) - The Cleveland Indians used a five-run seventh inning to break open a 3-2 game and defeated the Tigers, 8-2, Friday at Tiger Stadium.
Charlie Spikes' bases-loaded double plated three and was the inning's big blow. The uprising occurred against reliever Bob Reynolds, though Ray Bare (3-3) took the loss.
Bill Freehan (8) hit a two-run homer in the second inning to account for Detroit's offense. It was Freehan's fourth home run in the past two weeks.
Indians starter Don Hood handcuffed the Tigers in 7+ innings of strong work, scattering seven hits.
Boog Powell had three hits and scored twice for Cleveland, who scored three times in the fourth inning to erase a 2-0 deficit.
The Tigers (39-58) have lost two straight after a 5-1 stretch.
The Major Said: "We didn't do much. They (Indians) swung the bats well, got lots of clutch hits. End of story."
Cleveland 000 300 500 8-14-0
Tigers 020 000 000 2-8-1
HR: Freehan (DET, 8)
WP: Hood
LP: Bare (3-3)
Tigers record: 39-58 (actual 44-53)
Home: 20-33
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 6-4
Charlie Spikes' bases-loaded double plated three and was the inning's big blow. The uprising occurred against reliever Bob Reynolds, though Ray Bare (3-3) took the loss.
Bill Freehan (8) hit a two-run homer in the second inning to account for Detroit's offense. It was Freehan's fourth home run in the past two weeks.
Indians starter Don Hood handcuffed the Tigers in 7+ innings of strong work, scattering seven hits.
Boog Powell had three hits and scored twice for Cleveland, who scored three times in the fourth inning to erase a 2-0 deficit.
The Tigers (39-58) have lost two straight after a 5-1 stretch.
The Major Said: "We didn't do much. They (Indians) swung the bats well, got lots of clutch hits. End of story."
Cleveland 000 300 500 8-14-0
Tigers 020 000 000 2-8-1
HR: Freehan (DET, 8)
WP: Hood
LP: Bare (3-3)
Tigers record: 39-58 (actual 44-53)
Home: 20-33
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 6-4
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
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Game 95: Benji!! A's, Fingers Stunned in 9th, 6-5
Detroit (Wed., July 23, 1975) - Ben Oglivie hit a two-run homer into the right field upper deck in the bottom of the ninth, and the Tigers came all the way back from an early 5-1 deficit to beat the Oakland A's, 6-5, at Tiger Stadium Wednesday night.
It was Detroit's third straight win, all over division-leading Oakland, against whom the Tigers are 6-2 this season.
Oglivie's home run came off Rollie Fingers, who the night before surrendered an 8th-inning, three-run blast to Bill Freehan, enabling the Tigers to win that game.
The Tigers scored twice in the sixth to pull to within 5-3, then added a single run in the seventh, made possible by an error by left fielder Claudell Washington.
In the ninth, John Wockenfuss led off with a double. After Tom Veryzer struck out, Oglivie stepped up and clubbed his second homer of the year.
The A's opened ths scoring with three unearned runs off starter Vern Ruhle in the fourth inning. Veryzer's muff of a ground ball should have been the second out of the inning, loading the bases. The next batter struck out, but thanks to the fourth out, the A's s got a walk and a double to push across three runs.
Willie Horton singled twice and scored twice for the Tigers (39-56), who have won five of six on this home stand.
The Major Said: "This was a great win, exciting for the fans. Hell, exciting for me, too. You never get tired of winning games in the ninth inning. It's a wonderful feeling. Fingers has had two tough nights here, but he's still one of the best in the business."
Oakland 000 320 000 5-9-1
Tigers 010 002 102 6-11-1
HR: Rudi (OAK); Oglivie (DET, 2)
WP: Arroyo (1-0)
LP: Fingers
Tigers record: 39-56 (actual 42-53)
Home: 20-31
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 6-4
It was Detroit's third straight win, all over division-leading Oakland, against whom the Tigers are 6-2 this season.
Oglivie's home run came off Rollie Fingers, who the night before surrendered an 8th-inning, three-run blast to Bill Freehan, enabling the Tigers to win that game.
The Tigers scored twice in the sixth to pull to within 5-3, then added a single run in the seventh, made possible by an error by left fielder Claudell Washington.
In the ninth, John Wockenfuss led off with a double. After Tom Veryzer struck out, Oglivie stepped up and clubbed his second homer of the year.
The A's opened ths scoring with three unearned runs off starter Vern Ruhle in the fourth inning. Veryzer's muff of a ground ball should have been the second out of the inning, loading the bases. The next batter struck out, but thanks to the fourth out, the A's s got a walk and a double to push across three runs.
Willie Horton singled twice and scored twice for the Tigers (39-56), who have won five of six on this home stand.
The Major Said: "This was a great win, exciting for the fans. Hell, exciting for me, too. You never get tired of winning games in the ninth inning. It's a wonderful feeling. Fingers has had two tough nights here, but he's still one of the best in the business."
Oakland 000 320 000 5-9-1
Tigers 010 002 102 6-11-1
HR: Rudi (OAK); Oglivie (DET, 2)
WP: Arroyo (1-0)
LP: Fingers
Tigers record: 39-56 (actual 42-53)
Home: 20-31
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 6-4
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Games 93 & 94: Tigers Sweep Twinbill; Both 3-1
Detroit (Tue., July 22, 1975) - Bill Freehan's three-run homer broke a scoreless tie in the eighth inning, enabling the Tigers to sweep a doubleheader with the Oakland A's Tuesday at Tiger Stadium.
The Tigers won both games by the score of 3-1.
With two outs and runners on first and third in the bottom of the eighth inning in the nightcap, Freehan connected into left center field off reliever Rollie Fingers, and the Tigers held off an Oakland rally in the ninth.
The A's loaded the bases with nobody out in the ninth, but John Hiller allowed just one run before coaxing Billy Williams into a game-ending ground out.
In Game 1, the Tigers also scored all three of their runs in one inning---the sixth. The big blow was a two-run homer by Jack Pierce into the left field upper deck. The A's scored their only run in the first inning.
Tigers starters Lerrin LaGrow (complete game) and Tom Walker combined for 17 innings pitched and two earned runs allowed on nine hits. LaGrow pitched the first game.
The Tigers (38-56) have won four of five and are 5-2 against AL West-leading Oakland this season.
The Major Said: "We're winning some games because we're pitching and rewarding that pitching. It's very simple. For the most part, I like how we've pitched. The bats just haven't always been there."
Game 1
Oakland 100 000 000 1-4-0
Tigers 000 003 00x 3-8-1
HR: Pierce (DET, 3)
WP: LaGrow
LP: Bahnsen
Game 2
Oakland 000 000 001 1-6-2
Tigers 000 000 03x 3-5-0
HR: Freehan (DET, 7)
WP: Walker
SV: Hiller (15)
LP: Abbott
Tigers record: 38-56 (actual 42-52)
Home: 19-31
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 5-5
The Tigers won both games by the score of 3-1.
With two outs and runners on first and third in the bottom of the eighth inning in the nightcap, Freehan connected into left center field off reliever Rollie Fingers, and the Tigers held off an Oakland rally in the ninth.
The A's loaded the bases with nobody out in the ninth, but John Hiller allowed just one run before coaxing Billy Williams into a game-ending ground out.
In Game 1, the Tigers also scored all three of their runs in one inning---the sixth. The big blow was a two-run homer by Jack Pierce into the left field upper deck. The A's scored their only run in the first inning.
Tigers starters Lerrin LaGrow (complete game) and Tom Walker combined for 17 innings pitched and two earned runs allowed on nine hits. LaGrow pitched the first game.
The Tigers (38-56) have won four of five and are 5-2 against AL West-leading Oakland this season.
The Major Said: "We're winning some games because we're pitching and rewarding that pitching. It's very simple. For the most part, I like how we've pitched. The bats just haven't always been there."
Game 1
Oakland 100 000 000 1-4-0
Tigers 000 003 00x 3-8-1
HR: Pierce (DET, 3)
WP: LaGrow
LP: Bahnsen
Game 2
Oakland 000 000 001 1-6-2
Tigers 000 000 03x 3-5-0
HR: Freehan (DET, 7)
WP: Walker
SV: Hiller (15)
LP: Abbott
Tigers record: 38-56 (actual 42-52)
Home: 19-31
Away: 19-25
Last 10: 5-5
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