1983 Detroit Tigers Replay

August 16th. Kansas City 5 Detroit 3

WILLIE MAYS AIKENS HITS TWO RUN BLAST TO BEAT SLUMPING TIGERS

Dan Petry(12-7) lost to Bud Black of the Royals, with Willie Mays Aikens’ eighth inning homerun, the big blow. Willie Wilson had a single and a triple.

Detroit couldn’t take advantage of good games by Alan Trammell, who had three singles; Glenn Wilson, who hit his fourth homerun; or Chet Lemon, who was 3-4 with a homer(14) and two doubles.

That’s the Tigers fifth straight loss.

Other scores: Cleveland 3 Toronto 0; Toronto 9 Cleveland 6; Milwaukee 4 Boston 3; Chicago 5 New York 3; Texas 2 Baltimore 0

STANDINGS: TEAM/GM#/WON/LOST/PCT/GB

Baltimore 115 66 49 .574 –

Milwaukee 117 66 51 .564 1

New York 116 65 51 .560 1.5

Detroit 117 64 53 .547 3

Toronto 119 64 55 .538 4

Boston 117 61 56 .521 6

Cleveland 119 52 67 .437 16