1983 Detroit Tigers Replay

August 17th. Kansas City 8 Detroit 6

ROYALS COMPLETE SWEEP OF TIGERS WITH 8-6 VICTORY

The Kansas City Royals made it a three game sweep against the Detroit Tigers with an 8-6 win. Pat Sheridan clubbed a three run homer and a double while scoring three runs and Willie Wilson doubled and scored twice.

Larry Parish did snap an 0-23 skid with his 14th homerun of the year. The Tigers drop to 4 games back of the front running Orioles. Milwaukee has pulled to within a half game of Baltimore.

Other scores: Toronto 6 Cleveland 5; Milwaukee 4 Boston 3; Milwaukee 5 Boston 1; Chicago 7 New York 5; Baltimore 4 Texas 2.

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

Baltimore 116 67 49 .578 –

Milwaukee 119 68 51 .571 .5

New York 117 65 52 .556 2.5

Toronto 120 65 55 .542 4

Detroit 118 64 54 .542 4

Boston 119 61 58 .513 7.5

Cleveland 120 52 68 .433 17