August 22sd. Texas 6 Detroit 2
TEXAS ROLLS TO WIN IN SERIES OPENER, 6-2
Buddy Bell, Larry Parrish and Mickey Rivers all had two hits each as Frank Tanana went eight and two thirds innings as the Rangers beat Detroit in the series opener, 6-2.
Tanana gave up a run in the first inning, then basically shut the Tigers down until the ninth. Tanana fanned Lance Parrish to start the inning, but then issued a single to Larry Herndon. John Wockenfuss then drew a walk. After that, errors by Bucky Dent and Bell allowed Herndon to score Detroit’s second run. That ended Tanana’s day, but reliever, Odell Jones got Marty Castino to hit into a game ending double play.
Starter Matt Wilcox(7-12) took the loss. Glenn Wilson went 0-4, so his hit streak ends at 14 games.
Baltimore was idle, so Detroit loses a half game due to the loss.
Other scores: Boston 4 Toronto 2; California 7 Cleveland 3; Milwaukee 3 Seattle 2; Oakland 3 New York 2
STANDINGS/TEAM/GM#/WON/LOST/PCT/GB
Baltimore 120 70 50 .583 –
Milwaukee 123 71 52 .577 .5
New York 122 68 54 .557 3
Detroit 122 67 55 .549 4
Toronto 124 67 57 .540 5
Boston 123 63 60 .512 8.5
Cleveland 124 54 70 .435 18
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