1983 Detroit Tigers Replay

August 26th. Detroit 4 Toronto 2

3 RUN EIGHTH INNING PUSHES TIGERS PAST BLUE JAYS

A double by Enos Cabell and singles by Glenn Wilson and Wayne Krenchicki were the focal point, as Detroit scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth, to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays, 4-2.

Winning pitcher, Matt Wilcox(8-12) took a 4-0 lead into the top of the eighth, when Lloyd Moseby clubbed a two run homer to halve the lead. Aurelio Lopez came on, finished the eighth and pitched a scoreless ninth, to earn a save.

Other scores: Baltimore 9 Minnesota 2; New York 3 California 2; Boston 3 Chicago 1; Oakland 4 Milwaukee 3; Cleveland 4 Seattle 1.

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

Baltimore 124 73 51 .589 –

Milwaukee 127 73 54 .575 1.5

New York 126 71 55 .563 3

Detroit 126 70 56 .556 4

Toronto 128 68 60 .531 7

Boston 127 64 63 .504 10.5

Cleveland 129 57 72 .442 18.5