August 29th. Detroit 4 Minnesota 1
TIGERS TAKE FIRST GAME OF TWINS SERIES, 4-1
Behind a seven inning effort from starter Dan Petry(14-8), the Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins, 4-1. It was the fourth straight win for the Motor City nine, however, division leader Baltimore has won six in a row, so no ground was gained.
Lou Whitaker doubled and tripled. Enos Cabell had two rbi singles and Tom Brookens scored twice. The series concludes today.
Other scores: Cleveland 6 California 4; Boston 9 Kansas City 2; Seattle 2 Milwaukee 1; Toronto 5 Boston 1; Boston 8 Toronto 7 N.Y. was idle
STANDINGS/TEAM/GM#/WON/LOST/PCT/GB
Baltimore 127 76 51 .598 –
Milwaukee 130 74 56 .569 3.5
Detroit 129 73 56 .566 4
New York 128 72 56 .563 4.5
Toronto 132 69 63 .523 9.5
Boston 131 65 66 .496 13
Cleveland 132 59 63 .447 19.5
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