1983 Detroit Tigers Replay

September 3rd. Detroit 3 Toronto 2

TIGERS EDGE BLUE JAYS TO TAKE THIRD GAME OF SERIES

Kirk Gibson’s sacrifice fly scored Glenn Wilson in the top of the eighth, and broke a 2-2 tie, as Detroit went on to defeat Toronto, 3-2.

Matt Wilcox(10-12) came away with the win; and Aurelio Lopez pitched two more innings of scoreless relief to notch his seventh save.

Lou Whitaker and Lance Parrish each had three hits. The series concludes today, with Glenn Abbott facing Dave Steib.

Other scores: Chicago 9 Boston 6; Milwaukee 4 California 3; Baltimore 13 Minnesota 0; Cleveland 13 Oakland 6; New York 5 Seattle 3.

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

Baltimore 132 80 52 .606 –

Detroit 135 78 57 .578 3.5

New York 133 76 57 .571 4.5

Milwaukee 134 76 58 .567 5

Toronto 138 70 68 .507 13

Boston 136 68 68 .500 14

Cleveland 136 62 74 .466 20