September 16th. Gm # 147 Detroit 9 Boston 5
TIGERS HOLD OFF LATE CHARGE TO BEAT RED SOX
Detroit built up an 8-0 lead, then held on, as walks and errors allowed Boston to make a late charge, but in the end, the Tigers came away with a 9-5 victory.
Matt Wilcox(13-12), had one of the wildest games a pitcher can have. He allowed only four hits, and was pitching a shutout until Carl Yastremski homered in the seventh. But Wilcox walked more than he struck out (5 to 4), the free passes allowing a run in the eighth, and, combined with a two base error by Larry Herndon, Boston tallied three more runs in the ninth. Dave Rozema finally squashed the threat.
Wocky, Cabell, Lemon each had two rbi’s. Glenn Wilson hit his 8th home run, a three run blast, in the second inning.
Baltimore beat Milwaukee, so Detroit remains 4 back.
Other scores: Baltimore 8 Milwaukee 1; Minnesota 11 Toronto 4. New York and Cleveland ppd rain.
STANDINGS/TEAM/GM#/WON/LOST/PCT/GB
Baltimore 145 90 55 .621 –
Detroit 147 87 60 .592 4
New York 145 84 61 .579 6
Milwaukee 147 79 68 .537 12
Toronto 149 76 73 .510 16
Boston 148 73 75 .493 18.5
Cleveland 146 66 80 .452 24.5 .
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