September 20th. Gm # 150 Detroit 8 Baltimore 3
LEMON’S TWO HOMERS LEAD TIGERS PAST ORIOLES, 8-3
Chet Lemon(24) hit a pair of two run home runs, and also doubled and singled, to lead the Detroit Tigers over the first place Baltimore Orioles by a score of 8-3.
Lemon has distanced himself in the team home run lead.
Dan Petry(18-8) got the win, scattering six hits in a complete game effort. Petry did allow solo homers to Eddie Murray and Dan Ford, but beyond that, had little trouble with the powerful Orioles lineup.
Glenn Wilson collected two hits, to extend his hitting streak to 20 games. Wayne Krenchicki also had a pair of singles on the day.
The Tigers and O’s square off in a double header tomorrow.
Other scores: New York 3 Boston 2; Milwaukee 11 Cleveland 7; Toronto 7 Seattle 3
STANDINGS/TEAM/GM#/WON/LOST/PCT/GB
Baltimore 148 93 56 .624 –
Detroit 150 90 60 .600 3.5
New York 150 86 64 .573 7.5
Milwaukee 151 80 71 .530 14
Toronto 152 78 74 .513 16.5
Boston 152 74 78 .487 20.5
Cleveland 150 68 82 .453 25.5
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