Author: david bancroft

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…

September 19th. TIGERS WERE IDLE TODAY. BIG SERIES WITH BALTIMORE NEXT After sweeping Boston, the Detroit Tigers have a scheduled day off before the first place Baltimore Orioles come to town for a crucial stretch series. Here are today’s other scores and the current standings: Baltimore 8 Milwaukee 7; Boston 5 New York 3; Seattle…

September 18th. Gm # 149 Detroit 6 Boston 1 WIN # 22 FOR JACK MORRIS GIVE TIGERS SWEEP OF RED SOX Jack Morris(22-8) is now one win away from tying the house Strat-O-Matic record for pitcher wins. That mark of 23 wins in a season is shared by Ike De Lock of the ’58 Boston…

September 17th. Gm# 148 Detroit 9 Boston 2 TIGERS ONCE AGAIN HANG 9 RUNS ON RED SOX For the second day in a row, the Detroit Tigers have put up a 9 spot against the Boston Red Sox, this time by a 9-2 score. Detroit got home runs from: Rick Leach(1), Chet Lemon(22) and Alan…

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…

September 15th. TIGERS ARE OFF TODAY With the Tigers idle, there were only two other games played. Boston beat Baltimore, 7-1 and Minnesota defeated Toronto, 6-2. STANDINGS/TEAM/GM#/WON/LOST/GB Baltimore 144 89 55 .618 – Detroit 146 86 60 .589 4 New York 145 84 61 .589 5.5 Milwaukee 146 79 67 .541 11 Toronto 148 76…

September 14th. Gm # 146 Detroit 4 Cleveland 3 LEMON’S HR LIFTS TIGERS TO WIN IN FINAL GAME OF CLEVELAND SERIES Chet Lemon’s 21st home run in the bottom of the eighth put Detroit ahead to stay, as the Tigers were able to salvage one out of three against the Indians. Dan Petry earned the…

September 13th. Gm# 145 Cleveland 3 Detroit 2 INDIANS ONCE AGAIN BEAT TIGERS IN SHOCKING FASHION If the Detroit Tigers end up falling short of Baltimore in the pennant race, this game may be looked back on as the turning point. Tiger ace, Jack Morris had pitched, probably his best eight innings of ball all…

September 12th. Game #144. Cleveland 4 Detroit 2 INDIANS PLAY SPOILER; BEAT TIGERS, 4-2. The Cleveland Indians have 0 chance of the East title, but what they can do, is to ruin other teams chances at capturing the flag. Last place Cleveland moved in that direction by beating Detroit, 4-2. Baltimore and Boston were rained…

September 11th. Gm# 143 Detroit 3 Milwaukee 2 TRAMMELL’S HOME RUN DIFFERENCE IN TIGERS 3-1 WIN OVER BREWERS Alan Trammell(13), who had not homered since August 14th, did so against Milwaukee’s Mike Caldwell in the very first inning, and his two run shot proved to be enough for Detroit to win. They added an insurance…