Author: david bancroft

September 10th. Game # 142 Detroit 9 Milwaukee 4 LEMON CAPS TIGER ROUT WITH GRAND SLAM IN EIGHTH INNING Chet Lemon(20) highlighted a five run, eight inning, with a grand slam home run off reliever Jim Slaton, as Detroit bounced back with a 9-4 win over Milwaukee. Brewers pitchers issued six free passes, three of…

September 9th. Game two: Milwaukee 4 Detroit 3 TIGERS WIN STREAK ENDS AS MORRIS FINALLY LOSES A DECISION For the previous nine games, the Detroit Tigers have found themselves on the winning end, but that streak was halted in the second game of a double header, lost by the Tigers to the Milwaukee Brewers, 4-3.…

September 9th. Game one: Detroit 8 Milwaukee 4 Bulletin: Detroit defeated Milwaukee, 8 to 4, in game one of a double header at County Stadium. It was a season high 9th straight win for the Tigers. The second game was still in progress when the press deadline came. The score was tied 2-2 after seven…

September 8th. Tigers were idle today TIGERS OFF TODAY; REMAIN 2.5 GAMES BACK There was only one scheduled game in the American League East today. The Yankees defeated the Brewers, 6-5. STANDINGS/TEAM/GM#/WON/LOST/PCT/GB Baltimore 136 83 53 .610 – Detroit 139 82 57 .590 2.5 New York 138 80 58 .580 4 Milwaukee 139 78 61…

September 7th. Games # 138, 139. Detroit 4, 5 Cleveland 2, 3 TIGERS TAKE BOTH ENDS OF DOUBLE HEADER TO SWEEP CLEVELAND Detroit took care of business, and did what was expected, having their way with the worst team in the league. They won both games of a twinbill against the Indians, winning the opener,…

September 6th. TIGERS-INDIANS WASHED OUT BY RAIN. Today’s game between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians was rained out. It will be made up tomorrow as a double header. Here are the other scores from today’s games: Baltimore 8 Boston 1; Milwaukee 6 New York 3; Toronto 6 California 4 STANDINGS/TEAM/GM#/WON/LOST/PCT/GB Baltimore 135 82…

September 5th. Game # 137 Detroit 7 Cleveland 2 PARRISH, WHITAKER EACH SMACK TWO HOMERS IN TIGERS WIN OVER INDIANS For the first time this year, multiple Tigers have hit two or more home runs in a single game. Lance Parrish(18) and Lou Whitaker(16) turned the trick in Detroit’s 7-2 win over the Cleveland Indians.…

September 4th Game # 136 Detroit 2 Toronto 0 WILSON’S TWO RUN HR IN 12TH ENDS PITCHER’S DUEL FOR THE AGES Toronto’s Dave Stieb is a # 1 pitcher. Detroit’s Glenn Abbott is the # 4 man in the Tigers rotation. But you would never have noticed the disparity in this game. Stieb went ten…

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…

September 2sd. Detroit 6, 5; Toronto 1,0 TIGERS SIT 3.5 GAMES BACK AFTER TWINBILL SWEEP OF BLUE JAYS The Detroit Tigers moved to within three and a half games of the division leading Baltimore Orioles by taking both games of a double header in Toronto. In the opener, Chet Lemon hit his team leading 18th…