Author: david bancroft

August 13th New York 3 Detroit 2 TIGERS DROP 3-2 HEART BREAKER TO YANKEES, ORIOLES END SKID This was a game it was a shame either team had to lose. However, it was Detroit who came up a run short. Matt Wilcox(7-11) was tagged for a solo homerun by Don Baylor in the first, then…

August 12th New York 2 Detroit 1 15 innings NETTLES HOMER IN FIFTEENTH SINKS TIGERS In Detroit’s second fifteen inning game of the year, Graig Nettles homered off Aurelio Lopez(8-5) in the top of the 15th inning, giving the Yankees a 2-1 win over the Tigers. It was Lopez’s second straight defeat. The game set…

August 11th. Detroit 6 New York 2 BROOKENS IS HERO WITH 3 RUN, 8TH INNING HOME RUN IN TIGERS 6-2 VICTORY Tom Brookens(7) insured the sixteenth victory for Jack Morris(16-6) with a three run, eighth inning blast off Bob Shirley of the Yankees. Morris allowed two runs, one unearned, in six innings of work. He…

TIGERS-WHITE SOX GAME WASHED OUT BY RAIN Here are some other scores: Cleveland 4 Baltimore 3; Boston 4 Texas 2; Milwaukee 4 Kansas City 0; New York 8 Toronto 3. Here’s the standings in a very close American League East race: Team/Gm#/Won/Lost/Pct/GB Baltimore 109 63 46 .578 – Detroit 111 63 48 .568 1 Milwaukee…

August 9th. Chicago 5 Detroit 4 WHITAKER LOSES GAMBLE ON BASE PATHS AS TIGERS LOSE TO WHITE SOX, 5-4 Harold Baines gunned down Lou Whitaker in the bottom of the ninth, when the Tiger second sacker tried to score the tying run on a Larry Parrish single, with two out. The wild ending should never…

August 8th Doubleheader Game One: Det. 5 Chi. 3. Game Two: Det 8 Chic 2 TIGERS SWEEP SOX; NOW JUST A GAME AND A HALF BEHIND ORIOLES The Detroit Tigers kicked off their series with the Chicago White Sox in the best way possible, handing the palehose a twinbill sweep. Dan Petry(12-6) won game one,…

August 7th Detroit 2 New York 0 MORRIS PUTS TIGERS ON HIS BACK; SALVAGES LAST GAME WITH SHUTOUT WIN As he has been all year, Jack Morris(15-6) was the slump stopper. His 2-0 shutout win, his fourth whitewash this season, allowed the Detroit Tigers to salvage the final game after dropping the first two to…

August 6th. New York 11 Detroit 3 Detroit was embarrassed by New York in an 11 to 3 rout, which was effectively over after the first inning. The Tigers fell behind 4-0 in the bottom of the first, largely thanks to a 3 run bomb off the bat of Roy Smalley. Starter and losing pitcher…

August 5th New York 7 Detroit 6 The Tigers were edged by the Yankees, 7-6, as a result of a poor relief effort from Juan Berenguer(7-6) and a big two base error by Chet Lemon. The Tiger centerfielder’s miscue off the bat of Butch Wynegar in the bottom of the second led to four unearned…

August 5th Detroit 7 Chicago 1 Another game, another shellacking. The Tigers just completed a three game sweep of the Chicago White Sox, as Dan Petry(11-6) toiled the entire game in a 7-1 win. Chicago was able to manage just 3 runs in three games. Several Tigers had good days at the plate. Lou Whitaker…