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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…

September 1st. Detroit 5 Texas 2 MORRIS REACHES 20 WIN PLATEAU BY BEATING TEXAS RANGERS Jack Morris(20-6) won his twentieth game, defeating the Rangers, 5-2. He went the full 9 innings, allowing two runs, one unearned. He gave up five hits, while fanning eight. Morris walked three, one of which scored. Detroit got home runs…

TEAM LEADERS IN VARIOUS STATISTICAL CATEGORIES THROUGH END OF AUGUST Plate Appearances: Whitaker 577 At Bats: Whitaker 520 Hits: Whitaker 178 Batting average: Whitaker .342 Runs: Whitaker 73 RBI: Herndon 65 Doubles: Whitaker 37 Triples: Herndon 7 Home runs: Lemon 17 Strikeouts : Gibson 88 Walks: Trammell 58 Sac Flies: 3 tied with 5 Errors:…

August 31st. Texas 4 Detroit 3 RANGERS END TIGERS WIN STREAK AT FIVE GAMES. ORIOLES WIN YET AGAIN The Tigers dropped their first game in six games, losing to the Texas Rangers, 4-3. Unfortunately, the juggernaut that is the Baltimore Orioles won again, to push the Tigers to five games behind. New York and Milwaukee…

August 30th. Detroit 2 Minnesota 1 TIGERS CAN’T GAIN GROUND DESPITE FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN Detroit edged the Twins, 2-1, for their fourth win in a row, however, Baltimore won its seventh straight, to keep the Tigers four back. Milt Wilcox(9-12) won on the hill, despite five walks. Free passes also hurt the Twins as their…

August 29th. Detroit 4 Minnesota 1 TIGERS TAKE FIRST GAME OF TWINS SERIES, 4-1 Behind a seven inning effort from starter Dan Petry(14-8), the Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins, 4-1. It was the fourth straight win for the Motor City nine, however, division leader Baltimore has won six in a row, so no ground…