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TIGERS WERE IDLE TODAY The only action today was the completion of the protested game between the Royals and Yankees. New York lost, 5-4.

August 17th. Kansas City 8 Detroit 6 ROYALS COMPLETE SWEEP OF TIGERS WITH 8-6 VICTORY The Kansas City Royals made it a three game sweep against the Detroit Tigers with an 8-6 win. Pat Sheridan clubbed a three run homer and a double while scoring three runs and Willie Wilson doubled and scored twice. Larry…

August 16th. Kansas City 5 Detroit 3 WILLIE MAYS AIKENS HITS TWO RUN BLAST TO BEAT SLUMPING TIGERS Dan Petry(12-7) lost to Bud Black of the Royals, with Willie Mays Aikens’ eighth inning homerun, the big blow. Willie Wilson had a single and a triple. Detroit couldn’t take advantage of good games by Alan Trammell,…

August 15th. Kansas City 7 Detroit 6 10 innings WRIGHT’S 10TH INNING ERROR LEADS TO DETROIT’S FOURTH STRAIGHT LOSS Amos Otis singled off Dave Rozema(6-7) in the bottom of the tenth. Then Glenn Wright misjudged a ball off the bat of Frank White, sending Otis to third. One batter later, Onix Concepcion’s sacrifice fly won…

August 14th. New York 7 Detroit 5 BULLPEN BOMBED AS YANKS SCORE SEVEN RUNS IN EIGHTH INNING The Tigers led 3-0 heading into the eighth inning, with Glenn Abbott pitching scoreless ball to that point. He retired Dave Winfield on a flyout to get the first out of the inning, then allowed back to back…

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…