Game 4: April 7, 1984
Tigers 4 – White Sox 0
W: Jack Morris (2-0) – L: Floyd Bannister (0-2) | Boxscore
So much to say about this game.
A hot start, a Game of the Week appearance and a win would have been enough to satisfy me at an age, but at 16, well, adding a no-hitter by my favorite Tiger … come on.
- As no-hitters go, it wasn’t clean — Morris walked six — but who cared? He struck out eight, facing 32 batters.
- A huge play came in the bottom of the fourth, with nobody out. After walking Rudy Law, Carlton Fisk and Harold Baines, Morris fielded Greg Luzinski to hit a check-swing, ground ball double play: Morris to Lance Parrish to Bárbaro Garbey.
- Then, with Fisk on third and Baines on second, Morris struck out Ron Kittle to end the inning.
- Chet Lemon hit a two-run homer in the second, and the Tigers scored a pair in the fifth to make it 4-0.
- In the bottom of the eighth, Dave Bergman made this play on leadoff hitter Jerry Hairston — karma for his breaking up Milt Wilcox‘s perfect game 358 days earlier.
- Record: 4-0
Miscellany
- Umpires: HP – Durwood Merrill, 1B – Tim McClelland, 2B – Marty Springstead, 3B – Jim McKean
- Time of Game: 2:44
- Attendance: 24,616
- Start Time Weather: 50° F, Wind 8mph in from Centerfield, Sunny, No Precipitation
5 Things to Know About Jack Lazorko – #36
- Jack Lazorko signed as a free agent with the Tigers on Feb, 7, 1986.
- He spent most of the season in Triple-A Nashville, where he made 29 starts, finishing with an 8-6 record and 3.20 ERA — and one save.
- The right-hander appeared in three games over the course of six days with the ’86 Tigers, his first on Aug. 9 against the Red Sox in Detroit: 1.2 IP, 3 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks and a strikeout.
- Up next was two innings of work on Aug. 14 against the White Sox.
- His final outing was a solid one, against Red Sox at Fenway on Aug. 15: 3 IP, one hit, one walk and two strikeouts.
Birthdays
Ben Petrick and the late Ed Lafitte
Today’s Grid
⚾️ Immaculate Grid 371 8/9 – Rarity: 171
Three former Tigers today, and my blank square was a guess for George Kell. He didn’t hit .300 for the Orioles, but got close. In his final big-league season, at age 34, he hit .297 for Baltimore.
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See you tomorrow.
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