Month: June 2024

The Sunday Fungo: June 30

June 30, 1984: Tigers 4 – Twins 3

W: Dan Petry (11-3) – L: Ken Schrom (1-3) – S: Willie Hernández (14) | Boxscore

Record: 55-21 — 10 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Petry struck out 10 over 81/3 and scattered seven hits. Willie shut down the Twins to close it out.
  • Minnesota took a 3-2 lead in the sixth, and the Tigers scored a run in the seventh and eighth to pull ahead.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Joe Brinkman, 1B – Larry McCoy, 2B – Nick Bremigan, 3B – Mark Johnson.
  • Time of Game: 2:43.
  • Attendance: 48,095

Birthdays

The late Davy Jones

See you tomorrow.

The Saturday Fungo: June 29

June 29, 1984: Doubleheader in Detroit

Game 1: Twins 5 – Tigers 3

W: Albert Williams (3-3) – L: Jack Morris (12-4) – S: Ron Davis (15) | Boxscore

Record: 53-21

Highlights

  • Morris began — or maybe he was already mired in? — his mid-season slump. He allowed 10 hits, three walks and five earned runs over 52/3 innings.
  • Doug Bair pitched the final 31/3 giving up just two hits in a scoreless outing.

Miscellany

  • Umpires: HP – Nick Bremigan, 1B – Mark Johnson, 2B – Joe Brinkman, 3B – Larry McCoy
  • Time of Game: 2:50
  • Attendance: Not Given

Game 2: Tigers 7 – Twins 5

W: Willie Hernández (4-0) – L: Pete Filson (4-2) | Boxscore

Record: 54-21 — 10 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • The Tigers chased Twins starter Mike Smithson after 11/3 with five hits — three of them homers — and four earned runs.
  • That 4-0 Tigers lead turned into a 5-4 deficit thanks to the Twins’ tagging Milt Wilcox for five runs on five hits in five innings.
  • Detroit tied it in the seventh and the Gibby hit his second two-run homer of the game to walk it off.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Mark Johnson, 1B – Joe Brinkman, 2B – Larry McCoy, 3B – Nick Bremigan
  • Time of Game: 3:00
  • Attendance: 44,619

Birthdays

Eddie Miller, Bruce Kimm, the late Bob Shaw, Dizzy Trout and Bobby Veach

See you tomorrow.

The Friday Fungo: June 28

June 28, 1984: Off Day at Home

The Tigers have an off day after losing the series to the Yankees in New York. Up next: a doubleheader against the Twins in Detroit. Let’s look back on a game played on June 28 in another year.

June 28, 1980: Tigers 8 – Blue Jays 3

W: Dave Rozema (4-4) – L: Jack Kucek (1-1) | Boxscore

Record: 37-30 — 3rd place, 6.5 games behind the Yankees

Highlights

  • Rozema pitched seven innings, scattered seven hits and allowed just two earned runs. Dan Schatzeder and Aurelio López covered the final two innings.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Exhibition Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Ted Hendry, 1B – Larry Barnett, 2B – Fred Spenn, 3B – Jim Evans
  • Time of Game: 2:53
  • Attendance: 20,059

Birthdays

Chris Spurling, Greg Keagle, Tom Fletcher, Orlando McFarlane, Frank Scheibeck and the late Fred Gladding

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 453 9/9 — Rarity: 26

See you tomorrow.

The Thursday Fungo: June 27

June 27, 1984: Yankees 5 – Tigers 4

W: Jay Howell (3-4) – L: Carl Willis (0-1) – Save: | Boxscore

Record: 53-20 — 10 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • The Tigers had a 4-2 lead heading into the bottom of the eighth. Willis relieved starter Dave Rozema and gave up two hits and three runs.
  • Bárbaro Garbey drove in a pair, and the Tigers eked out just five hits.
  • The Yankees take two out of three in the series but the Tigers remain 10 games ahead of second-place Toronto.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Yankee Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Jim McKean, 1B – Tim McClelland, 2B – Larry Young, 3B – Marty Springstead
  • Time of Game: 2:36
  • Attendance: 30,428

Birthdays

Jim Johnson, Oscar Salazar, Nelson Simmons, Dick Marlowe, Gus Zernial, Lou Kretlow and Charlie Wheatley

See you tomorrow.

The Wednesday Fungo: June 26

June 26, 1984: Tigers 9 – Yankees 7 (10)

W: Willie Hernández (3-0) – L: Clay Christiansen (2-3) | Boxscore

Record: 53-19: 10 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • The Tigers score three in the eighth to tie it and take the lead in the 10th on a Lance Parrish two-run homer.
  • Detroit had 16 hits and five Tigers had two hits a piece; Tom Brookens went 3 for 5.
  • Juan Berenguer lasted only 21/3 innings, giving up five hits and three earned runs.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Yankee Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Marty Springstead, 1B – Jim McKean, 2B – Tim McClelland, 3B – Dan Morrison.
  • Time of Game: 3:22
  • Attendance: 32,301

Birthdays

Chris Shelton, Mike Myers and the late Babe Herman

See you tomorrow.

The Tuesday Fungo: June 25

June 25, 1984: Yankees 7 –Tigers 3

W: Ron Guidry (6-5) – L: Doug Bair (4-1) – S: Jay Howell (2) | Boxscore

Record: 52-19 — 9 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • A 1-1 game at the end of the sixth became a 3-1 Tigers lead and soon thereafter 4-3 Yankees.
  • Then, in the bottom of the eighth, Willie Hernández proved he was human: 1 inning, 2 hits, 3 walks and 3 runs.
  • Dan Petry started and allowed 11 hits in his 61/3 innings.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Yankee Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Dan Morrison, 1B – Marty Springstead, 2B – Jim McKean, 3B – Tim McClelland
  • Time of Game: 3:11
  • Attendance: 29,237

Birthdays

The late Don Demeter, Alex Garbowski, Johnny Pasek and John Deering

See you tomorrow.

The Monday Fungo: June 24

June 24, 1984: Tigers 7 – Brewers 1

W: Jack Morris (12-3) – L: Moose Haas (4-6) – S: Aurelio López (9) | Boxscore

Record: 52-18 — 8.5 up on Toronto

Highlights

  • The Tigers scored five runs on five hits off Brewers starter Moose Haas.
  • Morris, 6 innings, 1 hit, and Señor Smoke, 3 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, throttled Milwaukee.

Miscellany

  • Venue: County Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Durwood Merrill, 1B – Dan Morrison, 2B – Marty Springstead, 3B – Jim McKean
  • Time of Game: 2:32
  • Attendance: 39,067

Birthdays

George Harper

See you tomorrow.