The Wednesday Fungo: June 19

June 19, 1984: Tigers 7 – Yankees 6

W: Aurelio López (6-0) – L: Ron Guidry (5-5) – S: Willie Hernández (12) | Boxscore

Record: 48-17 — 6^1/2 up on Toronto

Highlights

• Carl Willis made his first big-league start: 4^1/3 innings, nine hits, four earned runs.

• The Tigers took it to Ron Guidry: a dozen hits and seven earned runs over 7^1/3.

• Lance Parrish‘s first-inning two-run homer opened the scoring.

• Chet Lemon, Larry Herndon and Tom Brookens each doubled; and Herndon had a three-hit game.

Miscellany

• Venue: Tiger Stadium
• Umpires: HP – Steve Palermo, 1B – Dave Phillips, 2B – Jerry Neudecker, 3B – John Hirschbeck
• Time of Game: 2:49
• Attendance: 41,192

Doug Flynn – IF #20

The Tigers signed veteran infielder Doug Flynn as a free agent on June 20, 1985, nine days after he was released by the Expos. Here are four things to know about his brief time in Detroit:

• He debuted on June 22 against the Yankees, starting at second base and batting ninth. He singled off Ron Guidry in his first at bat, one of just four hits Guidry allowed.

• His final major-league game was Oct. 5, 1985 against the Orioles. He replaced Doug Baker at short — Alejandro Sánchez pinch ran for Baker — in the eighth inning.

• Flynn’s final line as a Tiger: 32 games, 55 plate appearances, .255 average, no home runs and two RBI.

• The Tigers re-signed him in the offseason, but released him near the end of Spring Training 1986.

Birthdays

Willis Roberts*, Jim Slaton and the late Eddie Cicotte.

*Roberts appeared in one game for the 1999 Tigers: 1.1 IP, three hits, four runs, one HBP.

See you tomorrow.