The Friday Fungo: June 21

June 21, 1984: Brewers 4 – Tigers 3

W: Don Sutton (4-7) – L: Juan Berenguer (4-5) – S: Rollie Fingers (12) | Boxscore

Record: 49-18 – 6.5 up on Toronto

Highlights

• The Brewers tagged Berenguer for four runs on seven hits over 5^1/3.

• Sid Monge pitched 2^2/3 scoreless, one-hit innings to keep the Tigers in it.

• Detroit scored three in the seventh, two on Larry Herndon‘s pinch-hit home run, and got the tying run on base in the ninth but Fingers doused that flame.

Miscellany

• Venue: Tiger Stadium
• Umpires: HP – Dan Morrison, 1B – Marty Springstead, 2B – Jim McKean, 3B – Durwood Merrill
• Time of Game: 2:30
• Attendance: 32,291

Gene Pentz RHP #39

I’m again stretching the boundaries of this site to feature Gene Pentz on his birthday. Here are five things to know about the Johnstown, Pa. native:

• His Tigers debut came on July 29, 1975 against the Yankees — at Shea Stadium! — pitching three innings of scoreless relief for starter Joe Coleman.

• Pentz made his final appearance on Sept. 26 against the Brewers; another scoreless relieve stint.

• The 1975 Tigers were awful, so don’t read too much into the fact that they were 0-13 in games that Pentz appeared.

• His final line: 0-4, 3.50 ERA, 25^1/3 innings pitched.

• On Dec. 6, 1975, the Tigers sent him, Terry Humphrey, Mark Lemongello and Leon Roberts to the Astros for Jim Crawford, Milt May and Dave Roberts.

Birthdays

Jefry Marté, Jeff Baker, Sean Runyan and Gene Pentz

See you tomorrow.