September 2024

Sept. 30, 1984: Yankees 9 – Tigers 2

W: Dennis Rasmussen (9-6) – L: Randy O’Neal (2-1) | Boxscore

Record: 104-58 — 15 games up on Toronto

Highlights

O’Neal started and lasted only three and two-thirds, getting knocked around for nine hits, four walks and seven runs.

Bárbaro Garbey, Chet Lemon and Doug Baker each had two hits.

Doug Bair, Aurelio López, Bill Scherrer and Willie Hernández each pitched an inning of post-season tune up. Sid Monge made his final big-league appearance: one inning, two runs, two hits and a walk.

Miscellany

Venue: Yankee Stadium
Umpires: HP – Al Clark, 1B – Mike Reilly, 2B – Don Denkinger, 3B – Rich Garcia
Time of Game: 2:35
Attendance: 30,602

Birthdays

Travis Demeritte, Danny Worth, Carlos Guillen, John DeSilva, Scott Lusader, Dan Gonzales and the late Jose Lima, Johnny Podres and Ben Taylor

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 547 9/9 — Rarity: 74

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Sept. 29, 1984: Tigers 11 – Yankees 3

W: Juan Berenguer (11-10) – L: Ron Guidry (10-11) – S: Roger Mason (1) | Boxscore

Record: 104-57 — 15 games up on Toronto

Highlights

Larry Herndon went three for five, including a solo homer, as the Tigers piled 11 hits on Guidry and 16 overall.

Berenguer pitched six innings allowing just two-hits … but six walks. Mason earned the three-inning save.

Lance Parrish and Dwight Lowry each hit two-run homers.

Miscellany

Venue: Yankee Stadium
Umpires: HP – Rich Garcia, 1B – Al Clark, 2B – Mike Reilly, 3B – Don Denkinger
Time of Game: 2:53
Attendance: 35,685

Birthdays

Jermaine Clark, Rob Deer, Jim Crawford, Rich Reese and the late Bob Anderson and Tony Rensa

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 546 9/9 — Rarity: 22

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Sept. 28, 1984: Tigers 4 – Yankees 2 (12)

W: Doug Bair (5-3) – L: Joe Cowley (9-2) | Boxscore

Record: 103-57 — 15 games up on Toronto

Highlights

Dan Petry started and went six innings, scattered five hits and allowed one run. Willie Hernández blew his second save in a row, sending this one to extra innings.

Doug Bair threw four sparkling innings: no runs, no hits and just two walks.

Bárbaro Garbey had three of the Tigers’ 16 hits. Detroit took the lead in the 12th on Lou Whitaker’s two-run homer off righty Joe Cowley.

Miscellany

Venue: Yankee Stadium
Umpires: HP – Don Denkinger, 1B – Rich Garcia, 2B – Al Clark, 3B – Mike Reilly
Time of Game: 3:43
Attendance: 19,422

Birthdays

Riley Greene, Thad Weber and the late Dick Gernert, Bob Dustal and Paul Easterling

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 545 8/9 — Rarity: 124

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Sept. 27, 1984: Yankees 2 – Tigers 1

W: Bob Shirley (3-3) – L: Willie Hernández (9-3) – S: Dave Righetti (31) | Boxscore

Record: 102-57 — 14 games up on Toronto

Highlights

Jack Morris started and other than being a little wild (a half-dozen walks), he was trending up for the postseason: seven innings, two hits and one run.

The Yankees had only four hits, but it was enough. Willie gave up the go-ahead run in the eighth.

The Tigers’ run came on Lance Parrish’s 32nd homer of the year, off Yankees starter Bob Shirley, in the fourth inning.

Miscellany

Venue: Yankee Stadium
Umpires: HP – Mike Reilly, 1B – Don Denkinger, 2B – Rich Garcia, 3B – Al Clark
Time of Game: 2:22
Attendance: 16,732

Birthdays

Gary Sutherland and the late Jerry Casale, Dave Wickersham, Whit Wyatt, Josh Billings, Chick Gagnon, Frank Gibson and Cy Ferry.

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 544 9/9 — Rarity: 14

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Sept. 26, 1984: Brewers 7 – Tigers 5

W: Ray Searage (1-1) – L: Aurelio López (10-1) | Boxscore

Record: 102-56 — 14^1/2 games up on Toronto

Highlights

Milt Wilcox started and pitched five innings, allowing just one run. The Tigers were up 5-3 going into the bottom of the eighth when Lopez gave up four runs on three hits. It resulted in his first loss of the year.

Don Sutton pitched seven innings for the Brewers, gave up 10 hits and struck out nine.

Chet Lemon and Nelson Simmons both had three hits and two RBI. Dwight Lowry had a pair of hits.

The Tigers fly to New York for a weekend series to cap the season.

Miscellany

Venue: County Stadium
Umpires: HP – Dan Morrison, 1B – Jim McKean, 2B – Marty Springstead, 3B – Durwood Merrill
Time of Game: 2:53
Attendance: 8,853

Birthdays

The late Walt Streuli, Norm McRae and Joe Sullivan

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 543 9/9 — Rarity: 21

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Sept. 25, 1984: Tigers 9 – Brewers 1

W: Randy O’Neal (2-0) – L: Bob Gibson (1-5) | Boxscore

Record: 102-55 — 15^1/2 games up on Toronto

Highlights

Howard Johnson hit a first-inning grand slam and the Tigers built a 9-0 lead before the Brewers scored in the seventh.

O’Neal went five innings, giving up just two hits and striking out three. Sparky trotted out four pitchers to each toss an inning of relief: Sid Monge, Bill Scherrer, Aurelio López and Willie Hernández.

Johnson also had a double and Kirk Gibson tripled as part of a two-hit, two-RBI night.

Miscellany

Venue: County Stadium
Umpires: HP – Durwood Merrill, 1B – Dan Morrison, 2B – Jim McKean, 3B – Marty Springstead
Time of Game: 2:34
Attendance: 8,804

Birthdays

Kyle Ryan, Steve Wapnick, Ed Putman, Sal Butera and the late Dick Harley

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid #542: 9/9 — Rarity: 39

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Sept. 24, 1984: Tigers 7 – Brewers 3

W: Juan Berenguer (10-10) – L: Paul Hartzell (0-1) | Boxscore

Record: 101-55 — 14^1/2 games up on Toronto

Highlights

Berenguer evened his record by going five innings, giving up just five hits. Dave Rozema, Doug Bair, Bill Scherrer and Aurelio López each pitched one inning to close it out.

Chet Lemon, number 20, and Lou Whitaker, his 12th, both homered off Milwaukee reliever Rick Waits.

Dave Bergman had three hits, and Lou, Ruppert Jones, Nelson Simmons and Doug Baker all had two hits.

Miscellany

Venue: County Stadium
Umpires: HP – Marty Springstead, 1B – Durwood Merrill, 2B – Dan Morrison, 3B – Jim McKean
Time of Game: 2:32
Attendance: 9,506

Birthdays

Nate Cornejo, John McDonald and the late Dixie Walker, Tom Seats, Joe Sargent and John Kane

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid #541: 9/9 — Rarity 14

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