Sept. 22, 1984: Tigers 6 – Yankees 0

W: Dan Petry (18-8) – L: Clay Christiansen (2-4) | Boxscore

Record: 99-55 — 13^1/2 games up on Toronto

Highlights

• Sparky certainly wasn’t thinking about saving Peaches’ arm for the postseason. Petry dazzled with a complete-game four hitter. He struck out nine and walked just two.

• Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell both had two hits and Chet Lemon had a three-run homer.

• Dave Bergman batted ninth; he batted leadoff in the previous game.

Miscellany

• Venue: Tiger Stadium
• Umpires: HP – Al Clark, 1B – Mike Reilly, 2B – Don Denkinger, 3B – Rich Garcia
• Time of Game: 2:31
• Attendance: 38,897

Birthdays

Danny Klassen, Vince Coleman and the late Anse Moore, Chuck Hostetler, Frank Walker, Ira Flagstead and Hooks Dauss

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid #539: 9/9 — Rarity: 18

See you tomorrow.