Tag: Alan Trammell

Aug. 28, 1984: Tigers 5 – Mariners 4

W: Willie Hernández (8-2) – L: Mike Stanton (4-4) | Boxscore

Record: 87-45 — 11.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • The Mariners took a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the seventh, but the Tigers tied it in the eighth, thanks to an Alan Trammell two-run homer.
  • Juan Berenguer started, going 62/3 and allowing four runs (only one earned.) Bill Scherrer made his Tigers debut, relieving Berenguer and getting the final out of the seventh.

Miscellany

  • Venue: The Kingdome
  • Umpires: HP – Tim Welke, 1B – Marty Springstead, 2B – Durwood Merrill, 3B – Dan Morrison
  • Time of Game: 2:51
  • Attendance: 8,353

Birthdays

Joe Yeager, he hit .260 with the Tigers from 1901-03.

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 514 9/9 — Rarity: 19

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Aug. 22, 1984: Tigers 11 – A’s 4

W: Juan Berenguer (7-8) – L: Bill Krueger (8-10) | Boxscore

Record: 84-44 — 12.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Berenguer had another great start, throwing seven innings and allowing just five hits and one run.
  • The Tigers stole six bases in this one.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Tim Welke, 1B – Marty Springstead, 2B – Durwood Merrill, 3B – Dan Morrison
  • Time of Game: 2:54
  • Attendance: 35,335

Birthdays

Ryan Carpenter, Randy Wolf, Jeff Weaver, Doug Bair and the late Wally Schang and Al Bashang

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 508 9/9 — Rarity: 99

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Aug. 21, 1984: Tigers 12 – A’s 6

W: Milt Wilcox (14-7) – L: Lary Sorensen (5-12) | Boxscore

Record: 83-44 — 11.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Another hometown kid, Macomb County’s Lary Sorensen, was ambushed in two innings of work: six hits, seven runs and five walks.
  • Wilcox worked six innings, allowed two runs on four hits and struck out seven.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Dan Morrison, 1B – Tim Welke, 2B – Marty Springstead, 3B – Durwood Merrill
  • Time of Game: 3:04
  • Attendance: 34,065

Birthdays

Dustin Molleken, J.D. Martinez, Dean Crow, and the late Andujar Cedeño and Gerry Staley

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 507 9/9 — Rarity: 4

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Aug. 17, 1984: Tigers 6 – Mariners 2

W: Milt Wilcox (13-7) – L: Mike Moore (5-12) | Boxscore

Record: 80-43 — 10 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Milt went eight strong innings, giving up just one run on seven hits, three walks and he struck out five. Aurelio López did his thing in the ninth: one run, one hit, one walk, one strikeout.
  • Future-Tiger Mike Moore gave up all six Tigers runs in 52/3 innings.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Rick Reed, 1B – John Hirschbeck, 2B – Dave Phillips, 3B – Steve Palermo
  • Time of Game: 3:08
  • Attendance: 36,496

Birthdays

Mike Maroth, Matt Anderson, Dave Lemanczyk, and the late Rudy York, Pat McLaughlin, Hub Walker and Walt Justis

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 503 7/9 — Rarity: 213

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Aug. 16, 1984: Tigers 8 – Angels 7 (12)

W: Willie Hernández (7-2) – L: John Curtis (0-1) | Boxscore

Record: 79-43 — 10 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • At the end of the second inning it was 5-0 Tigers. At the end of the fourth inning, it was 7-5 Angels.
  • Jack Morris has another miserable outing: 32/3 innings, nine hits, four walks, and seven earned runs. A trio of Tigers relievers held the Angels in check for the next eight innings — Doug Bair, 31/3 scoreless; Aurelio López, 11/3 scoreless; and Willie Hernández 32/3 scoreless. I still can’t get over Sparky using his closer for nearly four innings.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Mike Reilly, 1B – Rich Garcia, 2B – Tim McClelland, 3B – Don Denkinger
  • Time of Game: 4:02
  • Attendance: 37,779

Birthdays

Akil Baddoo, Roger Cedeño and Damian Jackson

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 502 9/9 — Rarity: 27

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Aug. 14, 1984: A Doubleheader Letdown

Game 1: Angels 6 – Tigers 4

W: Don Aase (2-1) – L: Willie Hernández (6-2) – S: Luis Sánchez (11) | Boxscore

Record: 77-42

Highlights

  • A decent start from Juan Berenguer, six innings, five hits, six strikeouts, is wasted by the bullpen. The Tigers were up 4-3 in the seventh until Bob Boone homered off Aurelio López to tie it. Then Willie surrendered two runs on three hits and a walk.
  • Both teams had 10 hits; Juan Beníquez had four of them for California.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Rich Garcia, 1B – Tim McClelland, 2B – Don Denkinger, 3B – Mike Reilly
  • Time of Game: 2:53

Game 2: Angels 12 – Tigers 1

W: Bruce Kison (3-1) – L: Dave Rozema (7-4) | Boxscore

Record: 77-43 — 7.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Rozema started and last two innings, giving up five runs on seven hits. Doug Bair wasn’t good either: 31/3 innings, five runs, five hits and three walks.
  • Darrell Evans drove in the Tigers lone run on an RBI single in the eighth.

Miscellany

  • Umpires: HP – Tim McClelland, 1B – Don Denkinger, 2B – Mike Reilly, 3B – Rich Garcia
  • Time of Game: 2:33
  • Attendance: 38,597

Birthdays

Colt Keith and the late Mark Fidrych and Skinny Graham

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 500: 5/9 — Rarity: 426

A clunker compared to yesterday.

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Aug. 12, 1984: Tigers 8 – Royals 4

W: Milt Wilcox (12-7) – L: Bret Saberhagen (6-9) | Boxscore

Record: 77-41 — 9 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Detroit sprinted to a 4-0 lead in the first, thanks to Ruppert Jones‘s two-run homer off Kansas City starter Bret Saberhagen.
  • In the bottom of the seventh, Milt allowed a single, double and a walk, and was tagged for three of the Royals’ four runs that inning, before being replaced by Aurelio López.
  • The Tigers continued their 1984 mastery* of Dan Quisenberry scoring three in the eighth to pull away for good.

*He pitched 12 innings against Detroit in the regular season and allowed 14 hits and six runs, including two homers.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Royals Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Dale Ford, 1B – Larry Barnett, 2B – Rocky Roe, 3B – Ken Kaiser
  • Time of Game: 2:47
  • Attendance: 32,753

Birthdays

Kyle Lobstein, Urbano Lugo, the late Fred Hutchinson, Marc Hall

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 498 9/9 — Rarity: 54

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