W: Jack Morris (14-7) – L: Bert Blyleven (10-5) – S: Willie Hernández (22) | Boxscore
Record: 72-34 — 11.5 games up on Toronto
Highlights
- This is a special game for me. My Dad treated me, my brother and my friend Gordie, to this one to celebrate my 16th birthday. We ate at the greasiest of greasy spoons on Trumbull, in the Checker (?) Cab building. Then we made our way to our box seats — an absolute rarity — down the left field line, above the Tigers’ bullpen.
- Morris and Blyleven were evenly matched and homers supplied all the runs: Andre Thornton hit a solo home run in the top of the fourth, and Lou Whitaker hit a two-run shot in the fifth to cap the scoring.
- Blyleven threw six innings and allowed seven hits and struck out two. Morris tossed eight innings and also allowed seven hits with one strikeout.
- Willie allowed a leadoff single in the ninth and then retired the next three batters to earn the save.
- Lance Parrish went 3 for 4.
Miscellany
- Venue: Tiger Stadium
- Umpires: HP – Ted Hendry, 1B – Drew Coble, 2B – Jim Evans, 3B – Greg Kosc
- Time of Game: 2:39
- Attendance: 28,700
Birthdays
Colby Lewis, Matt Miller, the pride of Macomb Community College, Art “Spider” James, and the late William “Kid” Nance.
Today’s Grid
⚾️ Immaculate Grid 488 9/9 — Rarity: 63
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See you tomorrow.
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