A strong start from Petry wasn’t strong enough as Steve Farr throttled the Tigers offense, allowing just two hits and striking out eight in 61/3 innings.
Peaches threw 71/3, giving up six hits and three runs. Two homers by Petry-nemesis George Vukovich was pretty much the difference.
Dave Bergman hit a two-run homer, his sixth, in the fifth inning.
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Venue: Tiger Stadium
Umpires: HP – Greg Kosc, 1B – Ted Hendry, 2B – Drew Coble, 3B – Jim Evans
The Tigers scored two in the first on a Chet Lemon homer and a — wait for it — Lance Parrish steal of home. They tacked on two more in the sixth then blew it open with five in the seventh.
Petry threw a complete game, allowing just the one run on a Rich Gedman solo homer with one out in the ninth.
This is another one of those “I was there” doubleheaders, sitting in the upper deck bleachers. When the Tigers won, my friends and I were reveling in the thought of, if Detroit swept, they would be 70-30 after 100 games. Alas …
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Venue: Tiger Stadium
Umpires: HP – Mike Reilly, 1B – Tim McClelland, 2B – Don Denkinger, 3B – Al Clark
Ojeda shutout the Tigers for the second time in 1984 — the first was 1-0 on May 3 when he allowed six hits and struck out 10 — and this time he was even better. The lefty allowed just three hits in this complete game domination.
On the other side, Glenn Abbott was not good: 31/3 innings, 10 hits, a walk and four earned runs.
Rusty Kuntz led off the bottom of the first with a single and the Tigers would not get another hit until the seventh.
Another pitchers duel, this one between Dan Petry and Charlie Hough. I remember watching this one on Channel 4: Peaches threw 82/3 innings, allowing a mere four hits, walking one and striking out eight.
The one walk was to Wayne Tolleson to lead off the ninth. He got the next two hitters to pop out to short. With left-handed hitting Pete O’Brien coming up Sparky summoned Willie — to a chorus of boos.
Hernandez threw one pitch, and O’Brien popped out to short.
Dave Bergman batted leadoff and led off the first with a solo homer. The Tigers’ other run scored on a bases-load wild pitch.
The crowd booed me. All 38,000 of them, because they wanted Danny to get that shutout. I don’t blame them. They’re great fans and Danny is such a great guy. But the object is to win, not make friends.
Sparky, “Bless You Boys”
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Venue: Tiger Stadium
Umpires: HP – Larry Barnett, 1B – Rocky Roe, 2B – Ken Kaiser, 3B – Dale Ford
The Tigers scored three in the first and let it ride the rest of the way, thanks to a strong 72/3 innings from Dan Petry. He allowed just five hits and a walk to go with five strikeouts.
He spent most of the ’91 season in Toledo, apart from the six games for the Tigers that amounted to a 0-0 record with a 9.64 ERA in 91/3 innings.
In 1992, Muñoz was a fixture in Sparky’s bullpen, appearing in 65 games and notching a 1-2 record, two saves and a 4.71 ERA.
He appeared in eight games for the ’93 Tigers — 0-1 with a 6.00 ERA — before being released. Muñoz’s last game as a Tiger came on April 28 against the Rangers, in which he took the loss. His final Tigers line: 1-3, two saves and a 4.18 ERA in 79 games.
Muñoz eventually signed with the Rockies where he carved out a nice career, pitching six seasons in Denver.
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