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.
Detroit’s skid hits four games in a pitcher’s duel-turned-blowout.
Wilcox and Dotson matched zeroes through five innings, and in the sixth the wheels came off of Milt and the Sox took an 8-0 lead.
Aurelio López relieved Wilcox, who’d given up six runs, but he managed to get just one out before handing it over to Sid Monge. Poor Isidro gave up two runs and a homer in his two innings of work.
Dotson allowed just three of the Tigers five hits.
Umpires: HP – Bill Kunkel, 1B – Mark Johnson, 2B – Terry Cooney, 3B – Tim Welke
Time of Game: 2:30
Attendance: 50,395
Bob “Fats” Fothergill – OF
On this Father’s Day, I’ll stretch the purview of this site, out of the 1977 – 1994 range and out of the proper spelling of father, to highlight a former Tigers player whose name is pretty close: the late Bob Fothergill. Here are three things to know about him:
The right-handed hitting outfielder played parts of nine seasons with the Tigers.
He hit over .300 in eight of his nine seasons — and he hit over .350 four times.
In 802 games he hit .337, 26 home runs, 447 RBI and an OPS of .861.
The Tigers were down 7-0 heading to the eighth. Wilcox, five innings, four runs, and Doug Bair, two innings, three runs, took the brunt of the damage.
Stieb shut down Detroit over seven innings, allowing just three hits.
Classic Darrell Evans: one for one with three walks.
Miscellany
Venue: Exhibition Stadium
Umpires: HP – John Hirschbeck, 1B – Steve Palermo, 2B – Dave Phillips, 3B – Jerry Neudecker
Time of Game: 2:28
Attendance: 34,122
Steve Baker – RHP #31
Steve Baker‘s major-league debut was a good one. On May 25, 1978, he started against the Orioles and went 61/3 and allowed just one run on eight hits and six strikeouts. Baltimore scored off of John Hiller in the eighth to take a 2-1 lead, and that was the final score.
According to his profile in the 1979 Tigers Yearbook, managers in the American Association, to which Triple-A Evansville belonged, in 1978 picked Baker as “the best prospect and pitcher with the best curve.”
He pitched in 15 games for the ’78 Tigers, 10 of them starts, finishing with a 2-4 record and a 4.55 ERA.
In 1979, Baker’s career with the Tigers nosedived in a hurry.
May wasn’t kind to Baker, June and July were worse — and, well, August just piled on.
June: Three starts, 121/3 innings, 13 earned runs.
July: Four starts, 271/3 innings, 16 earned runs
August: One appearance, 4 innings, six hits, four earned runs
When the dust settled, Baker had just one scoreless appearance all year, and finished 1-7 with a 6.64 ERA and one save.
He began the 1980 season in Evansville before the Blue Jays purchased his contract on June 6. Baker’s final Tigers line: 3-11, 5.74 ERA and that one save.
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