A hot start, a Game of the Week appearance and a win would have been enough to satisfy me at an age, but at 16, well, adding a no-hitter by my favorite Tiger … come on.
As no-hitters go, it wasn’t clean — Morris walked six — but who cared? He struck out eight, facing 32 batters.
Umpires: HP – Durwood Merrill, 1B – Tim McClelland, 2B – Marty Springstead, 3B – Jim McKean
Time of Game: 2:44
Attendance: 24,616
Start Time Weather: 50° F, Wind 8mph in from Centerfield, Sunny, No Precipitation
5 Things to Know About Jack Lazorko – #36
No Tigers baseball card for Lazorko, it seems.
Jack Lazorko signed as a free agent with the Tigers on Feb, 7, 1986.
He spent most of the season in Triple-A Nashville, where he made 29 starts, finishing with an 8-6 record and 3.20 ERA — and one save.
The right-hander appeared in three games over the course of six days with the ’86 Tigers, his first on Aug. 9 against the Red Sox in Detroit: 1.2 IP, 3 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks and a strikeout.
Three former Tigers today, and my blank square was a guess for George Kell. He didn’t hit .300 for the Orioles, but got close. In his final big-league season, at age 34, he hit .297 for Baltimore.
Shawn Hare was one of the more highly anticipated Tigers prospects in the late 1980s and early ‘9os.
We fans waited for the next group of young talent to take over for the aging crew from the mid ’70s* and Hare, a first baseman and outfielder, was in the mix — and he went to Rochester Adams High and Central Michigan, so local interest was high.
*This is a recording.
The Tigers signed him as an amateur free agent in the summer of 1988, and he spent the 1989 season at Lakeland, hitting .324 with an .838 OPS. That performance earned him a big jump to Triple-A Toledo for 1990.
Pinch-hitting for Pete Incaviglia in the bottom of the sixth, Hare drew a walk off A’s reliever Kevin Campbell. Then, in the bottom of the eighth and the Tigers up 11-2, Hare popped out to third, in foul territory.
He appeared in nine games the rest of the way, and got his first major-league hit in the second-to-last game of the year, Oct. 5, 1991, a double to left off Orioles starter Dave Johnson. That double was his only hit in 19 at bats. He finished the year with a .093 average.
Hare’s 1992 season began in Toledo before being called up in May for his final stint in Detroit. He appeared in 15 games, batting .115, with his final hit came on July 29, a single of the White Sox’s Donn Pall. His final game as a Tiger came on Aug. 2, 1992, against Cleveland.
He spent 1993 and part of ’94 in Toledo, and was selected of waivers by the Mets and appeared in 22 games in New York. In January 1995, Hare signed with the Rangers, appearing in 18 games.
His final major-league appearance was June 17, 1995. From 1995 to ’97, Hare bounced around Triple-A with the Rangers, Cardinals, Tigers (again) and Yankees. In 1998, he concluded his pro career playing for the Haitai Tigers of the Korean Professional Baseball league.
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