W: Milt Wilcox (9-6) – L: Dave Stewart (4-11) | Boxscore
Record: 63-29 — 8 games up on Toronto
Highlights
- A terrific start for Wilcox: 71/3 innings, eight hits, two runs, seven strikeouts and no walks.
- Ruppert Jones had quite a day: 4 for 4 with a pair of doubles — but just one RBI? — and Kirk Gibson and Lance Parrish homered. Lou Whitaker had three hits.
- A juxtaposition of Tigers relievers in this one: Willie Hernández got the final two outs of the eighth, and Aurelio López took over in the ninth.
- The Tigers are in the middle of a 15-game stretch where they go 12-3. 🔥
Miscellany
- Venue: Tiger Stadium
- Umpires: HP – Rocky Roe, 1B – Ken Kaiser, 2B – Dale Ford, 3B – Larry Barnett
- Time of Game: 2:32
- Attendance: 26,908
Mark Carreon OF — #15
Mark Carreon played just one season in Detroit, 1992, but what the hay, let’s look back on it:
- Jan. 22, 1992: The Mets sent him along with Tony Castillo to the Tigers for minor leaguer Randy Marshall and Paul Gibson.
- Carreon made his Tigers debut on April 9, 1992, and homered in his first at bat off the Blue Jays’ Juan Guzmán.
- His final game also came against Toronto, on Oct. 4, but no highlights to speak of in this one: 0 for 5 with an error.
- In between he had a few notable games: May 13 against the Angels in which he went 3 for 5 with a homer, and June 3, a four-hit game. On Sept. 11 and Sept. 13 he had 3 for 5 games.
- All told, he hit .232 with 10 homers in 101 games. After the ’92 season he became a free agent and signed with the Giants.
Birthdays
Phil Coke, Mark Carreon, the late Mark Koenig, Earl Hamilton and Erve Beck
Today’s Grid
⚾️ Immaculate Grid 474 9/9: Rarity: 59
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