W: Mark Langston (13-9) – L: Dan Petry (15-8) | Boxscore
Record: 87-46 — 11.5 games up on Toronto
Highlights
- Surprise, surprise: Langston shut down the Tigers again. The rookie allowed just two hits, four walks and struck out 12.
- The Tigers had to feel good about themselves, taking a 1-0 lead in the second. Seattle tied it in the bottom half and then scored four more runs of Petry in the fifth.
- Peaches’ final line: 41/3, 10 hits, five earned, one strikeout. He allowed a three-run homer to Ken Phelps in that fifth inning before giving way to Dave Rozema and Aurelio López. They gave up just one hit combined, and each struck out one.
- Alan Trammell and Rusty Kuntz had the Tigers hits, both singles.
Miscellany
- Venue: The Kingdome
- Umpires: HP – Marty Springstead, 1B – Durwood Merrill, 2B – Dan Morrison, 3B – Tim Welke
- Time of Game: 2:11
- Attendance: 10,863
Birthdays
Wayne McLeland, Buck Marrow and Jack Warner; and Frank Cox of the Detroit Wolverines
Today’s Grid
⚾️ Immaculate Grid 515: 9/9 — Rarity: 28
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