June 8, 1984: Tigers 3 – Orioles 2

Despite the 35-5 start and the Tigers earning their 40th win of the year, the Blue Jays were not far behind with 36 wins. Forty years later it’s still too close for comfort.

Miscellany

Venue: Tiger Stadium
Umpires: HP – Bill Kunkel, 1B – Terry Cooney, 2B – Richard Shulock, 3B – Derryl Cousins
Time of Game: 2:38
Attendance: 40,879

Ray Bare #21

Here are five things to know about the late right-hander Ray Bare:

The Tigers selected him off waivers from the Cardinals on April 4, 1975.
Bare debuted on April 10, 1975, pitching the ninth inning in at in an Orioles 10-0 rout. He allowed two runs on two hits and a pair of walks.
He appeared in 59 games for the Tigers over 1975 and ’76, 42 of those were starts. His 8-13 record in 1975 falls in line with that bad Tigers team.
His final major-league game was on May 3, 1977, a 13-0 Rangers blowout. Bare came into the game with two outs in the second inning, and the Tigers down 6-0. He allowed four hits and three runs and was lifted without recording an out.
Bare’s final record with the Tigers: 15-23 and a 4.94 ERA.

Birthdays

Mark Lowe, Virgil Vasquez and the late Ed Wells

See you tomorrow.

June 6, 1984: Blue Jays 6 – Tigers 3

W: Luis Leal (6-0) – L: Dan Petry (8-3) | Boxscore

Record: 39-13

Highlights

Peaches got pummeled: Four innings, 10 hits, five earned runs. Aurelio López pitched four innings of relief.

Lou Whitaker had three hits, Howard Johnson two.

Ruppert Jones doubled and walked in his Tigers debut.

Miscellany

Venue: Tiger Stadium
Umpires: HP – Derryl Cousins, 1B – Bill Kunkel, 2B – Terry Cooney, 3B – Richard Shulock
Time of Game: 2:36
Attendance: 38,167

Ed Glynn #48

Here are a few things to know about lefty Ed Glynn.

The Tigers signed him as an amateur free agent on Sept. 25, 1971.

Glynn debuted on Sept. 19, 1975 against the Red Sox. Tigers starter Ray Bare didn’t record an out, so Glynn and Lerrin LaGrow picked up the slack. He entered in the fourth, and pitched two and two thirds, allowing three hits and two runs.

In parts of four seasons with Detroit, he appeared in 26 games — 10 being the high-water mark, in 1978 — and had a final record of 3-6 and a 4.93 ERA.

Along the way, he made eight starts and on Sept. 12, 1976, he pitched a complete game against the Yankees but took the loss in the 3-1 New York win.

On March 13, 1979, the Tigers traded him to his hometown Mets for Mardie Cornejo — Nate Cornejo‘s dad!

Birthdays

Will Vest, Tyler Collins, Collin Balester, Eddie Bonine and the late Dave Bergman, Chet Morgan and Izzy Goldstein

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June 5, 1984: Blue Jays 8 – Tigers 4

W: Jim Acker (1-2) – L: Glenn Abbott (2-2) | Boxscore

Record: 39-12

Highlights

Neither starter, Abbott for the Tigers or Doyle Alexander, made it out of the fourth inning.

Together Abbott and Doug Bair allowed three fourth-inning homers to give the Jays a 7-2 lead.

Kirk Gibson had two hits and an RBI.

Miscellany

Venue: Tiger Stadium
Umpires: HP – Richard Shulock, 1B – Derryl Cousins, 2B – Bill Kunkel, 3B – Terry Cooney
Time of Game: 3:05
Attendance: 35,983

Birthdays

Duke Sims and the late Herb Hall and Frank Huelsman

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June 4, 1984: Tigers 6 – Blue Jays 3 (10)

W: Aurelio López (5-0) – L: Jimmy Key (2-3) | Boxscore

Record: 39-11

Highlights

Miscellany

Venue: Tiger Stadium
Umpires: HP – Terry Cooney, 1B – Richard Shulock, 2B – Derryl Cousins, 3B – Bill Kunkel
Time of Game: 3:30
Attendance: 26,733

Birthdays

Jorge Bonifacio and Steve Searcy

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June 3, 1984: Orioles 2 – Tigers 1

W: Mike Flanagan (4-4) – L: Milt Wilcox (6-3) | Boxscore

Record: 38-11

Highlights

Wilcox gave up just two runs (one earned) but did not have command: four hits and six walks in five and two-thirds.

Flanagan, on the other hand, was terrific, scattering seven hits in a complete-game win, striking out six and walking only one.

Tom Brookens homered in the seventh to cut the Orioles’ lead in half. Lance Parrish had two hits.

Miscellany

Venue: Tiger Stadium
Umpires: HP – Rich Garcia, 1B – Mike Reilly, 2B – Al Clark, 3B – Don Denkinger
Time of Game: 2:42
Attendance: 34,228

Video Clips: Darrell Evans and Chet Lemon

Darrell and Chet talk about the Tigers’ torrid start to the 1984 season.

Birthdays

Ed Glynn and the late John Bassler and Bill McTigue

See you tomorrow.

June 2, 1984: Orioles 5 – Tigers 0

W: Storm Davis (6-1) – L: Jack Morris (10-2) | Boxscore

Record: 38-10

Highlights

Cue that tired expression: “They should have saved some for today.” The Orioles bounced back from the previous night’s drubbing and tagged Morris for five runs in six innings.

Storm Davis pitched a complete-game three-hitter.

Alan Trammell, Dave Bergman and Howard Johnson accounted for the Tigers offense.

Miscellany

Venue: Tiger Stadium
Umpires: HP – Don Denkinger, 1B – Rich Garcia, 2B – Mike Reilly, 3B – Al Clark
Time of Game: 2:11
Attendance: 40,292

Game Highlights

Birthdays

Neifi Perez, Darnell Coles and the late Lou Skizas, Gene Michael, Jerry Lumpe and Jack Pierce

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June 1, 1984: Tigers 14 – Orioles 2

W: Dan Petry (8-2) – L: Scott McGregor (6-4) – Save: Doug Bair (3) | Boxscore

Record: 38-9

Highlights

This was a blast from the get-go. My friends and I sat in the upper-deck bleachers, taunting Orioles catcher Rick Dempsey during batting practice with a “Dempsey sucks” chant. He was a good sport, egging us on and even turning to face the bleachers and act as a conductor while we rained vitriol upon him.

As for the game, it was nothing short of bedlam. The Tiger scored six in the second highlighted by an Alan Trammell homer, and then three in the third and again in the fourth.

Chet Lemon and Lance Parrish also homered, as the Tigers built up a 13-0 lead in the fifth inning.

Tram had a three-hit game, and Lance, Chet and Larry Herndon each had two hits.

Petry threw six scoreless innings, allowing just three hits.

Miscellany

Venue: Tiger Stadium
Umpires: HP – Al Clark, 1B – Don Denkinger, 2B – Rich Garcia, 3B – Mike Reilly
Time of Game: 2:28
Attendance: 47,252

Game Highlights

Birthdays

The late Dean Chance, Jo-Jo White and Herm Malloy

See you tomorrow.

May 31, 1984: An Off Day in Detroit

The 37-9 Tigers await the defending World Series champ for a weekend series at Tiger Stadium. Baltimore comes to town with a 28-21 record.

Record: 37-9

May 31, 1979: The Underwoods Face Off

Tigers 1 – Blue Jays 0

W: Pat Underwood (1-0) – L: Tom Underwood (0-7)– Save: John Hiller (4) | Boxscore

Pat Underwood shut out the Blue Jays for eight-and-a-third innings at Exhibition Stadium, earning his first major-league win as the Tigers beat Toronto, and his brother Tom, 1-0 thanks to Jerry Morales‘ eighth-inning solo home run.

How great is this? Underwood picked off Blue Jays second baseman Danny Ainge at second base.

Mark Salas – #10 and #27

Here are five things to know about catcher Mark Salas:

The Tigers signed him as a free agent on April 8, 1990.
The left-handed hitting Salas made his debut on April 14 against the Orioles. He pinch hit for Mike Heath in the seventh and struck out.
He appeared in 74 games for the Tigers that season — wearing number 10 — hitting .232 with nine home runs, 24 RBI and a .737 OPS.
He appeared in just 33 games, now wearing number 27, for the 1991 Tigers. He hit .088 with a homer and seven RBI.
Salas’s final big-league game was Oct. 5, 1991, like his first, against the Orioles. In the bottom of the sixth, he replaced pinch hitter Rich Rowland, playing first and batting ninth. His career came to an end when he led off the ninth by grounding out to pitcher Mark Williamson.

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, whom the Tigers drafted in 1994 and traded in 1998 to Indians for Geronimo Berroa.

Have a great weekend. See you tomorrow.

May 30, 1984: Tigers 2 – A’s 1

W: Willie Hernández (2-0) – L: Steve McCatty (3-4) – Save: Aurelio López (7) | Boxscore

Record: 37-9

Highlights

Juan Berenguer started and threw four and a two-thirds, yielding two hits and four walks.

Willie Hernández entered the game in the fifth inning and pitch three-and-a-third scoreless, and Aurelio López pitched a clean ninth.

Kirk Gibson hit a solo shot in the ninth to put the Tigers ahead.

The Tigers had five hits, the A’s just four.

Miscellany

Venue: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Umpires: HP – Rick Reed, 1B – Dave Phillips, 2B – Jerry Neudecker, 3B – Steve Palermo
Time of Game: 2:34
Attendance: 15,224

On TV: May 2, 1982 Channel 7 Sports

The segment begins with highlights from the Tigers-White Sox game at Comiskey Park.

Birthdays

The late Ed Rakow

See you tomorrow.