Tag: Alan Trammell

Sept. 5, 1984: Tigers 1 – Orioles 0

W: Juan Berenguer (8-9) – L: Mike Flanagan (11-12) – S: Willie Hernández (28) | Boxscore

Record: 89-51 — 8.5 games up on Toronto

Magic Number: 15

Highlights

  • Berenguer was the story of this one. The Tigers gave him a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first, and he made it hold up. He pitched 71/3 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out seven. Willie took it the rest of the way, giving up just one hit.
  • On the other side, Flanagan was terrific. He gave up six hits, all singles except for Alan Trammell‘s double. Cal Ripken, Jr. made two errors, including a bad throw that allowed Tram to score on a Bárbaro Garbey single.
  • The Tigers have an off day before traveling to Toronto for a weekend showdown.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Vic Voltaggio, 1B – Larry McCoy, 2B – Joe Brinkman, 3B – Nick Bremigan
  • Time of Game: 2:30
  • Attendance: 34,065

Birthdays

Rob Richie and the late Wayne Belardi, Gene Bearden, Bob Maier, Merv Shea and Pete LePine

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 522 9/9 – Rarity: 20

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Aug. 31, 1984: A’s 7 – Tigers 6 (13)

W: Keith Atherton (7-5) – L: Dave Rozema (7-5) | Boxscore

Record: 87-48 — 9.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Sparky had a short leash on Milt Wilcox, with good reason, pulling him after 32/3 innings in which he gave up five runs on four hits and five walks. Aurelio López  and Willie Hernández pitched the next eight and a third, allowing just three hits and combining for eight strikeouts.
  • The Tigers let four leads slip away, including in the ninth when they took a 6-5 lead. Rozema’s wild pitch with two out in the 13th allowed Mike Davis to score from third with the winning run.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
  • Umpires: HP – Rick Reed, 1B – Jerry Neudecker, 2B – Dave Phillips, 3B – Steve Palermo
  • Time of Game: 4:19
  • Attendance: 15,836

Birthdays

John Hicks, Ramon Santiago, Shane Loux, Hideo Nomo, Morris Madden, Bill Nahorodny, former Tigers coach Boots Day, and the late Jack Burns and Norman Glaser.

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 517 7/9 — Rarity: 276

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Aug. 30, 1984: Mariners 2 – Tigers 1

W: Jim Beattie (10-15) – L: Jack Morris (17-9) – S: Ed Núñez (4) | Boxscore

Record: 87-47 — 10.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Morris pitched a gem, eight innings, four hits, one earned run and eight strikeouts, and was the hard-luck loser. He kept the Mariners off the board until the eighth when his throwing error on a comebacker led to two runs scoring.
  • The Tigers offense mustered seven hits, all singles, off three Seattle pitchers and they scored in the ninth on a two-out, bases-loaded walk by Alan Trammell.

Miscellany

  • Venue: The Kingdome
  • Umpires: HP – Durwood Merrill, 1B – Dan Morrison, 2B – Tim Welke, 3B – Marty Springstead
  • Time of Game: 2:34
  • Attendance: 9,583

Birthdays

Randy O’Neal, Steve Baker and the late Steve Partenheimer and Pol Perritt

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 516: 9/9 — Rarity: 62

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Aug. 29, 1984: Mariners 5 – Tigers 1

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.

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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Aug. 28, 1984: Tigers 5 – Mariners 4

W: Willie Hernández (8-2) – L: Mike Stanton (4-4) | Boxscore

Record: 87-45 — 11.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • The Mariners took a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the seventh, but the Tigers tied it in the eighth, thanks to an Alan Trammell two-run homer.
  • Juan Berenguer started, going 62/3 and allowing four runs (only one earned.) Bill Scherrer made his Tigers debut, relieving Berenguer and getting the final out of the seventh.

Miscellany

  • Venue: The Kingdome
  • Umpires: HP – Tim Welke, 1B – Marty Springstead, 2B – Durwood Merrill, 3B – Dan Morrison
  • Time of Game: 2:51
  • Attendance: 8,353

Birthdays

Joe Yeager, he hit .260 with the Tigers from 1901-03.

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 514 9/9 — Rarity: 19

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Aug. 22, 1984: Tigers 11 – A’s 4

W: Juan Berenguer (7-8) – L: Bill Krueger (8-10) | Boxscore

Record: 84-44 — 12.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Berenguer had another great start, throwing seven innings and allowing just five hits and one run.
  • The Tigers stole six bases in this one.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Tim Welke, 1B – Marty Springstead, 2B – Durwood Merrill, 3B – Dan Morrison
  • Time of Game: 2:54
  • Attendance: 35,335

Birthdays

Ryan Carpenter, Randy Wolf, Jeff Weaver, Doug Bair and the late Wally Schang and Al Bashang

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 508 9/9 — Rarity: 99

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Aug. 21, 1984: Tigers 12 – A’s 6

W: Milt Wilcox (14-7) – L: Lary Sorensen (5-12) | Boxscore

Record: 83-44 — 11.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Another hometown kid, Macomb County’s Lary Sorensen, was ambushed in two innings of work: six hits, seven runs and five walks.
  • Wilcox worked six innings, allowed two runs on four hits and struck out seven.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Dan Morrison, 1B – Tim Welke, 2B – Marty Springstead, 3B – Durwood Merrill
  • Time of Game: 3:04
  • Attendance: 34,065

Birthdays

Dustin Molleken, J.D. Martinez, Dean Crow, and the late Andujar Cedeño and Gerry Staley

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 507 9/9 — Rarity: 4

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Aug. 17, 1984: Tigers 6 – Mariners 2

W: Milt Wilcox (13-7) – L: Mike Moore (5-12) | Boxscore

Record: 80-43 — 10 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Milt went eight strong innings, giving up just one run on seven hits, three walks and he struck out five. Aurelio López did his thing in the ninth: one run, one hit, one walk, one strikeout.
  • Future-Tiger Mike Moore gave up all six Tigers runs in 52/3 innings.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Rick Reed, 1B – John Hirschbeck, 2B – Dave Phillips, 3B – Steve Palermo
  • Time of Game: 3:08
  • Attendance: 36,496

Birthdays

Mike Maroth, Matt Anderson, Dave Lemanczyk, and the late Rudy York, Pat McLaughlin, Hub Walker and Walt Justis

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 503 7/9 — Rarity: 213

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Aug. 16, 1984: Tigers 8 – Angels 7 (12)

W: Willie Hernández (7-2) – L: John Curtis (0-1) | Boxscore

Record: 79-43 — 10 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • At the end of the second inning it was 5-0 Tigers. At the end of the fourth inning, it was 7-5 Angels.
  • Jack Morris has another miserable outing: 32/3 innings, nine hits, four walks, and seven earned runs. A trio of Tigers relievers held the Angels in check for the next eight innings — Doug Bair, 31/3 scoreless; Aurelio López, 11/3 scoreless; and Willie Hernández 32/3 scoreless. I still can’t get over Sparky using his closer for nearly four innings.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Mike Reilly, 1B – Rich Garcia, 2B – Tim McClelland, 3B – Don Denkinger
  • Time of Game: 4:02
  • Attendance: 37,779

Birthdays

Akil Baddoo, Roger Cedeño and Damian Jackson

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 502 9/9 — Rarity: 27

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Aug. 14, 1984: A Doubleheader Letdown

Game 1: Angels 6 – Tigers 4

W: Don Aase (2-1) – L: Willie Hernández (6-2) – S: Luis Sánchez (11) | Boxscore

Record: 77-42

Highlights

  • A decent start from Juan Berenguer, six innings, five hits, six strikeouts, is wasted by the bullpen. The Tigers were up 4-3 in the seventh until Bob Boone homered off Aurelio López to tie it. Then Willie surrendered two runs on three hits and a walk.
  • Both teams had 10 hits; Juan Beníquez had four of them for California.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Rich Garcia, 1B – Tim McClelland, 2B – Don Denkinger, 3B – Mike Reilly
  • Time of Game: 2:53

Game 2: Angels 12 – Tigers 1

W: Bruce Kison (3-1) – L: Dave Rozema (7-4) | Boxscore

Record: 77-43 — 7.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Rozema started and last two innings, giving up five runs on seven hits. Doug Bair wasn’t good either: 31/3 innings, five runs, five hits and three walks.
  • Darrell Evans drove in the Tigers lone run on an RBI single in the eighth.

Miscellany

  • Umpires: HP – Tim McClelland, 1B – Don Denkinger, 2B – Mike Reilly, 3B – Rich Garcia
  • Time of Game: 2:33
  • Attendance: 38,597

Birthdays

Colt Keith and the late Mark Fidrych and Skinny Graham

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 500: 5/9 — Rarity: 426

A clunker compared to yesterday.

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