Tag: Glenn Abbott

Aug. 8, 1984: Red Sox 8 – Tigers 0

W: Oil Can Boyd (7-8) – L: Glenn Abbott (3-4) | Boxscore

Record: 74-41 — 8 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Abbott made his final appearance as a Tiger and as a major leaguer in this one. He started and wasn’t able to survive the first inning: 2/3 of an inning, five runs on five hits, including a three-run homer from Rich Gedman — who had a five-RBI game.
  • Juan Berenguer pitched 51/3 innings of solid relief — two days after pitching a complete game.
  • The Tigers had seven hits, all singles, off Boyd; Johnny Grubb had two of them.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Fenway Park
  • Umpires: HP – Jim McKean, 1B – Durwood Merrill, 2B – Dan Morrison, 3B – Tim Welke
  • Time of Game: 2:28
  • Attendance: 32,563

Birthdays

Alexis Gomez and the late Mike Ivie, Frank Howard, Marlin Stuart, Ken Holloway and Jack Smith*

*Smith appeared in one major-league game, for the Tigers, on May 18, 1912. He entered the game as a defensive substitution at third base, and didn’t have a plate appearance. This was an infamous game against the Athletics in Philadelphia when (future Catholic priest) Allan Travers was forced into duty and allowed 24 runs on 26 hits and seven walks. Read about him here.

See you tomorrow.

Aug. 4, 1984: Royals 9 – Tigers 5

W: Joe Beckwith (4-2) – L: Doug Bair (4-3) | Boxscore

Record: 72-36 — 9.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Let’s see, the Tigers had a 4-2 lead at one point in this one, then the Royals scored seven runs across the sixth and seventh innings and that was it. K. C. had 15 hits, with Don Slaught and Pat Sheridan each collecting three.
  • Doug Bair allowed just two runs — half of starter Glenn Abbott‘s total, and less than Sid Monge‘s three — but took the loss anyway. He faced five batters in the sixth: two walked, two got hits.
  • The Royals’ win got them within four games of the .500 mark … and 20 fewer wins than the Tigers.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Terry Cooney, 1B – Derryl Cousins, 2B – Richard Shulock, 3B – Bill Kunkel
  • Time of Game: 2:57
  • Attendance: 41,714

Birthdays

John Farrell, Terry Humphrey, Johnny Grubb, Frank Kostro, and the late Kevin Collins, Ray Oyler, Tuck Stainback, George Caster and Chick Galloway.

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 490 9/9 — Rarity: 23

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July 27, 1984: Doubleheader vs. Boston

Game 1: Tigers 9 – Red Sox 1

W: Dan Petry (14-4) – L: Bruce Hurst (10-6) | Boxscore

Record: 69-30 — 12.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • The Tigers scored two in the first on a Chet Lemon homer and a — wait for it — Lance Parrish steal of home. They tacked on two more in the sixth then blew it open with five in the seventh.
  • Petry threw a complete game, allowing just the one run on a Rich Gedman solo homer with one out in the ninth.
  • This is another one of those “I was there” doubleheaders, sitting in the upper deck bleachers. When the Tigers won, my friends and I were reveling in the thought of, if Detroit swept, they would be 70-30 after 100 games. Alas …

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Mike Reilly, 1B – Tim McClelland, 2B – Don Denkinger, 3B – Al Clark
  • Time of Game: 2:30

Game 2: Red Sox 4 – Tigers 0

W: Bob Ojeda (9-7) – L: Glenn Abbott (3-3) | Boxscore

Record: 69-31 — 12 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Ojeda shutout the Tigers for the second time in 1984 — the first was 1-0 on May 3 when he allowed six hits and struck out 10 — and this time he was even better. The lefty allowed just three hits in this complete game domination.
  • On the other side, Glenn Abbott was not good: 31/3 innings, 10 hits, a walk and four earned runs.
  • Rusty Kuntz led off the bottom of the first with a single and the Tigers would not get another hit until the seventh.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Tim McClelland, 1B – Don Denkinger, 2B – Al Clark, 3B – Mike Reilly
  • Time of Game: 2:22
  • Attendance: 49,607

Birthdays

Max Scherzer and the late Ray Boone, Charley Hall and Harry Kane (born Harry Cohen)

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 82 6/9 — Rarity: 345

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July 21, 1984: Tigers 7 – Rangers 6

W: Sid Monge (3-1) – L: Dickie Noles (3-3) – S: Willie Hernández (19) | Boxscore

Record: 65-39 — 9 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • You could file this one under “winning ugly.” The Tigers gave Glenn Abbott a 2-0 lead but he couldn’t hold it — he was pulled with one out in the third after giving up five runs on five hits.
  • Thankfully, Rangers’ starter Dickie Noles was worse: 42/3 innings, six hits, five walks and seven runs.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Dale Ford, 1B – Larry Barnett, 2B – Rocky Roe, 3B – Ken Kaiser
  • Time of Game: 2:38
  • Attendance: 46,219

Birthdays

Kimera Bartee and Denny Harriger

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 476 9/9: Rarity: 17

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July 16, 1984: Tigers 7 – White Sox 1

July 16, 1984: Tigers 7 – White Sox 1

W: Glenn Abbott (3-2) – L: LaMarr Hoyt (8-10) | Boxscore

Record: 61-28 — 8 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • A complete-game gem for Glenn Abbott: nine innings, five hits, one walk. The only blemish was Ron Kittle‘s two-out, ninth-inning solo homer.
  • Kirk Gibson went two for three with a first-inning homer and a fifth-inning triple, both off Hoyt.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Ted Hendry, 1B – Drew Coble, 2B – Mark Johnson, 3B – Greg Kosc
  • Time of Game: 2:29
  • Attendance: 41,935

Jim Lentine OF – #27

The Tigers picked up the right-handed hitting outfielder Jim Lentine on June 2, 1980, from the Cardinals for Al Greene and John Martin.

Lentine made his Tigers debut the following day against the Mariners in Detroit. Sparky slotted him seventh in the lineup, playing left field; he went 0 for 3.

On June 6, he had one of his best days at the plate, going 3 for 4 against the Brewers. On June 8, he hit his only Tigers home run: a leadoff shot to left off Milwaukee’s Bill Travers.

He appeared in 67 games for the 1980 Tigers, and finished with a .261 average, with one home run, 17 RBI and a .719 OPS.

Lentine’s final big-league appearance came on Oct. 5, 198o, the last game of the season, against the Yankees. He started the game at DH, batting eighth, and finished 0 for 1 with a walk. In his final plate appearance he flied out to left off Tim Lollar.

The Tigers released him at the end of Spring Training 1981.

Birthdays

Jim Lentine and the late Don Ross, Marv Peasley and Johnnie Williams

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 471 9/9: Rarity: 21

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June 5, 1984: Blue Jays 8 – Tigers 4

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.

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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May 26, 1984: Mariners 9 – Tigers 5

May 26, 1984: Mariners 9 – Tigers 5

W: Mike Moore – L: Juan Berenguer | Boxscore

Record: 35-7

Highlights

  • Kirk Gibson hit a first-inning homer to put the Tigers up 1-0 … and then the Mariners took control, scoring four off Berenguer in the home half.
  • Berenguer retired only one batter: Seattle’s leadoff hitter, Jack Perconte. The following hitters walked, singled, singled, singled, then a wild pitch, and two more singles. Mariners 4, Tigers 1.
  • The Tigers scored three in the ninth and out-hit the Mariners, 13 to 11.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Seattle Kingdome
  • Umpires: HP – Mike Reilly, 1B – Al Clark, 2B – Don Denkinger, 3B – Rich Garcia
  • Time of Game: 2:51
  • Attendance: 41,342

Bob Sykes #27

The Tigers drafted lefty Bob Sykes in the 19th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Dade College.

  • After three seasons in the minors, he made his debut on April 9, 1977, at age 22, pitching four-and-two-thirds in a Royals 16-2 rout — but he managed to blank K.C., allowing just two hits and a walk.
  • Sykes appeared in 32 games that season, 20 of them starts, and finished with a record of 5-7 and a 4.41 ERA.
  • In 1978, appeared in 22 games, starting 10 and throwing a pair of shutouts. His record was 6-6 with a 3.94 ERA; he also earned two saves.
  • That offseason, Dec. 4, 1978, he was traded to the Cardinals, with minor leaguer John Murphy, in a deal that worked out well for the Tigers, who received Aurelio López and Jerry Morales in return.
  • Sykes’ final numbers in Detroit: 11-13, 4.22 ERA and two saves. He pitched three seasons in St. Louis before being traded to the Yankees for a young outfielder named Willie McGee.

Birthdays

Darrell Evans and the late Jack Cronin

See you tomorrow.

April 27, 1984: Indians 8 – Tigers 4 (19)

April 27, 1984: Indians 8 – Tigers 4 (19)

W: Luis Aponte (1-0) – L: Glenn Abbott (1-1) | Boxscore

Record: 16-2

Highlights

  • Both teams scored in the 10th — which Sutcliffe started and quickly departed after allowing a leadoff double to Lou Whitaker, who went 3 for 7 on the night. (Poor Cleveland DH Andre Thornton went 0 for 9.)
  • After eight scoreless extra innings, the Indians broke through in the 19th, dropping four runs on Abbott — who was in his fifth inning of relief.
  • The Tigers made four errors in the game.
  • Had the game remained tied after the 19th, under American League rules, it would have been suspended.
  • This was also the night of the epic Pistons/Knicks Game 5 playoff game held at Joe Louis Arena due to the Silverdome’s collapsed roof. Isiah scored 16 points in 94 seconds in the fourth quarter to force OT … but the Pistons lost 127-123.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Rocky Roe, 1B – Larry Barnett, 2B – Dale Ford, 3B – Ken Kaiser
  • Time of Game: 5:44
  • Attendance: 34,112

Birthdays

Frank Catalanotto, Bob MacDonald and the late George Archie and George Winter 

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April 24, 1984: A ☃️ Doubleheader

It was Easter vacation, so I went to this one with my friend Steve and, after much guilt-heaping and nagging, my sister and her then-boyfriend, now husband.

Man, was it cold in the upper deck bleachers.

Game 14: Tigers 6 – Twins 5

W: Jack Morris (4-0) – L: Ron Davis (2-2) | Boxscore

Record: 13-1

Highlights

  • The Twins jumped out to a 4-1 and then 5-1 lead, before the Tigers started chipping away.
  • The Tigers scored two in the fifth and then won it with three in the ninth off Ron Davis.
  • A typical Morris start: nine innings, seven hits, five earned runs, five walks and one strikeout.
  • Lou Whitaker drove home the tying and winning runs with a single to right.

Miscellany

  • Umpires: HP – Dan Morrison, 1B – Mike Reilly, 2B – Al Clark, 3B – Don Denkinger
  • Time of Game: 2:16
  • Weather: COLD

Game 15: Tigers 4 – Twins 3

W: Glenn Abbott (1-0) – L: Frank Viola (0-3) – Save: Aurelio López (1) | Boxscore

Record: 14-1

Highlights

  • If this game had been played today, it would’ve been called a bullpen game. Petry, Abbott and Lopez each pitched three innings.
  • The Tigers turned three double plays, including a pivotal one in the ninth with the potential tying run on first.

Miscellany

  • Umpires: HP – Mike Reilly, 1B – Al Clark, 2B – Don Denkinger, 3B – Dan Morrison
  • Time of Game: 2:29
  • Attendance: 20,315
  • Start Time Weather: COLDER

Birthdays

Todd Jones, Bill Krueger and the late Howard Ehmke

See you tomorrow.