Tag: Kirk Gibson

July 12, 1984: Twins 4 – Tigers 2

July 12, 1984: Twins 4 – Tigers 2

W: Frank Viola (10-7) – L: Dan Petry (11-4) – S: Ron Davis (17) | Boxscore

Record: 57-28 — 7 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • The Tigers led 1-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh before the Twins scored three off Dan Petry with two outs.
  • Frank Viola was in control of this one, pitching eight innings, allowing just five hits, and striking out five.

Miscellany

  • Venue: The Metrodome
  • Umpires: HP – Larry McCoy, 1B – Nick Bremigan, 2B – Vic Voltaggio, 3B – Joe Brinkman
  • Time of Game: 2:18
  • Attendance: 29,729

Birthdays

Tom Gorzelanny, Brad Eldred, Mike Munoz, Mike Schwabe and the late Bill Coughlin

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 467 9/9: Rarity: 18

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July 5, 1984: Tigers 7 – Rangers 4

July 5, 1984: Tigers 7 – Rangers 4

W: Aurelio López (7-0) – L: Charlie Hough (8-7) – S: Willie Hernández (15) | Boxscore

Record: 56-25 — 7 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Down 4-1 heading to the top of the ninth, the Tigers scored six runs off of Rangers’ starter Charlie Hough.
  • Kirk Gibson‘s two-out, three-run homer turned a tie game into a 7-4 lead.
  • Dan Petry went 52/3, allowing four runs and striking out six.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Arlington Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Larry McCoy, 1B – Nick Bremigan, 2B – Mark Johnson, 3B – Joe Brinkman
  • Time of Game: 2:26
  • Attendance: 15,151

Birthdays

Doug Bochtler and Tim Worrell

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 459 9/9: Rarity 28

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June 29, 1984: Doubleheader in Detroit

June 29, 1984: Doubleheader in Detroit

Game 1: Twins 5 – Tigers 3

W: Albert Williams (3-3) – L: Jack Morris (12-4) – S: Ron Davis (15) | Boxscore

Record: 53-21

Highlights

  • Morris began — or maybe he was already mired in? — his mid-season slump. He allowed 10 hits, three walks and five earned runs over 52/3 innings.
  • Doug Bair pitched the final 31/3 giving up just two hits in a scoreless outing.

Miscellany

  • Umpires: HP – Nick Bremigan, 1B – Mark Johnson, 2B – Joe Brinkman, 3B – Larry McCoy
  • Time of Game: 2:50
  • Attendance: Not Given

Game 2: Tigers 7 – Twins 5

W: Willie Hernández (4-0) – L: Pete Filson (4-2) | Boxscore

Record: 54-21 — 10 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • The Tigers chased Twins starter Mike Smithson after 11/3 with five hits — three of them homers — and four earned runs.
  • That 4-0 Tigers lead turned into a 5-4 deficit thanks to the Twins’ tagging Milt Wilcox for five runs on five hits in five innings.
  • Detroit tied it in the seventh and the Gibby hit his second two-run homer of the game to walk it off.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Mark Johnson, 1B – Joe Brinkman, 2B – Larry McCoy, 3B – Nick Bremigan
  • Time of Game: 3:00
  • Attendance: 44,619

Birthdays

Eddie Miller, Bruce Kimm, the late Bob Shaw, Dizzy Trout and Bobby Veach

See you tomorrow.

June 23, 1984: Tigers 5 – Brewers 1

June 23, 1984: Tigers 5 – Brewers 1

W: Milt Wilcox (8-5) – L: Chuck Porter (5-3) | Boxscore

Record: 51-18 — Up 7.5 on Toronto

Highlights

  • Milt tossed a beaut: Eight innings, four hits, one run.
  • The Tigers raced out to a 5-0 lead by the third inning, fueled by homers from Kirk Gibson, a solo shot in the first, and Howard Johnson a three-run job in the second.
  • Lance Parrish had a pair a doubles and Gibby went three for four.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Jim McKean, 1B – Durwood Merrill, 2B – Dan Morrison, 3B – Marty Springstead
  • Time of Game: 2:33
  • Attendance: 44,680

Bill Nahorodny – C #18

He didn’t play very long for his hometown Tigers, but catcher Bill Nahorodny can, at the very least, say he appeared in a game, for the home team, at Tiger Stadium. Here are a few things to know about him:

The Hamtramck native was drafted by the Phillies in the sixth round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Clair County Community College in Port Huron.

After several seasons with the White Sox and Braves and one each with the Phillies and Indians, he signed with the Tigers on March 1, 1983.

At Evansville, he ran roughshod over International League pitching in 1983 — 127 games, a .335 average, 21 home runs, 94 RBI and a .945 OPS — and it earned him a September call up.

Nahordony’s Tigers debut came on Sept. 24 at Tiger Stadium. In the bottom of the eighth he pinch for Marty Castillo and, facing John Tudor, grounded out to shortstop Ed Jurak.

Four days later, facing the Orioles, he pinch hit for Mike Laga and drew a walk off Tippy Martinez.

And that would be it for Nahorodny’s Tigers career. The Tigers released him on Oct. 21, 1983. He spent the ’84 season with the Mariners

Birthdays

The late Tom Haller, Bubba Floyd, Aaron Robinson and Al Clauss

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June 22, 1984: Tigers 7 – Brewers 3

June 22, 1984: Tigers 7 – Brewers 3

W: Dave Rozema (4-0) L: Bob McClure (1-3) S: Willie Hernández (13) | Boxscore

Record: 50-18 — 7.5 up on Toronto

Highlights

  • The Tigers chased McClure with five in the first, on three hits and two walks. He got only one batter out.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Marty Springstead, 1B – Jim McKean, 2B – Durwood Merrill, 3B – Dan Morrison
  • Time of Game: 2:53
  • Attendance: 48,497

Birthdays

Ian Kinsler, Esteban Yan, Jake Wood and late Walt Masterson

Have a great weekend. See you tomorrow.

June 18, 1984: Yankees 2 – Tigers 1

June 18, 1984: Yankees 2 – Tigers 1

W: Phil Niekro (10-3) – L: Milt Wilcox (7-5) – S: José Rijo (2) | Boxscore

Record: 47-17 — 51/2 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • A genuine pitchers’ duel in this one as the ageless Phil Niekro shut down the Tigers on three hits and six strikeouts in 82/3 innings.
  • Milt was almost as good; he went seven allowed seven hits and struck out seven.
  • Gibby had two of Detroit’s hits, including a solo homer in the first.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – John Hirschbeck, 1B – Steve Palermo, 2B – Dave Phillips, 3B – Jerry Neudecker
  • Time of Game: 2:54
  • Attendance: 40,315

Julio Gonzalez – IF #10

Shortstop Julio Gonzalez appeared in 12 games for the 1983 Tigers, who signed him as a free agent on March 15 that year.

After hitting .299 at Evansville, he debuted with the Tigers, at age 30, on May 13 against the Yankees. He came in as a defensive replacement at third. His first start came a week later against the Rangers. Gonzalez was hitless in three at bats with three strikeouts.

On June 19 the veteran played in his final major-league game. He started and batted ninth against the Indians. He went one for two.

All told, he had three hits in 21 at bats and two RBI, and finished with a .143 average.

Defensively, he played six games at short, five at second and one at third. He had 27 chances at short and made three errors, and made one in 13 chances at second.

Birthdays

Matt Moore

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June 10, 1984: Doubleheader in Baltimore

June 10, 1984: Game 1 Tigers 10 – Orioles 4

W: Doug Bair (3-0) – L: Mike Boddicker (7-5) – Save: Willie Hernández (9) | Boxscore

Record: 42-14

Highlights

  • The Tigers got to Boddicker early, five runs on seven hits in 41/3 innings. Glenn Abbott faired slightly less bad: three runs, seven hits in 22/3.
  • Bair threw 31/3 scoreless, one-hit innings.
  • The game featured 24 hits — 13 by Detroit — and the Orioles made four errors.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Memorial Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Jim Evans, 1B – Greg Kosc, 2B – Ted Hendry, 3B – Drew Coble
  • Time of Game: 2:48

Game 2 Tigers 8 – Orioles 0

W: Dan Petry (9-3) – L: Dennis Martínez (1-3) | Boxscore

Record: 43-14 — 7 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Petry was stellar: a complete-game three-hitter.
  • All told: Gibby had six hits and six RBI in the two games‚ while Tram and Johnson each had five hits. Lou scored five runs in the first game. 

Miscellany

  • Venue: Memorial Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Greg Kosc, 1B – Ted Hendry, 2B – Drew Coble, 3B – Jim Evans
  • Time of Game: 2:44
  • Attendance: 51,764

Then, After the Doubleheader …

George Kell informed us that “the Tigers just announced they have acquired the rights to left-handed pitcher … (and it seemed like an eternity before revealing it was …) Sid Monge.”

Birthdays

Al Alburquerque, Elias Sosa and Hank Foiles

See you tomorrow.

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

See you tomorrow.

May 30, 1984: Tigers 2 – A’s 1

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.
  • 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

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May 28, 1984: Tigers 6 – A’s 2

May 28, 1984: Tigers 6 – A’s 2

W: Jack Morris (10-1) – L: Chris Codiroli (1-2) | Boxscore

Highlights

  • Another complete game win for Morris: 7 hits, 2 runs, 0 walks, 8 strikeouts.
  • On the other side, Codirolio faced the first seven batters, got only one out and surrendered four Tigers runs before being pulled.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Oakland Coliseum
  • Umpires: HP – Jerry Neudecker, 1B – Steve Palermo, 2B – Rick Reed, 3B – Dave Phillips
  • Time of Game: 2:57
  • Attendance: 46,238

Birthdays

Lester Oliveros, Jhonny Peralta, Mike Difelice, Kirk Gibson and the late Jim Middleton

See you tomorrow.