Tag: Larry Herndon

Aug. 5, 1984: Swept by the Royals

Game 1: Royals 5 – Tigers 4

W: Bret Saberhagen (6-8) – LP: Willie Hernández (6-1) – S: Dan Quisenberry (29) | Boxscore

Record: 72-37 — 8 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • The Royals hand Willie his first loss of the year and Saberhagen gets his second win of the series.
  • Birthday boy Dave Rozema started and gave up three runs on 10 hits in six innings. Hernández pitched three innings and allowed six hits and two runs.

Miscellany

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

Game 2: Royals 4 – Tigers 0

W: Charlie Leibrandt (6-4) – L: Juan Berenguer (5-8) | Boxscore

Record: 72-38 — 8 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • K.C. scored four in the first off Berenguer and made it hold up thanks to a dazzling start by Liebrandt.
  • Berenguer settled down to pitch a complete game, giving up eight hits, a pair of walks and striking out eight.
  • Alan Trammell had two hits and that was about it for the offense.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Richard Shulock, 1B – Bill Kunkel, 2B – Terry Cooney, 3B – Derryl Cousins
  • Time of Game: 2:37
  • Attendance: 42,761

Birthdays

Dave Rozema and the late Vic Frazier and Sam Gibson

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 491: 9/9 — Rarity 23

See you tomorrow.

July 28, 1984: Red Sox 3 – Tigers 2

W: Bob Stanley (7-6) – L: Jack Morris (13-7) – S: Mark Clear (3) | Boxscore

Record: 69-32 — 12 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Morris had one of his better starts of late, seven innings pitched, three runs, eight hits and seven strikeouts, but the Boston trio of John Henry Johnson, Bob Stanley and Mark Clear held the Tigers’s offense in check.
  • The Tigers had bases loaded with two out in the ninth, but Ruppert Jones grounded out.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Don Denkinger, 1B – Al Clark, 2B – Mike Reilly, 3B – Tim McClelland
  • Time of Game: 2:58
  • Attendance: 49,372

Birthdays

Brendon Davis the late Ted Lepcio, Ben Steiner, John Glaiser, Hank Perry and Bob Wood

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 483 — Rarity:25

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July 24, 1984: Tigers 9 – Indians 5

W: Milt Wilcox (10-6) – L: Steve Farr (1-7) | Boxscore

Record: 68-29 — 11.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Doug Baker had a career day, going 4 for 5 with two runs scored, and Milt allowed six hits across 62/3 innings — plus four unearned runs.
  • Detroit won their sixth straight and 11th of their last 12.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Cleveland Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Ted Hendry, 1B – Drew Coble, 2B – Jim Evans, 3B – Greg Kosc
  • Time of Game: 3:21
  • Attendance: 15,578

Birthdays

Jason Smith, Joe Oliver and Jeff Kaiser

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 479 9/9 — Rarity: 23

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June 21, 1984: Brewers 4 – Tigers 3

June 21, 1984: Brewers 4 – Tigers 3

W: Don Sutton (4-7) – L: Juan Berenguer (4-5) – S: Rollie Fingers (12) | Boxscore

Record: 49-18 – 6.5 up on Toronto

Highlights

  • The Brewers tagged Berenguer for four runs on seven hits over 51/3.
  • Sid Monge pitched 22/3 scoreless, one-hit innings to keep the Tigers in it.
  • Detroit scored three in the seventh, two on Larry Herndon‘s pinch-hit home run, and got the tying run on base in the ninth but Fingers doused that flame.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Dan Morrison, 1B – Marty Springstead, 2B – Jim McKean, 3B – Durwood Merrill
  • Time of Game: 2:30
  • Attendance: 32,291

Gene Pentz RHP #39

I’m again stretching the boundaries of this site to feature Gene Pentz on his birthday. Here are five things to know about the Johnstown, Pa. native:

  • The 1975 Tigers were awful, so don’t read too much into the fact that they were 0-13 in games that Pentz appeared.
  • His final line: 0-4, 3.50 ERA, 251/3 innings pitched.

Birthdays

Jefry Marté, Jeff Baker, Sean Runyan and Gene Pentz

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June 19, 1984: Tigers 7 – Yankees 6

June 19, 1984: Tigers 7 – Yankees 6

W: Aurelio López (6-0) – L: Ron Guidry (5-5) – S: Willie Hernández (12) | Boxscore

Record: 48-17 — 61/2 up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Carl Willis made his first big-league start: 41/3 innings, nine hits, four earned runs.
  • The Tigers took it to Ron Guidry: a dozen hits and seven earned runs over 71/3.
  • Lance Parrish‘s first-inning two-run homer opened the scoring.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Steve Palermo, 1B – Dave Phillips, 2B – Jerry Neudecker, 3B – John Hirschbeck
  • Time of Game: 2:49
  • Attendance: 41,192

Doug Flynn – IF #20

The Tigers signed veteran infielder Doug Flynn as a free agent on June 20, 1985, nine days after he was released by the Expos. Here are four things to know about his brief time in Detroit:

  • He debuted on June 22 against the Yankees, starting at second base and batting ninth. He singled off Ron Guidry in his first at bat, one of just four hits Guidry allowed.
  • Flynn’s final line as a Tiger: 32 games, 55 plate appearances, .255 average, no home runs and two RBI.
  • The Tigers re-signed him in the offseason, but released him near the end of Spring Training 1986.

Birthdays

Willis Roberts*, Jim Slaton and the late Eddie Cicotte.

*Roberts appeared in one game for the 1999 Tigers: 1.1 IP, three hits, four runs, one HBP.

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June 15, 1984: Tigers 3 – Brewers 2

June 15, 1984: Tigers 3 – Brewers 2

W: Dan Petry (10-3) – L: Jaime Cocanower (5-6) – Save: Willie Hernández (11) | Boxscore

Record: 45-16 — 6 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • The Tigers scored first on a Lance Parrish solo homer in the second.
  • Peaches went seven, allowing seven hits. Willie closed out the game with a two-inning appearance.

Miscellany

  • Venue: County Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Tim Welke, 1B – Bill Kunkel, 2B – Mark Johnson, 3B – Terry Cooney
  • Time of Game: 2:42
  • Attendance: 32,074

Birthdays

Mike Fiers, Tony Clark, Chris Wakeland, Lance Parrish and the late Champ Summers, Ben Flowers, Lou North and Henry Beckendorf. Lance (212), Champ (40) and Clark (156) combined for 408 homers for Tigers.

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June 1, 1984: Tigers 14 – Orioles 2

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.
  • 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

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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

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May 20, 1984: Tigers 4 – A’s 3

May 20, 1984: Tigers 4 – A’s 3

W: Milt Wilcox (6-0) – L: Lary Sorensen (1-6) – Save: Willie Hernández (6)  | Boxscore

Record: 32-5

Highlights

  • Milt scattered just three hits and allowed two runs.
  • Willie notched a three-inning save.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Marty Springstead, 1B – Jim McKean, 2B – Durwood Merrill, 3B – Dan Morrison
  • Time of Game: 2:22
  • Attendance: 27,073

Birthdays

Luis Garcia, David Wells, the late Tom Morgan, Earl Rapp – whose Tigers career spanned one plate appearance in 1949 – and Hal Newhouser

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The Saturday Fungo: May 18

May 18, 1984: Tigers 8 – A’s 4

W: Dan Petry (6-1) – L: Bill Krueger (1-1) | Boxscore

Record: 30-5

Highlights

  • The Tigers scored five first-inning runs and built up a 6-1 lead.
  • After a rain delay, the game was called with one out in the top of the sixth inning.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Tiger Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Durwood Merrill, 1B – Dan Morrison, 2B – Marty Springstead, 3B – Jim McKean
  • Time of Game: 2:08
  • Attendance: 41,136

On this Date in 1982 …

Larry Herndon hit three home runs in an 11-9 win over Oakland, and became the 14th player in major league history to hit home runs in four consecutive plate appearances. On May 16, he homered in his final at-bat to give the Tigers a 7-6 victory over the Twins. — Courtesy of Baseball Reference, of course.

Birthdays

Joakim Soria, the late Don Lund and Rufe Gentry

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