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Making his first start for the Tigers, Jim Perry pitched a seven-hitter and defeated the Indians, 8-2. The Tigers broke the game open with four runs in the fifth inning. Mickey Stanley led off with a single and scored on sacrifice bunts by Ed Brinkman and Dick McAuliffe. Bill Freehan singled, Rich Reese walked and Norm Cash was safe on an error to load the bases and Gates Brown, the Tigers' designated hitter, cleared the sacks with a double. Aurelio Rodriguez homered for the Tigers in the sixth. [The Sporting News] Detroit Tigers 8, Cleveland Indians 2Game Played on Saturday, April 14, 1973 (Day game) at Tiger StadiumIndians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 7 3 Tigers 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 x - 8 10 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Gamble rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .286 McAuliffe 2b 4 0 1 2 0 1 .143 Torres cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Freehan c 4 1 3 0 1 0 .316 Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .125 Reese lf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .000 Ellis dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .158 N. Cash 1b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .143 Spikes lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .167 G. Brown dh 4 0 1 3 0 0 .286 Duncan c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .167 Northrup rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .143 Bell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .130 Rodriguez 3b 4 2 2 2 0 0 .167 Brohamer 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .048 Stanley cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .158 Kenney 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Brinkman ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .353 Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Dunning p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 2 7 2 1 6 Totals 34 8 10 7 2 5 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 11,908 Left on Base: Indians 7, Tigers 6 DP: Indians 0, Tigers 0 Errors: Spikes, Brohamer 2, N. Cash Doubles: Gamble (1), Spikes (2), Stanley (2), G. Brown (1), Northrup (1) Triples: Brinkman (3) Home Runs: Rodriguez (1) Sacrifice Hits: Brinkman (2), McAuliffe (1) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dunning L(0-1) 4.2 4 4 2 2 3 0 21 3.86 Hilgendorf 2.1 3 2 1 0 2 1 11 2.25 Wilcox 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 6 18.00 Totals 8 10 8 5 2 5 1 38 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry W(1-0) 9 7 2 2 1 6 0 36 2.00 Totals 9 7 2 2 1 6 0 36 Wild Pitches: Dunning 2 (2) Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Don Denkinger INDIANS 1ST: Gamble singled; Torres flied out to center; Chambliss flied out to center; Ellis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe flied out to right; Freehan singled to left; Reese forced Freehan (shortstop to second); N. Cash flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. INDIANS 2ND: Spikes lined to left; Duncan singled; Bell struck out; Brohamer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: G. Brown reached on an error by Spikes [G. Brown to first]; Northrup forced G. Brown (shortstop to second) [Northrup to second (error by Brohamer)]; Rodriguez flied out to right; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. INDIANS 3RD: Cardenas lined to right; Gamble doubled; Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss was walked intentionally; Ellis lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman tripled to left; McAuliffe was called out on strikes; Freehan walked; Dunning threw a wild pitch [Brinkman scored, Freehan to second]; Reese was called out on strikes; N. Cash struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 1. INDIANS 4TH: Spikes struck out; Duncan grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: G. Brown flied out to center; Northrup flied out to center; Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 1. INDIANS 5TH: Brohamer grounded out (second to first); Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Stanley doubled; Brinkman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Stanley to third]; McAuliffe out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Stanley scored]; Freehan singled; Dunning threw a wild pitch [Freehan to second]; Reese walked; HILGENDORF REPLACED DUNNING (PITCHING); N. Cash reached on an error by Brohamer [Freehan to third, Reese to second]; G. Brown doubled [Freehan scored (unearned), Reese scored (unearned), N. Cash scored (unearned)]; Northrup grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 5. INDIANS 6TH: Torres struck out; Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); Ellis popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 5. TIGERS 6TH: Rodriguez homered; Stanley flied out to center; Brinkman struck out; McAuliffe popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 6. INDIANS 7TH: Spikes lined to right; Duncan grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 6. TIGERS 7TH: KENNEY REPLACED BROHAMER (PLAYING 2B); Freehan singled; Reese struck out; N. Cash forced Freehan (second to shortstop); G. Brown lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 6. INDIANS 8TH: Kenney singled to center; Cardenas struck out; Gamble popped to third in foul territory; Torres flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 6. TIGERS 8TH: WILCOX REPLACED HILGENDORF (PITCHING); Northrup doubled; Rodriguez singled [Northrup scored, Rodriguez to second (on throw)]; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Brinkman grounded out (second to first) [Rodriguez to third]; McAuliffe singled to center [Rodriguez scored]; Freehan popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 8. INDIANS 9TH: Chambliss flied out to center; Ellis singled to center; Spikes doubled to center [Ellis scored]; Duncan singled [Spikes scored]; Bell popped to second; Kenney reached on an error by N. Cash [Duncan to second]; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR CARDENAS; Lowenstein struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Tigers 8. |
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