Joe Coleman gained his ninth victory of the season, but needed help from Chuck Seelbach and John Hiller before the Tigers defeated the Athletics, 4-3. The Tigers scored their first two runs on a pass to Duke Sims and homer by Norm Cash in the second inning. The other pair followed in the fifth on singles by Rich Reese and Mickey Stanley, a wild pitch by Blue Moon Odom and single by Gates Brown.

The A's rallied for their three runs off Coleman in the sixth. After Coleman gave up a single by Bill North in the eighth, Seelbach retired the next two batters before being relieved by Hiller, who finished the game and got credit for the save. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 4, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Monday, May       28, 1973 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   3  8  1
Tigers       0  2  0    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   4  9  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .285      Reese lf,1b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .113
Rudi lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Stanley cf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .241
Bando 3b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .248      G. Brown dh           4   0   1   1     0   1   .263
Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .289      Sims c                2   1   0   0     2   0   .308
Johnson dh            4   0   1   1     0   1   .242      N. Cash 1b            2   1   2   2     0   0   .205
Fosse c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .275        Sharon ph,lf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Tenace 1b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .264      Northrup rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Campaneris pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .299      McAuliffe 2b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .245
Green 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Brinkman ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .271
  Marquez ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Rodriguez 3b          2   0   1   0     1   0   .190
  Maxvill ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McKinney ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .235        Seelbach p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kubiak ss,2b          3   1   1   0     0   0   .278        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Odom p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gardner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   8   2     2   3             Totals               31   4   9   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 21,354
Left on Base: A's 6, Tigers 6
DP: A's 1, Tigers 1
Errors: Odom
Doubles: Bando (8), Fosse (8), Kubiak (2), Reese (1), Rodriguez (9)
Home Runs: N. Cash (6)
Stolen Bases: North (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Rudi (2)
GIDP: Green (2), Reese (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom L(1-8)             4.2   7   4   4   2   0   1  21   6.75
Gardner                 0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   4.91
Lindblad                0.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   4   7.88
Knowles                 2.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.53
Totals                  8     9   4   4   3   3   1  34

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(9-3)          7     7   3   3   1   3   0  28   2.53
Seelbach                0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Hiller SV(9)            1.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   6   2.28
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   3   0  36

Passed Balls: Sims (2)
Wild Pitches: Odom (5), Coleman (1)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Hank Morgenweck


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Rudi
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Reese doubled to center [Reese out at third (center
to shortstop to third)]; Stanley grounded out (second to first);
G. Brown lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson lined to center; Johnson struck out;
Fosse flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers
0.

TIGERS 2ND: Sims walked; N. Cash homered [Sims scored]; Northrup
lined to first; McAuliffe flied to left; Brinkman grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers
2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Tenace walked; Green grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Tenace out at second]; Kubiak
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez walked; Reese grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Rodriguez out at second];
Stanley singled; G. Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: North grounded out (pitcher to first); Rudi
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando doubled; Sims allowed a
passed ball [Bando to third]; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Sims grounded out (second to first); N. Cash
singled; Northrup forced N. Cash (third to second); Northrup was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Odom [Northrup to
third]; McAuliffe grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Johnson flied to left; Fosse doubled; Tenace
flied to center; Green grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
flied to left; Reese singled; Stanley singled [Reese to third];
Odom threw a wild pitch [Reese scored, Stanley to second]; G.
Brown singled [Stanley scored]; GARDNER REPLACED ODOM
(PITCHING); Sims walked [G. Brown to second]; SHARON BATTED FOR
N. CASH; Sharon flied to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Tigers 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: REESE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); SHARON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Kubiak doubled; North singled
[Kubiak to third]; Coleman threw a wild pitch [Kubiak scored,
North to second]; Rudi out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[North to third]; Bando singled [North scored]; Jackson grounded
out (second to first) [Bando to second]; Johnson singled [Bando
scored]; Fosse flied to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
3, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED GARDNER (PITCHING); Northrup
grounded out (first unassisted); McAuliffe struck out; Brinkman
singled; Rodriguez doubled [Brinkman to third]; KNOWLES REPLACED
LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Reese flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Tigers 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace grounded out (third to first); MARQUEZ
BATTED FOR GREEN; Marquez popped to third; Kubiak grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: MAXVILL REPLACED MARQUEZ (PLAYING SS); KUBIAK
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Stanley grounded out (pitcher to
first); G. Brown struck out; Sims popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Tigers 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: North singled; SEELBACH REPLACED COLEMAN
(PITCHING); North stole second; Rudi grounded out (pitcher to
first); Bando reached on a fielder's choice [North out at third
(shortstop to third)]; HILLER REPLACED SEELBACH (PITCHING);
Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Sharon flied to left; Northrup was called out on
strikes; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Tigers 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Johnson flied to left; Fosse popped to shortstop;
Tenace walked; CAMPANERIS RAN FOR TENACE; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR
MAXVILL; McKinney singled [Campaneris to third]; MANGUAL BATTED
FOR KUBIAK; Mangual forced McKinney (shortstop unassisted); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Tigers 4.