Wednesday June 27, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
The Tigers, after winning the first game, 6-3, on a grand-slam homer by Dick McAuliffe, exploded for five runs in the fifth inning of the second game and defeated the Brewers, 5-4, to complete the sweep of a twi-night doubleheader. The Tigers, who were losing the lidlifter, 3-2, loaded the bases in the eighth inning on a walk to Mickey Stanley, double by Norm Cash and intentional pass to Willie Horton before McAuliffe came to the plate against Frank Linzy and hit his second grand-slam of the season and eighth of his major league career.

Rookie Eduardo Rodriguez, pitching the nightcap for the Brewers, had a 4-0 lead before Aurelio Rodriguez, no relation, started his downfall by opening the Tigers' fifth with a homer. Another run brought Skip Lockwood to the mound in relief for the Brewers, but the Tigers continued their attack with a double by Cash, triple by Horton and double by Duke Sims. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 6, Milwaukee Brewers 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Wednesday, June 27, 1973 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Brewers 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 4 0 Tigers 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 x - 6 7 0 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Johnson ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .249 G. Brown dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .234 Money 3b 2 1 0 0 1 0 .213 Stanley cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .248 May cf 2 2 1 1 2 0 .288 N. Cash 1b 4 1 2 1 0 2 .247 Briggs lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .240 Taylor pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .196 Scott 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .266 Reese 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Porter c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .238 Horton lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .341 Lahoud dh 2 0 0 0 1 1 .152 Sharon rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Thomas ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Sims c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Coluccio rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .223 McAuliffe 2b 4 1 2 4 0 0 .264 Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .280 Northrup rf,lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .252 Slaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .214 Linzy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brinkman ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .262 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 3 4 3 5 11 Totals 31 6 7 6 3 6 Time of Game: 2:24 Left on Base: Brewers 5, Tigers 4 DP: Brewers 0, Tigers 0 Doubles: N. Cash (11) Triples: Briggs (5) Home Runs: May (12), N. Cash (10), McAuliffe (5) Caught Stealing: Lahoud (2) Sacrifice Hits: Money (6) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Slaton 7.1 5 3 3 2 6 1 29 3.01 Linzy L(2-5) 0.2 2 3 3 1 0 1 5 3.68 Totals 8 7 6 6 3 6 2 34 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman W(11-7) 8.1 4 3 3 5 9 1 33 3.42 Hiller SV(13) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.69 Totals 9 4 3 3 5 11 1 35 Wild Pitches: Coleman (3) Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jim Odom BREWERS 1ST: Johnson flied out to center; Money walked; Coleman threw a wild pitch [Money to second]; May walked; Briggs struck out; Scott singled [Money scored, May to second]; Porter struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: G. Brown struck out; Stanley grounded out (first to pitcher); N. Cash struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Tigers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Lahoud walked; Coluccio struck out; Garcia struck out; Lahoud was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Sims flied out to center; McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Tigers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Money grounded out (third to first); May walked; Briggs tripled [May scored]; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Northrup flied out to left; Rodriguez flied out to right; Brinkman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Porter grounded out (third to first); Lahoud struck out; Coluccio grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: G. Brown grounded out (second to first); Stanley singled; N. Cash struck out; Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Garcia flied out to left; Johnson struck out; Money grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Sims flied out to left; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Northrup singled; Rodriguez walked [Northrup to second]; Brinkman singled [Northrup scored, Rodriguez to second]; G. Brown struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 1. BREWERS 6TH: May homered; Briggs struck out; Scott flied out to center; Porter was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: Stanley struck out; N. Cash homered; Horton flied out to center; Sims popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 2. BREWERS 7TH: Lahoud flied out to right; Coluccio flied out to right; Garcia was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 2. TIGERS 7TH: McAuliffe singled; Northrup popped to second; Rodriguez popped to third in foul territory; Brinkman popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 2. BREWERS 8TH: Johnson singled; Money out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Johnson to second]; May grounded out (second to first) [Johnson to third]; Briggs grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 2. TIGERS 8TH: G. Brown grounded out (first to pitcher); Stanley walked; LINZY REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); N. Cash doubled [Stanley to third]; TAYLOR RAN FOR N. CASH; Horton was walked intentionally; Sims popped to first; McAuliffe homered [Stanley scored, Taylor scored, Horton scored]; Northrup grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 6. BREWERS 9TH: REESE REPLACED TAYLOR (PLAYING 1B); SHARON REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING RF); NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Scott lined to second; Porter walked; HILLER REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); THOMAS BATTED FOR LAHOUD; Thomas was called out on strikes; Coluccio struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Tigers 6.

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