The Tigers extended their winning streak to seven games by sweeping a twi-night doubleheader with the Brewers, 6-5 and 9-4. In the opener, the Tigers took a 3-2 lead in the third inning, but fell behind again when the Brewers scored twice in the fifth on a single by John Vukovich, triple by Bob Coluccio and double by Pedro Garcia. The Tigers then came back with three runs in the seventh. Ed Brinkman walked and was forced by Jim Northrup. Mickey Stanley also walked. Gates Brown singled to drive in Northrup and when Coluccio threw wild to the plate, Stanley also scored. Bill Freehan followed with a single to send Brown home with what proved to be the deciding run.

In the nightcap, Willie Horton, Dick McAuliffe and Northrup smashed homers in the Tigers' 15-hit attack. Woodie Fryman, who pitched seven innings, gained his first victory since April 26 to end a personal seven-game losing streak. Dave May went hitless for Brewers and was stopped on his 24-game batting streak. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Milwaukee Brewers 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Tuesday, July      31, 1973 (Night game) at County Stadium
Tigers       0  0  3    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   6  6  0
Brewers      2  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  0  -   5 11  3


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Northrup rf,lf        5   1   1   2     0   1   .274      Coluccio rf           4   1   2   1     1   0   .235
Stanley cf            3   2   1   0     2   0   .226      Garcia 2b             5   0   1   1     0   1   .246
G. Brown dh           4   1   1   1     1   1   .262      May cf                5   1   1   0     0   1   .329
Horton lf             4   0   0   1     0   0   .336      Scott 1b              5   2   3   2     0   0   .298
  Sharon rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Porter c              2   0   1   1     2   0   .263
McAuliffe 2b          3   0   0   0     2   0   .270        Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Freehan c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .256      Briggs lf             2   0   1   0     2   0   .236
N. Cash 1b            2   0   0   0     2   0   .239      Ellie Rodriguez dh    2   0   0   0     1   0   .271
  Reese 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .140      Johnson ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   1   0     0   2   .231        Mitchell ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .269
Brinkman ss           3   1   1   0     1   0   .253        Heise ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Vukovich 3b           4   1   2   0     0   1   .131
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   6   6   5     8   4             Totals               34   5  11   5     6   4

Time of Game: 3:00
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Brewers 9
DP: Tigers 0, Brewers 0
Errors: Coluccio, Porter, Vukovich
Doubles: Stanley (11), Northrup (10), Scott (20), Garcia (18)
Triples: Coluccio (5)
Home Runs: Scott (13)
Caught Stealing: Porter (1), Briggs (5), Vukovich (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Ellie Rodriguez (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Horton (1)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry                   4.1   7   4   4   3   1   0  21   3.78
Miller W(3-1)           1.2   1   0   0   2   0   0   7   3.91
Hiller SV(23)           3     3   1   1   1   3   1  13   1.60
Totals                  9    11   5   5   6   4   1  41

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn L(13-7)         9     6   6   5   8   4   0  41   2.86
Totals                  9     6   6   5   8   4   0  41

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Russ Goetz


TIGERS 1ST: Northrup struck out; Stanley doubled to left; G.
Brown grounded out (second to first) [Stanley to third]; Horton
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Coluccio popped to catcher in foul territory;
Garcia popped to shortstop; May singled to left; Scott doubled
to right [May scored]; Porter singled to right [Scott scored];
Briggs grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 2ND: McAuliffe popped to shortstop; Freehan grounded out
(third to first); N. Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 2ND: Ellie Rodriguez grounded out (third to first);
Johnson flied out to left; Vukovich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez singled to center; Brinkman singled to
right [Rodriguez to third]; Northrup doubled to center
[Rodriguez scored, Brinkman scored, Northrup out at third
(center to shortstop to first to third to second)]; Stanley
reached on an error by Vukovich [Stanley to second]; Stanley was
picked off second but was safe on an error by Porter [Stanley to
third]; G. Brown walked; Horton hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Stanley scored (unearned)]; McAuliffe walked [G. Brown to
second]; Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R (2 ER),
3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Coluccio singled to center; Garcia flied out to
right; May grounded out (second to first) [Coluccio to second];
Scott flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Brewers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: N. Cash grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
flied out to right; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Porter walked; Porter was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Briggs walked; Briggs was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Ellie Rodriguez walked;
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Tigers 3, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup flied out to right; Stanley walked; G.
Brown struck out; Horton forced Stanley (third to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Vukovich singled to left; Coluccio tripled to right
[Vukovich scored]; Garcia doubled to left [Coluccio scored]; May
flied out to left; MILLER REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Scott
grounded out (third to first); Porter walked; Briggs walked
[Garcia to third, Porter to second]; Ellie Rodriguez grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Brewers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Freehan
grounded out (third to first); N. Cash walked; Rodriguez struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Vukovich
singled to center; Coluccio flied out to right; Vukovich was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman walked; Northrup forced Brinkman (third to
second); Stanley walked [Northrup to second]; G. Brown singled
to right [Northrup scored, Stanley scored (error by Coluccio),
G. Brown to second]; Horton flied out to left; McAuliffe was
walked intentionally; Freehan singled to center [G. Brown
scored, McAuliffe to third, Freehan to second (on throw)]; N.
Cash was walked intentionally; Rodriguez struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 1
E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 6, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: HILLER REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Garcia popped to
catcher in foul territory; May grounded out (second to first);
Scott homered; Porter grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6, Brewers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Brinkman flied out to right; Northrup grounded out
(first unassisted); Stanley flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 6, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 8TH: Briggs singled to right; Ellie Rodriguez out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Briggs to second]; MITCHELL
BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Mitchell struck out; Vukovich grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6, Brewers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: HEISE REPLACED MITCHELL (PLAYING SS); G. Brown
grounded out (first unassisted); Horton flied out to center;
McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 6, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 9TH: NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); SHARON
REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING RF); REESE REPLACED N. CASH (PLAYING
1B); Coluccio walked; Garcia struck out; May struck out; Scott
singled to left [Coluccio to third]; BROWN BATTED FOR PORTER;
Brown grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 6, Brewers 5.