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Turning from home-run hitter to bunter, Bill Freehan executed a perfect squeeze play in the eighth inning to provide the Tigers with a 3-2 victory over the Athletics. Freehan homered in the second. The Tigers added another run in that same stanza on a double by Dick Sharon and single by Aurelio Rodriguez. In the eighth, Al Kaline singled and took third on a single by Willie Horton. Freehan then laid down his bunt and beat it out for a hit as Kaline scored. [The Sporting News] Detroit Tigers 3, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Wednesday, August 8, 1973 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumA's 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 1 Tigers 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 3 10 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Stanley cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .241 North cf 3 0 0 0 1 3 .277 Taylor 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .216 Bando 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Kaline 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .240 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .281 Horton lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .326 Johnson dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .257 Northrup pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Tenace 1b 3 1 0 0 1 2 .258 Freehan c 3 1 2 2 1 0 .261 Alou lf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .257 Howard dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Odom pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 G. Brown ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Fosse c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Sharon rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .261 Conigliaro ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .237 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .227 Green 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .255 Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Andrews ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .202 Fryman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holtzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 5 0 3 10 Totals 32 3 10 3 1 2 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 28,000 Left on Base: A's 7, Tigers 6 DP: A's 3, Tigers 0 Errors: Green, Stanley, Fryman Doubles: Sharon (7), Taylor (6) Triples: Johnson (2) Home Runs: Freehan (4) GIDP: Taylor (7), Sharon (5), G. Brown (8) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Holtzman L(17-10) 7.1 9 3 3 1 2 1 31 2.37 Fingers 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.45 Totals 8 10 3 3 1 2 1 33 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fryman W(4-7) 8.2 5 2 1 3 10 0 35 4.99 Hiller SV(26) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.63 Totals 9 5 2 1 3 10 0 36 Wild Pitches: Fryman (5) Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Larry McCoy ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris popped to first in foul territory; North struck out; Bando singled to left; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Stanley popped to first in foul territory; Taylor lined to right; Kaline flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Tigers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace walked; Alou singled to center [Tenace to third, Alou to second (error by Stanley)]; Fosse reached on an error by Fryman [Tenace scored (unearned) (no RBI), Alou to third]; Green popped to second; Campaneris flied to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Horton flied to center; Freehan homered; Howard popped to second; Sharon doubled to left; Rodriguez singled to center [Sharon scored]; Brinkman forced Rodriguez (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: North struck out; Bando flied out to center; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 3RD: Stanley singled to left; Taylor doubled to left [Stanley to third]; Kaline popped to first in foul territory; Horton struck out; Freehan was walked intentionally; Howard flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Johnson flied to right; Tenace grounded out (third to first); Alou singled to right; Fosse was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 4TH: Sharon flied to right; Rodriguez struck out; Brinkman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Green grounded out (shortstop to first); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); North walked; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 5TH: Stanley singled to left; Taylor grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Stanley out at second]; Kaline flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson struck out; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 6TH: Horton flied to right; Freehan reached on an error by Green; Howard singled to center [Freehan to second]; Sharon grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Howard out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Alou popped to first; Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); Green struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez popped to first in foul territory; Brinkman flied to left; Stanley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris popped to second; North struck out; Bando flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 8TH: Taylor flied to right; Kaline singled to left; Horton singled to center [Kaline to third]; NORTHRUP RAN FOR HORTON; FINGERS REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Freehan singled to right [Kaline scored, Northrup to second]; G. BROWN BATTED FOR HOWARD; G. Brown grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Freehan out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Tigers 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: G. BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Jackson struck out; Johnson tripled to right; Fryman threw a wild pitch [Johnson scored]; Tenace struck out; Alou singled to right; ODOM RAN FOR ALOU; CONIGLIARO BATTED FOR FOSSE; Conigliaro walked [Odom to second]; HILLER REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING); ANDREWS BATTED FOR GREEN; Andrews flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Tigers 3. |
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