Saturday August 18, 1973
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A loser of five straight decisions since July 20, Bill Singer returned to the winning column by pitching the Angels to a 4-1 victory over the Tigers. The Angels reached Joe Coleman for a run in the first inning on a walk to Rudy Meoli and singles by Frank Robinson and Bob Oliver. A double by Tommy McCraw, single by Jeff Torborg and sacrifice fly by Sandy Alomar added a tally in the second.

The Angels then iced the decision with two runs in the sixth on a walk to Oliver and singles by Mike Epstein, Torborg and McCraw. The Tigers avoided a shutout in the eighth with a run on two walks and a single by Willie Horton. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 4, Detroit Tigers 1

Game Played on Saturday, August 18, 1973 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 0 Angels 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 4 10 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Northrup rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .304 Pinson cf,lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Stanley cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .252 Meoli ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .224 G. Brown dh 4 0 2 0 0 1 .269 Robinson dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .273 Horton lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .329 Oliver 3b 2 1 1 1 2 0 .251 McAuliffe 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .272 Epstein 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .217 Freehan c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .262 Scheinblum rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .274 N. Cash 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .246 Berry cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .293 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .233 McCraw lf 3 1 2 1 0 1 .259 Kaline ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Stanton rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Brinkman ss 2 1 0 0 1 1 .246 Torborg c 3 0 2 1 0 0 .209 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alomar 2b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .209 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Singer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 5 1 4 9 Totals 30 4 10 4 3 5 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 12,490 Left on Base: Tigers 7, Angels 6 DP: Tigers 2, Angels 1 Doubles: Northrup (13), G. Brown (7), Freehan (10), McCraw (4) Sacrifice Flies: Alomar (3) GIDP: Freehan (9), Epstein (10) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman L(18-11) 6 9 4 4 2 4 0 26 3.85 Scherman 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 4.53 Miller 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.84 Totals 8 10 4 4 3 5 0 34 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Singer W(16-10) 9 5 1 1 4 9 0 35 3.14 Totals 9 5 1 1 4 9 0 35 Wild Pitches: Singer (4) Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Larry McCoy TIGERS 1ST: Northrup doubled to center; Stanley struck out; G. Brown flied out to right [Northrup to third]; Horton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Pinson grounded out (second to first); Meoli walked; Robinson singled to left [Meoli to third]; Oliver singled to center [Meoli scored, Robinson to second]; Epstein grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Oliver out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 1. TIGERS 2ND: McAuliffe walked; Freehan grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [McAuliffe out at second]; N. Cash flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 1. ANGELS 2ND: Scheinblum grounded out (first to pitcher); McCraw doubled to right; Torborg singled to right [McCraw to third]; Alomar hit a sacrifice fly to left [McCraw scored]; Pinson singled to right [Torborg to third]; Meoli struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 2. TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); Brinkman struck out; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 2. ANGELS 3RD: Robinson singled to left; Oliver forced Robinson (pitcher to second); Epstein hit into a double play (right to first) [Oliver out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 2. TIGERS 4TH: Stanley struck out; G. Brown doubled to right; Horton grounded out (third to first); McAuliffe grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 2. ANGELS 4TH: Scheinblum struck out; McCraw struck out; Torborg flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 2. TIGERS 5TH: Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); N. Cash walked; Rodriguez flied out to right; Brinkman forced N. Cash (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 2. ANGELS 5TH: Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); Pinson popped to shortstop; Meoli flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 2. TIGERS 6TH: Northrup struck out; Stanley struck out; G. Brown singled to left; Singer threw a wild pitch [G. Brown to second]; Horton popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 2. ANGELS 6TH: Robinson grounded out (third to first); Oliver walked; Epstein singled to right [Oliver to third]; Scheinblum was called out on strikes; McCraw singled to center [Oliver scored, Epstein to second]; Torborg singled to left [Epstein scored, McCraw out at third (left to third to shortstop)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 4. TIGERS 7TH: PINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BERRY REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PLAYING CF); STANTON REPLACED MCCRAW (PLAYING RF); McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Freehan doubled to right; N. Cash flied out to center [Freehan to third]; Rodriguez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 4. ANGELS 7TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Alomar grounded out (third to first); Pinson struck out; Meoli grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Angels 4. TIGERS 8TH: Brinkman walked; Northrup walked [Brinkman to second]; Stanley flied out to right; G. Brown struck out; Horton singled to left [Brinkman scored, Northrup to second]; McAuliffe struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Angels 4. ANGELS 8TH: Robinson flied out to center; Oliver walked; Epstein flied out to right; Berry singled to center [Oliver to second]; MILLER REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Stanton forced Berry (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Angels 4. TIGERS 9TH: Freehan struck out; N. Cash grounded out (second to first); KALINE BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Kaline struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Angels 4.

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