Two homers by Gary Sutherland carried the Tigers to a 3-1 victory over the Athletics behind the pitching of Woodie Fryman and John Hiller. Fryman, a winner for the first time this season, allowed only three hits before giving way to Hiller with two men on base and one out in the seventh inning. Sutherland homered off Catfish Hunter in the fourth and followed with his second drive in the sixth. The Tigers then strung together consecutive singles by Al Kaline, Willie Horton and Jim Northrup for another run. The A's scored in their half of the sixth on a walk to Angel Mangual, infield out and double by Bill North. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 3, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Tuesday, May       28, 1974 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       0  0  0    1  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  9  1
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  3  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .233      North cf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .224
Sutherland 2b         4   2   3   2     0   1   .285      Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     0   2   .294
Kaline dh             4   1   1   0     0   0   .280      Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Horton lf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .288      Jackson dh            3   0   0   0     1   1   .396
Northrup rf           4   0   2   1     0   1   .212      Johnson 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .172
Freehan c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .312      Tenace c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .218
N. Cash 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .216      Mangual rf            2   1   0   0     1   0   .259
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .224      Alou lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .213
Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .238        H. Washington pr    0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fryman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Summers lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kubiak 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .246
                                                          Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   9   3     0   7             Totals               30   1   3   1     3   5

Time of Game: 1:59   Attendance:  3,093
Left on Base: Tigers 5, A's 5
DP: Tigers 1, A's 2
Errors: N. Cash, Bando
Doubles: N. Cash (2), North (10)
Home Runs: Sutherland 2 (3)
Stolen Bases: North (20), H. Washington (3)
GIDP: Brinkman (2), Tenace (3)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman W(1-3)           6.2   3   1   1   2   3   0  24   5.82
Hiller SV(8)            2.1   0   0   0   1   2   0   9   1.45
Totals                  9     3   1   1   3   5   0  33

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(7-5)           9     9   3   3   0   7   2  35   2.34
Totals                  9     9   3   3   0   7   2  35

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Russ Goetz


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley struck out; Sutherland singled to left;
Kaline flied out to center; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (third to first); Campaneris
struck out; Bando grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup struck out; Freehan flied out to center; N.
Cash struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson struck out; Johnson made an out to third;
Tenace flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Athletics 0.

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

ATHLETICS 3RD: Mangual grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou
grounded out (third to first); Kubiak grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Sutherland homered; Kaline made an out to third;
Horton made an out to shortstop; Northrup flied out to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: North flied out to right; Campaneris struck out;
Bando flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Athletics 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Freehan flied out to right; N. Cash flied out to
left; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Jackson made an out to second; Johnson singled to
right; Tenace grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Athletics 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Brinkman flied out to left; Stanley struck out;
Sutherland homered; Kaline singled to left; Horton singled to
left [Kaline to second]; Northrup singled to right [Kaline
scored, Horton to second]; Freehan reached on an error by Bando
[Horton to third, Northrup to second]; N. Cash flied out to
left; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Mangual walked; Alou flied out to center; Kubiak
grounded out (second to first) [Mangual to second]; North
doubled to right [Mangual scored]; North stole third; Campaneris
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics
1.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to second to first);
Brinkman flied out to left; Stanley flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Bando singled to left; Jackson flied out to
right; Johnson forced Bando (third to second); Tenace walked
[Johnson to second]; HILLER REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING); Mangual
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Athletics 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Sutherland struck out; Kaline grounded out
(shortstop to first); Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Alou reached on an error by N. Cash [Alou to
first]; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR ALOU; H. Washington stole second;
Kubiak grounded out (third to first); North struck out;
Campaneris grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Athletics 1.

TIGERS 9TH: SUMMERS REPLACED H. WASHINGTON (PLAYING LF);
Northrup singled to center; Freehan lined into a double play
(pitcher to second) [Northrup out at second]; N. Cash doubled to
center; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando flied out to center; Jackson walked;
Johnson struck out; Tenace flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 3, Athletics 1.