With home-run help from Bill Freehan, Ed Brinkman and Ron LeFlore, Lerrin LaGrow snapped his personal seven-game losing streak as the Tigers turned back the Angels, 6-2. Freehan led off the second inning with a home run, and Brinkman connected later in the same inning with Aurelio Rodriguez aboard. Loser Andy Hassler gave up a single and three consecutive bases on balls to force in the Tigers' fourth run in the third.

California got on the board in the fifth on singles by John Doherty and Ellie Rodriguez, plus a groundout, but LeFlore made it 5-1 with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the fifth for Detroit. Leroy Stanton homered with the bases empty for the Angels in the eighth, while Brinkman's sacrifice fly brought home the final Tiger run in the home half of the same frame. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, California Angels 2
Game Played on Monday, August    26, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Angels       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   2 10  0
Tigers       0  3  1    0  1  0    0  1  x  -   6  7  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Meoli 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .250      LeFlore cf            4   1   1   1     0   2   .229
Chalk ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Sutherland 2b         4   1   1   0     0   0   .259
Stanton rf            4   1   1   1     0   1   .285      Kaline dh             2   0   0   0     2   0   .253
Robinson dh           3   0   1   0     1   0   .254      Freehan 1b            2   1   1   1     2   0   .281
Lahoud lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .287      Lane lf               2   1   1   1     2   0   .218
Bochte cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .294      Rodriguez 3b          3   1   1   0     0   1   .229
Doherty 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .262      Sharon rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .212
Rodriguez c           4   0   3   0     0   0   .247      Brinkman ss           3   1   1   3     0   0   .215
Doyle 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Wockenfuss c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .150
  Valentine ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .273      LaGrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hassler p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Figueroa p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lange p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2  10   2     1   1             Totals               28   6   7   6     6   4

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance: 12,323
Left on Base: Angels 7, Tigers 6
DP: Angels 1, Tigers 2
Doubles: Rodriguez (13)
Home Runs: Stanton (10), Freehan (11), Brinkman (11), LeFlore (2)
Stolen Bases: Sharon (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Rodriguez (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Brinkman (3)
GIDP: Bochte (1), Chalk (13), Rodriguez (12)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hassler L(3-9)          4.1   5   5   5   4   2   3  21   3.14
Figueroa                1.2   0   0   0   2   2   0   7   3.71
Lange                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.80
Sanders                 1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   6.75
Totals                  8     7   6   6   6   4   3  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaGrow W(8-14)          9    10   2   2   1   1   1  36   4.18
Totals                  9    10   2   2   1   1   1  36

Umpires: HP - Armando Rodriguez, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - Bill Haller


ANGELS 1ST: Meoli popped to second; Chalk singled to left;
Stanton flied out to left; Robinson forced Chalk (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Sutherland
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline lined to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Lahoud singled to right; Bochte grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lahoud out at
second]; Doherty lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan homered; Lane grounded out (shortstop to
first); Rodriguez singled to center; Sharon flied out to left;
Brinkman homered [Rodriguez scored]; Wockenfuss flied out to
right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 3.

ANGELS 3RD: Rodriguez singled to left; Doyle forced Rodriguez
(shortstop to second); Meoli singled to right [Doyle to second];
Chalk grounded into a double play (third to first) [Doyle out at
third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Sutherland
singled to left; Kaline walked [Sutherland to second]; Freehan
walked [Sutherland to third, Kaline to second]; Lane walked
[Sutherland scored, Kaline to third, Freehan to second];
Rodriguez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Lane out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0,
Tigers 4.

ANGELS 4TH: Stanton grounded out (second to first); Robinson
singled to center; Lahoud flied out to center; Bochte flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 4TH: Sharon struck out; Brinkman grounded out (third to
first); Wockenfuss flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Tigers 4.

ANGELS 5TH: Doherty singled to left; Rodriguez singled to center
[Doherty to third]; Doyle popped to left; Meoli forced Rodriguez
(second to shortstop) [Doherty scored]; Chalk popped to second;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore homered; Sutherland grounded out (shortstop
to first); Kaline walked; FIGUEROA REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING);
Freehan walked [Kaline to second]; Lane walked [Kaline to third,
Freehan to second]; Rodriguez was called out on strikes; Sharon
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 1, Tigers 5.

ANGELS 6TH: Stanton struck out [Stanton out at first (catcher to
first)]; Robinson walked; Lahoud forced Robinson (third to
shortstop); Bochte singled to center [Lahoud to second]; Doherty
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 1,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first);
Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Tigers 5.

ANGELS 7TH: Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Doyle
grounded out (first unassisted); Meoli grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: LANGE REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Sutherland
grounded out (third to first); Kaline grounded out (catcher to
first); Freehan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
1, Tigers 5.

ANGELS 8TH: Chalk grounded out (third to first); Stanton
homered; Robinson grounded out (third to first); Lahoud flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: SANDERS REPLACED LANGE (PITCHING); Lane singled to
left; Rodriguez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Lane
to second]; Sharon singled to left [Lane to third]; Sharon stole
second; Brinkman hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lane scored];
Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 2, Tigers 6.

ANGELS 9TH: Bochte flied out to center; Doherty flied out to
left; Rodriguez doubled to right; VALENTINE BATTED FOR DOYLE;
Valentine flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2,
Tigers 6.