Al Kaline singled in the seventh inning for the 2,999th hit of his major league career and scored one of the Tigers' runs in a 6-5 victory over the Brewers. Reggie Sanders drove in four runs, accounting for one with a double in the first inning and two with a homer in the sixth to put the Tigers ahead, 3-2. Kaline's single helped produce a pair in the seventh on hits by Bill Freehan and Sanders, but as it turned out, the Tigers needed an unearned run in the ninth to gain their victory.

Freehan singled and was forced by Sanders, but when Pedro Garcia threw wildly trying for a double play, Sanders reached second, putting him in position to score on a single by Tom Veryzer. The Brewers rallied for three runs in their half, knocking out Joe Coleman, before John Hiller was able to put out the fire. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Milwaukee Brewers 5
Game Played on Sunday, September 22, 1974 (Day game) at County Stadium
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  2    2  0  1  -   6 15  0
Brewers      0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   5  9  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            5   1   1   0     0   1   .235      Money 3b              2   1   2   1     3   0   .283
Sutherland 2b         5   0   2   0     0   0   .251      Coluccio cf           2   0   1   0     1   0   .233
Kaline dh             4   1   1   0     1   0   .261        Hansen ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .296
Freehan c             5   2   3   1     0   0   .283        Thomas ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .235
Sanders 1b            5   2   3   4     0   1   .269      Scott 1b              5   0   1   2     0   1   .287
Veryzer ss            5   0   1   1     0   1   .271      Briggs lf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .253
Roberts rf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .308      Porter c              1   0   0   0     3   1   .242
Meyer lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .357        Berry ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .236
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .224      Lezcano rf            3   1   1   0     0   1   .321
Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      May dh                4   2   2   0     0   2   .229
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      T. Johnson ss         4   1   2   0     0   0   .259
                                                          Garcia 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .199
                                                          Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   6  15   6     1   4             Totals               30   5   9   3     9   8

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance:  5,126
Left on Base: Tigers 10, Brewers 9
DP: Tigers 2, Brewers 0
Errors: Garcia
Doubles: Sanders (6), Freehan (14), Money (29)
Home Runs: Sanders (3)
Stolen Bases: Coluccio (15), Money (18), May (3), Porter (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Rodriguez (5), Coluccio (10), Lezcano (1)
GIDP: Scott (25), Lezcano (1)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(14-12)        8.1   8   5   5   8   7   0  37   4.32
Hiller SV(13)           0.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   4   2.31
Totals                  9     9   5   5   9   8   0  41

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright L(9-20)          6.2  10   5   5   1   3   1  31   4.46
Rodriguez               2.1   5   1   0   0   1   0  12   3.63
Totals                  9    15   6   5   1   4   1  43

Wild Pitches: Coleman (13), Wright (6)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jim Odom


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to center; Wright threw a wild pitch
[LeFlore to second]; Sutherland flied out to right; Kaline
walked; Freehan flied out to right; Sanders doubled to left
[Kaline to third, LeFlore scored]; Veryzer struck out; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Money singled to right; Money was picked off first
(pitcher to first to second); Coluccio walked; Coluccio stole
second; Scott flied out to center; Briggs walked; Porter struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Meyer made an
out to catcher; Rodriguez singled to center; LeFlore made an out
to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano singled to center; May singled to right
[Lezcano to third]; T. Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first)
[May to second]; Coleman threw a wild pitch [May to third,
Lezcano scored]; Garcia struck out (catcher to first); Money
walked; May stole home and Money stole second; Coluccio grounded
out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Sutherland singled to center; Kaline flied out to
right; Freehan lined to third; Sanders struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Scott struck out; Briggs popped to first in foul
territory; Porter walked; Porter stole second; Lezcano struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Veryzer grounded out (pitcher to first); Roberts
made an out to second; Meyer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 4TH: May struck out; T. Johnson grounded out (first
unassisted); Garcia lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez made an out to second; LeFlore grounded
out (third to first); Sutherland singled to left; Kaline forced
Sutherland (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
1, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Money walked; Coluccio out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Money to second]; Scott flied out to left;
Briggs flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Brewers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan singled to left; Sanders homered [Freehan
scored]; Veryzer grounded out (second to first); Roberts struck
out; Meyer singled to center; Rodriguez flied out to center; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Porter walked; Lezcano out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Porter to second]; May struck out; T.
Johnson was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the
batted ball [Porter out at third (shortstop unassisted)]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Sutherland
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline singled to left;
Freehan doubled to left [Kaline scored, Freehan to third (on
throw to home)]; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Sanders
singled to center [Freehan scored]; Veryzer forced Sanders
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers
2.

BREWERS 7TH: Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Money
walked; Coluccio singled to left [Money to second]; Scott
grounded into a double play (third to first) [Money out at
third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Roberts singled to right; Meyer singled to left
[Roberts to second]; Rodriguez out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Meyer to second, Roberts to third]; LeFlore struck out;
Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: Briggs flied out to right; Porter walked; Lezcano
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Porter
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Kaline flied out to center; Freehan singled to
right; Sanders forced Freehan (shortstop to second) [Sanders to
second (error by Garcia)]; Veryzer singled to left [Veryzer to
second (on throw to home), Sanders scored (unearned)]; Roberts
made an out to first; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6,
Brewers 2.

BREWERS 9TH: May singled to center; T. Johnson singled to left
[May to second]; Garcia struck out; Money doubled to left [T.
Johnson to third, May scored]; HANSEN BATTED FOR COLUCCIO;
HILLER REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); THOMAS BATTED FOR HANSEN;
Thomas walked; Scott singled to left [Thomas to third, Money
scored, T. Johnson scored]; Briggs made an out to third; BERRY
BATTED FOR PORTER; Berry struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 6, Brewers 5.