Rain stopped play with one out in the top half of the eighth inning and left the Tigers with a 4-1 victory over the White Sox in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The second game was postponed. The Tigers began the scoring in the first on a walk to Ron LeFlore and singles by Dan Meyer and Willie Horton. Two runs followed in the second. After a hit batsman and singles by Nate Colbert and Aurelio Rodriguez loaded the bases, Tom Veryzer and LeFlore drove in tallies with sacrifice flies.

The White Sox picked up a run off Mickey Lolich in their half of the second on a double by Deron Johnson and single by Bill Stein, but the Tigers clinched the decision in the sixth when Bill Freehan singled and scored on a double by Rodriguez. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Sunday, May       25, 1975 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Tigers       1  2  0    0  0  1    0  0  -   4  8  0
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  x  -   1  7  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            2   1   1   1     1   0   .297      Coluccio rf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .174
Sutherland 2b         3   0   1   0     1   0   .252      Dent ss               4   0   2   0     0   1   .298
Meyer lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .277      May lf                4   0   0   0     0   1   .289
Horton dh             4   0   1   1     0   1   .255      Melton 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Roberts rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .326      Henderson cf          3   0   1   0     0   1   .271
Freehan c             2   2   1   0     0   0   .248      D. Johnson 1b         3   1   1   0     0   0   .252
Colbert 1b            3   1   1   0     0   1   .171      Stein dh              3   0   2   1     0   0   .286
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   2   1     0   0   .196      Orta 2b               2   0   0   0     1   1   .288
Veryzer ss            2   0   0   1     0   1   .228      Varney c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .294
Lolich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Osteen p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               27   4   8   4     2   3             Totals               28   1   7   1     2   6

Time of Game: 1:53   Attendance: 30,947
Left on Base: Tigers 6, White Sox 8
DP: Tigers 0, White Sox 1
Doubles: Rodriguez (5), Dent (10), D. Johnson (2), Henderson (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Veryzer (1), LeFlore (1)
GIDP: Roberts (1)
Hit by Pitch: Freehan (2,by Osteen)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(5-3)           7     7   1   1   2   6   0  30   3.98
Totals                  7     7   1   1   2   6   0  30

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen L(1-5)           7.1   8   4   4   2   3   0  32   4.98
Totals                  7.1   8   4   4   2   3   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Osteen (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Hank Morgenweck


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore walked; Sutherland flied out to right; Meyer
singled to right [LeFlore to third]; Horton singled to center
[LeFlore scored, Meyer to second]; Roberts grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Horton out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Coluccio lined to center; Dent doubled to left;
May was called out on strikes; Melton grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, White Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan was hit by a pitch; Colbert singled to left
[Freehan to second]; Rodriguez singled to right [Freehan to
third, Colbert to second]; Veryzer hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Freehan scored, Colbert to third]; LeFlore hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Colbert scored]; Sutherland popped to catcher in foul
territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Henderson struck out; D. Johnson doubled to left;
Stein singled to right [D. Johnson scored]; Orta walked [Stein
to second]; Varney forced Orta (shortstop to second) [Stein to
third]; Coluccio grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Meyer grounded out (first to pitcher); Horton
grounded out (third to first); Roberts grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent struck out; May flied out to right; Melton
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3,
White Sox 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan grounded out (third to first); Colbert
struck out; Rodriguez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Henderson flied out to left; D. Johnson grounded
out (third to first); Stein singled to second; Orta struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Veryzer grounded out (second to first); LeFlore
singled to center; Sutherland walked [LeFlore to second]; Meyer
lined to right; Horton forced Sutherland (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Varney was called out on strikes; Coluccio
walked; Dent flied out to right; May flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, White Sox 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Roberts lined to third; Freehan singled to left;
Colbert flied out to center; Rodriguez doubled to left [Freehan
scored, Rodriguez to third (on throw to home)]; Veryzer struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Melton grounded out (third to first); Henderson
doubled to right; D. Johnson flied out to left; Stein grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, White Sox
1.

TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore flied out to right; Sutherland singled to
center; Meyer forced Sutherland (first to shortstop); Horton
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Varney
singled to center; Coluccio was called out on strikes; Dent
singled to right [Varney to third]; May flied out to center; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, White Sox 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Roberts popped to pitcher; 57 minute rain delay
and then the game was called; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
4, White Sox 1.