The relief work of John Hiller, who made his 10th straight appearance without allowing a run, saved the game for Joe Coleman as the Tigers defeated the Athletics, 5-2. Coleman gave up a homer by Reggie Jackson in the second inning but then did not allow another baserunner until Claudell Washington singled and went to third on another single by Joe Rudi in the seventh.

After Jackson hit a sacrifice fly, Gene Tenace walked. Coleman threw three straight balls to Billy Williams before being removed in favor of Hiller. On Hiller's first pitch, Williams swung away and grounded out to end the inning. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Thursday, July      24, 1975 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
A's          0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  3  0
Tigers       0  0  3    1  0  1    0  0  x  -   5  6  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Stanley cf            3   0   0   1     0   1   .238
C. Washington cf      4   1   1   0     0   2   .306      Knox 2b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .189
Rudi lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .273      Oglivie lf            2   1   0   1     1   1   .255
Jackson dh            3   1   1   2     0   2   .263      Horton dh             4   1   1   0     0   1   .266
Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .213      Freehan c             4   0   2   0     0   2   .256
Tenace 1b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .265      Pierce 1b             1   0   0   2     0   1   .231
Garner 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Roberts rf            2   1   0   0     1   1   .277
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Rodriguez 3b          3   1   1   0     0   1   .240
  Martinez 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Veryzer ss            3   1   1   0     0   0   .224
Mangual rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .189      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Haney c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .100        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   2   3   2     1   8             Totals               26   5   6   5     2   8

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 14,255
Left on Base: A's 2, Tigers 3
DP: A's 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Pierce
Home Runs: Jackson (22)
Caught Stealing: Knox (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Jackson (4), Oglivie (1), Pierce 2 (2)
Hit by Pitch: Stanley (1,by Perry)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(4-9)            3     4   4   4   1   3   0  14   4.91
Lindblad                2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.16
Todd                    2     1   1   1   1   0   0   8   1.75
Fingers                 1     1   0   0   0   3   0   4   2.97
Totals                  8     6   5   5   2   8   0  32

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(8-12)         6.2   3   2   2   1   5   1  24   5.82
Hiller SV(14)           2.1   0   0   0   0   3   0   7   2.23
Totals                  9     3   2   2   1   8   1  31

Hit by Pitch: Perry (7)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Jim McKean


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); C.
Washington struck out; Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley was called out on strikes; Knox popped to
third in foul territory; Oglivie flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Jackson homered; Bando struck out; Tenace popped
to first in foul territory; Garner grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton popped to first in foul territory; Freehan
struck out; Pierce struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Tigers 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Mangual flied out to right; Haney lined to third;
Campaneris was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Roberts walked; Rodriguez singled [Roberts to
second]; Veryzer singled [Roberts to third, Rodriguez to
second]; Stanley was hit by a pitch [Roberts scored, Rodriguez
to third, Veryzer to second]; Knox forced Stanley (second to
shortstop) [Rodriguez scored, Veryzer to third]; Oglivie hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Veryzer scored]; Knox was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Tigers 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: C. Washington grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi popped to catcher in foul territory; Jackson struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton singled; Freehan singled [Horton to third];
LINDBLAD REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Pierce hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Horton scored, Freehan to second]; Roberts struck out;
Rodriguez struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers
4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Pierce dropped a foul fly hit by Bando for an
error; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace grounded
out (shortstop to first); Garner grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 5TH: Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Stanley flied
out to right; Knox grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Mangual struck out; Haney flied out to right;
Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: TODD REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Oglivie walked;
Horton grounded out (pitcher to first) [Oglivie to second];
Freehan singled [Oglivie to third]; Pierce hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Oglivie scored]; Roberts flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: C. Washington singled; Rudi singled [C.
Washington to third]; Jackson hit a sacrifice fly to center [C.
Washington scored]; Bando flied out to right; Tenace walked
[Rudi to second]; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR GARNER; HILLER REPLACED
COLEMAN (PITCHING); Williams grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING 2B); Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); Veryzer flied out to right;
Stanley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Tigers 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Mangual flied out to right; Haney flied out to
center; Campaneris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Knox singled;
Oglivie struck out; Horton struck out; Freehan struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: C. Washington was called out on strikes; Rudi
struck out; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
2, Tigers 5.