In games that wound up with John Hiller winning twice and Eduardo Rodriguez losing twice, the Tigers defeated the Brewers in a twi-night doubleheader, 8-7 and 6-5. The Tigers rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to win the opener. A single by Willie Horton, pass to Alex Johnson and single by Jason Thompson loaded the bases and brought Rodriguez to the mound in relief of Ray Sadecki. Aurelio Rodriguez was safe on an error by Robin Yount, allowing one run to score, and another counted on a bases-loaded pass to Bruce Kimm. After a suicide squeeze play by Jerry Manuel backfired and Thompson was out at the plate, Rodriguez uncorked a wild pitch, allowing the Tigers' winning run.

In the nightcap, the Tigers came from behind with two runs in the ninth. Dan Meyer led off with his fourth hit and second double of the game and scored one out later on a sacrifice fly by Horton before Ben Oglivie came to the plate and smashed a homer. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 8, Milwaukee Brewers 7 (Game 1)
Game Played on Tuesday, June      1, 1976 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Brewers      4  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   7 10  2
Tigers       0  0  3    0  0  1    1  0  3  -   8  9  2


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Sharp rf              5   1   2   1     0   0   .310      LeFlore cf            4   0   0   0     1   3   .372
Money 3b              4   1   1   0     1   0   .275      Scrivener ss          2   1   1   0     2   0   .286
Scott 1b              4   2   3   1     0   0   .259        Oglivie ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Aaron dh              4   1   0   1     1   0   .240        Stanley ph,ss       1   0   0   0     0   1   .281
Rosario lf            5   0   0   0     0   2   .143      Staub rf              5   2   2   2     0   0   .310
Yount ss              4   1   2   1     1   1   .299      Horton dh             4   1   3   2     1   0   .289
Moore c               4   0   1   2     1   0   .190      Johnson lf            4   1   0   0     1   0   .279
G. Thomas cf          5   1   1   1     0   1   .200      Thompson 1b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .221
Garcia 2b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .211      Rodriguez 3b          5   2   1   1     0   0   .242
Broberg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wockenfuss c          2   0   0   0     1   0   .275
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kimm ph,c           0   0   0   1     1   0   .323
  Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sutherland 2b         1   1   1   1     2   0   .206
  Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Meyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .163
                                                            Manuel 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .192
                                                          Bare p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   7  10   7     5   6             Totals               34   8   9   7     9   5

Time of Game: 2:44
Left on Base: Brewers 10, Tigers 10
DP: Brewers 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Yount 2, Johnson, Rodriguez
Doubles: Scott (5), G. Thomas (4), Horton (4), Staub (9)
Triples: Staub (1), Sutherland (2)
Stolen Bases: Yount (5)
Caught Stealing: Thompson (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Kimm (1)
GIDP: Thompson (5)
Hit by Pitch: Scott (3,by Grilli)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg                 4.1   3   3   3   6   3   0  22   4.10
Murphy                  3.1   4   2   1   1   1   0  15   7.36
Sadecki                 0.2   2   2   1   1   1   0   5   3.86
Rodriguez L(1-4)        0.1   0   1   0   1   0   0   2   4.74
Totals                  8.2   9   8   5   9   5   0  44

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bare                    2.2   7   6   5   2   2   0  18   4.00
Grilli                  6     3   1   1   3   3   0  25   1.88
Hiller W(3-3)           0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.38
Totals                  9    10   7   6   5   6   0  44

Hit by Pitch: Grilli (2)
Wild Pitches: Broberg (4), Rodriguez (1)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips


BREWERS 1ST: Sharp singled to left [Sharp to second (error by
Johnson)]; Money singled to center [Sharp to third]; Scott
singled to right [Money to third, Sharp scored]; Aaron reached
on an error by Rodriguez [Money scored, Scott to third, Aaron to
second]; Rosario struck out; Yount was walked intentionally;
Moore singled to right [Scott scored, Aaron scored (unearned),
Yount to second]; G. Thomas grounded out (third to first) [Yount
to third, Moore to second]; Garcia struck out; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H,
2 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Scrivener walked; Broberg threw
a wild pitch [Scrivener to second]; Staub grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Scrivener to third]; Horton grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Tigers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Sharp grounded out (second to first); Money popped
to second; Scott doubled to right; Aaron flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson
grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Tigers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Rosario grounded out (second to first); Yount
singled to center; Moore grounded out (second to first) [Yount
to second]; G. Thomas doubled to left [Yount scored]; Garcia
walked; GRILLI REPLACED BARE (PITCHING); Sharp singled to left
[G. Thomas scored, Garcia to third, Sharp to second (on throw)];
Money walked; Scott forced Money (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Wockenfuss flied out to right; Sutherland walked;
LeFlore struck out; Scrivener walked [Sutherland to second];
Staub tripled to center [Sutherland scored, Scrivener scored];
Horton doubled to right [Staub scored]; Johnson grounded out
(third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 6, Tigers 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Aaron walked; Rosario struck out; Yount grounded
out (second to first) [Aaron to second]; Moore grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 6, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson popped to second; Rodriguez lined to
second; Wockenfuss walked; Sutherland walked [Wockenfuss to
second]; LeFlore struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 6,
Tigers 3.

BREWERS 5TH: G. Thomas grounded out (pitcher to first); Garcia
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sharp grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Scrivener singled to center; Staub flied out to
left; Horton walked [Scrivener to second]; MURPHY REPLACED
BROBERG (PITCHING); Johnson forced Scrivener (third unassisted)
[Horton to second]; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 6, Tigers 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Money flied out to left; Scott was hit by a pitch;
Aaron flied out to left; Rosario grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 6, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Rodriguez reached on an error by Yount; Wockenfuss
flied out to center; Sutherland tripled to right [Rodriguez
scored (unearned)]; LeFlore popped to shortstop; Scrivener
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 6, Tigers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Yount struck out; Moore flied out to right; G.
Thomas flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6,
Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Staub doubled to right; Horton singled to left
[Staub scored]; Johnson forced Horton (shortstop to second);
Thompson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Johnson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
6, Tigers 5.

BREWERS 8TH: Garcia struck out; Sharp grounded out (first to
pitcher); Money grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 6, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez singled to left; KIMM BATTED FOR
WOCKENFUSS; Kimm out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Rodriguez to second]; MEYER BATTED FOR SUTHERLAND; Meyer struck
out; LeFlore walked; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR SCRIVENER; SADECKI
REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); STANLEY BATTED FOR OGLIVIE; Stanley
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 6, Tigers 5.

BREWERS 9TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); KIMM STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); MANUEL REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING 2B); Scott
singled to center; Aaron flied out to left [Scott to second];
Rosario flied out to center [Scott to third]; Yount singled to
left [Scott scored]; Yount stole second; Moore walked; HILLER
REPLACED GRILLI (PITCHING); G. Thomas struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Brewers 7, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton
singled to right; Johnson walked [Horton to second]; Thompson
singled to right [Horton to third, Johnson to second]; RODRIGUEZ
REPLACED SADECKI (PITCHING); Rodriguez reached on an error by
Yount [Horton scored (RBI), Johnson to third, Thompson to
second]; Kimm walked [Johnson scored (unearned), Thompson to
third, Rodriguez to second]; Thompson was caught stealing home
(catcher unassisted) [Rodriguez to third, Kimm to second];
Rodriguez threw a wild pitch [Rodriguez scored (unearned)]; 3 R
(1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 7, Tigers 8.