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Wednesday June 2, 1976
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An inside-the-park homer by Ben Oglivie with a man on base in the eighth inning provided the Tigers' winning margin in a 6-4 victory over the Brewers. [The Sporting News]


Detroit Tigers 6, Milwaukee Brewers 4

Game Played on Wednesday, June 2, 1976 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Brewers      0  0  0    0  1  0    1  1  1  -   4 10  1
Tigers       0  1  0    2  1  0    0  2  x  -   6 10  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Sharp rf,cf           4   0   0   0     1   2   .284      LeFlore cf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .359
Rosario lf,cf,lf      4   0   1   0     1   1   .267      Meyer 1b              3   1   2   0     1   1   .246
Money 3b              5   0   1   1     0   1   .278      Staub rf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .314
Scott 1b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Horton dh             3   1   2   2     0   0   .303
  Hegan pr,1b         1   1   0   0     1   1   .100      Johnson lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .278
Aaron dh              4   0   2   0     0   1   .248      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   1     0   2   .244
  Lezcano pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Scrivener ss          4   1   1   0     0   0   .273
Yount ss              4   2   4   1     0   0   .308      Kimm c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .294
Porter c              2   0   1   1     0   0   .219        Oglivie ph          1   1   1   2     0   0   .268
  Darwin ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .247        Wockenfuss c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .275
G. Thomas cf          1   0   0   0     1   1   .197      Sutherland 2b         4   1   1   0     0   1   .208
  Hansen ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .149      Ruhle p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Moore lf,c          0   1   0   0     1   0   .188        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Johnson 2b            3   0   1   1     0   1   .250        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garcia ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .209
Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4  10   4     5  10             Totals               32   6  10   5     2   7

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance:  9,283
Left on Base: Brewers 9, Tigers 6
DP: Brewers 2, Tigers 2
Errors: Yount
Doubles: Money (9), Horton (5), Sutherland (5)
Triples: Yount (1)
Home Runs: Oglivie (4)
Caught Stealing: Rosario (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Porter (2), Horton (4)
GIDP: Aaron (3), Hansen (1), Kimm (1), Staub (11)
Hit by Pitch: Scott (4,by Ruhle), Rodriguez (1,by Colborn)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn L(2-7)          8    10   6   6   2   7   1  36   4.69
Totals                  8    10   6   6   2   7   1  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle W(4-1)            7.2  10   3   3   2   7   0  33   4.15
Hiller                  0.2   0   1   1   3   2   0   5   3.90
Crawford SV(1)          0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.52
Totals                  9    10   4   4   5  10   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Colborn (1), Ruhle (1)
Wild Pitches: Colborn 3 (3)

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


BREWERS 1ST: Sharp struck out; Rosario flied out to right; Money
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Meyer struck out; Staub grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers
0.

BREWERS 2ND: Scott lined to second; Aaron singled to left; Yount
singled to right [Aaron to second]; Porter forced Yount (first
to shortstop) [Aaron to third]; G. Thomas struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton doubled to center; Colborn threw a wild pitch
[Horton to third]; Colborn threw a wild pitch [Horton scored];
Johnson flied out to right; Rodriguez struck out; Scrivener
flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Johnson lined to third; Sharp grounded out (first
to pitcher); Rosario singled to center; Rosario was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Kimm struck out; Sutherland grounded out (shortstop
to first); LeFlore flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Tigers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Money flied out to right; Scott flied out to right;
Aaron struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Meyer singled to right; Staub singled to right
[Meyer to second]; Horton singled to left [Meyer scored, Staub
to second]; Johnson forced Horton (shortstop to second) [Staub
to third]; Rodriguez singled to left [Staub scored, Johnson to
second]; Scrivener singled to left [Johnson to third, Rodriguez
to second]; Kimm grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher
to first) [Johnson out at home]; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers
0, Tigers 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Yount tripled to right; Porter hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Yount scored]; G. Thomas walked; Johnson struck out;
Sharp struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Sutherland doubled to left; LeFlore grounded out
(third to first); Meyer walked; Colborn threw a wild pitch
[Sutherland to third, Meyer to second]; Staub was walked
intentionally; Horton hit a sacrifice fly to center [Sutherland
scored, Meyer to third]; Johnson flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Tigers 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Rosario grounded out (third to first); Money
doubled to left; Scott was hit by a pitch; HEGAN RAN FOR SCOTT;
Aaron grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Hegan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Tigers
4.

TIGERS 6TH: HEGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Rodriguez was hit
by a pitch; HP umpire Bill Kunkel warned Jim Colborn; both
benches cleared and a few shoving matches ensued; Aurelio
Rodriguez threatened to hit Colborn on the head with his bat;
Colburn replied that if he made his head look like a slider,
Rodriguez would miss it Brewers Coach Cal McLish ejected by HP
umpire Bill Kunkel; Scrivener grounded out (third to first)
[Rodriguez to second]; Kimm reached on an error by Yount
[Rodriguez to third]; Sutherland struck out; LeFlore struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Tigers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Yount singled to center; Porter singled to right
[Yount to second]; HANSEN BATTED FOR G. THOMAS; Hansen grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Yount to
third, Porter out at second]; Johnson singled to left [Yount
scored]; Sharp grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 2, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: MOORE REPLACED HANSEN (PLAYING LF); ROSARIO CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Meyer singled to center; Staub grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Meyer out at
second]; Horton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 2, Tigers 4.

BREWERS 8TH: Rosario struck out; Money grounded out (shortstop
to first); Hegan walked; Aaron singled to left [Hegan to
second]; LEZCANO RAN FOR AARON; Yount singled to center [Hegan
scored, Lezcano to second]; HILLER REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING);
DARWIN BATTED FOR PORTER; Darwin struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Brewers 3, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: LEZCANO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); DARWIN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MOORE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C );
ROSARIO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); SHARP CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING CF); Johnson singled to center; Rodriguez struck out;
Scrivener forced Johnson (shortstop to second); OGLIVIE BATTED
FOR KIMM; Oglivie hit an inside the park homer to center
[Scrivener scored]; Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Tigers 6.

BREWERS 9TH: WOCKENFUSS REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING C ); Moore
walked; GARCIA BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Garcia was called out on
strikes; Pedro Garcia ejected by HP umpire Bill Kunkel;
Sharp walked [Moore to second]; Rosario walked [Moore to third,
Sharp to second]; CRAWFORD REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Money
forced Rosario (shortstop to second) [Moore scored, Sharp to
third]; Hegan struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4,
Tigers 6.



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