Bruce Kimm, Mark Fidrych's favorite receiver, hit his first major league homer to enable the Tigers' sensational rookie to defeat the Angels, 3-2. Fidrych gave up five hits, including a homer by Ron Jackson in the fifth inning. The Angels picked up their other run on a single by Dave Collins, a sacrifice, wild pitch and sacrifice fly by Bruce Bochte in the sixth. Detroit Tigers 3, California Angels 2Game Played on Tuesday, August 17, 1976 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumAngels 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 x - 3 4 1 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Collins dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .258 LeFlore cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .330 Remy 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Johnson lf 2 0 0 1 1 0 .276 Bochte lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .258 Stanley lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Solaita 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Staub rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .310 Briggs cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Horton dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .266 Humphrey c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 3 .229 Jones rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .210 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Jackson 3b 3 1 1 1 0 1 .224 Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Chalk ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .212 Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .193 Tanana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kimm c 1 2 1 1 2 0 .269 Fidrych p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 2 5 2 1 2 Totals 25 3 4 3 5 6 Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 51,822 Left on Base: Angels 4, Tigers 4 DP: Angels 0, Tigers 1 Errors: Thompson Doubles: Humphrey (6) Triples: LeFlore (7) Home Runs: Jackson (6), Kimm (1) Stolen Bases: Jones (2) Caught Stealing: LeFlore (18), Kimm (2) Sacrifice Hits: Remy (10) Sacrifice Flies: Bochte (3), Johnson (4) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tanana L(14-9) 8 4 3 3 5 6 1 31 2.79 Totals 8 4 3 3 5 6 1 31 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fidrych W(14-4) 9 5 2 2 1 2 1 33 1.97 Totals 9 5 2 2 1 2 1 33 Wild Pitches: Fidrych (3) Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Nick Bremigan ANGELS 1ST: Collins grounded out (first unassisted); Remy grounded out (second to first); Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to left; LeFlore was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Johnson flied out to center; Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Tigers 0. ANGELS 2ND: Solaita grounded out (second to first); Briggs flied out to center; Humphrey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Horton flied out to center; Thompson struck out; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Tigers 0. ANGELS 3RD: Jones singled to right; Jones stole second; Jackson struck out; Chalk walked; Collins struck out; Remy flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Veryzer struck out; Garcia struck out; Kimm walked; Kimm was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Tigers 0. ANGELS 4TH: Bochte grounded out (third to first); Solaita flied out to left; Briggs grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: LeFlore flied out to center; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Staub walked; Horton flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Tigers 0. ANGELS 5TH: Humphrey grounded out (catcher to first); Jones grounded out (second to first); Jackson homered; Chalk grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Thompson struck out; Rodriguez struck out; Veryzer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Tigers 0. ANGELS 6TH: Collins singled to right; Remy out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Collins to second]; Fidrych threw a wild pitch [Collins to third]; Bochte hit a sacrifice fly to left [Collins scored]; Solaita grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 6TH: Garcia made an out to first; Kimm walked; LeFlore tripled to center [Kimm scored]; Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to center [LeFlore scored]; Staub singled to left; Horton walked [Staub to second]; Thompson was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Tigers 2. ANGELS 7TH: Briggs flied out to center; Humphrey doubled to right; Jones lined into a double play (right to second) [Humphrey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Tigers 2. TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez flied out to left; Veryzer made an out to second; Garcia flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Tigers 2. ANGELS 8TH: Jackson flied out to center; Chalk grounded out (shortstop to first); Collins grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Tigers 2. TIGERS 8TH: Kimm homered; LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Johnson walked; Staub flied out to left; Horton forced Johnson (third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Tigers 3. ANGELS 9TH: STANLEY REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING LF); Remy singled to shortstop; Bochte grounded out (first unassisted) [Remy to second]; Solaita popped to third in foul territory; Briggs reached on an error by Thompson (assist by Garcia) [Remy to third]; Humphrey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Tigers 3. |
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