Making his first start since October 1, 1972, John Hiller pitched the Tigers to a 5-0 victory over the Brewers. In between starts, Hiller had made 215 relief appearances. The Tigers bunched five of their eight hits off Bill Travers for all their runs in the seventh inning, two scoring on a single by Phil Mankowski. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Milwaukee Brewers 0
Game Played on Friday, October   1, 1976 (Night game) at County Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    5  0  0  -   5  8  1
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mankowski 3b          5   1   1   2     0   0   .288      Yount ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .254
Lane cf               4   1   1   1     1   1   .158      Moore c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .192
Staub rf              4   0   1   1     1   1   .301      Scott 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .272
Horton dh             5   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Lezcano rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .287
Johnson lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .268      D. Thomas lf          3   0   2   0     0   0   .286
Stanley 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .257      Sutherland dh         3   0   2   0     0   0   .211
Freehan c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .269      Bowling cf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Scrivener ss          4   1   2   0     0   0   .224      Heidemann 2b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Garcia 2b             3   1   1   1     0   1   .199      Gantner 3b            2   0   0   0     1   1   .262
Hiller p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Travers p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5   8   5     3   3             Totals               30   0   4   0     1   7

Time of Game: 1:57   Attendance:  6,065
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Brewers 4
DP: Tigers 0, Brewers 0
Errors: Johnson, Yount
Doubles: Scrivener 2 (7), Lane (1), Staub (28)
Hit by Pitch: Garcia (6,by Travers)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hiller W(12-8)          9     4   0   0   1   7   0  31   2.38
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   7   0  31

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Travers L(15-16)        9     8   5   5   3   3   0  40   2.81
Totals                  9     8   5   5   3   3   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Travers (8)

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


TIGERS 1ST: Mankowski flied out to left; Lane grounded out
(third to first); Staub flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Yount made an out to shortstop; Moore flied out to
left; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers
0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (third to first); Johnson
singled; Stanley flied out to center; Freehan flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano struck out; D. Thomas flied out to right;
Sutherland singled; Bowling lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Scrivener doubled; Garcia struck out; Mankowski
flied out to center; Lane flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Heidemann flied out to center; Gantner was called
out on strikes; Yount made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub struck out; Horton grounded out (shortstop to
first); Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Moore flied out to right; Scott struck out; Lezcano
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Brewers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley reached on an error by Yount; Freehan flied
out to center; Scrivener flied out to left; Garcia was hit by a
pitch [Stanley to second]; Mankowski flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: D. Thomas singled; Sutherland singled to left [D.
Thomas out at third (left to third)]; Bowling reached on an
error by Johnson [Sutherland out at third (left to shortstop to
first to third), Bowling to second]; Heidemann flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Lane struck out; Staub flied out to left; Horton
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Gantner made an out to shortstop; Yount flied out
to left; Moore flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
0, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley
singled; Freehan walked [Stanley to second]; Scrivener forced
Freehan (second to shortstop) [Stanley to third]; Garcia singled
to center [Stanley scored, Scrivener to third, Garcia to second
(on throw to 3b)]; Mankowski singled to center [Scrivener
scored, Garcia scored, Mankowski to second (on throw to home)];
Lane doubled to center [Mankowski scored]; Staub doubled to
right [Lane scored]; Horton flied out to right; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Scott made an out to second; Lezcano flied out to
center; D. Thomas singled; Sutherland forced D. Thomas
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers
0.

TIGERS 8TH: Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley
flied out to center; Freehan popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 8TH: Bowling made an out to shortstop; Heidemann flied
out to left; Gantner walked; Yount struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: Scrivener doubled; Garcia grounded out (shortstop to
first); Mankowski flied out to right [Scrivener to third]; Lane
walked; Staub walked [Lane to second]; Horton forced Staub
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers
0.

BREWERS 9TH: Moore was called out on strikes; Scott grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lezcano struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 5, Brewers 0.