With the aid of two homers by Steve Brye, Bill Travers gained his first victory since April 29 as the Brewers split a twi-night doubleheader with the Tigers. Dave Rozema brought his rookie record to 12-4 by pitching the Tigers to a 4-2 victory in the opener before Travers gained a 6-4 decision in the nightcap. Rozema allowed five hits, but Cecil Cooper homered in the fourth inning and doubled and scored on a single by Sal Bando in the seventh to give the Brewers a 2-1 lead. The Tigers came back with a three-run rally in their half, starting with the tying homer by Jason Thompson. Ben Oglivie and John Wockenfuss followed with singles. Tom Veryzer then drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly and Ron LeFlore plated an insurance tally with a double.

In the second game, Tito Fuentes homered with a man on base and Bob Adams added a solo swat for the Tigers, but Brye, Jim Wohlford and Lenn Sakata each batted in two runs for the Brewers. Brye's first homer tied the score at 3-3 in the fifth inning and his second swat in the next inning sent the Brewers ahead to stay. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 4, Milwaukee Brewers 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Tuesday, August 9, 1977 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Brewers 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 0 Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 x - 4 7 0 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yount ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .316 LeFlore cf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .304 Joshua cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Fuentes 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .299 Cooper 1b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .294 Staub dh 3 0 0 1 0 1 .260 Wynn rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .188 Kemp lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .253 Money lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .283 Thompson 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .269 Wohlford lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Oglivie rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .247 McMullen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Wockenfuss c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .270 Bando 3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .244 Mankowski 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Quirk dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Rodriguez ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .203 Sakata 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .206 Veryzer ss 2 0 0 1 0 0 .196 Johnson ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Rozema p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moore c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Slaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 2 5 2 1 4 Totals 28 4 7 4 2 4 Time of Game: 2:04 Left on Base: Brewers 3, Tigers 4 DP: Brewers 0, Tigers 1 Doubles: Cooper (22), Bando (17), Oglivie (18), LeFlore (13) Home Runs: Cooper (12), Thompson (20) Stolen Bases: Wohlford (12), LeFlore (27) Sacrifice Hits: Bando (3) Sacrifice Flies: Staub (5), Veryzer (2) GIDP: Bando (6) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Slaton L(8-11) 6 6 4 3 2 1 1 25 3.22 McClure 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 2.53 Totals 8 7 4 3 2 4 1 32 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rozema W(12-4) 9 5 2 2 1 4 1 32 2.70 Totals 9 5 2 2 1 4 1 32 Passed Balls: Moore (8) Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Jerry Neudecker BREWERS 1ST: Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt Joshua grounded out (first to pitcher); Cooper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled; Moore allowed a passed ball [LeFlore to second]; Fuentes singled to right [LeFlore to third]; Staub hit a sacrifice fly to left [LeFlore scored (unearned)]; Fuentes was picked off first (pitcher to first); Kemp grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 1. BREWERS 2ND: Wynn struck out; Money walked; Bando grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Money out at second]; Don Money ejected by 2B umpire Ted Hendry; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 2ND: WOHLFORD REPLACED MONEY (PLAYING LF); Thompson flied out to center; Oglivie made an out to shortstop; Wockenfuss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 1. BREWERS 3RD: Quirk lined to first; Sakata struck out; Moore made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 3RD: Mankowski was called out on strikes; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore singled to left; LeFlore stole second; Fuentes walked; Staub made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 0, Tigers 1. BREWERS 4TH: Yount grounded out (third to first); Joshua popped to third in foul territory; Cooper homered; Wynn struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Kemp walked; Thompson flied out to right; Oglivie flied out to right; Wockenfuss made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Tigers 1. BREWERS 5TH: Wohlford singled to left; Wohlford stole second; Bando out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Wohlford to third]; Quirk reached on a fielder's choice [Wohlford out at home (second to catcher)]; Sakata forced Quirk (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); Veryzer flied out to right; LeFlore grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Tigers 1. BREWERS 6TH: Moore grounded out (first to pitcher); Yount flied out to right; Joshua flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: Fuentes flied out to left; Staub lined to first; Kemp grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Tigers 1. BREWERS 7TH: Cooper doubled to right; Wynn made an out to third; Wohlford grounded out (pitcher to first); Bando doubled to left [Cooper scored]; Quirk grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 1. TIGERS 7TH: Thompson homered; Oglivie doubled to left; Wockenfuss singled to right [Oglivie to third, Wockenfuss to second (on throw to home)]; MCCLURE REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR MANKOWSKI; Rodriguez struck out; Veryzer hit a sacrifice fly to right [Oglivie scored, Wockenfuss to third]; LeFlore doubled to right [Wockenfuss scored]; Fuentes flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 4. BREWERS 8TH: RODRIGUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); JOHNSON BATTED FOR SAKATA; Johnson grounded out (first to pitcher); Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 4. TIGERS 8TH: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Staub struck out; Kemp struck out; Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 4. BREWERS 9TH: Joshua singled to center; Cooper made an out to third; Wynn popped to first in foul territory; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR WOHLFORD; McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Tigers 4.

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