Milt Wilcox allowed only three hits in the first eight innings and Steve Foucault pitched hitless relief in the final frame as the Tigers defeated the Twins, 2-1. The victory was Wilcox' fourth in a row since coming up from Evansville (American Association) June 22. Detroit Tigers 2, Minnesota Twins 1Game Played on Saturday, August 13, 1977 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumTwins 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 2 Tigers 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 2 5 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hisle cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .292 LeFlore cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .308 Smalley ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .247 Fuentes 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .302 Carew 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .380 Staub dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Bostock lf 2 0 0 1 0 0 .334 Kemp lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .259 Adams dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .331 Thompson 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .265 Wynegar c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Stanley rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Terrell pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Wockenfuss c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .271 Bulling c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .199 Cubbage 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Veryzer ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 .190 Ford rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Randall 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chiles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 1 3 1 0 2 Totals 28 2 5 2 1 1 Time of Game: 2:11 Attendance: 23,147 Left on Base: Twins 2, Tigers 5 DP: Twins 0, Tigers 0 Errors: Cubbage 2, Thompson Doubles: Wockenfuss (8), Kemp (22) Caught Stealing: Terrell (2), LeFlore (15) Sacrifice Hits: Fuentes (7) Sacrifice Flies: Bostock (3), Fuentes (4) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn L(11-9) 8 5 2 1 1 1 0 31 4.64 Totals 8 5 2 1 1 1 0 31 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilcox W(4-0) 8 3 1 1 0 2 0 26 3.42 Foucault SV(9) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.98 Totals 9 3 1 1 0 2 0 30 Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Nestor Chylak TWINS 1ST: Hisle grounded out (second to first); Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Carew flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TWINS 2ND: Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); Adams grounded out (pitcher to first); Wynegar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Kemp singled to left; Thompson walked [Kemp to second]; Stanley forced Thompson (third to second) [Kemp to third]; Wockenfuss doubled to left [Kemp scored, Stanley to third]; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1. TWINS 3RD: Cubbage popped to catcher in foul territory; Ford was called out on strikes; Randall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1. TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes singled to center; Staub forced Fuentes (first to pitcher to shortstop); Kemp forced Staub (first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 1. TWINS 4TH: Hisle struck out; Smalley singled to right; Carew singled to left [Smalley to third]; Bostock hit a sacrifice fly to center [Smalley scored]; Adams flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Thompson flied out to right; Stanley flied out to left; Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 1. TWINS 5TH: Wynegar flied out to right; Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Ford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez reached on an error by Cubbage; Veryzer forced Rodriguez (first to shortstop); LeFlore reached on an error by Cubbage [Veryzer to third]; Fuentes hit a sacrifice fly to left [Veryzer scored (unearned)]; LeFlore was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 2. TWINS 6TH: Randall flied out to left; Hisle lined to shortstop; Smalley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 6TH: Staub flied out to right; Kemp doubled to left; Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 2. TWINS 7TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Bostock flied out to left; Adams flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 7TH: Wockenfuss grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez struck out; Veryzer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 2. TWINS 8TH: Wynegar singled to center; TERRELL RAN FOR WYNEGAR; Terrell was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Ford flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 8TH: BULLING REPLACED TERRELL (PLAYING C ); LeFlore singled to right; Fuentes out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [LeFlore to second]; Staub grounded out (third to first) [LeFlore to third]; Kemp grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 2. TWINS 9TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); CHILES BATTED FOR RANDALL; Chiles flied out to center; Hisle popped to first in foul territory; Smalley reached on an error by Thompson; Carew flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Tigers 2. |
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