Turning in his first complete game of the season in his eighth start, Milt Wilcox brought his record to 6-0 by pitching the Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Brewers. The Tigers put the game away with three runs in the third. Tom Veryzer and Ron LeFlore opened the inning with singles and Tito Fuentes sacrificed. Rusty Staub hit a sacrifice fly to score Veryzer. A single by Steve Kemp drove in LeFlore. After Jason Thompson walked, Ben Oglivie singled to score Kemp. Oglivie added a homer in the sixth inning. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    31, 1977 (Night game) at County Stadium
Tigers       0  0  3    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   5 14  1
Brewers      0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            5   1   1   0     0   1   .319      Wohlford rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .256
Fuentes 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .303      Yount ss              3   0   1   0     1   2   .305
Staub dh              3   0   1   1     0   0   .273      Cooper 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .294
Kemp lf               5   1   3   1     0   0   .268      Money 3b,2b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .288
Thompson 1b           3   0   0   0     2   1   .266      Kirkpatrick lf        4   1   1   0     0   0   .211
Oglivie rf            4   1   2   2     0   1   .251      Wynn dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .191
May c                 4   0   1   0     0   1   .264      Joshua cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .261
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   2   0     0   1   .201      Moore c               4   0   2   2     0   0   .249
Veryzer ss            4   1   2   1     0   0   .193      Sakata 2b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .176
Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McMullen ph,3b      2   0   0   0     0   1   .226
                                                          Slaton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5  14   5     2   5             Totals               35   2   8   2     1   7

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  5,945
Left on Base: Tigers 9, Brewers 7
DP: Tigers 0, Brewers 2
Errors: Thompson
Doubles: Rodriguez (7), Kirkpatrick (3)
Triples: Moore (6)
Home Runs: Oglivie (17)
Stolen Bases: Oglivie (6)
Caught Stealing: Yount (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Fuentes (11), Staub (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Staub (9)
GIDP: Staub (14), Thompson (11)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox W(6-0)           9     8   2   1   1   7   0  36   3.27
Totals                  9     8   2   1   1   7   0  36

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton L(8-14)          6.2  10   4   4   2   2   1  31   3.51
McClure                 2.1   4   1   1   0   3   0  10   2.48
Totals                  9    14   5   5   2   5   1  41

Wild Pitches: Wilcox (1)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Rich Garcia


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
grounded out (third to first); Staub singled to right; Kemp
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount
walked; Cooper flied out to right; Money forced Yount (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson walked; Oglivie forced Thompson (first to
shortstop); Oglivie stole second; May flied out to center;
Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Kirkpatrick doubled to left; Wynn grounded out
(third to first); Joshua reached on an error by Thompson
[Kirkpatrick to third]; Moore forced Joshua (pitcher to second)
[Kirkpatrick scored (unearned)]; Sakata grounded out (third to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Veryzer singled to center; LeFlore singled to right
[Veryzer to second]; Fuentes out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Veryzer to third, LeFlore to second]; Staub hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Veryzer scored, LeFlore to third]; Kemp
singled to right [LeFlore scored]; Thompson walked [Kemp to
second]; Oglivie singled to center [Kemp scored, Thompson to
second]; May grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Wohlford was called out on strikes; Yount singled
to left; Cooper struck out; Yount was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Rodriguez flied out to center; Veryzer grounded out
(second to first); LeFlore flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Money singled to center; Kirkpatrick flied out to
center; Wynn flied out to left; Joshua singled to right [Money
to third]; Moore singled [Money scored, Joshua to third]; Sakata
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Fuentes singled to center; Staub grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Fuentes out at
second]; Kemp grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Wohlford grounded out (third to first); Yount
struck out; Cooper singled; Money flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Thompson struck out; Oglivie homered; May singled to
right; Rodriguez singled to left [May to second]; Veryzer flied
out to right; LeFlore forced Rodriguez (second to shortstop); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Kirkpatrick lined to pitcher; Wynn was called out
on strikes; Joshua grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub
grounded out (second to first); Kemp singled; MCCLURE REPLACED
SLATON (PITCHING); Thompson forced Kemp (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 7TH: Moore grounded out (first unassisted); MCMULLEN
BATTED FOR SAKATA; McMullen grounded out (third to first);
Wohlford flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Brewers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: MCMULLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MONEY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Oglivie struck out; May struck out;
Rodriguez doubled to right; Veryzer singled to right [Rodriguez
scored]; LeFlore struck out (catcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: Yount struck out; Cooper flied out to right; On a
bunt Money singled; Wilcox threw a wild pitch [Money to second];
Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Fuentes singled; Staub out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Fuentes to second]; Kemp singled to left
[Fuentes to third]; Thompson grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Kemp out at second]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 9TH: Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Joshua
flied out to left; Moore tripled to right; McMullen struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Brewers 2.