Lou Whitaker smacked two homers to power the Tigers to a 6-4 victory over the A's. His second blast came in the ninth with Lance Parrish aboard via a single and snapped a 4-4 tie. Whitaker's first circuit smash led off the third inning. The A's had knotted the score in the seventh when Kevin Saucier uncorked two straight wild pitches. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Friday, May       28, 1982 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Tigers       0  0  1    3  0  0    0  0  2  -   6 11  1
A's          2  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   4  6  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lemon rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .254      Henderson lf          2   2   1   0     3   0   .262
Cabell 3b,1b          5   0   2   0     0   0   .315      Murphy cf             3   1   1   2     1   1   .179
Gibson cf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .268      Armas rf              4   0   1   0     1   1   .242
Ivie dh               4   1   1   0     0   0   .211      Meyer 1b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .254
Hebner 1b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .338      Gross 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .273
  Brookens pr,3b      1   0   1   0     0   0   .232      Goodwin dh            3   0   0   0     0   1   .308
Herndon lf            4   1   2   3     0   0   .333        Johnson ph,dh       0   0   0   0     1   0   .229
Parrish c             3   1   2   0     1   1   .306      Lopes 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Whitaker 2b           4   2   2   3     0   0   .283      Newman c              3   0   1   0     1   1   .286
Trammell ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .211        Sexton pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
Petry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heath c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Saucier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Phillips ss           2   1   0   0     1   1   .263
  Tobik p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  11   6     2   3             Totals               29   4   6   2     9   6

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 17,120
Left on Base: Tigers 6, A's 9
DP: Tigers 1, A's 1
Errors: Trammell, Langford
Home Runs: Whitaker 2 (2), Herndon (9), Murphy (9)
Caught Stealing: Parrish (3), Cabell (3), Henderson (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Murphy (7), Phillips (2)
GIDP: Herndon (5)
Hit by Pitch: Lemon (8,by Langford)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Petry                   6     5   4   4   6   3   1  28   3.78
Saucier                 0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   1.42
Tobik W(2-0)            2.1   0   0   0   2   3   0   8   3.77
Totals                  9     6   4   4   9   6   1  40

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(3-7)         9    11   6   6   2   3   3  39   4.81
Totals                  9    11   6   6   2   3   3  39

Hit by Pitch: Langford (1)
Wild Pitches: Saucier 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Greg Kosc


TIGERS 1ST: Lemon struck out; Cabell flied out to center; Gibson
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Murphy homered [Henderson
scored]; Armas reached on an error by Trammell; Meyer flied out
to center; Gross walked [Armas to second]; Goodwin flied out to
left; Lopes made an out to catcher; 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 2ND: Ivie popped to catcher in foul territory; Hebner
flied out to center; Herndon singled to center; Parrish struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman struck out; Phillips struck out; Henderson
singled to center; Henderson was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Whitaker homered; Trammell flied out to left; Lemon
grounded out (third to first); Cabell grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy walked; Armas singled to shortstop [Murphy
to second]; Meyer flied out to center [Murphy to third]; Gross
singled to right [Murphy out at home (right to catcher), Armas
to second]; Goodwin struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Athletics 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Gibson singled to center; Ivie singled to left
[Gibson to second]; Hebner grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Gibson to third, Ivie to second]; Herndon homered [Gibson
scored, Ivie scored]; Parrish singled to center; Parrish was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Whitaker reached
on an error by Langford; Trammell flied out to left; 3 R, 4 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Lopes made an out to pitcher; Newman singled to
center; Phillips flied out to left; Henderson walked [Newman to
second]; Murphy flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
4, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Lemon struck out; Cabell singled to right; Cabell
was caught stealing second (catcher to first); Gibson made an
out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Meyer
grounded out (second to first); Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Ivie grounded out (first to pitcher); Hebner walked;
BROOKENS RAN FOR HEBNER; Herndon flied out to center; Parrish
walked [Brookens to second]; Whitaker grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: BROOKENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); CABELL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Goodwin made an out to third;
Lopes made an out to third; Newman popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Trammell flied out to center; Lemon flied out to
right; Cabell singled to right; Gibson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Phillips walked; Henderson walked [Phillips to
second]; SAUCIER REPLACED PETRY (PITCHING); Murphy out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Phillips to third, Henderson
to second]; Saucier threw a wild pitch [Phillips scored,
Henderson to third]; Saucier threw a wild pitch [Henderson
scored]; Armas walked; Meyer singled to center [Armas to
second]; Gross forced Meyer (second to shortstop) [Armas to
third]; JOHNSON BATTED FOR GOODWIN; TOBIK REPLACED SAUCIER
(PITCHING); Johnson walked [Gross to second]; Lopes made an out
to catcher; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 4.

TIGERS 8TH: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Ivie flied out
to center; Brookens singled to center; Herndon grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brookens out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Newman walked; SEXTON RAN FOR NEWMAN; Phillips
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Sexton to second];
Henderson hit into a double play (center to center to second to
catcher) [Sexton out at third]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Athletics 4.

TIGERS 9TH: HEATH REPLACED SEXTON (PLAYING C ); Parrish singled
to left; Whitaker homered [Parrish scored]; Trammell made an out
to first; Lemon was hit by a pitch; Cabell made an out to
catcher; Gibson grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 6, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Murphy struck out; Armas struck out; Meyer struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6, Athletics 4.