September 6, 1982
Trailing 1st place Detroit by 11 games, the 2nd place Milwaukee Brewers are down to their last chance to catch the Tigers. Milwaukee is 4-3 vs. Detroit this season and have 6 games left in head to head action. The Brewers almost have to win all 6 games to have any hope.
Today, Detroit was in Milwaukee for the 1st game of a 3 game series. In a tense pitching duel, the teams were tied 1-1 after 9 innings. Detroit was first to score in extra innings when Larry Herndon hit a 2-run bomb in the 12th inning. But Milwaukee was fighting for their lives and weren't giving up too easily. The Brewers scratched out 2 runs in the bottom of the 12th to tie it up at 3 all. Then in the 13th inning Detroit scored a run on a John Wockenfuss pinch-hit single to take a 4-3 lead. Again, Milwaukee wasn't going down without a fight. With a man on 2nd and 2 out, the Brewers came back one more time to scratch out 2 runs, winning the ballgame 5-4.
BOXSCORE: 1982 Detroit Tigers At 1982 Milwaukee Brewers 9/6/1982
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Brewers AB R H RBI AVG
L.Whitaker 2B 6 1 2 0 .293 P.Molitor 3B 7 0 2 0 .322
A.Trammell SS 5 0 2 1 .273 R.Yount SS 6 2 2 0 .353
L.Herndon LF 6 1 2 2 .284 C.Cooper 1B 5 0 3 2 .317
L.Parrish C 4 0 1 0 .305 T.Simmons C 6 0 2 1 .236
J.Turner DH 6 0 0 0 .268 G.Thomas CF 6 0 0 0 .230
H.Johnson 3B 6 1 3 0 .449 B.Oglivie LF 4 1 2 0 .218
M.Laga 1B 4 0 0 0 .227 R.Howell DH 4 0 1 0 .249
B-L.Jones CF 0 0 0 0 .218 A-M.Edwards PR,DH 2 0 0 0 .285
C-J.Wockenfuss PH 1 0 1 1 .300 C.Moore RF 6 1 3 1 .249
D-C.Lemon PR,CF 0 0 0 0 .228 J.Gantner 2B 5 1 1 0 .299
R.Leach RF,1B 6 0 0 0 .267 E-M.Brouhard PH 0 0 0 0 .239
G.Wilson CF,RF 6 1 1 0 .245
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Totals 50 4 12 4 Totals 51 5 16 4
A-Pinch Ran For Howell In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Laga In 12th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Jones In 13th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Wockenfuss In 13th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Gantner In 13th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 - 4 12 0
Brewers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 5 16 1
Tigers (87-49) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.Wilcox 10 9 1 1 3 6 0 4.15
B.James 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.27
P.Underwood 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.87
E.Sosa 0 2/3 1 2 2 1 1 0 5.03
H.Bailey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.38
D.Tobik LOSS(3-2) BS(2nd) 1 1/3 4 2 2 1 2 0 4.45
Totals 12 2/3 16 5 5 5 10 0
Brewers (78-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Medich 7 2/3 6 1 1 2 6 0 5.79
J.Slaton 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 5.82
D.Bernard 3 5 3 3 1 0 1 3.18
P.Ladd WIN(1-1) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.17
Totals 13 12 4 4 4 9 1
ATTENDANCE- 48,701 DATE- Monday, September 6th 1982 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Don Denkinger, Russ Goetz, Dale Ford, Rich Garcia
T- 4:29
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:11 Brewers:14
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1 Brewers: 1
ERRORS- P.Molitor
DOUBLES- L.Whitaker(19th), A.Trammell(38th), H.Johnson(6th), B.Oglivie(22nd),
C.Moore(16th)
HOME RUNS- L.Herndon(21st)
RBIs- A.Trammell(68th), L.Herndon-2(85th), J.Wockenfuss(28th), C.Cooper-2(88th),
T.Simmons(66th), C.Moore(36th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Trammell(17th), L.Herndon(9th), L.Parrish(4th), H.Johnson(4th),
C.Moore(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Brouhard
WALKS- A.Trammell, L.Parrish-2, M.Laga, R.Yount, C.Cooper-2, B.Oglivie-2
HIT BY PITCH- T.Simmons
STRIKE OUTS- L.Whitaker, L.Herndon, M.Laga-2, R.Leach-2, G.Wilson-3,
P.Molitor-3, R.Yount, G.Thomas-3, M.Edwards, C.Moore-2
GIDP- L.Herndon, C.Cooper
BALKS- D.Tobik, D.Medich
WILD PITCHES- M.Wilcox, D.Medich
2-out RBI- L.Herndon-2, C.Cooper, T.Simmons
RLISP 2-out- L.Parrish, R.Leach-2, L.Herndon, R.Yount, M.Laga, G.Thomas,
P.Molitor, J.Turner-2, T.Simmons, M.Edwards-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 3 for 15 Brewers: 5 for 16
48,701 fans were treated to a fine game at County Stadium as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end. The Milwaukee Brewers won by the
slimmest of margins, 5 to 4.
Both teams were tied at 1 run apiece after nine innings. Milwaukee came out
the victor in the 13th inning. Charlie Moore led off the inning for
Milwaukee when he ripped a base-knock. Mark Brouhard was next and he laid
down a sacrifice bunt. Paul Molitor struck out, unable to help the rally.
Robin Yount followed and he lined a base-hit. Cecil Cooper came to the plate
and singled plating a run. Ted Simmons added to the uprising and laced a
single making Milwaukee the victors to the delight of the home town faithful.
The teams had been locked in a scoreless duel until the 7th inning.
Pete Ladd(1-1) went 2/3 of an inning allowing no runs for the win. Dave
Tobik(3-2) was the losing pitcher in relief. He gave up 2 runs and 4 hits in
1 and 1/3 innings.
The Detroit Tigers clinched the AL East Pennant tonight by winning a hard fought contest against the Baltimore Orioles. It took 10 innings but Detroit continued to battle back and won the contest in dramatic fashion 5-4. Alan Trammell (right) was the hero tonight for Detroit. The Tigers trailed 3-2 in the bottom of the 9th when, with 1 out, Alan Trammell tied the game up with a homer off Tippy Martinez. In the top of the 10th inning Tiger rookie pitcher Dave Rucker gave up a homerun to Oriole rookie Cal Ripken for a 4-3 Baltimore lead. Detroit wasn't going to go down without a fight though. After getting a pinch-hit homerun from John Wockenfuss to tie the game, the Tigers managed to load the bases with 2 outs and Alan Trammell coming up to bat. Trammell lofted a little looper into short rightfield that dropped in for a base hit, scoring the winning run and sending the hometown fans into a frenzy! The Detroit Tigers are the 1982 AL East Champions!
