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The New York Yankees faced the Detroit Tigers for a Thursday afternoon game at Tigers Stadium on April 11th, 1974.
The Yankees were coached by Bill Virdon, and Mel Stottlemeyer would make the second start of what would be his final season.
The Tigers were coached by Ralph Houk, who was leading an aging team.
Both Al Kaline and Norm Cash were in the final year of their career, and Jim Northrup, Bill Frehan, and Mickey Lolich would retire in the next few years.
This audio recording is from the New York Radio broadcast featuring announcers Phil Rizzuto and Frank Messer.
The Yankees were coached by Coleman, making his second start of the year. He had no decision in the season opener against Baltimore.
Big right-hander, basically a breaking ball pitcher. The ball's buttered foul down the third base side, and it snowballs and two strikes on white.
A couple years ago, Colman came up with a fork ball, and he gave the Yankees fits with it for a while.
Colman has won 8 and lost 13 against the Yankees, and he's won 5 and lost 6 since becoming a Tiger in 1971.
And the 0-2 pitch to white hit him, and it'll go to first base. Roy White hit with an old ball, two-strike pitch.
I think he tried to brush him back, but he got it in a little too far.
He sure did, and that's going to make Ralph Hauk very unhappy, and Colman, too, a head 0-2, and he's kicking the dirt out of that mound now.
So white leads it off with the Yankees, starting the ball game off by getting hit on the right hip-flop pitch, and that'll bring in Mike Hegan, the first baseman.
Now, the Yankees have tried to run on freehand early. He's throwing them out so far. Let's see.
Pitch to Hegan has fouled back. In the past, freehand has had trouble with his right shoulder, but he cuts down two Yankees trying to steal in the opener on Tuesday.
Roy White, an excellent baserunner. No ball is going to strike on Mike Hegan.
Nobody out white with the lead from first base. It was set by Colman. And the throw there. White back easily.
Hegan is 4-12 so far this year. He's batting 3-33. He's picked up a couple of RBIs.
Now, the set. And the 0-1 pitch. Breaking ball. On the outside corner, it's no balls and two strikes.
So far, Colman's only thrown one ball, and everything else has been a strike, and that one ball hit white. It was no 2-pitch.
Trying to move White back off the plate, and he got him on the left hip, and Roy leads from first.
The set. Here's the 0-2 pitch to Mike Hegan. Swung on it on the ground to first base. Cash has it. Goes to second for one. Back to first.
It's time. Double play by the Tigers. A 3-6-3 double play. Cash to Brinkman. Back to Cash. And they're two down.
Here's Thurman Mutsen.
Mutsen batting an even 400 on the area. 6-15. Home run, three runs batted in. That double play cleaned the bases.
Nobody on now with two outs.
On deck for the Yankees, Bobby Mercer. Mutsen taking a lot of time getting ready.
Curve ball. Moves him back off the plate. No balls. One ball and no strikes.
Tigers have Rodriguez at third. Brinkman's a shortstop. Sutherland at second. And to Cash at first.
The 1-0 pitch. The breaking ball. Pulled foul outside of third.
Willie Horton's in left. Mickey Stanley in center. Jim Northrop in right.
No freehand catching. Joe Coleman pitching.
Of all the strike on Mutsen, two out, nobody on. We're just underway. Top of the first, no score yet. From Tiger Stadium.
1-1 pitch. Swung on. Hit on the ground to first base. One hopper to Cash. He'll take it himself. He has to hurry.
And he just beats Mutsen to the bag. No one cares. They get themselves. They're forgetting that Mutsen really huckles down the line.
And he just beats Mutsen to the bag by a whisker. Over the Yankees. And the first, no runs, no hits.
It was a hit matter, but he was wiped out for the double play. So nobody was left on base.
We're going to the bottom half of the first inning. The Yankees nothing and the Tigers coming up.
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Bill Sotomayor just finishes one of our throws into Fairman Mutsen. We're about ready to get underway at the bottom of the first.
The Yankees did not score on the top of the first. Then the Tigers will send in Ed Brinkman, Aurelio Rodriguez, and Jim Northrop against Sotomayor.
This is Mel's second star of the season. He beat Cleveland in the opener 6-1.
And he just missed his 41st career shutout in the ninth inning.
So Sotomayor would certainly like to get that here this afternoon as he deals to the right hand of Hiddink Brinkman.
A breaking ball that's inside.
I think we said then that Sotomayor's 40 shutouts were the most by an active American League pitcher.
And we forgot, of course, about Juan Marichal, although Marichal got his 52 shutouts in the national league.
But Juan now, of course, with the Boston Red Sox. So technically Marichal has more shutouts.
Too high. Two balls and no strikes on Brinkman.
Sotomayor's 346th game as a Yankee. That ties in with Herb Pinnock for seventh place on the Yankees all-time list.
Brinkman takes down Low with three balls and no strikes.
Of course, Whitey Ford pitched more games than any other Yankee pitcher. 498.
And he's number one on the list.
There's a strike. Three balls and a strike to Brinkman leading off with the Tigers. Bottom half, the first inning, no score.
Yankees trying to win their fifth straight game of the year.
Sotomayor rocks back and deals a 3-1 pitch to Brinkman.
Get in the air to center field. Mercer going back. Still going.
He's there now. He's got it. One down.
Sotomayor coming back from a 3-0 count and getting Brinkman to fly deep to Mercer in center field.
That was a score from New York. In fact, no score because it's nothing-nothing.
Cardinals and the Mets in the first game with doubleheader. No score after an inning of play.
Pretty good pitching duel there, just as it is here, huh, Bill? Gibson and Sievers?
Yeah, they might play that game in about an hour.
Here's a really old Rodriguez, the third baseman. Right-handed batter.
He takes a breaking ball for a strike.
On deck, Jim Northrup, the right fielder.
Sotomayor gets a new ball, turns his back to the mound, rubs it up.
I'm reading about those baseballs today. They're made in Haiti. Yep.
And it's cowhide. Now it's to the horse side, right? Right.
Breaking ball is hit in the air to right field. Bloomberg moving back.
He stops now. Andrick. And he's got it. Two down.
Rodriguez going to Ron Bloomberg in right field.
I had a little article in the financial section of the Detroit paper.
You know how many baseballs that the major leagues use during a season?
No idea. Over 300,000 baseballs.
Lot of cowhide.
Here's Northrup. Takes outside a ball.
Northrup for left-handed batter. Two out, nobody on. We're at the bottom of the first, no score.
Nettles in close at third. Sotomayor kicks and deals.
Misses inside. Two balls, no strikes.
Nettles at third. Mason at short. Michael at second. Hegan at first.
White Mercer and Ron Bloomberg in the outfield reading from left to right.
Thurman Mutsen doing the catching. Mel Sotomayor has his sign.
Rocks back. And the 2-0 pitch to Northrup. Swung on it on the ground. A short stop.
Dug out there by Jim Mason. Fine throw the first in plenty of time.
And Northrup is out. So Sotomayor gets the Tigers out 1-2-3.
And after one, score. Yankees nothing. The Tigers nothing.
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Okay, William, we're ready to go again.
And we're waiting on Bobby Mercer to come out for the Yankees.
Here comes Bobby. Bobby a little slow getting out of the dugout.
The Yankees will send up their left-handed hitters, their power hitters, Mercer, Bloomberg, and Nettles to face Joe Coleman here.
In the top half of the second inning, there's no score yet.
Mercer on the air batting a.385. He's 5 for 13 with a run batted in.
He's been walked five times this year.
So they're very careful with it.
Now we're ready to go and Coleman's first pitch.
It's on the outside corner for strike.
The outfield and the infield swung around toward right field for Mercer.
Leading off for the Yankees, top half of the second inning.
Coleman's 0-1 pitch.
This is outside, 1-1, Joe working on the outside part of the plate.
325 feet here down the right field line.
It's a double-deck stance.
The top deck juts out over the field so actually it's shorter.
370 to right center, 440 dead center.
Swung and fouled off on the third base side.
Little number to Dick Houser, the third base coach.
He inspects the ball and gives it back to Coleman.
Houser coaching a third for the Yankees.
Elston Howard coaching it first.
A ball and two strikes on Mercer.
Coleman with an excellent fork ball. Ball goes down and away from a left-handed hitter.
The 1-2 pitch to Mercer. There it is.
Hit on the ground to second base.
Sutherland's up with it, throws to the pitcher covering in time.
Norm Kay started to get that ball but Sutherland, the second baseman, called him off.
And Gary Sutherland, the second baseman, picked it up and threw to Coleman covering.
So Mercer is out, 4-1, one down, and Ron Bloomberg is the batter.
Bloomberg, 4 for 10 this year, that's Neiman 400, has a run battered in.
Two of those four hits against the left-hander, Tom Hilvendorf, the Cleveland Indians.
Boomer takes outside for ball.
On deck, Greg Nettles, one out and nobody on.
Top of the second, no score.
Curve ball misses outside, it's two balls, those strikes.
Coleman really working away from the Yankee left-handed hitters.
There's a pitch on the outside corner, it's 2-1.
Well, Reitz hit a home run for the Cardinals.
Nobody on. As Bloomberg takes outside, it's 3-1.
So the Cardinals lead the Mets 1-0 with the Mets batting in the...
Cardinals might still be batting in the top of the second.
Anyway, it's 1-0 Cardinals over the Mets.
Down low, ball four, Bloomberg walks.
Bloomberg, the first base, with one out here, the top of the second,
and the batter will be Greg Nettles, the Yankee third baseman.
Nettles batting 2-31 so far, he's three for 13.
Two home runs, three runs batted in.
Left-handed batter, Bill Sudeikis moves into the on-deck circle.
Bloomberg with a short lead at first, he's held there by Norm Cash.
Nettles takes a fast ball on the outside corner for strikes.
Coleman isn't giving in to the Yankee left-handed hitters,
he's keeping that ball on the outside part of the plate.
Now Nettles hit a home run in the opener against Cleveland,
out in the left center.
Down low, scooped up by Bill Freehand, it's 1-1.
It's 365 feet to the left center here at Tiger Stadium,
340 down the left field line.
Center field, the deepest part of the park, it's 440 feet there,
as Coleman sets.
Throws the first base, they almost got Bloomberg.
Coleman was leaning towards second, and he doled back in safely.
Ron Bloomberg really leaning towards second base,
had to dive back in and had to tag by Norm Cash.
Now Coleman wants another sign from his catcher Bill Freehand.
Bloomberg now with a little shorter lead at first, he's checked by Coleman.
The 1-1 pitch, swung on, popped up, up behind first base in short right field.
In foul territory now, the second baseman Southerman back out there,
and he's got it.
So Nettles just missing a fastball, fouls out to the second baseman,
Gary Southerman, for out number two, Bloomberg still at first,
and that will bring in the Yankees designated hitter, Bill Sudeikis.
Sudeikis a switch hitter, and so far this year he's batting at 286.
He's four for 14 with two runs batted in.
Now the set by Coleman, and the pitch to Sudeikis, down low ball.
Gene Michael moving into the on deck circle.
Two men out, Ron Bloomberg at first base, no score with a top half to second inning.
The Yankees playing the Tigers, the Yankees in first place in the East,
have won four and lost none.
No throw the first, Bloomberg is back.
Coleman with a good move over the first base.
Now the set by the tall right-hander, there goes Bloomberg, the pitch is Luke Fowl,
down the left field line, hits on a tarp and bounces back into the foul territory.
Well the countdown, one and one on Bill Sudeikis.
Bloomberg off and running with the pitch, they have to go back to first base.
Raining just a bit harder here at Tiger Stadium, forecast for rain, temperature in the 50s.
Now the set, Bloomberg leads.
Coleman takes a long look over there, then throws the first base, Ron is back.
Yankee designated hitters are five for 15.
One-one pitch, swung on and missed.
One and two on Sudeikis, through a fastball buy-in.
Yankees are one-four, lost none, they're in first place.
The Brewers are one-two and lost one, they're a game and a half out.
Baltimore is one, East Baltimore is put four.
Pitch to Sudeikis is swung on and missed, struck him out, got him on a forkball.
That's all for the Yankees in the second.
No runs, no hits, there was a walk and a man left on base.
We're going to the bottom half of second inning.
Yankees nothing, Tigers nothing.
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Now we're talking about Mel Stablamaya starting his 346th game.
When you think of Whitey Ford, 498 games, Bill.
That's something.
That's a lot of pitches. Yep.
Whitey's number one on the Yankee list, right? Yep.
Here's number one on the Tiger list, Al Kaline.
Kaline starting his 23rd season in a Tiger uniform, right handed batter leading off against Ottelmeyer.
Bottom of the second and no score. Al takes inside a ball.
Ralph Hauke said this fella will not put a glove on this year.
He's just going to swing the bat, nothing else.
He'll be the designated hitter all year long for the Tigers.
Breaking ball is too low to Kaline, two balls, no strikes.
Now looking for a side, he's got it now.
Rocks back and the 2-0 pitch to Kaline.
Swung on it on the ground, in the hole, base hit left field.
Fast nettles, fast naces, bites in, gets the throws back in the second base.
So Kaline leads off the second inning for the Tigers by singling sharply in the hole between the third base,
the nettles, and the shortstop bases.
He's on it first base and that'll bring in Willie Horton, the left fielder for the Tigers.
Horton the right handed batter.
Batting and even two under the spring. He's four for 20.
He did two home runs already though.
They were both bases empty home runs because he only has two RBIs.
Strong, Willie Horton.
They play him to pull on the left side of the infield.
Mason way over in the hole at shortstop.
Nettles deep behind the bag at third as Sadelmeier sets and deals to Horton.
Tried it on the outside corner for strikes.
Dick Kuzuski, the Tiger first base coach says something to Horton.
And says something to Al Kaline as Kaline leads from first.
Set by Sadelmeier and the pitch.
Down the dirt a sinker. It's one and one.
On deck Norm Cash. No score with the bottom half of the second inning.
Kaline at first base. He let off his England inning by singling the left field.
And the count. One and one on Willie Horton.
Horton stands up even with the plate.
And the pitch to it. Swung on. Hit and line drive. The shortstop comes out of the glove.
Mason gets the ball in that field. Throws the second in time to force Kaline.
That ball was right to Mason at shortstop. A shot.
I think he tried to get the ball out of the glove quickly to try to double Kaline at first base.
And the ball came out of the glove. That's exactly what happened Bill.
You could see him take his eye and take a look at Kaline.
And that could have been very embarrassing.
It turned out that Kaline had to turn around and go back to first.
And then he couldn't get the second in time. So the Yankees got a big break there.
There's one out now. Horton on it first.
He's been playing behind him in the batters Norm Cash. The Tiger first base.
Left handed batter with good power.
The pitch to Cash. Outside of ball.
No score. We're at the bottom of the second.
One out, one on for the Tigers. That's Horton at first base.
Yankees got a break there though. Horton's on instead of Kaline.
Kaline I think a little faster than Horton on the bases.
Now the set. And the one-oh pitch.
On the outside corner. It's one and one.
Yankee outfield playing Cash to pull.
Bloomberg deep in right field near the line.
Mercer over in right center.
And Roy White playing a left center.
So there's a lot of room down the left field line.
Enfield also swung around toward the right side.
One-one pitch to Cash. Chain jump.
And it's now been to the Tiger dugout.
And Cash, the chip fell off Cash's bat and went down the first base line.
Well he's got one of those bats built with that hollow in the top.
I thought that wasn't allowed.
Well those are the Japanese bats.
And I think last year Lou Brock started that.
And evidently it's legal this year.
They wouldn't let Chubb Feeney, the president of the United States League,
disallow that for a while. And evidently now they can use them.
Telling the Perls they're using that thing. They just chipped out.
One and two on Cash with one out.
Horton leading from first.
And the pitch.
Swung on one hopper to Michael.
Throw him out on the right field.
Around second base is Willie Horton.
Takes him to third and he'll make it there.
And Cash holds it first.
And we'll see here in a moment how they score that.
That was the one hopper that just chipped under Michael's glove
and went under him and out on the right field.
And it's a base hit for Norm Cash.
Boy that's really a gift for Cash.
Perfect double play ball.
Now it's base to play at home.
Tigers now runners at first and third only one out.
And here's Nicky Stanley, the center fielder.
Nicky's low to the infield back looking for twos.
No score yet. Bottom of the second.
It's a second base hit off Sodomar.
Both of them got in this inning.
K-line let off by a singling to Lethfield.
He was forced to second.
Here's the pitch now to Stanley.
Call strike a slider on the outside corner.
Sodomar would certainly like either a strikeout or a pop-up here.
Maybe a nice little soft round ball to the short stuff.
It started to.
Here's the set now.
Runners are checked and the 0-1 pitch.
House to third.
Up with it is Nittles, the second for one, back to first.
It's time for a double play.
Big Nittles starting to five, four to three double play.
And the Yankees get out of the inning.
For the Tigers, no runs on two hits.
There were no Yankees errors and there were two men left on base.
At the end of two, it's the Yankees nothing and the Tigers nothing.
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Gene Michael leading off of the Yankees.
Top of the third, he takes outside a ball.
Over to the score again that inning.
Because of that double play, it was no runs on two hits, no errors
and only one man left on base for the Tigers in the second.
I said two.
So if you're keeping score, change that.
One man left on.
Michael pulls one down the first base line.
He's backed up by Norm Cash and he takes himself.
One down.
No score here in the third inning.
And Jim Mason, the Yankee shortstop, steps in against Joe Coleman.
Mason, the left-handed batter.
He takes a second ball on the outside corner for a strike.
Well, Joe Tory just hit his first home run with a man on.
Definitely that's in the third inning.
So it's at least 3-0 now.
The Cardinals over the Mets in the third inning.
Ball to strike on Mason.
One out, nobody on here.
No score.
Outside, two balls and a strike.
The Cardinals really shook up their pitching staff.
Yeah, I'll say.
The only one they kept was Bob Gibson.
Get on the ground and the hole.
Backhanded by Brakeman, the shortstop.
Long throw, the first in time.
Got him by his step.
That's been played by Eddie Brakeman, the Tiger shortstop.
He was playing a Mason to pull just a bit and Mason slapped the ball in the hole.
Brakeman went over, backhanded it and made a strong throw the first in time.
So they're two outs.
And here's Roy White, the Yankee left fielder.
Roy was hit by a pitch his first time up.
He's been an excellent leadoff bat so far.
He's scored six runs.
Takes down a little ball.
Got a great on base average too, Bill.
Yeah, that's what you want from your leadoff bat.
It takes a little pressure off your batting leadoff.
You know, you do a lot of things.
Want the ball, look at four pitches.
Two high, two balls, no strikes at once.
Rod Gregerson close the third.
As Coleman works fast, a right-hander kicks and deals a fast ball.
Hit a foul up the middle, knocked down by Coleman.
He picks it up, throws on the first in time.
Coleman hit White with one in the first inning.
And White hit one back at him.
Coleman knocked it down, threw him out.
It's over the Yankees in the third, three up and three down.
We go into the bottom half of the third inning.
It's the Yankees nothing and the Tigers nothing.
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Well in New York, in a pitching duel between Bob Gibson and Tom Seaver,
the Cardinals lead at three nothing after two and a half innings of play.
Home runs by Reese and a two on home run by Joe Torre in the top of the third.
The Cardinals lead three nothing over the Mets, over J.
Here's Bill Frehan leading off against Mel Sodomir, bottom of the third,
in a game that's scoreless here in Tiger Stadium.
Frehan takes down low ball.
This fellow's been hot.
He's got at least one base hit in each of the Tigers' first five ball games.
And he's batting five seventy-one, he's eight for fourteen.
Check swing, slow hopper in the second base.
Hegan cuts it off, throws the first, in time to Sodomir.
Mike Hegan got that slow hopper before it reached the infield.
Actually the dirt part of the infield, he cut in front of Michael and grabbed it,
turned around and threw to Sodomir in time to get free hands.
So there's one away.
That was a check swing, slow hopper, and this infield is slow.
Gave Hegan a lot of time to get that ball.
Of course it was a tough play for him.
He had to turn completely around and throw behind him to Sodomir.
Now got the bag and the ball in time to get free hands.
Here's Gary Sutherland, the second baseman.
Takes a breaking ball too high.
Sutherland had a good opener here with the Tigers.
Picked up four base hits.
Now he just went down the right field line, it's going to be a base hit.
Mike Waddleway to wall, Bloomberg's over, cuts it off, throws it around first,
goes into second, and he will stand up there with a double.
Gary Sutherland has really been tough on Yankee pitching.
He was four for four against Klein and Fred Bean in the opener here.
Picked up three singles against Steve Klein and a double against Fred Bean.
So he was four for four, he leads off here by doubling down the right field line,
and he's five for five against Yankee pitching.
Sutherland down at second with one down and the batter Ed Brinkman, the shortstop.
Brinkman's been up once against Sodomir, he flies to center field.
Right-handed batter, no score.
In the bottom half, the third inning.
Sodomir's first pitch now to Brinkman, down low ball.
Yankee outfield straight away, they're in close for Brinkman,
especially Bloomberg in right field, he's way in.
Now Sodomir sets up again, checks out on that second, and deals to the plate.
Up high, two balls, no strikes.
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The next pitch, slider outside, three and oh.
Sodomir ran to count three balls, no strike to Brinkman in the first inning,
and came back and got him to fly to center field.
See what he does here now.
Montecarillo Rodriguez, the third baseman.
A pitch, right in there for called strike three and one.
Mel looking for his second win of the year.
Cleveland in the open at Shea, by a score of six to one.
Here's the three-one pitch to Brinkman now.
Swung on, lined to left field, White moving back.
He's under it and he's got it.
Settling, tagged his second, but he'll hold there as White throws a strike into net over third.
Well, there are two down.
Brinkman hits the ball hard, but right to the left field to Roy White.
Here's the Tiger third baseman, Aurelio Rodriguez.
He's been up once wide to Bloomberg and right field.
No score.
Gary Sutherland at second base with two outs here in the third inning.
Rodriguez hasn't gotten started this spring.
He's three for 22.
Aspado-Meyer sets some deals, down low ball.
Jim Northrop on deck.
Still drizzling here at Tiger Stadium.
Aspado-Meyer sets up and the one-oh pitch.
Swung on, lined to center field, that's going to be a base hit.
Digging around third base to Sutherland.
Murphy's got the ball.
The strong throw home will not be in time.
The one-oh is going to second.
The throw there is in time.
And Rodriguez is out trying to go to second.
But the Tigers four, as Aurelio Rodriguez singles sharply to center field,
scoring Sutherland, and Rodriguez is cut down at second,
much from the catcher to Michael, the second baseman covering.
So the Tigers in the third to have one run are two hits.
There were no Yankee errors and nobody left on base.
At the end of three, the Tigers won and the Yankees nothing.
Now the Yankees have introduced an all-new scorecard,
which will be changed frequently during the season.
The new and large format with full four colors features a page of photos
of incoming American League opposing stars,
plus up-to-date rosters of both the Yankees and the opposing team.
And they're nice, large score blocks and a wonderful feature on where are they now.
Well, let's cause a look at Yankee players of the recent championship era.
There will be improvements and changes in the official Yankee scorebook
throughout the season, and it's on sale only at Shea Stadium,
and it's only on sale when the Yankees are home.
It's about just 50 cents.
So that's the Yankees' all-new scorecard talking about where are they now
before yesterday's or before Tuesday's ballgame.
Got a chance to see a former Yankee shortstop, Tommy Trix.
So he's right here in Detroit.
That's a pretty good thing to have in a scorebook.
Pick up your 50 cents at Shea Stadium when the Yankees are home.
Well, we go now into the top of the fourth,
and here's a scooter to tell you about it.
All right, Frank and, uh, Frank, I mean, Bill, all right.
Frank is coming in as soon as Bill leaves.
Mike Higgin takes a strike on the first pitch by Coleman.
Higgin bounced into a double play his first time up,
runs up to bunt, takes it low, and outside it's 1-1.
The rain started just before the ballgame got underway, and it hasn't stopped.
It's not a very heavy rain, but a lot of umbrellas pop down on the stands.
Swing and a miss. One ball, two strikes.
Through the first three innings, the Yankees got two men on base.
Roy White getting hit with a pitch and a walk to Bloomberg, but no base hits.
That's strike three called. Higgin is screaming at the plate.
But it was a breaking pitch that caught the inside corner.
Coleman chalks up his second strikeout,
and it will bring up Dermen Munson, who, trying to check his swing, bounced out to first base his first time up.
It's going to be a tough ballgame today, Frank Metsa.
Coleman looks like he has the real good stuff out there.
Mel was falling behind the hitters.
If he settles down, it's going to be an awfully close ballgame.
Yep.
All right, the pitch to Munson is outside a sidearm curve, ball one.
On deck, Bobby Mercer.
Joe Coleman has to be one of the better pitchers in the American League.
He really doesn't get credit.
That's true.
The right-handed pitch is hit high in the air, but his center field and Mickey Stanley, with a lot of room to roam,
backs up his under-it and makes the catch.
Sutherich two away.
Now Bobby Mercer, who bounced out to second base his first time up.
Coleman's dad, Joe Coleman Sr.,
pitched in the American League for a long time with Philadelphia A's, some with the Boston Red Sox.
Pitch to Bobby on the outside corner, strike one called.
On deck, Ronnie Bloomberg.
I'm sure I've asked you this before, Bill, is there any resemblance between Joe Jr. and Joe Sr.?
No, not in their pitching styles at all.
Strike two, he hit the outside corner, now the inside corner.
No, Joe Sr. was strictly an overhand fastball pitcher, a curve and a changeup.
Joe, as we've told you, he can come overhand sidearm, he's got a slider, he's got a fall ball,
pitch low with that overhand curve and it's one ball, two strikes.
Makes it tough on the hitter.
Coleman comes from doing so many different positions.
Got to be ready all the time.
And he throws different pitches off those different positions.
There's the one-two pitch sidearm, a bounce in front of the plate.
Coleman, who was left up with it, flips easily to catch and the Yankees are easily retired here.
In the top of the fourth, three up, three down.
And in the middle of the fourth inning, the Tigers won the Yankees nothing.
No, no, no.
Excuse me.
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I see that Mr. Ray Kroc has said that he will offer a public apology to his ball players
and to the Houston Astros for his remarks on the PA system out in San Diego.
Oh, I didn't read it.
Is that in the afternoon paper, Frank?
In the afternoon paper, he said from his home that he told the press he would issue a public apology
as had been requested by Commissioner Kuhn and the league president, Shelfini, and Marvin Miller.
Well, I guess he's so used to those McDonald Hamburgers coming out perfect every time.
He wants the ball players to do the same thing.
I'd hissed out of my assistant off of swinging a missed strike wide.
That was really something, grabbing that PA system mic and right over it.
First he wanted the shrieker arrested, locked up, throw the key away.
Then he got on the ball players.
Inside this one of mine.
Well, that's what happens when you're very successful in so many things
and then you see something that doesn't go quite right.
Tigers won, Yankees nothing, bottom of the fourth.
Little bit high, says McCoy, the play-dumb player, and it's two balls and a strike.
Northrop bounced the short his first time up.
He bounced it back off the screen.
Evens the count of two and two.
At the end of three now is the Cardinals three and the Mets nothing.
Two homers off, Tom Siever.
Joe Torrey with a mad on and Ken Reitz with the bases empty, I think.
Well, Siever lately has been bothered by the long ball.
The 2-2 pitch hit deep to right center field, Mercedal, both scores left.
Now comes in a couple of steps and makes the catch.
The deepest part of this ballpark is in center field, left center and right center.
Well, not quite left center and right center.
But it's 440 in dead center and 415 or about 100 feet to the right of that and 400 or 100 feet to the left.
It takes a good pair of legs to play center field in this ballpark.
This is why I like Yankee Stadium.
K-line, the designated hitter, hit a hard single between third and short to left field his first time up.
And bounce it just one to third.
Nettles up with it.
Fires to first and K-line is retired.
That ball almost went under Nettles' glove.
It didn't feel very soft.
The ball is not coming up.
That ground ball through Gene Michael that went for a base hit before just didn't come up, skidded right under his glove.
You're right, Frank.
On a very slow infield.
That way at J when the Yankees play there.
And here, too, you've got to really stay down, keep that glove down on the ground.
Look at that Mason down there.
He's playing third base.
He's got two third basemen.
Yep, Willie Horton up.
He could shake hands with Nettles and back on the edge of the outfield grass.
The knuckle curve goes through Muntz and back to the screen and it's ball one.
Willie Horton lined to the shortstop his first time up and Mason took his eye off the ball, went off his glove in a shallow left center field.
But K-line who was hustling back to the bag was fourth to second.
Willie stands well up on home plate.
Right hand batter holds the bat straight up and down.
The pitch is over and it's one ball, one strike.
Two out, nobody in.
Bottom of the fourth, bag is out in front, one and nothing.
Still a lot of yucksters out there on the left field.
They must be safety patrol kids.
I see they got those bright orange belts on.
Uh huh.
And you can hear them.
Tiger fans.
One-one pitch.
It's deep to right center field.
That's going to be in there for extra bases.
Boombirds chasing it down.
It's rolling the wall.
He's up with it.
Horton is the last second.
He's going to try to third.
Here's Michael Crow.
They got him.
Oh, Horton hesitated at second base and looked at the coach instead of looking at the ball.
And at fraction of a second he waited rounding the bag, crossed him.
A beautiful relay from Bloomberg, number nine, to Michael, number four, to Eddels, number five.
It's a double, but he's thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple.
No runs.
A base hit.
No errors and nobody left.
At the end of four, it's the Tigers one and the Yankees nothing.
Hey, we remember the 50s better than anybody.
Okay, what do you remember?
Well, I remember the lyrics to all the rock and roll songs.
Oh yeah, the soundtracks and the drums, all those kind of things.
What else?
I remember every inch of my first car.
You too.
You remember wrestling on TV, Johnny Goh, Gorgeous Boy.
You remember polio?
Polio?
Yeah.
Oh, I remember my mom and dad wouldn't let me go swimming at the public pool.
Oh yeah, you could even go to the movies.
Mark and John's poster.
That's right.
So they crippled kids and nine lunges.
Oh, that was a big scare.
It's like everything else from the 50s.
It'll never come back.
But it is.
Polio's coming back?
I thought the vaccines knocked it out for good.
Well, that's what everybody thinks.
But last year there was a big increase in the number of polio cases reported.
How come?
Well, because people forget to get their boosters and they don't have their children immunized
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So diseases like polio, diphtheria, and tetanus can strike again, especially kids.
You mean Cynthia, we got kids, a boy and a girl?
We have five.
Have you taken them to a physician, a clinic, or a local health department to be immunized?
Oh no, no.
Oh, I forgot.
That's odd.
Why?
If you don't remember anything, you're not going to remember anything.
If you don't remember immunization means protection, you don't remember the 50s at all.
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Rod Rodney Bloomberg leads it off for the Yankees in the top of the fifth.
He groups one, a radio Rodriguez near the fire line, just in fair territory, makes the
catch at third.
He jammed Bloomberg right on the hands with that one.
Oh, one pitch, one out.
Yankees still looking for their first base hit of the ballgame.
Greg Nettles fly to the second baseman down the right field line, his first time up.
Lights have been on here since the start of the ballgame.
The drizzle has let up a little bit.
Pitch to Nettles right down the middle, strike one call.
Rodriguez way over towards shortstop, Brinkman over towards second base on the left side of the infield.
Joe Coleman, the right-hander, side armor, bouncing ball at second, Sutherland gets the nice hop.
Flips to Norm Cash and they're a two away.
And Coleman's really making this game look easy to this point.
He must make sure they catch that commercial flight they have this afternoon to go to Boston.
Tom Siebers still giving up the gopher balls.
Luke Brock has hit one with two men on.
And now let's see, it's the Cardinals six and the Mets nothing at the end of three and a half.
Wow. That's a tough thing, you know, pitcher gets that on his mind.
And Tom Siebers just about the best pitcher in baseball.
That home run ball can really get you in trouble.
Wind must be blowing out of shape today.
I, Bill Sudeikis, struck out his first time up.
Bluffs to butt takes a strike.
Should have scored out of Cleveland, the Indians five and Milwaukee two at the end of two innings.
Now the Indians looking for their first win of the year.
White Sox looking for their first win of the year.
And I think the Pirates are too. There's a pretty giant tight one-on-one.
And Boston just hoping to play. They haven't played in four days.
They played Saturday and Friday and Saturday, I guess, and haven't played since.
Well, the weather's especially up in that New England area.
Swing and a miss. One ball, two strikes.
Sudeikis the switch hitter batting left-handed against Coleman.
Two out, nobody on, one nothing. The Tigers out in front.
They scored in the third inning on the double by Sutherland,
who is now five for five against Yankee pitching, and a two-out single by Rodriguez.
A foul, that'll be out of play.
Rodriguez chasing it, but it's back into the seats.
Yankees are not having good cuts at Joe Coleman.
Not that he's overpowering fast, but as we mentioned,
he has so many deliveries and so many different pitches.
On deck, Gene Michael.
The pitch is low, and it's two and two.
I think he's flying to Cleveland right after this ballgame.
All right, the two-two delivery.
Side armor, swing and a miss, and he has Sudeikis really fooled on that one.
Third strikeout for Coleman. He sets the Yankees down in order,
and in the middle of the fifth inning, as the Tigers won, the Yankees nothing.
Oh, yes, I recall my first love quite well.
Just the thought of her used to make my mouth run dry.
Today I'd suffer for that.
I remember when I first reached out and touched it.
Oh, was she cold.
But then who likes hot draft beer?
That's right. My first love was draft beer.
It was so fresh and smooth and creamy.
I've been in love with it ever since.
Only now I get it out of a can.
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Peel brothers, what a massive message she says.
So as you mentioned, the Yankees will be flying to Cleveland right after the game.
Four games over the weekend against the Indians.
Then it's back to Yankee Stadium for three afternoon games.
Next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday against the Boston Red Sox.
That's really going to be a big series.
The Red Sox, a team that must be beaten for anybody to contend, I think, in the American League East.
You're absolutely right, Frank.
All right, Norm Cash, who singled under Michael's glove in the second inning, leads it off.
Cash, the veteran left hand batter, his melt first pitch.
And it's taken a little bit low, ball one.
The Tigers have five hits in one run.
The Yankees, no hits and no runs.
The next pitch is, oh foul, almost got Dick Progiuzzi in the coaching box at first base.
Takes off the wall and Bloomberg will chase it down and foul territory.
One on one.
On deck is Mickey Stanley and he'll be followed by Phil Frehan.
Done.
Just popped out.
I don't think it'll be out very long, but it has popped out very weak, son.
There's a fair ball down the right field line.
Cash is going to first base.
He's going to try for two.
Bloomberg's throw will not be in time and Cash is in with a double.
Just inside the foul line between Hegan and the line.
And that's the second double, third double for the Tigers.
Off Mel Stoudelmeyer.
Cash opens at the bottom of the fifth and Mickey Stanley the batter.
Stanley bounced into a double player's first time up.
Let's see if Ralph Mouth might be changing his tactics and go for a butt here or have Stanley try to hit the right field and get that run to the third.
Ralph very seldom butted when he was managing the Yankees.
Stretched by Stoudelmeyer.
And the pitch he's trying to go to right field takes the pitch on the corner strike one.
Yes, Stanley does want to go to right field.
I have an idea that he may have to butt a little bit more here because there's really no speed at all in this ball.
And whatsoever.
Stanley a right hand batter.
Stoudelmeyer gets the sign from Munson.
Now checks Cash at second.
And the pitch Stanley again trying to go to right field is low and inside one on one.
Stoudelmeyer and Munson realize that.
Ralph's a little bit upset about a story.
It was in the paper yesterday.
He said after the ball game he settled back in his chair in the office in the clubhouse.
Asked the clubhouse man to bring him a beer and the clubhouse man promptly brought him ten.
And Ralph said he got some mail today over that.
And said Jim Campbell got a couple of phone calls.
They worked out of a manager of he got going to drink ten beers after the ball game.
Of course he didn't drink ten beers.
The club man actually brought in a six pack in case the writers wanted to have a beer.
But Ralph's a little bit upset about it.
He should be.
The reporters get you in trouble every time.
All right Stoudelmeyer to the belt.
Just a little bit low and it's two balls and a strike.
Well it's a real battle here.
A real duel.
Stanley trying to go the opposite way to advance that runner.
And Stoudelmeyer trying to keep him from doing that.
Stanley had just stepped out to check Joe Schultz coaching at the bird.
Cash leads the way.
And he hits it to right field and he'll have to play it on one bounce.
Cash will not score.
But Stanley did his job.
Did it even better.
Got a base hit instead of a ground ball.
So the Tigers now with runners at first and third.
Nobody out in the bat of Bill Freon.
Yankees in a tough spot here.
Sure Mason and Michael will be playing back for a double play.
Egan will have to hold the runner at first.
Nettles will be even with the bag so he can go either way.
What he brought us up on the dugout steps waving down to the bullpen.
Somebody's going to start warming up.
It's got to be McDowell.
He put his hand way high over his head and way wide outside.
Well I can understand high over the head but why way wide outside.
He's a pretty big man.
Big shoulders.
Not that he's fat.
The fat was the ten right.
It was a double motion rank.
I shouldn't say fat I should say chubby.
All right runners at first and third.
Nobody out.
Mr. Freon grounded at third.
They've got a whole case.
Go to second.
Michael comes to the play.
Beautiful heads up play.
Holy cow that was perfectly executed.
Cash committed a cardinal sin by not breaking right away to break up the double play.
He waited to nettle through the ball.
Michael Michael then saw a cash break late through a perfect strike to Muntzen.
Cash tried to nike Muntzen down.
He did but Thurman held on to the ball and there were two outs and a runner at first base.
Beautiful double play heads up.
That play goes five four two.
Well that's not base running and Bill Burton has been working on that with the Yankees all spring.
Here's Gary Sutherland.
He doubled and scored the only run of the third inning.
Takes the slider lower ball one.
I'm trying to think the last time I saw that double play.
It's been a long long time.
Absolutely.
The only way you can get it is if Nettles does what he did and the runner at third does what he did.
Nettles left him back to the bag then went to second.
But that runner's got to break right away.
Otherwise you take yourself right out of a big inning.
Even if they get him at the plate there's still two on and only one out.
As the ball hit the head of center they're finally going to get several and out.
Bobby Murtha makes the catch.
So the Yankees get a break for the Tigers.
No runs, two hits, no errors and a man left.
And at the end of five it's the Tigers won the Yankees nothing.
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Gene Michael will lead it off for the Yankees here on the top of the 6.
Joe Coleman has Eldon Hitless and Gene takes the curve low and inside ball one.
Michael bounced out the first base on the fiftieth his first time up.
Tigers won, Yankees nothing.
Gene the switch hitter batting left handed against Coleman.
And the pitchers bounce the first again fair ball knocked down by Cash.
Picked it up and stepped on the back.
Just beats Michael.
Almost stepped on Coleman's foot but they get Michael out and there's one away.
That brings up Gene Mason rather.
Jim Mason.
Mason was robbed of a base hit and a fine play by Eddie Brinkman.
Looks like they're finally going to play baseball in Boston Phil.
It's nothing to nothing at the end of one with Jim Palmer pitching for Baltimore and Louis Teon for the Red Sox.
All right Mason takes a pitch low ball one on deck Roy White.
Low ball two, two and nothing.
Mason has stepped back to look down at Dick House.
The Yankees want to get a base run around that.
They only had one ball at the outfield so far.
Munson's fly ball to center.
Low ball three, three and nothing.
And only one other ball in the air.
This nettles foul pop up.
There's the strike three and one.
Coleman has been rough on the left hand hitters.
He's been rough on everybody but the three one pitch is hit to left field Willie Horton drips back and makes the catch.
The ball was hit well but to the opposite field and they're two away.
That brings up Roy White.
White was hit with a pitch his first time up. Coleman was ahead of him 0 and 2 and then tried to waste one and hit Roy right in the middle of the back.
Next time up Roy hit a hot shot right back to the mound.
That pitch is low ball one.
To the Mets are getting in the home run act now.
Wayne Gard has hit his first of the year.
Came with a man on to make that ball game six to two St. Louis in the fifth inning.
Okay.
On the inside corner one on one.
Two out nobody on.
On this pitch Paul Lorp Roy couldn't that hurt.
Oh he's on the ground turning over twice that hit him solidly.
And was going forward when it hit him and kicked all the way back to the screen.
Monahan the Yankee trainer and that hurt.
Fortunately it got part of the spike shoe and not the ankle bone solidly.
I don't think Roy would be able to continue.
I thought for a minute it might have got his instep but it didn't.
It was on the side of the foot.
I was going to walk it off.
Roy wants to stay in there.
Roy has a count of one ball two strikes on him.
Two out nobody on.
Tigers in front one nothing top of the sixth.
Joe Coleman hands over the head.
Five ball that will be out of play and up on the roof here at Tiger Stadium.
This is Roy's 351st consecutive ball game for the Yankees.
He's very durable.
The kind usually the fellows that get hurt the most are the big husky strong fellows with a lot of muscle.
More of a chance to pull one.
Again the one two look out he hit him in the same spot a little lower this time.
Holding his backside this time.
Got a little more meat there and it doesn't hurt as much Frank but that's twice he's been hit with a pitch.
And both times he was behind on the count.
First time 0-2 this time 1-2.
Roy has an amazing odd base percentage.
He came into this game he's been on base better than half the times he's come to bat.
And now he's been on base twice the hard way hit by the pitch today.
Roy was hit with the pitch twice and then fouled one off his foot so he's going to be aching all over.
And that's a tip in that whirlpool tomorrow over in Cleveland.
Mike Egan has hit in on a double play and struck out.
Left hand batter.
Swings and misses strike one.
On deck Berman Munson.
Hager's lead 1-0.
Cash holds the bag against Roy White.
And they almost picked him off.
Man they had Roy leaning short second he had taken one step.
And only his quick reflexes enabled him to dive back head first.
Roy looked like Bill Burton on the draw to try and steal the bag.
See what happens here.
Stretched by Coleman.
Another throw to first this time Roy is back easily.
Nothing in one to count.
Stretched by Coleman.
And the pitch swing and a miss.
One after a low breaking pitch that time 0-2.
Plus the right field seats here are very inviting for left hand batters.
A lot of times you take your eye off the ball thinking it's so easy to hit one out there.
With a pitcher like Coleman it's easy to do.
Nothing in two to count.
There goes Roy White.
The pitch out they figured the throw is low and not in time and White steals the bag.
And started for third and then thought better of it.
He would have made it easily as Stanley and Sutherland had a little Alphonse Gasconak who's going to pick it up.
But Roy steals the bag even though they had called for a pitch out.
And would have had Roy by about 10 feet but Priam's throw bounced about five feet in front of Bregman.
That's the first poor throw Priam has made.
He worked very hard on his throwing this spring.
And his arm was a bit suspect I am told.
But he made a couple of perfect throws in the opening game here of the series Tuesday.
And he did so the Yankees get a break.
And let's see Roy White picks up his first stolen base of the year in his second attempt.
And he strikes them out.
So the Yankees had a chance there but for the second time Coleman strikes out Hegan for his fourth strike.
Strike out of the game.
No runs, no hits, no errors, a man left.
And in the middle of the sixth inning it's the Tigers won the Yankees nothing.
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Well the Yankee Stadium ticket office will be open for another three hours this afternoon.
It's open every day until 6 and on Saturdays and Sundays until 5 o'clock.
So plenty of time to get your tickets for the Boston Red Sox series.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. All afternoon games starting at 2 o'clock next week.
The Yankees and the Red Sox. Quite a series still.
All right Frank the top of the order. Brinkman Rodriguez in north up against Stoudelmeyer.
Brinkman bounces one foul outside of third.
Eddie has hit the ball hard off Stoudelmeyer.
Fired hard to Mercer in center field the first inning. Line to Willie Horton in the third.
Go through six innings. Joe Coleman has not allowed a hit to the Yankees.
He's hit Roy White twice and given a walk.
All right Mel hands over the head. Side on pitch inside one of one.
Mel gets the sign from Munson.
Pitch is low ball two two of one.
So do the Tigers have seven hits but only one run.
Some bad base running has taken them out of a couple of innings.
The 2-1 delivery is bounced to third. Nettles has it on the second hop.
Fires to first and Brinkman is retired.
So Brinkman hits the ball hard again but right at Nettles.
One away and here's Rodriguez who has driven in the only run of the game.
Line to right in the first and single at center in the third.
Then on the throw to the plate where Sutherland scored Munson threw them out as he tried to go to second.
One out nobody on. Tigers in front one nothing.
Side on my pitch bounced to third again. Nettles up with it.
Fires to Hagan and there are two out.
He hit that ball right off the end of his bat. Wasn't hit hard.
And now Jim Northrop who is bounced to short and fly to center.
Told you the way this ball game is going Tigers will make their playing easily.
Yankees have a charter and don't have to hurry but it's been an up and down game.
There's a bounce to hit slowly to first. Hagan will have to flip the start of my.
He does and they got him easy inning to Mel.
Three up and three down and at the end of six full innings.
It's the Tigers won the Yankees nothing and Frank Messer will carry you along for the last three.
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Well we moved right along.
In our ballgame with the 7th inning, Berman Munson will try to get something started for the Yankees
who have been unable to touch Joe Coleman so far.
Against Munson, the right-hander, the infield shades slightly around toward third.
Berman is grounded out to first base and flies to center.
Swings to the first pitch, ground ball to third.
Flag down there by Rodriguez.
Fires the cross in time and on one pitch, Munson grounds out to the third baseman of Raleigh, O'Rodriguez.
It will bring up Bobby Mercer. Bobby is over two and hasn't had the ball off the infield.
Roddy Bloomberg comes out on deck.
Mercer is grounded out to second and to the pitcher.
First pitch is in low, ball one.
Sam McDowell throwing down the Yankee bullpen.
Coleman has his side, right-hander deals up high.
What is it Bill Wright that Coleman has been drawing a staffer and keeps that ball on the ground?
Forkball I guess.
He picked up a forkball a couple of years ago and he's given the Yankees a good with it over the last couple of years.
Especially Munson.
He comes up high to Bobby and the count goes to three balls and no strikes.
Coleman has walked only one man. He's hit two batters. Well he's hit one batter twice.
Roy White in the first inning, again the sixth.
And gave a walk to Bloomberg, Ronnie's first time up.
He's behind three and O to Mercer.
Bobby has glanced out at Dick Hauser and he takes ball four high and outside.
Mercer is on.
Well the Yankees have their fourth baserunner.
In the first inning after White was hit by a pitch, Higgin grabbed it into a double play.
Bloomberg was stranded in the second after walking.
And Roy White was stranded at second base in the sixth inning after being hit and stealing second.
Mercer has been running this year. We'll keep an eye on him for you.
Cash has got to hold him on. Bobby takes a long lead over at first base.
Coleman's pitch to Bloomberg, cut out and bounce foul.
Flag down by Coach Ellie Howard at first base.
Bloomberg after walking in the second popped up in the fifth.
The Yankees have had only two balls off the infield.
Munson's fly ball to center and Mason's fly ball to left field.
Greg Nettles on deck. Tigers are leading by a score of one to nothing here in the top of the seventh inning.
Mercer at first, one out. Coleman comes out of the bounce, spins, throws to first, safe.
They play Bloomberg to pull on the infield, the outfield straight away.
The pitch is hit in the outer left field. Horton is right there, headed right to him, waiting.
Comes in a step and makes the catch.
Mercer tagged up and stays at first base.
Two down and out Greg Nettles.
Nettles is popped up in foul ground to the second baseman Sutherland.
Sutherland went a long way down the right field line for him.
Then Greg bounced out to the second baseman Sutherland.
Arreale Rodriguez comes into the grass very wide at third base.
Brinkman well over toward second. Sutherland in the hole.
Cash holding Mercer on the outfield, punches toward center, getting Nettles both by a line.
Throw to first, safe.
So was it. I told you the sun came out for just about one minute.
Now it's back under the clouds.
But the rain has stopped. Quick throw to first, safe again. Mercer back in standing.
Bill Sudeikis in the on deck circle.
Coleman comes to the belt, holds the set, throws to first again, Mercer is back.
Come by Joe Brinkman, no relationship to Eddie, the shortstop, watching the players at first.
And the pitch, taken outside, off speed pitch that time.
Mercer walks off of three, now four step lead at first base.
Coleman spins and throws over there and Bobby is back.
Coleman's got that little block move at first base.
He breaks his left knee and looks like he's coming home and then he twirls, spins quickly and throws to first.
There goes Mercer, the pitch is cut on, bounces slowly back to the mound.
Coleman has it, throws to first base, Nettles is out and throws to side.
Nettles did not want to swing at that one, it was a half swing.
But he made contact and bounces out to the pitcher.
The Yankees no runs, no hits, no errors, and the man left.
At the end of the top of the seventh inning, it's Detroit 1 and New York nothing.
This is it.
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Polly Ankins will be back home Tuesday afternoon to play the Boston Red Sox.
They'll play the Red Sox three afternoon games, all starting at 2 o'clock.
Tuesday afternoon, April 16th, Wednesday the 17th, and Thursday the 18th.
Chance to see Carl Yastrinsky and the rest of the Red Sox.
Okay, Bill, Al Kailine, one for two, leads off the seventh inning.
Kailine single to left field in the second, then was forced to second base.
After Mason dropped Willie Horton's line drive, he picked it up and forced Kailine.
Kailine drafted out the third base in the fourth.
The pitch is long away, ball one.
Looks like Al Kailine, another one of those players with a designated hitter rule,
just to run it on, Bill, as long as he wants to.
Well, Ralph Houch says he doesn't need a glove this year.
He's not going to put him in the outfield.
He takes this one, Long, outside, two balls and no strikes.
I guess with that kid Ron Cash hitting the way he's hitting, he won't use the first base either.
Ron Cash trying to take the job away from Norm Cash.
Here's the 2-0 delivery.
Up high, ball three to Kailine.
Ron and Norm are not related. Now, Tigers wear their names on the uniforms.
Ron Cash has R, Cash on the back of his, but Norm Cash has just Cash.
He wouldn't let him put the N on.
If people don't know me now, they never will.
There's a strike to Kailine. It's three and one.
He's right. He's been around here about 15 years.
Please, that.
There's the windup. Three-one pitch.
Ryan Dry at the center. That's going to be a base hit.
Bobby Merchant plays it on two hops.
And Kailine is on with his second base hit of this ballgame.
Stottlemeyer got him in on the fifth.
That was a handle hit right out of the second base.
It brings up Willie Horton.
Certainly one of the strongest men in baseball.
Frank, did you get the lead score?
The fifth inning complete down?
Right. It's after five. Cardinals are bad at the top of the sixth.
And the Cardinals lead the match by a score of six to two.
It's been four home runs in that ballgame, I know.
Lou Brock, Joe Torey, Ken Reach for the Cardinals, and Wayne Garret for the Mets.
Horton has gone one for two, had a double his last time up,
and was thrown outside to stretch it into a triple.
Bloomberg fired perfectly to Michael, and Michael's relay to Nettles was right on the money.
Throw to first, Kailine is back.
First time up, Horton batted with Kailine at first.
Hit the line drive, Mason had it in his glove, tried to throw the ball, I think, before he caught it, dropped it,
but still recovered it in time to get the fourth play at second.
Now the one-all pitch, down low, ball one.
Here's a score in the American League.
Baltimore and Boston, those four after an inning and a half, that ballgame being played in Boston.
And Chicago, the White Sox won, the Minnesota Twins nothing after one and a half.
The Twins batting in the bottom of the second.
The White Sox having a lot of trouble this year, I guess they are.
Now the one-all pitch, a strike call, one and one, to Horton, looks like a slider from Stuttelmeyer.
Mr. Sunshine may not be beaming quite as much as usual, Chuck Gunner.
This man seems to have a perpetual smile on his face.
Yep, never seems to worry about a thing.
That's the orthodox managing, and he's gotten away with it for two years, though.
One ball, one strike to Horton, Kaleid at first, nobody out, here's the pitch.
Change up is hit in the air to left field.
Moving over forward is Mercer, well over in left.
Mercer is under it and makes the catch, and Kaleid makes him throw and now dashes back to first base.
Bobby Mercer went way over to the left field.
Of course they play Horton to full way around anyway.
One out, and the batter will be Norm Cash, two for two.
Cash had a base hit under Michael's glove at second base his first time up,
then doubled the right field at the full one just inside the line.
And the pitch to it, on the outside corner, strike one.
Sam McDowell continues to throw on the Yankee bullpen, getting his work in,
and a left-hander, Luke Walker, is pitching down on the Detroit Tiger bullpen.
Nettles very wide of the line on Cash and in close.
The infield plays in the full.
The pitch is hit off the end of the bat into the Tiger dugout.
No ball to strike out on Cash.
Dottelmeyer walks off the reverse club of the mound.
Tigers are leading one and nothing.
Yankees have not had a base hit off Joe Coleman through their first seven times at bat.
Dottelmeyer has the sign from Munson.
Comes out of the bow, the right-hander turns it loose.
Cash hits a drive toward right center.
Mercer is after it, and Bobby's got it at the edge of the warning track
in front of the 370 marker.
Throws back in and again, K-line ducks back to first base.
That ball got out there in a hurry.
Mercer had to get a good jump on it, and he did.
Two down, and now Mickey Stanley, the Tiger center fielder.
Stanley has grabbed it into a double play and single the right field.
The Red Sox picked up two runs in the bottom half of the second inning,
and they lead Baltimore 2-0 after two.
That's Jim Blomberg for Baltimore and Lewis Piot for Boston this afternoon.
The Red Sox have been off four days.
They've played Friday and Saturday, and they haven't played since
because of bad weather in New England.
Dottelmeyer ready to work to Stanley,
and the first pitch cut on and grounded foul, got it in on his hands,
and he pulled his foul over toward the third base dugout.
The Tigers go into Boston following this game,
and I think he's going to Cleveland.
He'll be playing tomorrow night over in Cleveland.
He'll ask for a zudo to check out his ski wear again.
Go on, go on, hit.
It's deep to the field, wide is back to the seat.
Can he get it? He leaps, he can on, a home run.
A home run for Mickey Stanley, scoring K-line ahead of him,
and the Tigers lead 3-0.
No got that ball up a little. He didn't want that breaking ball that high.
Stanley, a pretty good fastball hitter, jumping on a hanging breaking ball
and just getting it out of reach to Roy White.
White out there trying to climb the fence for the ball.
It just made the first throw on left field.
He gave it all he had. He went up on the fence,
grabbed hold of the top of the fence, pulled himself up,
and still could not reach it.
I have seen White go up that fence out there and make a catch,
but that one was too high for him.
Stanley's second home run of the year, the Tigers lead 3-0,
and now Bill Frihan steps in. He's 0 for 2.
Sattelmeyer winds and deals, low.
Frihan ground it out to Higa at first, his first time up.
That hit into a very unorthodox double play.
With runners at first and third, he had a ground ball to third.
Nettles fielded the ball.
Checked Cash back toward the bag. Cash did not break for the plate.
Nettles threw the second base to get Stanley out of fourth,
and then Michael threw home to cut Cash down at the plate
to complete the double play.
Fitches down, low ball to Frihan. Two balls and no throw.
Two outs and nobody on.
The wind up by Sattelmeyer and the pitch. Cut on, ground ball to third foul.
The Twins picked up two runs in the bottom of the second,
and they now lead the Chicago White Sox 2-1 after two.
The Mets must be doing something.
Proposky pitching for the Cardinals in the seventh,
so the Mets have gotten rid of Gibson.
It's like the Twins saving all their wins for the season.
They hardly won a ball game in exhibition play,
but now they are 3-1 going into the day and leading in their ball game.
Alright, Sattelmeyer with a 2-1 pitch to Frihan.
Has the plate but high. Ball three, 3-1.
We're in the bottom half of the seventh.
Two outs, none on. Detroit leading 3-0.
Sattelmeyer brings it. Frihan takes it, low ball for.
That's the first walk by Sattelmeyer.
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I'll be here after the game's over. Win or lose, go Yanks.
Gary Sattelman does the batter.
He takes a pitch low and outside, ball one.
Sattelman doubled his first time up to give him five consecutive base hits in the series.
Yankees finally got him in the fifth when he flied out to center field.
Tom Buskey is up on the Yankee bullpen now, right-hander.
Egan is not holding. Frihan on. Throw over there anyway.
Egan behind the base runner. Took the throw wide at the back.
Sattelmeyer checks Munson for the sign. Short stretch and the pitch.
Fly and drive foul outside of first. Down into the Yankee bullpen.
Sattelman feet very close together. Rookie on this ball club.
It's a fly ball to right center. It's in there for the base hit.
Frihan on his way to third. Mercer's throw will be cut off by Mason.
And the Tigers have runners at first and third.
Sattelman is not a rookie in baseball, but he is to this ball club.
He's in with the Phillies and Montreal.
Better say newcomer rather than rookie on the ball club.
Newcomers this ball club.
Runners at first and third. Munson goes out to talk to Sattelmeyer.
And now to play down by her. Larry McCoy goes out to break up the conversation.
Runners at first and third.
Here comes Bill Verdon. That might be all for Sattelmeyer.
He's got Tom Buskey, a right-hander, getting loose in the bullpen and right field.
Mel was giving up three runs on ten hits and they have runners at first and third.
And I think one of the things Verdon looked at, Frank, after reading the papers
and finding out what he said about the fly when he took Steve out, he said Steve was throwing well in the opening here.
He was just getting his pitches high. And Sattelmeyer got the high breaking ball to Stanley,
who promptly hit it into the left field seat to score two runs.
And that might be the criterion that Verdon uses watching his pitches along with the whitey four.
Both of them standing over here together. And that's going to be all for Sattelmeyer.
Tom Buskey will come in to relieve Mel Sattelmeyer here in the seventh.
Tigers will have runners at first and third and two outs.
Buskey making the long walk from the Yankee bullpen out in right field.
Big right-hander from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Had a great spring.
And so far this year he's picked up a save.
And he's in that inning that he picked up that save. He walked one and struck out one.
So Tom Buskey relieves Mel Sattelmeyer.
Buskey, Buskey, the winner of the Dawson Award, has the best rookie in the Yankee camp this spring.
Big fella.
Let's see, Buskey 6'3", weighs 220 pounds from Harrisburg.
Last year, he spent the year with the Yankees and Syracuse.
Fact, Frank, as I remember, this is the place they brought the fit,
made his first pitching appearance with the Yankees right here at Tiger Stadium.
It certainly was, and he looked very impressive.
Buskey with a good fastball, and evidently he's added a good shaker to go with that.
Ball goes down well, and he pitched well his last time out.
He'll have to deal with Eddie Frankman here with runners at first and third, and two outs to the seventh.
While we're waiting on Buskey, let's look at the scoreboard again.
It's Minnesota 2, Chicago 1 after 2.
Cleveland 5, Milwaukee 2 after 2.
And the Red Sox 2, Baltimore nothing after 2.
Over the National League after 6, the Cardinals 6, the Mets 2.
And after 1, Philadelphia and the Chicago Cubs, no score.
All right, Frank.
Eddie Frankman, ready to set Buskey.
Frankman has got over three in this ballgame.
He's up with runners at first and third, and two outs.
The Tigers leading 3-0.
And Ken Wright is throwing now in the Yankee ballpark.
The set by Buskey, the kick and the pitch from the right hander is looked out at the right field.
That's going to be a base hit.
Here comes three out in the score.
And Bloomberg fires on to our third base.
Southerland stopped his second, and Brinkman wasted no time.
He jumped on the first pitch and looked it out at the right to drive in run number 4.
The run is charged to Southermire.
And now Southerland is second, Brinkman is first.
The batter will be Aurelio Rodriguez.
Rodriguez is one for three.
Fly to right, single to center, and granted out to third.
Right hand hitter, Buskey.
Kicks and deals. Blowing away, ball one.
Buskey hides the ball behind the right hip.
Brings his hands together and fires.
Flodder is fouled back.
Breaking pitch.
Brinkman is first and Southerland is second, two out.
Lights have been on the entire afternoon here at Tigers Stadium.
A very dark, cloudy day with some rain earlier in the ball game.
One long pitch to Rodriguez. Blowing away, two and one.
Tigers got a run on the third, got a double by Southerland and a single by Rodriguez.
And they've scored three runs here in the seventh.
Down low and it's ball three, three and one.
Keyline open for the single to center with two-man out, Stanley Homer.
Freehand walk, went to third on Southerland's basis and scored on Brinkman's single.
Buskey has the side, checks the runner at second and fires.
Pitch is hit in the air to shallow right. Bloomberg calling for it.
Bloddy is under it.
Bloddy bakes the catch, the side is retired.
But the Tigers bat eight men and they score three runs on four hits.
There were no Yankee errors and two men are left.
So at the end of seven the score is Detroit four and New York nothing.
Having work done on your car costs money, usually more than you'd like to spend.
Well, it's getting late for the Yankees.
They have no runs and no hits against Joe Colman.
We're in the eighth inning.
Here's Joe Sudeikis and here's Frank Lester.
And Colman struck Sudeikis out both times, he faced him.
Sudeikis switch under batting left and the first six to iron.
Low and inside, almost hit him in the leg, ball one.
And now Sudeikis wants the baseball examined.
Colman flips it in to Larry McCoy.
And McCoy gives it back to the pitcher.
The Tigers have four runs on 11 hits.
The Yankees no runs, no hits.
Wind up by Colman and his six.
Ta-da, hit in the air to center field.
Stanley drifting to his right.
The Yankees under it and Stanley has it.
Sudeikis is retired, one out and Gene Michael will step in.
Twice Michael is crowded out to the first baseman Norm Cash on a 50.
Rodriguez comes in on the grass to third base, wide at the line.
Brinklin goes over towards second.
Colman straight away at the middle and the pitch in there for a call strike.
Horace Clark has come out on deck to bat for Jim Mason.
The wind up by Colman, the pitch.
Michael takes the ball just inside, one and one.
Tigers leading at four nothing.
Bases empty, one out.
The wind up by Colman, the pitch.
Swing, foul, fifth, strike two.
Top field plays Michael fairly shallow, especially Stanley in center field.
He's way in.
Now the wind up, one, two, pitch.
A bit high and the count evens two balls, two strikes.
Top half of the eighth inning, the Yankees looking for their first base hit of the ballgame.
Yankees have won their first four games, trailing in this one four nothing.
There's the wind.
Here comes the pitch, high with a fastball.
Three and two to Michael.
Colman checks free inside and the payoff pitch hits up the middle base hit.
One hopper past Sebelin to second base but Michael breaks the spell with the Yankees first base hit of the ballgame and a solid shot right back up the middle.
Law runner at first, one out and Horace Clark will bat for Jim Mason. Clark, a switch hitter, will be batting lefty.
It's Colman's first time at bat this year.
Yes it is.
Pitch going as high, ball one. He's scored a run but he hasn't been to bat.
Got in as a pitch runner.
Michael gets Cleveland in one of the games in New York.
Michael takes the big lead at first. Cash is playing behind the base runner.
Here's the pitch to Clark on the outside corner for a strike, one and one.
Ralph House taking no chances as John Hiller warming up now to the Detroit Bulls, out of the field.
The pitch, down low.
Two balls and one strike.
A couple of years ago Clark himself broke up three no hitters late in the ballgame.
Seemed like one of them was here.
Alright, the two ball one strike pitch. Get right back to Colman. He has it.
Fins throws to second for one, back to first. It's a double play going one six three.
A one six three double play to retire the side.
For the Yankees no runs, their first base hit of the ballgame.
No errors, nobody left. And at the end of the top of the eighth inning it's Detroit four and New York nothing.
Yes, a lot of games think I'm the kind of guy who love them and leave them. Well it ain't true, see.
I'm still in love with my first love. I met her in the Spokies in Jersey.
Now don't knock it. Some of those Spokies, these were something to see, see.
My first love was sitting at the bar. The most beautiful schooner of beer I ever saw, see.
It was draft beer. Fresh, smooth, creamy. The kind of beer you probably first loved when you were a punk.
Well I kept on loving draft beer ever since. So I never had no time for games, see.
And later when I found out I could get my first love out of a can of Peel's Real Grap, I was happy.
Look, if you want a beer you can fall in love with, try Peel's Real Grap.
It's just as fresh and smooth and creamy as the kind over in Jersey was.
And if you Peel brothers know what's good for you, you'll keep on making Peel's Real Grap, see.
Peel's Real Grap, the kind of beer you first loved.
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Horace Clark, who pinch hit for Jim Mason, will stay in the ball game. He'll play second for the Yankees.
And moving from second base to shortstop, Gene Michael, or the defensive change, Clark at second.
And Michael moving from second to short. Here's Frank.
And Jim Northrup, the only man who did not bat in the Tigers' seventh, leaves off the eighth.
Northrup is 0-3, left hand hitter.
John Buskey, ready to work, here's the pitch.
Outside ball one.
They call Northrup the Gray Fox, because of his almost completely gray hair, very prematurely gray.
1-0 delivery. No, got the corner. At the knees, 1-1.
Tigers, four runs, 11 hits. The Yankees, no runs and one hit. Gene Michael, single.
In the top half of the inning, first time they broke through on Coleman.
Buskey turns it loose, and it's popped up foul outside of third.
Nettles gives chase. He will not have a play. The ball is back in the seats.
Alstottelmeyer worked six and two-thirds innings, charged with four runs all-around.
He allowed ten base hits, walked one and struck out nobody.
Buskey has given up one base hit since relieving in the bottom half of the seventh.
Buskey steps back off the rubber. Looks down again for a sign.
And the 1-2 pitch to Northrup. Upside, two balls and two strikes.
In the ninth inning, the Yankees will have the top of the batting water coming up, White, Hegan, and Munson.
There's ball three upstairs, full count, three and two.
White, Hegan, Munson, and Yankee fans will be hoping Mercer, Bloomberg, Nettles, Sudeikis.
Buskey with a 3-2 pitch to Northrup. Foul, straight back.
Red Sox lead Baltimore 3-0 at the end of three.
Twins lead the White Sox 2-1 at the end of two.
And it's Cleveland 5-0 walking through in the third.
There's a high-fly ball, shadow left, White coming, Michael going.
Who's it going to be? It's Michael, the shortstop, who takes it in shadow left.
Northrup is retired, one down.
And now Al Kaelin. Kaelin is two for three.
He started off a three-run seventh inning with a single to center field.
First pitch to Kaelin, last ball for a strike.
Tuesday Yankee pitching kept the top four Tiger batters from getting a base hit.
They were combined over 17, Breckman, Rodriguez, Northrup, and Kaelin.
But this afternoon all but Northrup have come back with at least one base hit.
Kaelin takes the ball, it's one and one to the right-hand hitter.
Buskey rocks, kicks, and deals. Breaking pitch, popped up in a shadow right.
This may be trouble. Hegan going back, he's under it now and makes the catch.
Mike Hegan just turned his back on the infield, running as hard as he could.
He adjusts where the ball was, turned at the right moment and pulled it in.
Two outs, and Willie Horton the batter.
Horton is one for three. He had a double in the fourth inning,
but was thrown out by a stretcher into a triple.
Bloomberg to Michael Renettos.
Again this afternoon the Yankees have had fine defensive play,
turned over two double plays in the ball game.
Fitch to Horton on the inside corner, strike one.
The elements picked up five runs in the bottom of the seventh.
They now lead the Cardinals seven to six after seven.
Whoo! Five runs. Well, it can be done.
Cardinals used three pitchers that inning.
What the Yankees need to do here in the ninth.
Horton line drive, base hit to left field.
Roy White down on one, he feels the ball.
And Horton is on with his second base hit, giving him a two for four afternoon.
Second hit off Busky at number 12 for Detroit.
The batter will be Norm Cash. Hegan will not hold Horton on at first base.
Cash is two for three, has a single and a double.
Busky to the belt and turns it loose, strike one called.
Cash has been with the Tigers since 1960, Bill, so that would be 15 years, wouldn't it?
It's a fly ball to left center, Roy White is waiting for it.
Under it, and White has it three times aside.
When he tried in the eighth, no runs, the base hit, the man is left.
At the end of eighth, the score, the Tigers four and the Yankees nothing.
I don't know. I really can't say how many cigarettes I smoke in a day.
Sometimes I don't even know I'm lighting one.
I pick up the phone, I pick up a cigarette automatically.
Sit down with the paper, light up a cigarette, wait for the bus, smoke a cigarette.
The fact of the thing, I reach, I reach.
Sometimes I have a cigarette just because I see someone else lighting up, even someone I'm just watching on television.
It's ridiculous. I smoke most of them without even thinking.
I bet if I really thought about all the cigarettes I smoke automatically, I probably wouldn't smoke them.
Now if I didn't smoke them, I'd automatically cut down.
What a good idea.
Cutting down is always a good idea.
The U.S. Public Health Service has more ways for smokers to help themselves.
Send for them. They're free.
Just mail a postcard with your name and address to Automatic Rockville, Maryland, 20852.
That's the Yankees last chance Frank.
Here they're down four nothing here.
We go into the top of the ninth and the Yankees have the top of the batting order up.
Roy White will try to get something started. Roy has been hit twice with a pitch.
Another time up he hit back to the pitcher, Baldwin.
Baldwin ready to work to Roy and the first pitch, taking high ball one.
Think about the big winners in the American League over the past three years.
You think of Catfish Hunter of Oakland, Jim Palmer in Baltimore, Wilbur Wood at Chicago,
Mickey Lawlitch here at Detroit.
White has a fly ball to deep right. This one is going. It's going to be out of here.
In the upper deck hit one of the support posts in the upper deck.
And Roy White has put the Yankees on the scoreboard.
It got mixed up with those two times he got hit.
At least the first person he makes up for it.
Yankees still down by three though.
That's only their second hit off Coleman.
And that's Roy's first long run of the year.
You think about those pitchers and well, Wilbur Wood with all the starts he gets
is the winningest pitcher over the last three years. He's won 70.
Pollard, Hunter, and Lawlitch have all won 63 games over the last three years.
One's pitch to Higgins down low ball one.
And Joe Coleman's name doesn't come up, but you know in the last three years Bill Coleman has won 62 ball games.
One O'Dale, fastball for a strike to Higgins.
Jim is over three.
They're in the series of course reunited with his dad who is one of Ralph House coaches here in Detroit now.
One long pitch to Mike.
Swing on him, that's strike two.
I think part of the reason he's won a lot of those games too is he's added that pork ball,
which really does wonders for him.
And he can handle left-handers well with it.
Higgins wants time now. Let's see a ball got loose down in the Detroit bullpen where Hiller is warming up again.
Thurman-Munson is on deck. It's 4-1 Detroit.
Coleman deals and Higgins takes low.
Nobody on, nobody out. Roy White lead off the ninth with a home run.
Coleman has his side from Prianne and a 2-2 pitch.
Swing and a missed strike three.
That's the third time Coleman has struck Higgins out.
His other two strikeouts have been Sudeikis for a total of five.
One out, nobody out, and Thurman-Munson steps in.
Thurman has grounded out the first, fly to center, and bounce to third.
Bobby Mercer is on deck.
First pitch, a strike called, looked like a slider.
That's another big thing for Coleman too, Bill, is he's been backed by the Tigers, not the Senators, the last three years.
A few more runs scored. Ground ball to third is foul.
Of course he brought pretty good Enfield over here with him.
He brought the left side of the Tiger Enfield, Rodriguez and Brinkman with him, and that's bound to help.
He brought his defense with him and got a little more offense.
But he is, he's certainly one of the better pitchers in the league.
0-2 delivery. Munson, it's a bouncer right back to Coleman.
He's got your habit, flips it over to Cash at first base, Munson is out two down.
What is Denny McLean doing?
I heard he supposedly had a TV show around here someplace, he was trying to write a book.
TV, radio show, talk show, some kind.
He's probably at Maddox within that deal, Maddox and McLean, Coleman, Brinkman, Rodriguez.
All right, two outs and nobody on. Bobby Mercer has walked once, crowded out twice.
He's over two and looks at the strike.
There again the fork ball from Joe Coleman, and he does throw a good one.
The windup and the 0-1 pitch. Flat armor is ripped now down the right side.
Bouncing into the Yankee bullpen.
No balls and two strikes, two outs, the base is empty, Tigers leading 4-1 here in the ninth inning.
Coleman rocks, kicks and delivers. Mercer swings, brown ball is hit to second.
Settling it up with it, spins, throws to Cash, the ball game is over.
And after winning their first four games, the Yankees are knocked out to satchet out.
In the ninth inning, the Yankees score one run on one hit Roy White's homer.
No errors and nobody left.
Bill White will have the totals and the recap for you in a moment.
The Yankees score, the Tigers four and the Yankees one.
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Well here at Tiger Stadium was all Joe Coleman and the Tigers as the Tigers beat the Yankees by a score of 4-1.
The Tigers got off in the third inning on a double by Gary Sutherland, his fifth straight hit against the Yankees this two game series.
And Arrelo Rodriguez single to center to score Sutherland.
And that's all the Tigers picked up in the third.
They took a 1-0 lead and they added three more in the seventh kept by a two run home run by Mickey Stanley.
And they picked up three runs on four hits and it was 4-0 the Tigers.
And Roy White at his first home run of the year under the right field seats in the upper deck in the night, they got the Yankees on the board.
Coleman pitched a no hitter for seven and one third innings until Gene Michael singles sharply up the middle with one down in the eighth.
And Mike Coleman of course spoiled the shutout even.
So the final run down, the Tigers four runs, 12 hits, no errors.
The Yankees one run, two hits and no errors.