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The Detroit Tigers faced the Oakland Athletics for a Tuesday afternoon game at Oakland Alameda County Coliseum on August 24th, 1982.
Detroit came into the game with a 64-60 record under manager Sparky Anderson.
But excitement around the Tigers was on the rise.
The team had finished in second place during the strike-shortened 1981 season
and was anchored by a solid core of youngsters including Jack Morris, Lance Parrish, Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker, Kirk Gibson, and newcomer Chet Lemon,
who had been acquired in the offseason and a trade to the White Sox for Steve Kemp.
Oakland had lost to the Yankees in the ALCS in 1981 and were now struggling in 1982,
entering the game with a 56-70 record under manager Billy Martin, in which would prove to be his final year with the A's.
This audio recording is from the Detroit Radio broadcast featuring the legendary announcers Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey.
The Yankees are in the lead with a
1-2 pitch coming to Lou Whitaker.
He all works off the third base side of the slant, feet close together, gets his sign from Heath, winds and pitches, and Whitaker hits a foul out of play in the seats down the lower.
Wilson and Herndon are set to follow here in the opening inning. Each of those had home runs in the game last night, as the Tigers took the opening game of the two-game set.
Keogh delivers, Whitaker swings and misses on a high hard one, struck him out.
Glenn Wilson will be the Tiger batter.
Young Settafielder has impressed a lot of observers since he came up from Evansville.
Last night he had a home run, a single and a one, ended up with a two for four.
Picked up a couple of our RBIs. Here's a line shot right to the glove of Gross, 40-ounce.
The ball hit about as hard as anybody can hit one, but Gross was standing right in its path and he gloved it.
Two down, Herndon steps up for the Tigers.
Barry batting 292. 19 home runs and 69 RBIs.
One of his home runs last night, he also had a single last evening.
Right-hand batter backs off, it's in too close from the right-hand pitching Keogh.
Jim and Kim and Joshua Cooper from Toledo, Tiger fans, here today.
There's a foul back into the seat.
Had a good bit of morning fog and overcast, it burned off about an hour before game time.
And now the skies are clear and the sun is bright in Northern California.
Herndon takes and pitches in close to the knee.
Two and one, the County Tiger left fielder.
Keogh into action, delivers. Swing and a foul back to the screen, 2-2 the count on Larry Herndon.
The Tigers now have won seven and lost one against the Oakland team this year.
They've handled them fairly easily.
Jack Hummel out of the ballpark, the former Tiger trainer recovering from his hernia operation and in good shape.
Herndon swings and the Nubs won foul at the plate.
And McRiley wants to inspect the ball, he says it's alright, he'll keep it in play.
2-2 the count on Herndon. Another visitor today was Charlie Silberich, one-time Tiger coach.
Working here with the Oakland A's now.
Here's the motion by Matt Keogh, he pitches and Herndon hits a fly ball to the right.
Armuth comes in and near the line running hard, makes the catch.
And the Tigers go 1-2-3 in the first.
In the half, fitting, those goals.
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Well, the Tiger rookie right-handed Jerry Ujjer heating up now. Jerry's won seven games in the last six. This is his 17th start.
Talking about rookies. The Boston Braves won here back in 1937. Had two rookies who were 20-game winners.
You don't find that very often. Lou Fetty and Jim Turner.
You remember Jim a good bit later on was a coach for many years with the New York Yankees until he retired down to his home state of Tennessee.
Ricky Henderson who is in the spotlight these days because of the way he's chasing Lou Brock's record.
He's sent to break it. He's only three away from a tie at the moment. And he'll be leading off against Jerry Ujjer.
There's a hand for Henderson as he's announced on the public address system.
Batting 271, he has eight home runs and 45 RBI. He's walked 105 times.
Already with about six weeks to go. Right-hander against the right-hander. No score for his fitting.
And Ricky takes a ball low. Ball one.
Jerry Ujjer trying to hold him off now. Here's the windup by Jerry. He delivers a low one.
You may have heard Dan Petrie talking on our free game interview about how tough Henderson is to pitch to.
Where that's the shrinking strike zone of his. The way he hits in the crouch.
That's a good bit away from the plate. Right-hander against the right-hander. The 2-0 pitch.
And Ujjer fires one outside. That ball three.
And of course it's got to be in the back of the pitcher's mind. Don't walk this guy.
And he turns around and right now he's within one pitcher putting him on.
Jerry gets his sign, works again. Here it comes and he takes the strike. Got a fast ball over.
Three-one, the count on the leadoff man, Ricky Henderson. He's attracted a large board of photographers down there.
The motion and the pitch by Ujjer. He takes a walk. Ball four.
Well we'll see the test right away from Bill Fahey. Diving for Lance Parrott.
Gross will be the batter. One thing about hitting behind Ricky Henderson you'll find is the amount of fast balls.
Ujjer has been using a change-up breaking pitch against left-hand hitters.
Now whether he'll do it with Henderson on or not, we'll have to wait and see.
Gross is hitting 247. Six home runs in 30 RBI.
Leach holding on the bag with Ricky Henderson.
You can hear the crowd beginning its rhythmic applause here as he fits DeGroce.
Ricky with the lead. He goes. The pitch is high. Here's the throw by Fahey. Not in time.
So and Fahey's number 116.
Henderson has told everybody that he wants to break a leg of his home before they leave for the steps of Milwaukee.
Now Gross out of the batter's box. That pitch to DeGroce was a ball.
The Tigers really expect Henderson to go all the time.
Stop being very subtle about it. He just takes off and goes.
Now he's trying to get a lead in the second base. Ujjer appearing in to get the sign from Fahey.
Jerry Setsun deals and it is a ball all the way. Ball two on Gross.
After Wayne it'll be Dwayne Murphy.
Malfield is straight up on Gross. He's a long ball threat.
No score first inning. The Tigers went out one, two, three.
Henderson led up with a walk here for the A's and stole second base.
Now a 2-0 situation. Here's the set by Ujjer and the bluffs and Henderson handles back toward second base.
I sure would like to have seen Ujjer throw the first when Henderson got the bag. He had a lead over there.
I don't think he could have gotten back to the bag with any decent toss at first.
Now here's the set again by Jerry ready to deal. The pitch to Gross is a low one and the Count is ball three.
Henderson generally gets by with sheer speed. He doesn't worry as much as some base runners have in the past.
Some great stealers about pitchers moves or establishing leads and all those other little
things that come with stealing. He depends on his speed.
There's a ball low and Gross has a walk. So Ujjer has walked two and sets the table for Dwayne Murphy, the left-handed batting setter fielder.
Murphy batting 2-43. He's up there near the top on his club at home runs with 18. He has 75 RBI.
He's the team leader in that department. Here comes Roger Craig out now. He wants to try to settle Ujjer down a little bit here in the first inning.
Ujjer went five and a third innings in Anaheim and got the Tiger 8-6 victory over Ken Foch his last time out.
That was last Friday night.
Well the confab's over at the mound and Mr. Craig goes back to the dugout.
The A's have a first inning threat thanks to a couple of walks. Tigers are pulling their end field up a little bit.
And here's Dwayne Murphy at the plate. Now field is straight up and deep on Murphy.
He stands a little more forward in the batter's box than most hitters.
Ujjer sets and deals and it is a pitch out but the runners aren't moving. Ball one.
They have put 15 doubles still so far this year.
Here's the set. There's a throw to second and he is back safely.
Camel ducks behind the runner Henderson and he slid back head first. Ricky makes all his slides head first.
Now he edges off the bag. Lincolns that lead.
Gross comes off first. Here's the set by Ujjer and a pitch all the way. It is a strike on the outside corner. One and one.
Ujjer has no 1982 record against this team. In fact he has no career record against them.
Murphy waits on the one-one delivery from Jerry. They go to the runners. They pitch his end tie for the third. He saves.
Number 117 for Ricky Henderson. One short of time record. Gross failed in and picked up the back end of the double field.
So that's three steals in this inning by the A's to by Ricky Henderson. One more and he will tie the all-time record set by Blue Rock.
Man on second, man on third. The Tigers will play their end field back and it is a 2-1 count on Murphy.
He's a set the pitch. It is a low one and Henderson is coming home. On the third goes Gross. The ball knocked down by May and it'll be scores a wild pitch.
Knocked down by Bill. It bounced over to his left and the runners moved up one. Henderson gets a run.
Gross takes third, one to nothing Oakland in the opening inning. And they have scored on two walks, steals and a wild pitch.
End field are still staying back for the Tigers and the count is three and a one on Dwayne Murphy. Now Gross comes down the line.
Here's the wind up by Uger. The pitch is a ball in the dirt. He walked in. That'll be the third straight walk up Jerry.
Tony Armis will be the next man to bat. And the young Dave Rucker, the California left-hander, throwing in the both-man for the Tigers.
End field playing back in double play depth on Tony Armis. Tony batting 240. 21 home runs and 69 RBI. Outfield is deep and straight up.
The pitch to him is a low one and a good pick up by Fahey. Uger has had trouble locating the plate. It started when Henderson was up.
He walked to Ricky, walked to Gross, walked to Murphy. The steals stand with Jim between and the Tigers find themselves behind one to nothing in the opening inning.
Cabell came over the mound. Fahey went out to try to settle down the pitcher.
Murphy has won for the last 17 times at bat. Right hand about a wedding. Here's the pitch and it is a ball and the runner first to Murphy goes.
He'll make it easy. Now that'll be a steal for Murphy. It'll be the fourth steal of this inning.
Murphy's got 24 of them.
Armis steps away. They've got the infield still back with the runners down at second and third.
Uger looking to third base and here's the pitch on the way. It is a strike on the outside corner.
Didn't Gross steal home against the Tigers a couple of years ago? Yes he did. Jack Morris, wasn't it?
Jack worked from the line up and Gross came in. A man who generally you don't count on as being a super base stealer.
Armis still waiting. Gross down the line and the pitch is swung on at the left field. It is a foul ball into the bullpen.
Almost a relief to see the bat make contact with the ball.
Yeah you figure the Tigers might have a better chance. That's right.
That's a crazy inning so far. The Tigers went out one, two, three.
And now the Oakland A's that scored a run without the benefit of a hit or an error for that matter.
And they've got runners at second and third and nobody down.
And Armis at the plate and Tony swings up a ground ball to short.
Trammell will go to first base with it. Armis is out. Gross scores and on to third goes Murphy.
To nothing Oakland, the man at third one down. RBI for Armis on the bounce out to Allen Trammell.
Number four, Dan Meyer.
It's Danny Meyer the ex-Tiger playing first base.
How field is straight up on Danny? Maybe a little bit over to the right field side on him.
Batting 265 and he has eight home runs. 57 RBI's. It is a ball low.
Murphy bluffing down the line from third on that pitch from Jerry Ujua to Danny Meyer.
To nothing Oakland leads first inning.
There's a bounding foul down toward the Tiger bullpen past first base.
Meyer just safely in file of the last six games.
Always a threat at the plate. Danny Meyer left hand about a waiting. Here's a bit. He takes a wide one.
Two on the count on him. Remember that Meyer started out of the Tiger system with Bristol and really burned up the league that first minor league season.
He hit 396 that year.
Murphy down the line from third. Now Ujua may work off the set position this time. Let's see.
Looking in now he goes for the stretch. Looks to third. He pitches. Meyer swings and misses at a low fastball.
And the count on Danny is 2-2.
He'll be followed by Davy Lopes.
Ujua to the stretch again.
And the pitch on the way. Swung on it to set a field deep. Wilson goes back.
He's being tagged by Murphy. Wilson makes the catch.
Murphy comes home. It's a sacrifice from Meyer. A 3-0 lead for the Oakland team.
They have picked up three without a hit. The first three men walked and all three have crossed the plate.
Davy Lopes will be the next Oakland hitter.
Davy batting 2-5-3 with 11 homers. 36 runs batted in.
Davy had a single and four turns against Dan Peetree at the opening game last night.
Wind up by Ujua and the right-hander fires a fastball low. Ball one.
Lopes cuts and balls it back into the seat behind the plate.
Peetree's jumping out in front. 3-0 in the opening inning.
Here's the motion now by Ujua. The pitch on the way. Swung on a line drive right to Cabela third for the final out.
It's three runs on a no-hit. There were no errors. Nobody left. That would be it. One inning. Oakland 3-0.
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Mike Ivey will be leading off with the Tigers now, they went out 1-2-3 in the first inning against the right-hander Matt Keough.
Ivey in the game last night hit the ball hard but didn't have a hit.
First two times up he hit the long hard drives caught by the outfielders.
Ivey, Cabell and Leach will be testing Keough and it is a 3-0 lead for Oakland.
The Tigers are adding in the second.
Here's a slow pitch to Mike, it's a little bit low ball one.
The outfield deeps it up on him and the infield also backs.
Keough right-hands one of the plates and Ivey takes the strike on the outside corner.
Talking about hard hit balls, Burke shot and used to keep a scorecard when he managed to dodge it.
And if you hit the ball hard you got credit just as much as if the ball had fallen in for a hit.
Here's the pitch and it is swung on and Leach still has the base hit by Ivey.
He reached out on that slow pitch and the line fell up to you for a single.
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The ball was hit there on the line drive to third base.
He figured that was good as a ball hit hard that wasn't caught in his scorecard.
Here's Cabell coming into the mat.
Tigers have a man on and nobody down, they trail free nothing.
Enos didn't get a hit last night, he went 0 for 4.
His batting average is 265.
Couple of home runs, 32 RBIs with a lanky right-hand batter.
He pops this one up, it's over to the second base position.
He's under it, he gloves it and holding it first is Ivey.
Cliff Johnson, the big first baseman DH of his Oakland team calls Mike Ivey ivory.
Mike says he's been calling me that ever since I came to the big league.
Here's Leach ready to step in now, 3-0 Oakland.
Tigers have a man on and the man out in their second inning.
Leach did not get a hit last night, he went 0 for 2.
Had a couple of walks, batting 224 and he takes the ball outside.
Rick has three homers, he's knocked in 12 runs this season.
Outfield a right on him, key out and it is, it is a strike, a fast ball in above the knee.
Here's Sam Wynip from Farmington Hills, out to see this series.
Now the set by Matney pitches, slow curve, hangs outside.
He's got a pretty good fast ball but you see him throw a lot of slow curves and a lot of sliders.
He's another excellent fielder.
Here's a tall right hander, kicks and deals.
Here's a high fly ball, deep right it may go foul, down in the right field corner.
It is a foul ball, a long one but foul.
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A long, loud strike on Rick Leach.
He hit that one way back of the seat but he pulled it foul by about 10 feet.
Throwing a lap to try again, 2-2 the count on him.
Key out of the set position pitches.
It's a strike called, he's sitting there like that by the side of the road and watch that one go by.
Stuck him out.
The second strike out for the Oakland right hander, Key O.
Here comes Len Jones who contributed to the Tiger attack last night with singles his last two times up.
2 for 4 in the Tiger victory over Oakland yesterday.
It is a fast ball out and then ball on.
Here's the set now by Key O.
He pitches, there's his slider in for a strike.
One and one.
Key O will throw a screwball but he'll use that mostly against the left-handed.
And the Tigers think he'll throw the slip ball once in a while.
Here's a ball low, 2 and 1.
Most teams figure most of the ace pitchers throw spitters.
I think a lot of guys do around the league who don't get credit for it or blame for it.
Depending on the way you root for them, there's a bounding ball to shortstop.
Gloved by Stanley, he flips it over the ropes and the Tigers are out.
And Di-V is fourth for the final out.
No runs and one hit.
No errors, one man left.
And at the end of an inning and a half it is Oakland 3-D. Nothing.
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The A's coming back and it'll be Mitchell Page to lead off the start to bot and takes a fastball outside of all one.
3-0 Oakland ahead of the Tigers.
I feel the botches toward the middle on Page.
He's heading 263 and he takes the half cut. Couldn't hold up and the count is 1-1. It'll be Heath and Stanley Depado.
Each of these teams leaves for a trip after this game.
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Usher winds and deals. There's a swing and a miss by Mitchell Page.
Breeze is blowing out today from the plate toward the outfield. Now Page not quite ready to get back into the batter's box.
A's on this home stand have won six and lost five. Here's the wind up and the pitch.
Swing and a little choppy hit on the ground over toward first base.
Page has hit safely in five of the last six games.
He's another one who's a threat on the bases.
Usher winds delivers and Page hits a high pop up into short right center.
Whitaker going back now. Here comes Jones and it's Lynn Jones to make the catch.
Mike Heath who didn't play in the game last night. He's the catcher. He'll be up there now for the A's.
Heath hitting 246 with one home run in 31 RBI. He's hit in the sixth big game.
Native of Tampa, Florida, Mike Heath. One time Yankee property started with the Yanks.
They trade him to the Rangers but he never got to play there. He came to Oakland from Texas.
Here's the pitch. Swung on and fouled back.
Here's a ball from the Yankee. Here's the wind up and the pitch.
Here's the wind up and the pitch. He swings and misses. Well he must not have all put on that one.
Now it's strike two, one and two.
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Huge you're ready to go to work again. Here's the pitch to Heath. It is a wide one, two to the count.
It's the fourth year that Heath has been here with the A's.
Stand deep, feet close together. Right hand hitter against the right hand pitching of Uger.
Jerry Wines and deals and it is low ball three, full count.
No game for the Tigers tomorrow. They resume action the next evening though in the Kingdome in Seattle.
Uger checks his sign. Here's the pitch. He takes and he's on with the base on ball.
Well Uger had him and then lost him. He had two strikes on him and then walked him.
In that Thursday night game when the Tigers open their four game series in Seattle against the Mariners.
That'll be Jack Morris against Mike Moore.
Here's Fred Stanley the shortstop coming to bat.
One eighty nine hitter with one home run. A ten RBI's right hand batter. They've got a man at first base Heath.
One man down three nothing Oakland throw to first and Heath is back in time.
The fourth walk off Uger he walked three in the opening inning and all three scored.
That's how Oakland picked up that three nothing lead.
Here's the set by Jerry holds it at the belt but it is and Stanley takes a fastball on the outside corner for a strike.
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Here's the set throw to first. He's back in time.
Here's the second time that family waiting at the plate strike one the count on Fred Uger delivers.
It's a pitch out for the first by Fahey back in time as a runner.
He's four steals in that opening inning for the running A's here in Oakland.
One out one on Uger holds it at the belt now pitches and Stanley takes a strike a fastball on the inside corner.
The other pitching arrangement for the Tigers at the Seattle after Jack Morris on Thursday will be Wilcox Petrie and then you to complete the series against the BD Bannister and Perry.
And we hope you'll join us for those broadcast from the Kingdome in Seattle.
Here's the set now by Uger. He deals again and Sammy swings and this is on a low fastball and walks back to the dugout.
Chuck him out. The first strikeout and now here is the featured performer and this is the muscular soap opera this afternoon.
Ricky Henderson. He walked the second and third game home on a wild pitch in the first inning.
He now has one hundred and seventeen stolen bases. He needs one to tie the all time mark of blue brought.
He's up for the second time in two innings. Right hand batter waiting on Uger to add one on that goes around and a pitch is outside.
He's so is not in time and he has a stolen base. The fifth steal for the Oakland D's.
Each time that the Uger has walked the man that man is stolen second base and then the four walks and four steals of second and then also a steal of third ball on the count on Ricky Henderson.
Two out of man and second base that he's leading off second. Here's the set by Jerry Uger and Henderson takes a breaking ball low ball to get the feeling that some of the strategy is predicated on getting Henderson on base with nobody in front of him.
He's got a big lead off second now. A gigantic lead and they pitched to Henderson as a strike. He took a fastball through there.
Outfield is straight up on Ricky.
Now the set the travel ducks behind there's no throw and now backing up to second base is the runner he and it's been moved out of the batter's box three nothing Oakland in the lead in the second inning.
Uger checks his time with his catcher Fahey and they pitch to Henderson swung on and hit high in the air down the right field line Jones coming over to foul territory got it and they retired.
So it's no run no hits a walk no errors one man left and we go into the third inning with the Oakland A's leading the Tigers three nothing.
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The Tigers left hand of adding catcher.
Subbing for Lance Parrish who has gone home. His wife is in labor. Here's the pitch.
Plung on there's a high foul off of first base.
Over near the dugout comes Meyer and he makes the catch.
Good catch by Danny Meyer.
He quietly over ran it and right at the top of the dugout step, reached back and got it in his midst.
Fahey fouls the first one away. Here's Trammell.
Allen batting 236 with seven home runs and 44 runs batted in.
Three nothing Oakland in the lead. They got three in the opening inning without a hit.
Matt Teal has allowed the Tigers a single to Ivy. He's been the only runner.
Now Matt goes into motion and pitches. It is a fastball low on Trammell Allen.
Gross is in close at third base.
Ground ball is short. Stanley has a nice hop. He fires over the first two away in the Tigers third.
Whitaker the lead up man who fanned the first trip steps up again.
Well we'd like to send get well wishes from the Tigers to Mr. Earl Bailey in St. Luke Hospital in Saginaw.
Mr. Hoyt join her in St. Joseph Hospital in Pontiac.
Here's Whitaker batting for the second time this afternoon.
Mount Beale is straight away on the low. The infield back except for the third baseman gross.
Here's a foul on the screen. Keough started him off with a fastball right at the hand.
Third inning three nothing Oakland.
Outside curve stays outside of the count is one and one on Sweet Lou.
Keough working quickly comes back with a fastball swing and a miss by Whitaker.
One ball and two strikes to count on him.
He already again delivers. Here's a swing and a fly ball to left going back is Henderson running hard and he can't get it off the wall.
Whitaker going for two he has a stand up double.
Let's see a double off the bat of Whitaker puts a tiger at second with two men out here on the third it'll bring up Glenn Wilson.
Well from the first step in a vicious line drive to gross at third base of the.
Right hander against the right handed Tigers trail three nothing third inning.
Keough pitches Wilson takes a ball low.
They got the outfield swung extremely toward left on Glenn Wilson and he looks at a strike on the outside corner one and one.
Keough checking his time with his catcher he pitches and it is a strike a slider on the outside corner for a second.
Coming in behind Whitaker but there's no damage.
Three nothing Oakland Tigers trying to do something about that deficit here in the third inning.
The second gets a longer lead set by Matt Keough he pitches it is a low outside fastball to two.
Wilson better than he's standing deep here's a bit he taps it foul over toward the Tiger dugout.
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There was no home run in the Tiger third but John Scanyon wins a pair of tickets to a Tiger game compliments to the Metro Detroit Chevy dealer.
He's the head of the Tigers three nothing we're going down to the last half of the third and grossly lost.
Wayne takes that inside pitch ball one.
Gross walked in the first inning and there's a low on ball to the count on the big left hand batting infielder in that opening inning Henderson gross and Murphy are three walks and all of them scored runs.
Henderson picked up a couple of steals and now has one hundred and seventeen for the year.
Rose blips and the pitches low ball three three and all the county.
You also walked a man in the second so he's issued for walk.
There's a strike he got his fastball over three and one.
He checks his time with Fahey is catcher works again.
Here it comes and gross swings and misses on a chain.
That's the pitch that the usual use against left handed.
Got to keep them a little bit more off balance earlier in the year.
He'd had a lot of problems with the left hand batter and he added that pitch to his repertoire.
Now gross steps out and back in the batter's box here in Oakland wind up by you.
He's got a pitchers and there's a fly ball to set a field of both and is there to his right.
He gloves it and there's one away.
That's the third outfield put out for the Tigers.
Plus one foul fly that was caught by Lynn Jones.
Well you can't count it for if you want to be precise.
And here's that Wayne Murphy coming to man he walked in the score to run in the opening inning.
Oakland ahead three nothing in their third.
Wing and a foul ball hit on the ground down toward first base.
Murphy one of the speedsters and a great outfielder and a good hitter.
Basically a fastball hitter.
Stand deep fairly close together with his feet. Here's a bit and he takes the ball outside.
Tigers try to play pitch him with the breaking balls away from the plate.
Now the motion of the pitch he is jammed with a fastball.
It got the inside quarter one and two of the count on Dwayne Murphy one out nobody on three nothing.
Oakland third inning final appearance for the Tigers in this ballpark in 1982.
Now the motion of the pitch it is high. It was a close one to do.
In that nationally game the only major league game going on besides this one the Cubs are leading eight to four now in the eighth inning over the Giants.
The Lars and Buckner have hit home run for the team. Jenkins and Gale with a started.
Here's a fastball low and the county's full three to Gale has been relieved by Holland and the brining in that order.
Well the Giants use the motion and the pitch on the way he takes the walk.
This will be the fifth walk issued by you.
Tony Armis drove home a run with a bounce out the travel to shortstop in the opening inning will be the batter.
And they've got the infield to double play depth against Tony.
You just stepping off the slab now not quite ready to go to work again.
Murphy getting a lead draws a throw over there to a lead.
And they pitch on the way there's a drive to left might be her and go back to the wall reaches makes the cat about as far back as he could go and retreating and holding at first is Murphy the ball dropped by Leeds.
But the Murphy just stays at first base a long hard drive off the bat of armistice picked off the fence by her good.
That keeps the man at first. There are two down and Danny Meyer will be the batter.
Well the infield can play back on Danny.
Three nothing Oakland made their batting on the third inning against you.
There's a toss over the first.
No damage over there Murphy back in plenty of time.
Is a fastball outside.
Murphy has been on on two straight walks.
Billy girl girl to the Tigers once set a record he drew seven straight walks in 1938.
Melon and Eddie thank you later tied that mark.
That's a lot of walking in a row.
My way but they throw goes to first base again and Murphy back safely.
Meyer played just about straight away and they flame deep.
May have a three nothing lead over the Tigers. Here's the set by you.
You're running goes at the pitch out.
They throw the second is in time.
They cut him down. Murphy is out.
Camel covering putting the tag on Murphy and they go out one two three and the third in the three Oakland three Detroit nothing.
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Three nothing Oakland the Tigers come to bat now and the fourth inning Larry Herndon will lead it off and let's tune in on Paul Kerry.
All right Ernie Larry got up to the batter's box went back to the dugout and apparently picked up a different piece of timber.
I think he got up there and realized it wasn't his bat.
Excuse me come turned into the plate.
He'll be followed by Ivy and Cabell in the fourth inning.
Matt Keough is struck out three has not walked anybody and allowed to hit.
There's a looper toward left field that'll be a hit for Herndon one half of a mid of Henderson he charged then played it safe.
And Larry is on with a leadoff single.
I think we've had a reminder about a station break.
So let's get ready to slip one in here.
Let's pause for station identification.
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This is the 50,000 watt voice of the Great Lakes and the flagship station for the Detroit Tigers.
You're listening to AM 76 WJR Detroit.
Here's Mike Ivy.
Ivy has singled the left of the first Tiger hit in the second inning.
Herndon at first the pitch to him and it's taken low and outside for ball one.
Keough with 10 wins 16 defeats.
That's that kind of a dotted record one year he had 17 losses and only two victories.
Ivy swings and pops it up the short right field backpedaling his lopes.
He gives way to Armis and Tony just not too far back to second base position makes the catch.
There's one out with Herndon at first and Nina's Cabell will be the batter.
He goes out to talk to Keough.
He's had some problems with control this year but he's not evident in any here so far in this game.
They toss the first base Herndon gets back.
Second round to see if there's going to change.
We got some announcement about somebody with stomach spasm.
Another toss to first.
Larry is back.
See any change defensively but I can note here's the pitch.
It's a pitch out and not much of one.
Cabell drops the bat at the plate.
He's had stepped way to his right reach back toward the plate.
Nina's is having a conversation with Mike Riley about that.
He's jabbering away as standing outside.
Herndon at first with one down here in the Tiger fourth inning.
Three nothing A's they scored without a hit and a first inning on three walks, four stolen bases, a wild pitch and a bounce on the sacrifice fly.
All contributing to the three runs.
Cabell checks his swing and fouls it back.
Two strikes on E.
Herndon at first with a leadoff single.
Ivy is hit a pop out to right field and now Cabell with a two strike count.
They pitch to Enos fouled back into the stands up behind the Tiger dugout.
Matt Keough comes from a fine athletic family.
Of course his dad was a former Major League outfielder.
Played with six different Major League teams.
Now scouts for the Cardinals.
But and his uncle Joe played with the A's and the White Sox.
There's a swing and a miss.
Cabell fouled throw the first back is Herndon.
Four strikeouts for Keough.
He gave him a change up and brings up Rick Leach.
Our man, Rick Leach.
Now with the ransom information about somebody with some stomach spasms and it turns out I checked the defense didn't see any changes there and didn't notice.
But we're working with three umpires.
Larry Barnett has been excused for the day pitches low for ball one to Rick Leach.
He's really overshipped their outfielders on the Tiger hitters.
They're shifting way to right on Leach and Rick takes the strike one and one.
Leach took a call third strike his first time up.
He went over to in the opener here last night.
Toss over to first base and earned and get back and first.
Matt dad Marty was not only a Major League baseball player but was perhaps one of the finest football players developed in this area.
The old those days he was playing a triple threat tailback.
Big leap for her in the first the pitch to Leach on the corner.
It's a strike one and two on Rick.
He goes back and grabs a handful of dirt.
Flips it away.
The pitch from Keough just a bit wide two and two.
Keough has not had much luck winning here at home as record two and nine this year at home eight and seven on the road.
But he's got three nothing lead today.
Leach fouls it back to the screen.
That's been giving up a bundle of home runs this season a total of twenty eight.
So far this year last year he gave up of course a shortened season but he gave up eleven Leach takes it in the dirt it bounces away from heat but out in front of the plate.
He just puts it back to Keough no advance by Herndon.
The full count now on Rick and Keough figured that ball got damaged a little bit skipping in front of the plate off the shin guard of heat.
He exchanges it.
Not a cloud in the sky here.
Well the Oakland folks and the Tigers came out the ballpark were almost apologizing about the weather.
The natives they should know it would burn off and it sure did.
Now the pitch there goes Herndon and it's taken outside for ball four and the Tigers get two men on the first time in the same inning.
Leach at first turned in at second the first pass issued by Keough and he wants to have a talk with Matt.
The batter will be Lynn Jones.
Lynn had a couple of hits last night he had not played in the Tiger game in two weeks.
A little strain of the right ankle and Lynn is playing in right field with Chet Lemmon suffering from a pulled hamstring.
When he came through with a couple of singles up the middle last night and he hit another ball that was deflected for a double play.
He hit that one harder than anything.
Two on two off the pitch from Keough high and away ball one on Lynn.
Herndon at second Leach at first.
Keough delivers fouled back above the Tiger dugout into the stand.
Now they're in the ninth inning at Wrigley Field now and it's still an eight to four Cubs lead.
Giants an unhappy team these days they feel they got jobs a bit in St. Louis.
And were beaten yesterday by the Cubs.
They move back into contention with Atlanta failing ground ball off the leg of Keough it's worked toward third everybody is safe the bases are loaded.
Gross picked up the ball near the line and he had no play anywhere.
That was a shot hit up the middle again by Lynn and this time it came off the foot of Keough I believe.
It'll be a base hit for Lynn Jones loading the bases for Bill Fahey.
The Tigers with a chance to climb back in it here in the fourth inning have loaded the bases with two off.
Fahey popped a foul to Danny Meyer his first time up.
Bill subbing for Lance Parish here this afternoon on the spot right now at the plate.
Here's the wind up by Keough the pitch he checks it's on the outside corner strike one goal.
Well look the third the full line up Keough pitches ground foul he changed up on him and he just got a little piece of that he's out in front of it.
Two strikes on Bill.
One time infielder Matt Keough he played three years as a pro as an infielder before becoming a pitcher.
Bases loaded with Tigers two strikes on Fahey two out the pitch to Bill.
He swings and bounces a foul down past first base coach Dick Kraszyewski.
Keough off the mound walked back up.
Tigers have four hits off him but have not been able to score.
Two strikes on Fahey Keough delivers ground foul again over toward the Tiger dugout.
Fahey hanging in.
Lance was in the initial lineup but he got the call out here at the ballpark and put his street clothes back on again and is headed back home catching a plane out of the Bay Area.
The call that Arlen was in labor and hopefully about to expect to produce their second child.
The join David here's the pitch to Fahey high for a ball that was a fastball from Keough.
John Walkenfuss is suffering from a sprained ankle.
He is helping out and in uniform and he's down on the bullpen.
But not nearly 100 percent.
Fahey is the man behind the plate here today and there's a wide one to Bill to two counts.
He's up ready to throw. He likes to throw to the base.
He does a far better percentage of cutting down runners than Newman who sees more action behind the plate.
With a little better bat to two count bases loaded the pitch to Bill Fahey high from all three.
Keough got two strikes on him. Fahey kept fouling him off.
Now he's working. Finally he worked a couple of pitches that were just off the outside corner.
That one was high.
Now this will free the chains on the base runners.
Well, Mary Garron starts the pitch. Swung on fly ball. The left field should be caught. Henderson is under it.
He waits. He's got it. And the Tigers load them but leave them.
And after three and a half innings, Oakland free, Detroit nothing.
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Bottom of the fourth inning here at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum.
Danny Meyer will be leading it off.
Second time up for Whitey in the game, Danny had to sacrifice fly to drive in one of the three runs in the first inning.
In case you joined us late, Wildness by Jerry Udger contributed to three Oakland runs.
They still do not have a hit off Udger.
Here's the wind up, the pitch to Meyer, swung on and popped foul down the third base line.
Long run for Cabell. Can he get there? No, can't quite reach it down the bullpen.
There's a lot of space to run behind first and third here at the Oakland Coliseum.
Stands Bell back from behind the plate. Odd configuration in foul territory.
Looks like a giant, weird sized keyhole.
Now the wind up, the pitch from Udger. It's low and outside.
One and one on Danny Meyer.
Udger into the motion now delivers to the left hand hitting first baseman.
It's just off the outside corner. Udger thought he had it.
Two and one. Well he walked Ricky Henderson to lead off the ball game.
Henderson stole second.
Now the pitch to Meyer swung on a high foul fly to right.
Racing is leeched but he won't get to this one. It's back in the stands.
Getting back to that first inning he walked Ricky Henderson to lead it off.
And Henderson stole second, number 116.
He walked Wayne Gross. Then they pulled a double steal.
Henderson getting his 117th. One within Lou Brock's record.
Then a wild pitch brought home Henderson.
And Dwayne Murphy walked.
He stole second. A bounce out by Tony Armiscout in a run and a sacrifice fly by Meyer scored the other.
Low and inside. Three to count now on Danny Meyer.
Three walks, four stolen bases and a wild pitch in that inning.
There's called strike three. Meyer started the first base and he's out of there.
Second strikeout for Uger.
Here's Davy Lopes who lined out the Cabell his first time up.
Got a final now from Wrigley Field, the only other matinee in the majors today.
The Cubs defeated the Giants eight to four. Eight runs, ten hits.
The Giants had four runs and six hits.
Rich Gale started and didn't last very long. He left in the second inning.
There's a called strike on Davy Lopes.
Gale the loser, five and thirteen and Fergie Jenkins hung in there after giving up three runs in the first two innings.
He wound up with his ninth win against thirteen defeats.
Strike two called on Lopes.
Buckner homered for the Cubs today with two on.
Sularz homered for San Francisco.
The Giants have lost four in a row.
Now the pitch. There's a called strike three. Lopes fooled and he doesn't like it.
He's mad but he should be mad at himself.
Beauty by Uger. He really broke one off.
Two off. That'll bring up the left hand hitting D.H. Mitchell-Page.
The Giants had climbed back into the Western Division race but
had run up into trouble at St. Louis and Chicago.
Swing and a miss by Page. He went after a pitch that was almost in the dirt.
Here's the wind up by Uger. They pitch.
Swing and a miss. He took another wild cut.
A young fellow came up to me at the coffee shop here yesterday and said,
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I think many people consider the Giants to have a great deal of a chance but they have done a good job.
Coming back into contention for a while. Here's the wind up.
The two strike pitch. Swung on and missed. Three straight pitches.
And Uger strikes out the side in the fourth.
After four innings, A's three, Tigers nothing.
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Here's Alan Trammell to lead off with the Tigers in the fifth inning. With Ernie Harwell, this is Paul Carey at the Oakland Coliseum.
Wind up of a brief two game stay here. Tigers won the opening game last night 5-1 behind the pitching of Dan Petrie.
But trail three nothing as we move to the fifth inning today. Swing and a miss by Trammell.
Keough has shown some excellent off speed breaking pitches. Matt has struck out four, walked one, and allowed four hits.
The right hander kicks and pitches to Trammell. He runs up as though the bunt holds off at the ball. One and one on Alan.
Trammell bouncing back from that shoulder ailment. Now the pitch from Keough. It's high.
Two and one on Alan. That was Tom Brookens nursing a bad elbow. Tigers a little short.
Swung on a fly ball to right field. Armas drifting into his right. Flips the glasses down. He's got it and there's one up.
Now before Blue Whitaker bats lets pause for station identification. This is the Detroit Tiger Baseball Network.
This is AM 76. The great voice of the Great Lakes and the flagship station for the Detroit Tigers. WJR Detroit.
Wayne Gross inside at third. The pitch to Whitaker. He swings and misses.
Lew doubled over the head of Ricky Henderson his last time up. One for two today. Keough working quickly comes back and it's in for a strike.
Whitaker short and ran up at it and then just kind of faded away but it was right through the heart of the play.
Two strikes on Lew. Now the pitch from Keough. He wastes one outside.
One to pitch to Whitaker. Fouled back over the screen into the stands.
One out nobody on here on the Tiger fifth inning. The Tigers moving on up the coast of Seattle tonight.
They'll start a four game series in the Kingdom on Thursday night. We'll be on the air.
Let's see the first three nights at 10 15 and I think it's a half hour earlier on Sunday at 9 45 Michigan time.
Whitaker takes it outside two and two on Lew. Keough delivers. There's a punch to left foul back into the stands.
He just reached out. Chopped at it. Remains two balls two strikes on Sweet Lew.
Keough winds and delivers. There's another fly to left. It'll be foul and in the bullpen into the stands.
Good catch by the man down in the corner. The A's have got some sore arms right now.
We're talking about Jeff Jones heading today to Minneapolis to get a shot from Dr. O'Faylon there.
And Mike Norris has an ailing shoulder. He's going down to Los Angeles to confer with Dr. Job.
Swung on a high fly ball down the left field line. Left fielder Henderson in foul territory there. Makes the catch.
Now Gross and Stanley and Henderson converge down that there are two down.
And that brings up Glenn Wilson. Glenn is hit with two trips first time up.
He had a screaming line drive right at the middle of Gross's third base.
Glenn has hit safely in 11 straight games now and in 15 of his last 16.
Keough ready to work. Play first pitch to Wilson. Swung on line drive right field. A base hit for Wilson. He keeps the streak going.
Glenn is on with two out here in the Tiger fifth inning.
Hit number five for the Tigers. That'll bring up Larry Herndon who's one for two.
The Tigers will see the A's when they're back home next.
Next Tuesday the Tigers begin a week long home stand.
Three straight night games Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday against the Angels and the A's are in Friday night, Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Herndon takes a low one from Keough.
And for the opener of that series with the A's Friday, September 3rd.
We'll have the chicken on our side.
The A's will have the chicken on theirs and Fred Stanley.
Now the pitch from Keough. Ground ball to Stanley. He underhands to Mopes for the fourth and second.
That's all for the Tigers. No runs to hit the man left. After four and a half it's still the A's three. Tigers nothing.
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Mike Heath will be stepping in to lead it off for the A's here in the fifth inning. Mike walked his first time up.
Jerry Euger trailing 3-0 as a result of his own wildness in the first inning.
He walked five and had one wild pitch and has struck out four, including the last three in a row. There's a wide one to Heath.
Now Jerry into the motion, he kicks and fires. There's a base hit to right field.
There's a hole between Whitaker and Leigh. Sharp play and one hop out of the infield.
That's the first hit of the ball game for the A's.
That'll bring up Fred Stanley with Ricky Henderson on deck. Stanley struck out his only time up.
The bell sneaking in looking for the bunt. Here's a stretch by Euger.
And the pitch he squares the bunt, takes it low and outside.
Some of the folks around Oakland here were kind of perturbed and mad at Fred Stanley because he'd been getting some hits lately.
As the number nine man of the batting order and getting on first base.
He'd been walking and getting some hits and they didn't like that out of their number nine man because that clogged up the base pass in front of Ricky Henderson if he should get on.
Here's the stretch by Euger. He goes to first base sending Heath back.
Euger taking a little more time now. Right hand hitting Stanley waiting at the plate. Here's the pitch. He squares and bumps it foul down the first baseline.
Jack Morris goes in the opener Thursday night at the Kingdome against Mike Moore.
And I see Gaylord again this time around. He got called last night and was ejected from the ballgame by Plain Empire Dave Phillips for the alleged use of a spitter.
I wonder where he got that idea. Now the set. They whooped the hole. Now the 1-1 pitch and it's low to Heath.
Two and one on Mike. I beg your pardon on Stanley. Heath at first base after a base hit.
The lead here in the bottom of the fifth. Little toss to first again.
Outfield straight up on Stanley and not very deep. Here's the set. Now they throw the first. Leech was coming off the bag.
Jackie Moore the first base coach out to have a word with the runner Heath. Jackie Brown I should say.
There goes the runner. It's fouled back into the stand.
I was right the first time. One time Tiger.
So at the count of two balls two strikes Stanley swinging away on that 2-1 delivery. As they sent Heath let's see what happens here.
Stretched by Uger. The runner goes the pitches popped in the air foul off first base. Leech chasing still racing after it.
He makes a fine catch and then turns around to take a look to see what happened to Heath and he got back to the bag at first.
A good over the shoulder catch by Leech. Well off first base and foul ground.
Now that brings up Ricky Henderson. Henderson with two steals today in the first inning is one hundred sixteenth and one hundred seventeenth.
Needs one to tie. Lugrock's record.
Uger retired him on a foul fly to right his last time up.
Heath is at first base with one up.
Uger working from the stretch goes to first driving Heath back.
Henderson swinging the bat starts to get into that lean back crotch of his.
Here's the set the pitch to him swung on a five ball to center field should be caught Wilson with the glasses down looking up into that tough sky makes the catch.
And Henderson is retired this time around as Heath is still at first base two out.
The batter now Wayne Groves who has walked and fly to center. He's got all three runs on the first inning.
Uger walked Henderson who stole second. Walked Groves.
And they pulled a double steal two steals for Henderson. He scored on a wild pitch by Uger who walked Murphy who stole second.
A bounce off the sacrifice fly getting in a couple of runs in addition to the wild pitch scoring one.
Here's a stretch by Uger and the pitch to Groves hits a pitch out but no movement at first by Heath.
In the second inning Heath walked and stole second.
Bay he cut down Murphy attempting to steal in the third inning.
Jerry delivers check swing at the call strike on Wayne Groves.
Wayne was involved in the little melee the angels and A's had a week or so ago.
Uger checking the runner the pitch to Groves swung on there's a high fly ball the right field not deep Jones over toward the line makes the catch.
That's all for the A's no runs a hit the man left after five innings A's three Tigers nothing.
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Tigers coming to bat here on the sixth inning and Oakland trailing three nothing.
Keough has managed to work out of some difficulties and for the five innings so far today set down the Tigers in order only in the first inning.
There's Mike Ivy who has singled and hit the pop light a right.
Trying to buy key all the pitch for the Tigers D.H. is in the dirt skips past he.
Ivy hitting 232.
I pitched to him half swing. Did he go. They appeal said no.
The
right side of the infield now Larry Barnett taking the rest of the day off.
Derwood Merrill is over on the left and Mike Riley behind the plate.
First time we've had a chance to see Rocky the season.
From one team to another high fly ball left to center field Murphy is right there.
Wait. He's got it. And there's one.
It's going to be an important month in the life of Ricky Henderson certainly the month of August.
I don't think you can play anybody ever had a month like one tiger did.
Rudy York still holds the record for the most home runs in a single month.
He hit 18 in the month of August and his rookie season back in 1937.
What a month for Rudy Cabell ducks out of the way of a fastball.
In that month of August 1937 York did not even get into the starting lineup until the fourth day of the month and hit 18 home runs.
Drove in 49 runs in 30 games in that month.
Cabell swings and pops a foul off first base Meyer chasing down toward the bullpen still raising.
He can't catch up to it.
Looking at York's record for the month of August in 1937 49 RBI.
He hit 360 scored 27 times.
He had four doubles and two triples slugging average for the month.
Point eight nine five.
One out. Nobody out on the tiger six Cabell swings a bouncer to gross at third.
Good leap came down with it goes the first Cabell is retired.
Brings up Rick Leach.
Leach has struck out and walked.
Tigers with five hits by five different batters.
Whitaker has a double Wilson a single Herndon a single Ivy a single and Jones a single.
Keough kicks and fires and it's on the corner strike one called on Leach.
The motion Keough delivers there's a fly ball the left field down the line long run for Henderson he's getting there near the line makes the catch.
And the Tigers are out in order in the sixth inning after five and a half still Oakland free Detroit nothing.
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Dwayne Murphy will lead off for the A's here on the sixth inning he's walked twice in this game.
Three to nothing the A's lead they have only one hit a lead off single in the fifth inning by Mike Keith.
He's scoring their three runs in the first inning as Jerry Uger walked the first three men Ricky Henderson stole two bases Wayne gross one Dwayne Murphy one a wild pitch quarter run.
There's a cold strike on Murphy armistice ground ball got in the second run of the inning and Danny Meyer had a sacrifice fly for the third.
So saw and James throwing in the bullpen swinging and a miss for Murphy two strikes on Dwayne
Murphy Uger looking in to get the sign from Fahey he's ahead of the lead off man Murphy with a two strike count.
He gets some fire swung on and pop foul and pitch was out of the strike zone.
He's got a little bit of a lead over and he can't quite reach it. That ball has some backspin and stayed in play.
Six on Dwayne Murphy ball got loose from the Tiger bullpen where James and Sosa are loosening and time is called.
The Armisen Meyer do up here in the sixth inning for the Murphy takes its high one and two on Dwayne.
Here's a strike on Dwayne Murphy Uger has a little bit of a lead and a good one on Dwayne Murphy winds and pitches swung on and missed.
He struck him out fluid by him. That's five strikeouts for Uger.
There's Tony Armist.
Tony Oh for four last night and he's it wasn't two trips in this game.
Although he sent Herndon back to the fence for a long drive in the third inning.
He's been a winner in his last
one Friday night in Anaheim.
The end of the motion they
pitch to Armis and the fastball
is high for ball one.
The A's are noted for lengthy
games out here.
They've had 35 games of three
hours or more this year.
Strike called on Armis.
And been noted for taking a lot
of time.
And the A's are noted for
taking a lot of pitches.
And of course with Henderson
that face stealing threat the
opposing pitchers are constantly
throwing to the bases.
Low to Armis it's a 2 1 count
now on the right fielder of the
A's here's the full line up to
one pitch Armis fouls it back
into the stands behind the plate
was good to see Wayne Walker
the former Lions linebacker now
television star in the Bay Area
out watching here last evening
former W.J.B.K. radio star
Barney Lee in attendance today
now the pitch from you here's
one gone and missed he struck
Hey he thought that was out
number three he was going to
take that one to the dugout.
Two straight strikeouts here in
the sixth inning six overall for
you here and the batter will be
Danny Meyer who has a sacrifice
by and the strikeout wind up a
pitch by you here's swung on
there's a fly ball to center
field Wilson going back still
He reaches make the catch
misjudged it a little bit but
made up for it got to it at the
edge of the warning track.
Now the A's are out at one two
three after six innings still
Oakland three Detroit nothing
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I'm at Keough with nine complete
games so far this season for the
A's has been able to hold off
the Tigers through the first six
innings while he got a three run
lead in the first it's still a
three to nothing Oakland lead as
we move to the seventh inning
and back to the play by play.
Here's Ernie Harwell.
Thanks Paul.
I get everybody the right hand
and I think that's a strike
called the seventh inning getting
started.
Now the Tigers have five hits
they've had ahead of everything
except the first one in the sixth
inning in too close.
He almost hit him one and one
the count on Jones and they had
one big threat.
They loaded the bases on the
fourth with two out and play.
He retired when he had a three
to pick to left field.
Otherwise he had it pretty much
under control.
Matt Keough working with a three
nothing lead.
Jones that they line drive to
left the base it fielded by the
left field ahead of him and for
the second straight game.
Jones has two for two against
this Oakland pitching.
He's the only Tiger with two
hits today.
The others belong what a piece
the Whitaker Wilson Herndon and
Ivey they are the first born the
Tiger batting order.
Here comes a pay heat of the
plate.
He has got over to his bow the
first and find it out.
You'll be followed by travel.
The infield is halfway up.
They've got Meyer not holding on
the bag with Jones at first base
three nothing Oakland the Tigers
batting in the seventh inning.
There's a ball low it bounces out
in front almost to the mound
picked up by the pitcher.
He oh he's back and not in time
to Stanley and they almost got
Jones.
I'm sorry.
Yeah.
Get the second.
I was a weird one.
I hit in front of Heath and hit
his shin guard or something.
He popped out the out near the
mound.
He all the former infielder made
a good throw and almost got him
a second ball on the count on
Bill Fahey outfield is straight
up punching toward the middle on
Bill Jones coming down the line
from second base three nothing
Oakland leading seven inning.
They got all three of their runs
up you during the opening inning
three men walked and all three
scored here's the pitch it is a
strike call also in that inning
that's a little bit of a
benefit Ricky Henderson picked
up two more stolen bases and now
needs only one to tie the record
of Lube Rock.
Here's the set of the one one
pitch is very wide to play he
two balls and a strike and he
wants a conference for this
pitcher Mark and Chuck away from
Sunnyvale California long time
Tiger fan who used to live in
the area and he is a hero in
action so far they've not been
able to get a run in they have
left the six runners on the
bases three of them in the one
inning conferences over ready
for action again it is a two one
pitch to pay he takes a wide
the fastball low on a three and
one the count on Bill he or other
quick worker come back and this
one is a hit foul out of play in
the third base side gentleman
from Ben Mateo got that one on
the first half both count on
Fahey man on second Jones he
led up with a single took second
on the wild pitch here's the
pitch Fahey swings as they fly
ball to the right armistice
there gloves it John sag heads
the third is a throw by armistice
to the growth not in time it
bounced away from growth Jones
starts the home and then jacked
back as the pitcher Keough did a
good backup job at third base
they're throwing the ball to
second claiming that Jones left
too early low that takes the
throw but the umpire says nope
he did not go rocky road came
down to make the call well the
Tigers have one out of man at
third and the better will be
travel Alan is bounce the short
and the flight of right field so
far nothing Oakland has the
three Tigers are trying to get
back in this one on the seventh
inning I'll feel the left on
travel Jones off the bag at
third let's see how Keough will
work whether he'll go to the
wind up yet he will not work to
a set position he'll wind and
then here's the wind up and
here's the pit it is a ball in
too close on travel right hand
already pitches again and travel
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swing line drive center field
get by Murphy a great one as he
tried to ball and pass the plate
the whole job to third looks like
a hit Murphy charge from center
field got the wrong on the run
about knee high came up flowing
and fired a one hopper into heat
to catch it Jones could do
nothing but say a third good
play by Murphy a magnificent
set of fielders oh that's two
down the Tigers still have a
band at third nine outfield
put out now by Oakland they've
had to do and eat to the last
half of the game here's Lou
Whitaker he has struck out
doubled and hit a foul by the
Henderson the left fielder Jones
is still at third he's the
second man to get that far in
the game of the Tigers he all
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threatened both score no runs
on a hit from the man left we
go to the last half of the seven
Oakland three to short nothing
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Hope run leading the Tigers
three nothing the A's are coming
back down the back of the inning
you have the best of the strong
game he had a lot of problems in
the opening and he walked the
first three men and all three
scored since then he's given up
a couple of walks but he's about
only one single throughout the
whole game and he has now struck
out sick he struck out the side
in the fourth inning and struck
out two in the sixth inning his
first strikeout had come in the
second inning now Davey Lopes the
veteran infielder will be the
first man to face him in the
seventh one other game this
afternoon the major leagues in
the National League the Cubs beat
San Francisco Giants that's too
straightforward them over the
Giants they want it this
afternoon at Wrigley Field 8 to
4 he is low and the right hand
batters playing a long time left
going back to the fence you'll
have room he makes the catch
about four feet in front of the
fence one pitch and one down in
the Oakland seventh inning
Mitchell page will be the next
man to bat left hand about it
with a fly to right field and a
strikeout as his record so far
three runs one hit broke when
they've made no errors the
Tigers have no runs and six hits
there's a foul that'll reach the
seats on the third base side
might he's waiting on deck
page stands deep in the batters
box better than he is the motion
by Jerry you're doing he pitches
it is a fastball outside one and
one the count on him there's a
drive to left and it'll be in
for a hit the second hit off
you just pages on with a single
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the first hit he's also had a
walk he likes the pitch inside
basically a high fastball hitters
Tigers try to pitch him long
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Wilson Herndon and I've had to try to
get it going the Tigers need pretty
tight here in the eighth inning
strange and totals right now no runs in
six hits and nowhere to Detroit three
runs and two hits for Oakland and no
errors there's a curve into close he
spins out of the way ball on the count
on young Mr. Wilson batting three twenty
six he hits a foul down the first base
side coming over his teeth and the
catcher makes the cap play 19 of his
last 20 game here's Lance Perry
I'm sad three hits last night Perry
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leaderboard and plugging percentage he
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have their leadoff man on for the first
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eighth inning Oakland comes to that in
their eighth they make Detroit three
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You're on the mound right at the face of
Fred Stanley who lead off the Oakland 8
bidding Fred has got open two then
Ricky Henderson and Wayne Gross will
follow Billy Martin has his bullpen busy
the left hander Tom Underwood and the
right hander Brian Kingman throwing
down there three runs in the opening
inning for Oakland they scored on three
walks all three men who drew a base on
balls came in to score and that's the
story of the game the pitch to Stanley's
of all though Henderson picked up two
steals in that first inning now has a
hundred and seventeen one short of the
all time mark you're ready to go to work
the pitch to Stanley is a wide one ball
to do it all on Fred 17,000 and 98
paying to see this one
17,000 and 98 that's the pay to fish in
the Coliseum this afternoon bright and
sunny here's a wide one ball three to
Stanley the crowd doesn't like this they
know that Henderson coming up next they
don't want any and had a month on the
bases in front of him here's the wind up
by you and Stanley takes the ball all he
wants
that is the sixth walk of the year
just three of them came in the first
inning Billy Martin might be in the
Ricky Henderson here Billy Martin might
be in for Ricky Henderson that would
be quite a move would probably just
take Billy and throw him in the base
if he did that he is Ricky at the plate
now he has a walk a found out the right
flight at center field he has stolen
two bases red family at first base
Henderson waiting at the plate and the
pitch is a ball in too close up the
middle pay he say he goes out the
top of the injured through the
baseball history throughout most of
baseball history the base on balls has
not counted as a time is bad the batter
was first exempted from the time it's
bad on the walk in 1877 right after the
nationally got started and then 10 years
later in 1887 a base on balls counted as
a hit and there were there was a record
number of 400 hitters that year you might
imagine Henderson has over 100 walks
already he is a bit there goes family
there's a line back to the field base
here Henderson feels it on one out
family stuff the second to win on
nobody down hit and run single and
Henderson is one to last now gross will
be the better three nothing off one
they're batting in the evening they've
got running that first and second and
nobody down this crowd getting a little
excited in field about halfway up
growth stepping into the batter's box
he's walked and flat out twice one of
the three who scored a run in the
opening three nothing Oakland and me
eight walking a single setting up this
scoring chance for the A's outfield is
deep and straight away on growth you
get a load of his pitching face at the
mound he said to the photo second I've
got family in a pick off Henderson not
going anywhere and now Cabell's not a
run to back and the winner connects
the tag from a six family off and that
opens up the gate for Ricky Henderson
one to six to five to four so Henderson
now has a chance to tie the record here
in the eighth inning Oakland batting
with a man on that Henderson at first
base one man down way and growth at the
plate the outfield is straight up
here comes Roger Craig out he wants to
come
Billy Martin has come out of his dugout
and as motioned over to his first base
coach Jackie Moore to come in and talk
with him there's a slight aroma
emanating from the diamond Ernie on
that last play Stanley did very little
jockeying Henderson made no attempt to
advance but it did clear the path down
there ahead of him and another thing
Cabell didn't look like he was too
anxious to throw that ball and make the
put up family off right so it was going
on both sides but they set up what they
wanted I guess the A's did and that
makes any situation well all the
conferring has been concluded and we are
ready for action on the diamond Henderson
is at first base he needs the one stolen
base to tie the record I'll move rock
and you're ready to pitch to him Ricky
has a lead here's the set he draws a
throw he's back there
Wayne growth digging in Ricky Henderson
draws another throw this is a low one
and a good pick up by me he almost threw
that one away so all the eyes are focused
on Ricky Henderson play nothing the
Oakland A's lead the Tigers in the
evening one man out Henderson trying to
get a longer lead at first base and
toward the second another foot here's the
set you hold it there's another throw to
first he's back safe
and Wayne growth steps out of the
batter's box outfield is straight up on
growth and deep Henderson edging off
again a longer lead for Ricky is the set
by the right hander you just there he
goes a pitch out here's a throw he
slides he is out at second base baby
cutting down and Ricky Henderson
disagreeing with the call by the umpire
there was Merrill but he is out he did
not tie the record on that one
satisfying play of the game right there
Ricky walking out second field is
building the call with their own
Merrill is umpiring now back a third
in his forensic
he's going at it pretty hot and heavy
W.F. on his show for a gang now
their man Henderson has been cut down he
did not tie the record here this
afternoon at least not for now
Martin has a few more words to say to
the Texans
Gerard Merrill and now walks away back
to his dugout
yeah that's the new record he's been
caught 39 times already
so he was trying to tie Lou Brock and
he beat Tycon
you out in the eighth inning and they
wind up by you Joe Gross takes that it
is a ball though so the little cameo
performance is over for the moment and
we go back to the big action of the
ballgame the wind up by you do the
pitch is a ball outside three at all
the count on growth
do down nobody on here's the motion by
you just and the growth Texas strike
Jerry ready again wide and deals
growth takes it is low he walked in
the second walk of the sitting
number seven of the game on future
and Murphy will be the next man to match
for the Oakland
late holding on the bag with Wayne
Gross here's the death by Jerry Murphy
it's a fly ball to the right it's fairly
deep Jones goes back and makes it over
the shoulder catch to retire the side
no runs one hit a couple of walks no
errors one man left to go to the ninth
inning Oakland three Detroit nothing
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while we're away there Murphy the
outfield is set something to do with
Merrill
and then Billy Martin got the same treatment
Billy has been tossed out now they
various members of the A's from their
dugout throwing object out toward Merrill
who's at third base and he's coming into
the dugout and see what he can do
so it's not over yet
Boya the coach has come up the dugout
steps he's trying to calm them down a
little bit and here comes their own
Merrill and talking with Boya
Rocky roll one of the other umpires
coming in and a third umpire Riley
comes in Murphy was given the thumb
he's not left the area now he is going
into the they don't have a tunnel here
they have an exit that is on the
surface and you can see him come into
that exit way and head for the tunnel
and then the comma
now most of the A's have gone back to
their fielding position
all this stemming from the caught
stealing of Henderson in the last
inning we're going to have some
changes in the outfield
McKay is going to go to play second
base and Lowe is going to play center
field I think yeah that's right
Lowe is in center Henderson stays in
left Armistead right
and McKay takes Lowe's place at
second base
Murphy was the first one apparently
when he went out to a center field he
said something to do with Merrill as he
passed him and then offended Mr.
Merrill and he gave Murphy the thumb
and then the Billy Martin came out and
he was really angry he began to jump up
take his cap off and go through all
kind of gestures and the Merrill gave it
to Billy too and he has left the
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70 A's are still up on the top dugout
staff yelling out to a door with
Merrill Kingman is falling in the
bullpen as we get ready for the
night that he was three runs in the
opening inning on three walks those
stolen bases two of them by
Henderson has a three nothing lead
trying to even the series and
Cabell will lead it off against
Keogh so far has blanked the
Tigers you know waiting on the
first pitch and here it comes he
takes it for a strike he has topped
the second struck out and bounced
the third over three for the Tigers
third baseman today there's a slow
pitch into close one and one on
Cabell after Cabell and it'll be
late to then Jones Keogh coming
right back fire there's a bounding
ball to third a gross has an easy
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there's a strike call a breaking
ball over
the third outfield slam in the
right on Rick and the infielding
back except for gross at third
and the left hand about it takes
one in the dirt of the count even
one and one three nothing Oakland
you have allowed only three hits
but Oakland got three runs without
a hit in the first inning Leach
swings to two balls on a strike
Keogh end of action that it is
Leach swings there's a fly ball
that should be caught it in the
center field look is there
finding the sun makes the catch
for the out and they are two down
in the Tiger night
Lane Jones head into fourth and
then single the next two trips
to put three
you can hear some of the Oakland
fans getting on Mr. Derwood
Marrow the third base umpire
here's the pitch to land it is a
strike a hard flatter on the
outside corner Oakland three
Tigers nothing to do down on the
Tiger night inning Keogh deals
there's a fly ball to left it
should end the game Henderson is
under it waiting waiting he
gloves it and the game is over
Tigers go one two three of the
ninth inning the final score
Oakland three Detroit nothing
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the A's wind up splitting with the
Tigers in this short two game
series by winning the second game
here this afternoon three to
nothing on a six hit shutout by
Matt Keough Keough racking up his
11th win of the year against 16
losses but Jerry Uger allowed only
three hits in the ballgame
and the Tigers are in the lead
by one to one and the Tigers are
in the lead by one to one and the
Tigers are in the lead by one to
one and the Tigers are in the
lead by one to one and the Tigers
have three hits in the ballgame
but his own wildness in the first
inning was his undoing the
scoring all three runs in the
first without benefit of a hit
and that proved to be enough as
they won it three to nothing
three runs three hits for Oakland
no errors.
They left three men on base.
The Tigers had no runs six hits
no errors and the Tigers left
seven men on base.
You're going the distance
six, walked seven, including three walks in the first inning, and uncorked one wild pitch
in the first.
Akio went the distance for the tenth time this season and struck out four, walking one.
The game took two hours, twenty-four minutes before 17,098 here at the Oakland Alameda
County Coliseum.
The big story, Ricky Henderson and his pursuit for the all-time base stealing record set
by Lou Brock.
He needed three coming into the ball game.
He got two in the first inning and then was cut down in the eighth inning.
A call that precipitated, a continuing argument resulting in the ejection of Henderson's outfield
teammate, Duane Murphy, and manager Billy Martin as the Tigers came to bat in the ninth
inning.
I'll be back to recap the scoring and how it went here at Oakland in just a moment.
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Well, the story of this game really was written in the first inning, although there were some
later episodes, but they did not really have anything to do with the eventual outcome of
the contest.
In the very first inning, rookie Henderson, the leadoff man for Oakland, came into the
game with 115 stolen bases.
He wanted to at least tie if not surpass Lou Brock's record of 118 stolen bases while the
club was still at home because after this game today, Oakland goes on the road.
Well, Henderson drew a walk from Jerry Euger to lead off the first inning.
Euger just trying to work that outside part of the plate, didn't find it.
Henderson gets on first base.
Now Bill Fahey started behind the plate for the Tigers today because just prior to game
time, Lance Parrish got the call from Detroit that his wife Arlyn was in labor and expected
to produce their second child shortly.
So Lance got out of his uniform, in the street clothes, and went to the airport to head back
to Detroit.
Well, Bill Fahey was called upon to help keep Henderson honest on the bases and it was up
to Jerry Euger to help out too, but Jerry wound up walking Henderson right off the bat.
Well, Henderson on the very first pitch to Wayne Gross took off and stole second base,
number 116.
Then Wayne Gross had a walk finished off to him.
That put runners at first and second.
And then they pulled the double steal.
Henderson moving to third, Gross to second.
So it was Henderson's 117th stolen base.
With Dwayne Murphy at the plate, Euger, still wild, unable to get the ball in the strike
zone, threw a wild pitch and that permitted Henderson to score the game's first run.
Gross moved over to third on the wild pitch.
Well, he finished off a walk to Murphy, three straight walks.
And then Murphy stole second base.
So that was the fourth steal of the inning.
And Tony Armas had a grounded at tramily at only one play at first base.
As Gross came in to score the second run, Murphy moving to third.
And Danny Meyer came up, hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Murphy with the third run
of the inning.
Three runs in, no hits.
Well, the A's wound up getting a single in the fifth inning from Mike Heath, a single
in the seventh from Mitchell Page, and a single in the eighth from Henderson.
And that was the other episode.
With one out, with nobody out, Fred Stanley led off with a walk.
Henderson singled him to second base.
Then Stanley got picked off second base.
That cleared the path for Henderson to try to tie the record of Lube Rock.
Now he took off after several throws to first by Jerry Uger.
And on a pitch out, Fay, he gunned him down.
A very close play at second base.
And the A's argued Henderson didn't believe he was out.
Neither did Billy Martin, who came out for a little show then, came back into the dugout.
Then as the Tigers came to bat in the ninth inning, Dwayne Murphy said something to Derwin
Merrill, made the call at second base on his way to center field.
And he was ejected from the ball game.
Well, Martin came out and he got a ejection as well.
He's quieted down and the Tigers went out one, two, three in the top of the ninth inning.
And the A's had won the ball game three to nothing.
So Ricky Henderson is still one short of tying the record.
And he'll go on the road.
The A's now headed for Minnesota to, or rather for Milwaukee.
And it is expected that Henderson would break the record there this weekend.
But not against the Tigers this time.
Tigers are off tomorrow.
They're going to move up the coast to Seattle to open a four game series on Thursday night.
So much for this game.
I'll be back to check the scoreboard and schedule in just a moment after these messages.
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Pretty much an off day in terms of day ball in the major leagues.
One game in the American National League this afternoon at Wrigley Field.
The Chicago Cubs spotted the Giants a three to nothing lead then rallied for five runs
in the second inning.
And the Cubs went on to beat San Francisco eight to four.
Eight runs, ten hits, no errors for the Cubs.
Four runs, six hits, two errors for the Giants.
Perky Jenkins started and survived a shaky start.
He went long enough into the eighth inning before giving way to Bill Campbell.
And Jenkins got his ninth win against 13 defeats.
Campbell earning his seventh save.
Rich Gale was the San Francisco starter and the former royal didn't last long.
He was relieved in the second inning.
Holland came on, then Bryning took over in the sixth.
Gale the loser, five wins and 13 losses.
Sularz homered in the first inning for San Francisco his first of the year.
And Bill Buckner hit a three run homer of the Cubs in their five run second inning,
his eleventh of the season.
A 13,712 at Wrigley Field.
Coming up tonight San Diego plays at Pittsburgh.
The Dodgers are at St. Louis.
Philadelphia at Atlanta.
Montreal is at Cincinnati.
And the Mets play at Houston.
The Atlanta Braves have regained first place.
That is a share of it in the National League West by coming back after losing 19 out of
21 ball games.
They have rebounded winning five in a row now.
I think four of them by one run.
And they have come back into a tie for first place with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
San Diego now three games off the face in third place in the West.
Now in the East, St. Louis currently holds a three game lead over Philadelphia.
The Cardinals hosting the Dodgers in a big series there at St. Louis.
In the American League all the action coming up tonight.
Chicago at Cleveland.
Toronto is at Baltimore.
Also in the East.
Minnesota at New York.
And Kansas City at Texas.
Milwaukee at California.
Boston at Seattle.
And in terms of the standings, Milwaukee now with a five and a half game lead over the
Boston Red Sox.
Baltimore seven and a half back.
The Tigers by losing this afternoon have slipped back into a virtual tie with the Yankees for
fourth place at ten games off the face.
In the Western Division, California hosting Milwaukee again tonight as a two game lead
over Kansas City, the Royals busy at Texas.
I'll be back for more from the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum.
After these messages.
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R.A. Tigers so far have played five games out here on the West Coast.
They have managed two wins and three defeats, splitting with the A's in a two-game set.
Losing today, three to nothing, as Matt Keough blanked the Tigers on six hits.
And winning his 11th against 16 defeats, Jory Udger going the distance as well for the Tigers.
Suffered his seventh loss.
He's won seven.
Three runs, three hits for Oakland.
Still runs six hits for the Tigers, who left seven on compared to three for the A's.
The story in the first inning in this ball game, when Udger pitching to Bill Fahey, a
late replacement behind the plate.
Knowing Ricky Henderson was after the all-time stolen base record, did not get the ball over
in the first inning.
Walking Henderson, he stole second, his 116th.
And then after Wayne Gross walked, they pulled a double steal, number 117 for Henderson.
With Dwayne Murphy batting, Udger uncorked a wild pitch, preventing Henderson to score.
And Gross took third.
And Tony Armis then bounced up to get in one run, another run to make it two-nothing.
And the sacrifice fly by Danny Meyer scored the third run of the inning.
And that was all the scoring in the ball game, as Udger gave up only three hits.
But his wildness and inability to keep the base runners in place in the first inning
enabled the A's to score three times.
The Tigers now move on to Seattle for a four-game series after a day off tomorrow.
They'll send out Jack Morris in the opener Thursday night against Mike Moore.
Morris with a record of 14-12.
Moore has won six and lost 10.
Our broadcast coverage for the first three nights from Seattle will begin at 10.15 Michigan
time.
That's it from Oakland for 1982.
For Ernie Harwell, this is Paul Carey saying so long.
Once again, the final score, the Oakland A's three, the Detroit Tigers nothing.