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The Detroit Tigers faced the Texas Rangers for a Tuesday night game at Arlington Stadium on May 17, 1977.
Detroit was coached by Ralph Hauck and were at best an average and aging team.
Their future was all still in the farm system.
They started the season off slow with a 14-18 record.
Texas was a team on the rise and came in with a 16-14 record under manager Frank Lucchese.
They had a few young stars like Jim Sundberg and Mike Hargrove along with a collection of solid vets like Burt Campanaris,
Toby Harrah, Gaylord Perry and Burt Blylevin.
This audio recording is from the Detroit Radio broadcast featuring announcers Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey.
This is only the second meeting between these two clubs.
Doyle Alexander now in the uniform of the Texas Rangers.
I had said earlier he had a career record of 13-3. I'd like to amend that to 11-3. That's about enough.
He was 4-1 against the Tigers last year, winning two and losing none while with Baltimore
before going in the trade in June to the Yankees and then while with New York.
He won two and lost one and pitched him near no hitter against the Tigers last year.
He's on the mound. Ron LaFleur in the batter's box here for the play-by-play Ernie Harwell.
Thank you Paul Carey. Hi everybody. Ron, they're waiting and here's the first pitch to him.
He swings and taps one toward shortstop.
Fielded by Campanaris, throw to first, he's out.
Paul LaFleur went up there hitting 242, hits the first pitch and bounces out to short.
Here's Tito Fuentes. He'll be batting left-handed against the right-hander Alexander.
Tito hitting 310, batting much better right-handed than left.
Big breeze, a booming in from the outfield.
It'll be Harrah at third, Campanaris at shortstop, Wills at second, and Hargrove at first.
Comprising the infield for the Rangers in the outfield.
They've got Washington in left, Benicas is in center and Grieve is in right.
Here's a ball in too close to curveball. He started the month with good.
Ken Henderson on the disabled list.
Pulled a leg muscle on a hit-and-run play last week.
Here's a butt attempt and it is past the third baseman down to shortstop.
Campy can't make a play and Fuentes is almost about single.
He picked his spot, he hit it wide to the third baseman and slowly toward short, Campanaris came in, fielded the ball.
Could not make the play, it'll be a base hit.
Well, he got rid of one of those Alexander no-hit bits in a hurry tonight.
Yeah, he's a man who flirted with the no-hitters so many times in the last couple of years.
Couple of times against the Tigers.
Here's Mankowski moved up to number three in the batting order.
Musty Stobb out of action.
He has a full muscle on the side.
Mankowski batting 3.44 and he takes the strike.
Alexander basically a slider and a stinker-ficker.
Big tall right-hander from Alabama steps down the mound.
He does it as the runner goes, the ball is swung on and fouled away.
That's when he's moving but he'll have to come on back.
Two strikes, the count on Mankowski.
He'll be followed by Ogilvy.
He has a severe bruise on his right arm.
Sustained in the series in Milwaukee, he can swing the bat not very well.
Now the step by the right-hander Alexander, he flips one over to first baseman Hargrove
and back in time is the other Pumatis.
No score first inning, the man on and the man off for the tie.
Here's the pitch, he swings and fouls it away.
Right down below us, above the screen.
Alexander so far throwing nothing but strikes in the early part of this game.
Laplou bounced out and then a font single puts Pumatis on first base.
That's where we are now.
Mankowski waiting on the strike two delivery.
It's a wide one, Sunberg doing the catching.
Outfield almost straight away on Mankowski.
Still a good bit of daylight left.
It's cloudy however at the moment.
Pumatis back standing up.
The Rangers have been thought off and on so far this year.
They've not been able to get a big streak going.
Throw to first, he's back safely again.
Jerry Newdecker right over there on top of the play.
Tigers came in here Sunday night, spent their off day in Texas.
And resuming action here this evening.
The pitch is a tip foul I believe out of the mitt of Sunberg.
One and two, the count stays.
He's trying to check his swing, the ball nicked the bat going by.
Ogilvy taking a couple of practice swings up the on deck circle.
Now Pumatis leads off again.
Alexander to the set position delivers.
It's a pitch out but Cito's not moving, 2-2.
Tomorrow night we'll see two veterans go at each other.
Gaylord Perry and John Hiller.
John getting a start.
Here's the pitch, run it goes.
Ball is plugged in the right field foul, back into the seat.
He pulled it a little bit too much down the line over the bullpen where the Rangers warm up.
Perry is 2-4, Hiller has a record of 1-3 so far.
Gaylord will be going for his 100th win in the American League.
I don't mean he has won 100 in each league, only Cy Young and Jim Bunning have done that before him.
100 wins in each of the major leagues.
Here's the set now, Alexander delivers.
It is a ball off, Pumatis held on at first base that time.
A full count now on Mankowski.
Hargrove holding on the back trying to keep Pumatis close.
Mankowski digs in, it's the scoreless first inning.
There's a throw over the first by Alexander, the runner back in time.
Now the set by the right-hander throws to first again, Pumatis back safely.
Didn't have to slide.
LaBird did chirping from the corner of the dugout.
Here's the set and the pitch, run it goes.
Ball is filed to the screen, they send him again.
Time on the 3-2 pitch with the one away.
And a new supply of baseballs has to be brought out to the plate umpire Al Clark.
Clark back at the plate, Hugh Deckard first, Francis second, and Abramagan umpiring at third.
Same umpire as the Tigers had in the Milwaukee series.
Now the 3-2 pitch again.
There goes Pumatis, it is a ball low, walks him, and there are two men on with the one away.
That'll bring up Ben Ogilvy.
It'll be interesting to see how well Ben can swing with that bad right arm.
Ralph Houch, when we were talking about starting lineup, he said,
well, Bob won't be in there because he's got a bad side, and Ogilvy is playing,
although he's hurting and really can't take a full swing.
Ralph said, I'll have Ogilvy bunt three times.
Well, we'll see. Two men on, one man down.
Ben hitting 271.
We're in the first inning, and he takes the strike.
Ben swings so hard, if he cut down his swing by 25 percent, it's going to be a big swing.
One strike to count on him now.
Man on second Pumatis, the man on first, Mankowski.
Hargrove is playing behind Mankowski, and there's a strike called.
Two strikes on Ogilvy.
These camp weights on deck for the Detroiters.
They've got a scoring opportunity in the opening inning.
Two men on, one man down.
Two quick strikes across on Ogilvy.
Alexander to the set position, delivers.
Here's a ball in too close.
Jack knifes out of the way of that one, one and two to count on Ben.
Mankowski can get a very big lead at first base with the first baseman Hargrove behind him.
Now the pitch. It's a checked swing, ball two.
He almost went across, two to the count on Ogilvy.
Ben steps out for a moment.
Alexander taking his time.
Ogilvy waiting. Here it comes.
He swings and misses.
Got him on a breaking pitch, and I believe it was low on outside.
He strikes out, and the batter will be Kemp.
Kemp batting 264 in exactly 30 games.
He has five home runs and 17 runs batted in.
Alexander has now walked one, struck out one, and given up a hit.
The outfield will defend straight away against Mr. Kemp, and the batting next will be Thompson.
Cloudy skies in Arlington, Texas.
Now being set by Alexander, the pitch is a slow curve. It's been close.
Ball one.
Talk to some of the ranger players. They say they like to play down here because they can find the places to live very near the ballpark.
That's the start of a little town atmosphere out here. Easy to get around.
The 1-2 delivery. Swing and there's a line drive. Base hit the right field.
Greaves coming over the field of ball. Rounding third is DeWittes. He's headed for home.
He'll score. The throw goes into second, and on the third goes Mankowski on the RBI single by Kemp,
and the Tigers have a once-or-nothing lead in the opening inning.
Kemp delivers a single to right. The Tigers jump ahead.
Here's Jason Thompson stepping in. Jason hitting.255.
The RBI leader on the team with.21. He is tied with Ogilvy, and for the home run leadership, each has six.
Two singles and a walk in between producing a Detroit run and putting them out in front.
We're in the very first inning in Texas.
Mankowski on the third. Kemp on the first. And Jason looks at a curve across for a strike.
Enfield back now, except for the first baseman, Hargrove, holding with a runner.
Moved him back with a fast ball. He jumped out of the way of that one. One-on-one account on Thompson.
Well, we've got the old runmaker, Vince Desmond, here with us. He produced one for the Tigers today.
Alexander into the set position, and delivers. Here's a bounding ball on the right side.
Bump Wills comes over. Grunt did use the flip over to Hargrove, and the inning's over.
Thompson is out second to first. The side retired. The Tigers get one. One run on two hits and a walk.
No errors. Two runners are left. At the end of a half inning, Detroit won. Texas coming to bat.
When Fred Cousins goes to work on the Marathon Pipeline in Palo Wyoming, he doesn't work alone.
He gets together with guys like Tom Graham, Merle Severs, and John Sparger.
And together they go about the business of maintaining the pipeline.
Fred Cousins could work alone. The job wouldn't get done as well, or at all, without the help of Tom, Merle, and John.
Because each of them can do something the other one can't. So they get together to do it better.
The company is like its people, because it is people.
When Marathons found oil, our oil people got together with some pipeline people,
who got together with some refining people, who got together with some service station people, so we could do it better.
We got together to do it better. We are Marathons.
Marathon Oil Company. We got together to do it better.
Dave Rosemont, the young right-hander, ready to go to work now.
Dave, with a 1-0 lead, the tag is scoring there off Alexander one time.
Rosemont has won three and lost none. First time out against the Rangers.
And he's completed his tune-up tosses. He's about ready to go to work.
Rosemont beat Boston, you remember, in April on a four-hit shutout.
He beat the Brewers in Detroit on seven hits, and then he beat the Brewers again on five hits the last time out.
So he's three and all, and now faces Claudel Washington, who will be leading it off the sector.
Claudel batting 323.
Two home runs for the left-hander, that's 10 RBI.
And it's Lowell, the first pick to him, Milton May doing the catching tonight.
Thompson at first, Lewis playing second. Wagner at short and Mankowski at third.
Now the pick by the Rose is swung on and fouled away right down below it.
One and one, they count on Claudel.
In the outfield, the Tigers have Kemp and Laplore in center and Ogilvy in right.
Here's a cut and a miss by Washington, one and two to count on him.
Laplore, the center fielder playing call to Claudel, a little bit to the left side.
Here's the windup in the pitch.
Swing of the bounding ball, deep first, gloved by Thompson.
He'll toss the Rose, McCovering, and out at first is Claudel Washington.
Bert Campanaris, the veteran shortstop, ready to step in.
Breeze coming in from the outfield, almost in center field, maybe right center.
And it is a strong breeze this evening, one nothing Tigers in the lead.
Campy, been at the knees, waiting, standing near the plate, takes the curve across.
He's batting three all three.
Here's a curve low.
We asked Dick Williams one time after he left Oakland who he thought the most valuable player he had on that ball club day in and day out,
and he said Campanaris.
Here's the windup in the pitch.
A chop, a hit toward third will go foul.
One and two, the count on Bert.
When the Tigers finish this series, they'll go into Cincinnati for the exhibition game,
and we will broadcast that game on our Tiger Network.
Here's the pitch.
It is a curve outside.
That's that San La benefit exhibition game in Cincinnati.
Mark Frederick coming back into action.
And that's been added to our broadcast schedule.
Now Rosema's going to get another ball.
What time does that game start Paul?
7 o'clock.
7 o'clock, so we'll be on the air at 645 that evening.
The bird will make his debut for the year in relief.
Here's the 2-2 pitch now coming up from Rosema.
Campy takes strike.
Oh, he stood there by the side of the road and watched that one go by.
Struck him out.
Two down, nobody on.
Mike Hargrove will bat next.
Left hand batting first backer.
Hargrove hitting 310.
Some pretty impressive batting averages here on this Texas lineup.
Now those Cubs will have some impressive batting averages after today.
They scored 23 runs.
Meet San Diego 23 to 6 at Wrigley Field with seven home runs to their credit.
Now the Rose pitches and it's a swing and a fly ball to right.
Here's Ogilvy coming in.
He makes the catch on the run toward the diamond.
Nothing across for Texas at the end of one, Detroit one, Texas nothing.
Hi, I'm Ernie Harwell and I'm here with a couple of competitors in the Chrysler Plymouth Dealers Honorary Tiger Batboy Contest.
Paul, how does this thing work?
Well, any boy or girl between 8 and 14 can sign up in any participating Chrysler Plymouth dealer.
For a body they are accompanied by a licensed driver 18 or older.
That's right and there's no obligation for signing up.
Then 22 Batboys will be picked on June the 2nd, right Katie?
Right, 22 winners. One Philly Chrysler Plymouth dealer.
And everyone who signs up gets a free Tiger iron-on patch.
Great, well that about does it.
So kids grab your parents and stop into any participating Chrysler Plymouth dealer between April 18th and May 27th and sign up for the Tiger Batboy Contest.
Thank you Katie and Paul and this is...
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Yes Katie?
Wouldn't that be that person?
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Milt May coming up now. Milt's got a five game hitting streak on the line.
Left hander batting catcher hitting 306.
Today is his 99th time at bat this year.
One nothing, the Tigers scored in the first on a single by point is the Wachman and Kowski and a single by camp.
Doyle Alexander, the tall right hander working on the mound for the Rangers this evening in the first of a two game series.
Outfield straight away on May and he swings and caps one toward Campanaris.
He charges to his right, loves it, throw to first, the hard girl's got him.
So the leadoff man in each of the two innings for the Tigers has bounced his shorts up on the first pitch.
Here's John Wachinfus coming up. John is used as the designated hitter tonight.
We told you Rusty Saab has an ailing side.
Wachinfus batting 273, a couple of home runs and five runs battered in.
This is the second city on the Tigers 11 day, 11 game, four city trip.
That includes the exhibition at Cincinnati.
There's a strike called on Wachinfus. Milwaukee, Texas, Cincinnati and Chicago are the stops on this one.
Tigers coming home on May the 24th to battle the Angels in a night game.
Swing with a draft to left going back Washington. He's there, makes the catch.
Two down, nobody on and Mark Wagner will be the Tiger batter, the number nine hitter with a batting mark of 140.
Mark with one home run, he's knocked in three runs. This is his 19th game.
It's a shot to center field, a base hit from Mark. He lines one into center fielded by Vanikas and rifled back into Diamond.
That is the third Tiger hit off by Alexander. All three have been singles.
It's Ron LaFleur as they come around again. Ron bounced the shorts up his first time up.
LaFleur straight away on him. Alexander holds it at the belt. Now there's a low fastball to Ron, ball one.
Harrah is a little deeper now at third. He's gone back a step or so, a little bit over near the line.
Set and the pitch, he takes the ball in close. That was a fastball, two and oh, the count on LaFleur.
Now the motion, the pitch on the way, it's in too close and low. Ball three on Ron.
One nothing to short of a Texas second inning. Now the set by Alexander, he delivers.
Strike call right over the plate. Still daylight down here in Texas.
Flip over to first base, he's back in time. Alexander ready again. The run goes.
The ball is swung on, hit up the middle, there goes Pomp Wales over to grab it, throw it at first, he got him.
And the side retired. No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left.
And at the end of one and one half innings, Tigers won, Rangers nothing.
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Well, here's a hand for Willie Horton, the former Tiger coming to bat.
Willie has won himself a lot of new friends down here in Texas.
Stepping in the face is former teammate Dave Rosema.
Will Betting,.315. He takes a strike call. Rosema gave him a breaking ball.
Horton has eight home runs and 17 RBIs.
Outfield deep got up down the way. Here's the pitch to him.
He swings and pops the foul. It'll be out of play, back of the plate.
That's the foul. It's the station identification. This is the Detroit Tiger baseball net bird.
Look for partly cloudy weather tonight with some widely scattered showers, low temperature near 60.
Wednesday and Thursday partly sunny and continued warm high in the upper 80s.
Right now partly cloudy and 82. You're listening to WJR Detroit.
Horton stepping back in now. Two strikes to count on him.
Rosema gets his sign from Milton A. And goes into the motion. Delivers. Here's the ball outside.
John McGuire, big Tigers fan from Flint out here at the ball game, trying to root the Tigers in this evening.
Sending special regards back to Pete Stark. Here's the pitch. It's a ball missed the inside corner.
And all of us with the Tigers would like to send a special birthday greeting to Mr. Lou Matlin, promotional director of the Tigers.
Here's the motion and the 2-2 pitch. He swings on the bounding ball to third.
Mankowski backed up deep. Has it long, Felted Thompson. Got him. One up and one away.
Tom Greave, the Michigan product, coming up now.
Well, it was the injury to Tom Greave that actually got Willie Horton in the lineup down here when he first came down.
Tom had been the designated batter. He got on the disabled list.
So Casey told us that he had told Willie that he probably wouldn't be able to play very much.
Now then, because of the injuries, Will got in there and did the job.
Greave hitting 184. He takes a changeup over first strike.
As he's certainly doing the job, he leads the team in RBIs. He's hitting 318 for Texas.
Tom runs in one game. There's a check swing, I believe, that Clark ruled out a ball. I'm not sure.
Let's see. The scoreboard goes up with strike two.
The ball pops out of the mid of Milton A. And Mr. Clark will dust off the plate.
Interestingly enough, Willie hit those homers on Sunday when he was playing left field.
The only time he played in the outfield for Texas.
Then after three of them, they took him out.
He said apparently he has to come out.
It's a slow curve outside. We'll make it a one-two count.
Now apparently that's what happened, that other one with the strike.
One and two, the count on Greave.
One-nothing Tigers lead them in the second inning at Texas.
Rose delivers, low and away. Two-two, the count on him now.
Now Rose, we're going back up the mound to rub up that baseball a little bit.
Apparently, Dave doesn't take much time between pitches.
Now up on the hill to get his sign, go to work again, the two-two delivery.
It is a strike called, he struck him out.
That's the second strikeout recorded by Rosema.
And both on call third strike.
Toby Harrah coming to bat now.
Overheating for number one.
Toby, zero.
Toby, not only spells his name the same way backwards and forwards,
you can work his numeral the same way, too.
Number 11.
Two out, nobody on.
Harrah batting 282, slices one in the right center.
There goes LaFleur over.
He's got it, and they side out one, two, three.
He's the inning for Rosema.
At the end of two, it's the Tigers one, Texas nothing.
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Tigers coming to bat now.
They've got one run, three hits.
The Rangers, no runs and two hits.
We've gone to two innings here in Texas.
And it'll be Tito for Witte, the lead off for the Tigers.
He scored the game's only run.
He singled in the first with one out, took the second on the walk, and came home on a single by Kemp.
So that's the early story in Texas.
And here's Tito standing in, batting left-handed.
He'll be followed by Mankowski and then Oglebay.
Outfield to left on Witte.
He's bundled his way on the first time.
There's a strike called.
Third baseman, Harrah, in close at third, about even with the base.
There's a ball in too close, one and one to count on for Witte.
Still a breezy evening down in Texas.
Now the motion of the pitch, swing and a pop-up near the plate.
Sunberg out in front calling for it, has it?
About five feet in front of the plate.
The Witte's is out and Mankowski who walked the first time will be the batter.
He'll fouled off a couple of pitches before he earned that walk from Alexander.
His fine hitting has been rewarded by moving him up to number three,
of course that's partly due to the fact the stop is out of action.
They've been timing the pitches here.
Alexander 84 miles per hour, Rosema 82 miles per hour.
There's a ball.
They don't have any speed limit on those either.
That 55 miles per hour doesn't go.
Here's the wind up and the pitch.
He swings and misses.
That was a bad pitch, one and one.
I don't know where the man is.
He's doing the timing.
Do you fault?
Is it the upstairs or down the hall?
I think right.
Yeah, I think it's just down to our right here.
On the same level we are, upstairs.
There's a fly ball lifted out of play to left field.
Foul back in the seat.
Young lady not looking, walking down the aisle, and that one almost got her.
One and two, the Kata Mankowski.
Here it comes.
He swings to the bounding ball, deep first.
Hargrove makes the play all by himself, and they are two Tigers out.
Oglebay, who fanned his first trip, steps up now for time number two.
Let's take a quick look at some of the scores now.
Many of the games ahead of us.
Colorado, Milwaukee, nothing, nothing at the end of one.
Cleveland leads Minnesota 2-0 in the second.
Oakland leads.
Oh, and New York beat Oakland 5-2 in 16 innings this afternoon.
That takes care of the American League.
Other games not underway.
There's a swing, and I believe that Sunberg was hit by the bat.
He has gone down on his back.
Luke Casey is coming out there, and the trainer, Dick Martin, has come out also,
and Sunberg seems to be hurt.
I think it was the back swing, Ernie.
In other words, Benji followed through with that vicious cut of his.
The bat just came all the way around and hit Sunberg on the head.
I really can't tell, but the way he reacted, that had to be touching the right side of his head.
It's the right temple of Sunberg now.
Luke Casey down there, working at the helmet, it's a partial helmet,
has just kind of a little beanie-type helmet that the catchers use.
The trainer, Bill Ziegler, administering to him right now.
I think the team doctor has come out too.
There's Dr. Makoski.
He's taking a look at Sunberg.
Sunberg is conscious.
He is feeling himself, his temple, trying to point out exactly where he was hit.
So I don't know whether he lost consciousness or not, but he went down very, very quickly,
and is still on his back, right behind the plate.
Now he's being helped up.
He's in a sitting position right now.
I would imagine that there are a lot of little planets and stars appearing before the eyes right now.
Fine young catcher in Jim Sunberg.
Well, we may get a new catcher here too.
I saw Luke Casey signal over toward the bullpen.
Bill Fahey is the normal replacement for Sunberg.
He's still sitting propped behind the plate.
I don't think they want to bring him up too quickly here.
They may call for a stretcher, someone that's racing around on the dugout.
The only thing I can explain is because, of course, we don't have the advantage of a reprise of instant replay,
that it appears that the backswing of Benji's swing hit Sunberg on the right temple with a bat.
Now he's being carried off now.
Luke Casey and trainer Bill Ziegler helping him off along with a team position,
and we're waiting for another catcher to make his appearance here.
In the meantime, Doyle Alexander continues to loosen up out of the mound.
He's taking care of the first two Tigers here in the third inning.
Although they have the plate, Benji over by the on-deck circle now.
He has a one-strike count on him, and it will be Fahey coming in to replace Sunberg.
They'll give him a couple of warm-up catches and perhaps a throw.
Yeah, he's going to throw down the first base just to loosen up a little bit.
Bill has been down on the bullpen for the Rangers, so he's coming in to replace Sunberg here in the third inning with two outs and nobody on board.
Ernie?
I was talking to Bill before the ballgame.
He's a young man from Detroit.
He wanted to send greetings back to his folks.
He's in the ballgame now, replacing the injured Jim Sunberg.
As soon as we get some kind of a report on Sunberg, we'll pass it right along to him.
Although they have the plate, the counties strike one on Benji.
They are two out of the third. The Tigers lead Texas one to nothing.
Doyle Alexander, the right-hander, ready to go to work for the Rangers again.
And he delivers. Benji takes the ball outside.
Outfield deep, a little bit to right on him, not much, and field back.
Waiting on a 1-1 delivery. Here it comes. He swings and misses. That was a change-up.
1-2, the count of Oglebay.
Next batter will be Steve Kemp, who knocked in the game's only run.
Ben takes a high, hard one.
Two balls and two strikes, two outs.
Tigers lead one to nothing in the third inning in Texas.
Alexander checks his time with the catcher, Fahey, and delivers.
There's a cut on the miss. He struck him out.
The Tigers go down 1-2-3 in their third inning.
We go to the last half. The third is Detroit, one and Texas nothing.
And Bob McDaniel goes to work at a catcracker at the Marathon to find me in Robinson, Illinois.
He doesn't work alone. He gets together with Eldon Keefe, Mason, and Berner Ferguson.
And together they go about the business of turning heavy oils into gasoline and fuel.
Bob McDaniel could work alone.
The job wouldn't get done as well for at all without the help of Eldon, Keefe, and Berner.
Because each of them brings something special to the job.
They get together to do it better.
A company is like its people, because it is people.
When Marathon found oil, our oil people got together with some pipeline people,
we got together with some refining people, we got together with some service station people,
so we can do it better.
We got together to do it better.
We are Marathon.
Marathon Oil Company, we got together to do it better.
Well, Mr. Rosner ready to go to work.
And the third against Texas, he's cut down the first six range of batters in the opening two meetings.
It'll be Bob Wells, the switch batter to lead off against him, Bob playing second base.
He's batting 282.
He'll be batting left-handed against Rosmer.
He pitches in close, ball on.
There's a strike call.
He ran up as if to bunt.
One-and-one they count on him.
So second and road home on a double by Washington.
Now Bert Campanaris, in the foot take, called third, strike his first,
steps in again.
I feel not deep there straight away on Campy.
Washington coming off the back, pretty good-sized lead for Claudel.
And Campanaris takes a curve very wide, low and away.
One-one, the game tied down to third.
Hargrove waits on deck.
Here's Rosner's deck delivery to Campanaris.
He takes the ball low, over the play from low.
Just about dark now down here in Texas, 8.27 Texas time.
Rosmer's ready, delivers.
Chopper hits foul on the ground over toward the box seat.
One run free, it's no errors for Detroit.
The Rangers have one run, one hit, and no errors.
We're in the third inning at Arlington Stadium.
This is the first of a two-game set down here.
Tomorrow night we'll see John Hiller make a start against Gaylord Perry.
Now the step by Rosmer, the 2-1 pitch all the way, run to go,
sit there, throw by May, is quiet in the upfield,
and another run will score.
Washington comes home.
May threw the ball wide past Mankowski.
And the run scores to make it 2-1.
It'll be a stolen base and then an error charged to Milt May.
Washington feels third and comes home on the error
by the catcher Milt May who overthrew Mankowski at third.
And Texas is gone in front in a hurry, 2-1 in the third inning.
Three balls and one strike on Caponari.
He bumps and bows the ball back at a plate.
An unusual maneuver, bunting with a 3-1 count.
Mankowski's still deep over there at third.
Rosmer checks his sign, full count delivery.
Swung on a bounding ball to third.
Good stop by Mankowski.
Throw to Thompson, got him, and the side retires.
But there's been ranger damage.
They picked up a couple two runs on one hit,
a walk, a stolen base, and an error, and nobody left on the bases.
At the end of three, Rangers 2, the Tigers 1.
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TIGERS SCORED FIRST IN THIS GAME.
THEY GOT A RUN ON A SINGLE BY KEMP OF THE FIRST ENDING,
BUT THE RANGERS WERE TWO OUT AND NOBODY ON.
CAME BACK ON THE THIRD.
WALKED TO BANICUS, HE STOLE SECOND.
CAME HOME ON A DOUBLE BY WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON STOLE THIRD AND WENT HOME
WHEN MAY THREW THE BALL IN THE OUTFIELD.
SO IT'S TWO TO ONE RANGERS.
LET'S GO TO THE FOURTH NOW AND TUNE IN ON PAUL CARRING.
All right, Ernie, thank you very much.
Steve Kemp to lead it off for the Tigers
here on the fourth inning against Doyle Alexander.
Kemp drove in the Tiger run in the first inning with a single.
He butt foul behind the plate.
Steve trying to catch Harrah sitting a little deep there
back at third base.
Harrah at third, Kemp and Harris at second.
At short rather, Wills at second and Hargrove at first.
For the Rangers, in left field,
Claudell Washington at the Banicus in center
and Grieve in right.
Bill Fahey replacing the injured Jim Sundberg
working behind the plate.
Doyle Alexander on the mound.
He's struck out two, walked one.
The pitch to Kemp swung on, a bounce at a third.
Harrah picks up the skimmer, throws to first and got him.
One up and one away in the Tigers' fourth inning.
That'll bring up Jason Thompson.
Jason ended the first inning by grounding out the Wills at second.
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Thompson bounced one over the mound
that could not be handled by Alexander.
And at shortstop, Campanaris came in, made a dive,
Ford picked it up and then fell as he tried to throw the first base.
And Thompson is awarded an infield single.
So Jason reaches first with one down here in the Tiger fourth inning.
Here's Milt May.
The Tigers now have four hits.
They've all been singles.
One an infield single, the other a bump single of the four hits.
Milt grounded out the short his first time up.
Got a five-game hit streak going.
Thompson at first with a short lead.
Infield and outfield both about straight up on the left-hand hitting May.
It's outside and low, ball one.
Alexander with four wins and one defeat so far this season.
In his first year as a Texas Ranger.
Into the stretch.
The pitch to the plate Thompson goes.
It's bounced to the right side.
Milt has only one play.
That's at first.
So May gets the ball to the right side as they sent Thompson.
And Jason has moved into scoring position at second base.
But there are two out now and it's up to the Tigers designated batter for the night.
John Wachenfuss.
Rusty Stomp out of action missing his first game of the season.
He had played in every one of the Tiger games, this being game number 33.
Rusty had been the DH in the first 32 games.
Wachenfuss batting now as the DH in the number eight spot in the batting order.
Stomp with an injured side setting this one up.
Thompson at second two down.
The pitch from Alexander.
It's in the dirt.
Today he blocks it, keeps it in front of him.
John lined out to Washington and left his first time up.
Last two games in which he's appeared, Wachenfuss has gone two for four.
Here's the set.
And the pitch to Johnny B. He takes the strike on the outside corner.
Very stiff wind blowing in from center field here tonight.
Always the wind in Texas.
Now Alexander looks back at second.
The pitch to the plate.
Check swing but it's a strike on Wachenfuss.
Tigers got a run in the first inning on Kemp single to right.
What is it reached with a one-off front single moved to second when Mankowski walked.
And then Kemp singled with two-offs to get the Tiger run home.
The Rangers picking up two runs in the third inning to take their two-to-one lead.
The pitch to Wachenfuss is in the dirt.
All two strike two.
Throughout the walk to Benekus he stole second and scored on the double into the right field corner by Claudel Washington.
Washington then stole third and continued on in when May's throw went over the glove of Mankowski into left field for an error.
Two balls, two strikes on Wachenfuss, two down.
A man in second.
The look at Thompson.
And the pitch to Futs.
He swings and pops a foul down the right field line back in the Z.
Stop getting around on that pitch from Alexander.
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It's an early starter, the Sandlot Benefit exhibition game.
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Here's the set, the pitch to Wachenfuss.
Jack swinging it, blowing away.
Full count on John.
He was tempted but he held off.
Tigers actually just making a quick stop in Cincinnati to play that exhibition contest, it's a little detour on their flight from Dallas to Chicago for a weekend series with the White Sox.
Here's the three-two pitch to Wachenfuss.
He swings and misses, stuck him out.
That ends the Tigers thread on the fourth inning, no runs, one hit, no errors and one man left.
Here come the Rangers to bat in their half of the fourth.
Texas 2, Detroit 1.
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Dave Rosemont on the mob to face the Texas Rangers here in the bottom of the fourth inning.
It'll be Mike Hargrove deleted off.
Mike lined out to Ogilvy, his first time up.
Good hitter.
He's again hitting above the 300 mark this year.
Hargrove.
That's a moment hitting 307 as he steps in.
He'll be followed by Horton and Grieve.
The top field actually shaped him a little to left while the infield plays into the right side.
Rosemont struck out three, walked one.
That walk hurt him with two out on a third inning and set up a two-run burst by the Rangers.
First pitch is low for ball one.
A 20-year-old right-hander into the motion that fits through Hargrove. It jams him inside ball two.
Two home runs, 12 RBIs this season for Mike.
American Lakes Rookie of the Year in 1974.
Rosemont delivers a called strike.
John Hiller to get his first start of the season.
Tomorrow night against the veteran Gaylord Perry who's seeking to become the third pitcher in the history of baseball to win 100 games in each league.
He's one away.
The pitch is long on a bouncer to the right side.
Thompson charges as the big hop makes the play unassisted at first base.
Hargrove is retired, bouncing out to first.
That'll bring up Willie Horton and again met by a round of cheers here at Arlington Stadium.
In his first trip tonight, Horton bounced out to Mankowski of third.
Willie the Wonder.
Rosemont delivers. There's a pop-up towards third. Mankowski is calling for it.
Now he's drifting into fourth territory.
Makes the catch.
Horton, you're in the first.
Now Mankowski to knock.
Well the base is empty.
Number four batter will be Tom Greave.
Interestingly enough, talking with young Dave Rosemont out of spring training when he was a non-rooster, Richard,
he recalls the days he used to come down to Detroit and reached Willie to have the lead.
Tom and Norman, an action of the man of the second place, his favorite was Willie Horton.
The pitch outside for a ball.
Greave struck out taking a charge third strike in the second inning.
The former has not really had a bad ball game yet. And this is rookie year.
One on the clock for the third.
Hard copy. Mankowski's got it over to Thompson.
Greave is up and the Rangers for the third time in four innings go down one, two, three.
After four innings of play, it's Texas two, Detroit one.
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Mondale had conferred with Spain's King Juan Carlos and praised the progress Spain is making toward democracy.
The Michigan House narrowly amended a budget bill to take state police patrols off freeways in Detroit and the rest of Wayne County.
The measure faces strong opposition in the Senate.
The U.S. Commerce Committee today approved a measure to raise the legal drinking age in the state to 19.
The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld the constitutionality of the state's controversial single business tax.
Wayne State University law professor John Mink formally announced as a candidate for mayor of Detroit.
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Here come the Tigers to bat on the fifth running.
Tigers have four hits.
The Rangers have only one hit off Dave Rosemont, but the Rangers lead it two to one.
Tigers four hits scattered a bit. They managed to get two hits in a walk in the first inning.
Off-doyle Alexander and that accounted for their one run, the RBI single by Steve Kemp.
Here's Mark Wagner, who's singled with two down in the second inning.
He takes a ball outside, ball one on Park.
LaFleur and Fuentes will follow here in the Tiger fifth inning.
The right-hander Alexander kicks the Tigers on the corner for a strike.
The Rangers acquired Alexander as a pre-agent in November of last year.
Dodgers head has the side. The one-one picked Wagner outside for a ball.
Working with both Baltimore and New York last year, Alexander won 13 and lost nine.
He picked two shutouts against the Tigers.
His windup and the two-one pick.
Ground ball to first.
Dodger has it, will make the play unassisted.
Wagner is retired, he'll make the opening out number one.
That will bring up round the floor.
Hitler's in two-trips against Dodger, against Alexander.
He's bounced off the short end of second.
Alexander picks three, weight one to 95, looking in, getting the sign from Bill Fahey.
Takes the shoulders a little bit, now winds and delivers.
Strike called on line.
Alexander stands three on route three.
Now the pitch, it's low.
Ground on the strike on the floor.
Now since this franchise moved from Washington, the Rangers have had great success against the Tigers.
Alexander whirls and delivers a bounce-your-bow on the left side.
That's the Tigers, the only team in the Eastern Division of the league that the Rangers have a winning record against.
They met once before this season, and that's the game that the Tigers fans and the Tigers themselves would like to forget.
13 to zip, Texas.
One-two count on the floor, went out, nobody on.
High, ball two.
The Rangers lead two to one here in the top of the fifth inning.
Now they two-two pitch, ball three outside.
Well, those cubbies have really been hot in Chicago.
They're surprising everybody, and what a day they had today against the San Diego Padres.
Twenty-three runs, twenty-four hits, winning a game 23 to 6.
A pitch to the floor.
He swings late and fouls that one off the handle back into the seat.
He has barely got a piece of that one.
Ron is up front of the plate, really, and punches that ball right through.
He's usually coming around a bit late, looks at the ball a lot longer than most.
The pitch to him, swung on, and punched foul to the right side again, back up into the seat.
The floor hitting 239 at the moment.
Ron not off to the good start that he had last year.
As a result, his stolen base total is considerably down this season.
He just simply hasn't been on base as much.
Here's the three-two pitch to him.
Ground ball to second.
Wills has the middle hop, with throw to first, gets the floor two down in the Tiger fifth inning.
Here's Tito Palentiz.
Tito laid down one of those nifty punts of his.
With a left-hand batter, he has shown good bat control.
Just pokes it past the charging third baseman until they hold it short,
and he has picked up several front hits that way this season.
One for two tonight for Tito.
Bases empty, two down, top of the fifth inning.
The pitch from Doyle Alexander.
It is in the dirt for ball one.
Alexander, now 26 years old.
He's been around though.
Originally in the Dodger system.
The pitch to Palentiz.
Long Adam, off to third.
A high hopper for Herra.
Across the diamond is plenty of time to get Palentiz.
The Tigers go down one, two, three on the top of the fifth inning.
And here come the Rangers to bat.
They lead it, Texas two, Detroit one.
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It's the last of the fifth inning here at windblown Arlington Stadium in Texas.
Located about halfway between Fort Worth and Dallas.
On the Fort Worth Dallas turnpike that makes sense.
Arlington is basically a community of industrial warehouses and buildings and homes.
Downtown Arlington doesn't really exist.
Ready to go on the bottom of the fifth inning, Toby Herra leading it off and he takes the strike.
Dave Rosemont is pitched very well, but he made one slip in the third inning when he walked Juan Beníquez.
And that hearted him as he stole second, scored on the double by Washington, who later stole third and came home on the air by May.
Bouncer off the end of the bat to first.
Thompson near the bag, feels it, and touches the bag to retire Herra.
Easy play for Thompson as Toby just hit that one off the edge of the bat.
That'll bring up Bump Wills, a switch hitter batting left-handed against Rosemont, son of Maury.
Wills hitting 258 left-handed, 324 right-handed.
Batting average of 279 overall, he lined up to the floor his first time up.
The wind up by Rosemont, the pitch to him is taken for a strike.
Mankowski is coming in very tight at third base.
He's suspecting perhaps Wills could lay something down.
He doesn't have the blazing speed his dad has, but strike two called.
But he can run, he's already picked up five steals this year.
A wind up by Rosemont, one up, nobody on.
Outside for a ball, one and two.
Rangers wearing an extra dark stripe on their left sleeve in memory of their teammate Danny Thompson who passed away during the offseason.
Low in the dirt for a ball, two and two to Wills.
One out, base is empty.
Here in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Rangers have a two-to-one edge over the Tigers, although they have just one hit off Rosemont.
It's a ball outside.
He had him two strikes and now has missed with three straight.
It's a full count now on Wills.
The pitch from Rosemont, flung out and popped foul.
Look at some of those National League scores.
Four games going now.
The Dodgers lead the Phillies four to three after sixth inning.
Atlanta up on Montreal three to nothing after four.
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati scoreless in the sixth inning.
And after four innings, it's the Mets and the Giants, no score.
And here at Arlington, Texas, two to one, the Rangers lead the Tigers.
Rosemont looking in, getting his sign again from May.
The motion's a three-two pitch.
Ground ball up the middle, into center field, a base hit.
Out of the reach to Pallantes, Wills takes a big turn.
Just to the left of Rosemont and snuck by Pallantes out into right-center field.
Wills has only the second hit of the game off Rosemont.
It comes with one down here in the fifth inning.
Catcher Bill Fahey.
Here's Bill Fahey, who had to be inserted into the lineup when Jim Sundberg was injured by a bat,
swing of the bat by Ben Ogilvy in the third inning.
Fahey one time up against Rosemont, struck out swinging.
Here's the set.
Wills goes.
It's a pitch out.
The bat's thrown at it.
The throw to second.
He is out at second base.
The Tigers cut him down.
Good throw by Milt May, who had made two four-throws earlier.
And this time they cut down Bump Wills.
He's been crossed for the fourth time this year.
So there are two down.
Fahey tried to help Wills.
He threw the bat at the ball and missed it.
One strike out, bare motor, the base is empty and two down.
Putt out was made by Mark Wagner on the steal attempt at second as they foul into the dirt of the plate.
Rosemont in to get a new baseball and certainly didn't like the finish when he got from Alan Clark.
Had a word with Al.
Jerry Newdekner working at first tonight.
Our front's at second and Nick Remagen at third.
The class second baseman of another generation, just the last generation, Connie Ryan.
Coaching down at third for the Rangers.
Brett Koenig at first.
The pitch to the plate.
Swung on and bounced foul over toward the Ranger dugout.
This is apparently grand prairie night here at Arlington Stadium.
The wind ups the pitch.
Fahey takes outside.
A ball and two strikes on Bill.
From Redford Union High School, Bill Fahey, he swings, bounces one to Thompson.
Thompson races to the bag and makes the play unassisted at first and retires the Rangers in the fifth inning.
No runs, a hit, no errors, nobody left after five.
It's Texas 2, Detroit 1.
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Here's Phil Mankowski to lead off the sixth inning for the Tigers who trail the Rangers 2-1.
Phil is a walk in the bounce out tonight.
The first pitch from the right-hander Alexander, swung on and hit high on the air to right field.
Grieve is under it, waiting.
And Tom puts it away.
Mankowski at the towering fly ball to short right for out number one.
That'll bring up Odlevey.
Benji is playing to fight a very bad bruise on the upper right arm.
Benji went with traveling secretary, Ben Desmond, to the hospital in Milwaukee after being hit by that thrown pitch
on the sixth inning of the night cap Sunday afternoon.
X-rays were negative, but his arm was extremely sore.
And still it is.
Strike called on Benji.
He couldn't even lift the right arm to eat after the game.
He was back on the Tiger locker room.
The Tigers cleared up ready to go here.
Strike two called on Odlevey.
That's a good thinking fastball low and inside to Odlevey.
One out, nobody on top of the sixth inning.
Alexander has been tough.
Here's the pitch to Odlevey.
Just outside, he didn't miss by much.
Tigers with four singles by Bledis, Kemp, Wagner, and Thompson.
Now they one-two pitch to Odlevey.
Swung on and missed.
That one up around the middle of the helmet.
And he has gone down on strikes three times.
Alexander with his fourth strikeout.
That'll bring up Kemp now with two down and nobody aboard.
Odlevey members of the Texas press talking with Steve Foucault before the ballgame.
Their first opportunity to talk with Steve since he was traded away to the Tigers for Willie Horton.
There's a pitch to Kemp.
He swings.
There's a base hit in the right center field beyond Wills.
So Kemp is two for three tonight, has two of the Tiger hits, takes a big turn,
and the ball is finally fed back into Wills.
Five singles for the Tigers now with a two-out single here in the sixth by Kemp.
That'll bring up Jason Thompson.
The wind seems to have changed direction a little bit now.
Checking the pennants, the flags out on the center field flagpole.
Blowing a little in from right center.
As Ernie pointed out earlier, they traditionally,
there's a wind that blows in from right field here at Arlington Stadium.
Set by Alexander, the pitch to Thompson, it's blown away, ball one.
But it's a swirling wind, too.
There's always a wind here.
But it blows in toward the plate, generally speaking,
and has made it park with its uniform fence anyway at tough home run park.
Jeff Burroughs noting he was happy to move to Atlanta from that, in that regard.
He moved to first, but Kemp gets backhand first.
And Burroughs tonight in another home run for Atlanta, his ninth of the year for the Plays.
Here's the set now by Alexander, the pitch to the plate.
Swung on, a drive to center field.
On the run is Benekis still going.
He makes the catch and races against the wall.
A long drive to deep right center field by Jason Thompson.
Hauled in by Juan Benekis, the center fielder, retired the Tigers.
No runs, one hit, no errors, and one left.
After five and a half innings, it's the Rangers, too, and the Tigers, one.
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Now before the Rangers come to bat on the bottom of the sixth inning,
we'll pause for station identification.
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Play on Thompson, with the Tigers having a man on with two down on the top of this sixth inning,
falling in the long drive near the wall in right center field.
Lo and away with a fastball by Rosemontball one.
Beninkus walked and scored the Rangers' first run of that third inning.
He was second and came home on the double by Claudel Washington.
Now the pitch, flung on and missed.
One ball, one strike.
Dave has pitched very well.
Got himself in difficulty in the third inning.
The fastball inside as Beninkus buckles out of the way.
It's two balls and a strike on one.
Followed by Washington and Campaneras here in the Rangers' sixth inning.
Beninkus.
Beninkus in a closed stance.
The pitch from the right hander, flung on, base hit the right field between first and second.
Beninkus picks up hit number three for the Rangers.
That brings up Claudel Washington, who doubled home Beninkus in the third inning for the first Ranger run.
Washington then coming on into score, he stole third and came on in on the overthrow, the throwing error by Milt Mays.
Burn rule is loosening in the Tiger bullpen right now.
Washington a left hand batter, hitting three-thirties and fine season thus far.
Beninkus has speed.
Good lead at first, a pitch to the plate.
It's taken for a ball, a little high to Claudel.
The Rangers traded away Jim Umbarger to get Washington and Umbarger is now in the minor league.
Oakland moving him down in the recent move.
First Beninkus gets back.
The opener of a two-game set here at Arlington Stadium.
The Rangers with a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning, a man at first, nobody else.
The pitch from Rosemont.
Washington hits a high hopper to first.
Thompson has it.
Can't get the ball out of the glove.
Throw to first, got him at first base.
Jason looked at second, had a play of second, but had trouble getting the ball out of the glove.
Ben realized he better get something out of it.
Went to the first, Rosemont covering for the putout on Washington.
But the Rangers now a man in scoring position.
Beninkus down at second base.
The play goes four to one, a putout of Washington, one down, a man at second, and Campi Campanari will be the batter.
Campi is struck out and bounced out the third tonight against Rosemont.
The Rose, winner of three games, no defeat so far, has pitched well, very well in this his rookie season.
Here's a set by Rosemont.
A look back at Beninkus.
The pitch is taken for a strike.
Fastball on the outside corner.
The Rangers with two runs on three hits. The Tigers have one run, five hits.
Rosemont checks the runner at second.
The pitch to the plate, Campi swings and misses.
Foul-tipped that one, and it's bouncing out of the mid of Milt May.
Milt May has taken that one on the hand. I don't know, he's walking around a little bit in the batter's box.
Rosemont taking a little bit extra time.
Campi hitting 298 at the moment, 0 for 2 tonight against Rosemont.
Here's the set. He holds, now delivers.
Guangan and Fouled back into the stands behind the plate.
Campi went lunging for that one. It was a high outside pitch.
Campi has a pretty large strike zone, at least he feels he has, because he'll go after just about anything.
Now the Rose, leaning on the knee, getting the side from Milt May.
Benique is at second, one down, a two-strike pitch. Fouled into the dirt, rolling over toward the Tiger dugout.
John Hiller gets a start tomorrow night against Gaylord Perry.
Perry's won two and dropped four for the Rangers. Hiller, one and three, all in relief thus far for the Tigers.
And Ernie's pregame show to begin at 8.15 again tomorrow.
Don't forget the exhibition game in Cincinnati on Thursday.
In a break with tradition, will be broadcast.
And we'll be hitting the air at 6.45 Thursday night from Cincinnati.
The stretch now by Rosla. Here's the pitch.
There's a looper toward center. Here comes LaFleur. He won't get it. It drops in front of him.
Benique has had to hold. He checks his third base.
He didn't know whether the ball would hold up, so Benique moves to third on the looping single to center by Campanaris.
Runners at first and third, one out here on the sixth inning.
That'll bring up Hardgrove, Hitless in two trips against Rosla.
One is in for a conversation with Young David.
Ruehl continues to throw down on the Tiger bullpen.
The single by Campy is hit number four for the Rangers.
Against Rosla tonight, Hardgrove has lined through Oglebay and bounced out to Thompson unassisted.
Dave has a spot of trouble right now.
The runners at first and third, and what a runner he's got at first base, Bert Campanaris.
Here's the set, the pitch to the plate. It's a cold strike on Hardgrove.
Got a watch out for Campy, who has lost a little of his feet, however. He's been cut down quite a bit this year.
He's tried to steal ten times and has been successful only three times.
Hardgrove, a good left hand batter, the set by Rosla.
And the pitch to Mike. He hits one on the ground to Thompson, goes to second for one, and they've got the...
It's a double play because Thompson made the play at first base to eliminate the fourth,
so Wagner had to make the tag on Campanaris who tried to run out of the base pass to elude him.
It's a double play going three-six.
And that's all for the Rangers here in the sixth inning. No runs, two hits, no errors, and one runner left on base.
Six innings of play. The Rangers two, the Tigers one.
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Moving to the seventh inning here at Arlington Stadium.
Getting the attendance figures.
Ten thousand eight hundred and twenty-six on hand on Grand Prairie Night at Arlington.
Moving to the seventh, back to the play by a play. Here's Ernie Harwell.
Tiger four five, it may, running an air.
Two to one, Texas, three. Two to five, and then a 50-point pass from Darrell Reddick-Teddon.
He's kind of getting in the way.
May is bouncing about right, one too short, stopping once to second.
Now the Tigers pulling an empty double play.
Benica's not running very hard, didn't make it to the plate before that out was made.
Here's a bounding fall off the end of the bat of May, and the count is one and one on milk.
Benica's crossed the plate before that second out was made.
The run would have counted, but he didn't run very hard in,
and the umpires noted that the play was made at second base before Benica sets the plate.
Oh, the run did not score. It is two to one, Rangers.
They got there two in the third. The Tigers got there one in the first.
Alexander ready to pitch to the left stand of adding Tiger catcher, Milk May.
He swings foul fly, lifted out of play.
The Tigers scored on a single by Fluidis, a walk to Mankowski, and a two-out single by Kemp.
And with two out on the third, Texas scored twice, a walk to Benica's he sold second, came home on a double by Washington.
Washington stole third and came home when May threw the ball into the field.
That's the story so far. We're in the seventh inning.
May waiting on a one-two delivery, swings and fouls it away right down below it.
Still a one-two count on Milk. The Tigers take the Mimsy Drain here.
Here in front of the trainer, reading the Mimsy Drain for the Tigers is Jane Wyman from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Had a Tiger stand for about 20 years. He's out here tonight.
Two-three-fifth. He swings and strikes out, a breaking ball toward the outside, Fluidis.
May goes down swinging, the fifth strike out by Alexander.
One away in the seventh. Here's John Wachenfos. He's flying the left-hand fan.
The Tigers had two for Kemp, one by Fluidis, one by Thompson, and one by Wagner.
And they've all been singles.
Alexander ready to go into action here in the seventh inning.
Rocking fast swing and pass it up out toward second base.
Wills is turning right between the first and second, next to catch under Skiddery and Co. Two away.
Mark Wagner batting now. He's singled his first time up in the second inning.
His back's stripped and a 50-bounce shot is just hit to Hargrove at first base.
Right here, two runs for it. No errors. Tigers one run private, one error.
Here's a strike called. He got a fast ball over.
I'll feel straight up on it, Mark.
Next batter will be Ron LaFleur at the top of the batting order.
There's a line shot to Kemp, and there as he drops it to the outside.
Bad return on one, two, three. Here come the Rangers to bat in their seventh inning.
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Texas Ranger fans stand by the old seven inning stretch.
Here's Willie Horx to face Dave Rosner.
Willie's 0-2 tonight against his old teammates. He swings and misses.
Will has bounced the third base and fouled out the third.
They're over-shifting on him now. Mankowski, Wagner, and Pruitties all on the left side of the infield.
And the outfield deep to left on Horton.
Starting the last half of the seventh in our league.
Horton cuts as the drive to left field, Kemp is there, has it for the outfield.
The drive to left field, Kemp, retires Willie for the third straight time.
That'll bring to bat Tom Greave, the right fielder who has struck out and bounced the third.
Now the four hit for Texas, Claudel, Washington with a double.
Campanaro's for the single, Will's for the single, and Benek is for the single.
Right hand batting Greave at the plate now, and Rose delivers a ball high to him, ball one.
He takes the pitch in too close, 2-0 the count on Greave.
Colby Harrow will follow.
Texas 2 Tigers 1 and the 7th, there's a strike, he got a slider across, 2-1 the count.
Rusty Stav out of action, did not even dress tonight, he's up in the press box area watching the game.
Here's a cut and a miss, Rusty has a full muscle in his trident, he's taking therapy,
and says he does not think he'll be available tomorrow, but hopes to be ready by Friday.
2-2 the count of the right hand batting outfield Greave.
He swings him up one to third, Glossmeyer, Mankowski, throw to Thompson, got him, and they are two down now.
One of the last innings fastest pitches listed here now, Alexander at 85 miles per hour and Rose my at 84.
That mark is paid right around 84 and 85 for each of the two pitches.
Here's Colby Harrow, Colby's fly to center and bounced out the first.
And they wind up by Rose, but the pitch is a ball outside, he's flat, it broke away.
Two down, nobody on, 2-1 the Rangers have the lead, they picked up four hits, Tigers have five blows.
Now Rose into the wind up the livers, it's a ball that hits him in the back, he's on first base, hit by the pitch.
That'll bring to bat Bump Wills the switch that is, he's got a fly to center and a single,
got a single sharply through the box just to the right of second base.
Second base for Bump Wills.
Four of the previous six innings, Rose my had set down the opposition, one, two, three.
Here's Wills at the plate now, man on first is Harrow, Thompson holding on the bag with him,
set by Dave Rose, he pitches, it's a strike on the outside corner.
Steve Gurley lifting the Tiger Bulls right at the moment.
Short lead for Harrow, Rose my looks over there, Wills steps away from place.
Bree is still coming in from the outfield.
Outside, nothing's happening and the count is one and one.
Ronnie Ryan, the old end dealer, touching over there third base, here's the step now,
flip over to first, he's back in time.
The two starters are still in there, Roseman and Alexander.
Each has a pitch to strong game so far.
Now Roseman flips to first again, he's back in time.
Two out, one on, seventh inning, Rangers lead by one, two to one over the Tigers.
Roseman checking his finals, no pain, ready to go to work.
Harrow doesn't go, the pitch is outside, it was a let up.
Two on, McConaughey.
McConaughey wide in the bag and third and not quite even with it, he's about to stop behind it.
Harrow is in a pretty good pass, he goes and pitch his second for 3-3 by Hay to Wagner.
He is facing second base, so that's a steer.
No, the Rangers, Harrow is still second base.
The third sector still in base, they've been cut down one time tonight.
They had a very crucial steal in the third inning when Benekes with two out on a 3-2 pitch,
got a walk, stole second, scored on a double by Washington.
Washington stole third and came home with the marginal run when May flew the ball into the outfield.
Now they're going to walk Wills intentionally.
First base is open, they'll put him on now with two down.
Mill Fahey the next schedule batter and we've got a nationally final, Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati.
Candelaria shut him out on seven hits, he's won five and lost none.
The final was Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati nothing.
Billingham took the loss and they had 30,575 at Cincinnati.
Here's Fahey coming up.
The Dodgers held on to beat the Phillies 6-4, Sutton the winner, he's 6-0.
Christopher takes the loss, he's 3-4, they have 30,000 at Philadelphia.
That's the second walk off Roseman. Fahey swings and misses.
Davis walked two and struck out three, hit him at it.
Two men on and two men out.
The second time in the game that the Texans have had two runners.
There's a breaking ball low and the counter on Fahey is even at one and one.
Juan Beníquez who's been tough will be waiting on deck right now.
Texas ahead by one, two to one on the seventh, they've got a threat going, two men on, two men out.
Wing and a foul, they hit out of play in the dirt behind the plate.
One ball, two strikes on Fahey. Fahey in the ball game after Sundberg was injured by the backlash of Ogilvy's bat
and had to be removed from the game. We've not had any further word about his condition.
Now Ross has slowed his pitching pace a little bit.
Fahey digs in again against the Tiger right-hander.
The set, look for the bases, he pitches, there's a breaking ball in too close.
Also a little bit low, two to the count on him.
Outfield not very deep and almost straight up on him.
Infield playing back, they can play the ground ball anywhere in this situation with two down.
Now Rosema to the stretch, looks, Fahey swings with a bounding ball on the right side.
Thompson's left the bag, Rosema covers, takes the throw in time for the out.
The winnings grab the ball, fired over to Rosema who followed the precepts of covering when the ball hit to the right side.
He got over there in time and the Tigers are out of trouble.
No runs on, no hits, there were no errors and two runners are left.
In the text of seventh, at the end of seventh, the Rangers two, the Tigers one.
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The Rangers coming to bat in the eighth inning now. They trailed the Rangers by one, two to one.
Alexander's held them in check.
They scored a run in the first inning, a one-out single by Flutters, Mankowski walked, and after Oglew he struck out for the second out.
Kemp, instead of the single that scored the only Tiger run, the Rangers came back with two in their third and it's stayed that way ever since.
As Alexander and Rosemar have dueled away here in Arlington, Texas this evening.
Here's Ron LaPau on the top of the batting orders, trying to get it started.
Ron's bounced out three times, once to shorten, twice to second.
Harris playing in a little bit closer third base, just inside the bag.
Alexander the right-hander, ready to go into action in the eighth inning.
He rocks in the livers, that is a strike call, a full move up in the boxes that he might want but didn't offer on it.
And Harris was charging in from third.
Strike one, the count on Ron.
The Winnies and Mankowski will follow here in the Tiger eighth.
He takes the ball, it's over but low, on the count even one and one.
Two runs and four hits, no errors by Texas.
Tigers one run, five hits and one error.
Here's the wind-up in the one-one pit, he swings and doesn't get it.
Gets the ball to the middle of Fahey.
One and two, the count of the leadoff man, Ron LaFleur.
J. Lord Perry pitches tomorrow night for the Rangers.
John Heller making a start for the Tigers tomorrow.
Hope you'll be tuned their way for that one, that'll be the final game of this two-game set.
Here it comes, he cuts and it's a bounding foul over near the Tiger dugout.
One and two, the count on Ron.
The only Tiger with more than one hit is Steve Kemp, he's had a couple of singles.
All the Tiger hits have been singles tonight.
Now LaFleur digs in to wait, the pitch is a ball outside, two-two the count on him.
The Tigers have left five runners on the bases and the Texans have left three,
they have left all three in the last two innings.
Here's the motion on the two-two serve, he swings and it's a bounding ball toward right field, it's through for a base hit.
Between Wills and Hargrove, field is about the right field of greed and flips back into Wills, the second of basements.
And the Tigers now have the tying run, at first base, Luke Casey trotting off the top with his battery.
Harro's going to come over from third base to join in on the conference.
And Pouettis will be the next man to bat for the Tigers.
Well the conference is over, Luke Casey trots back to the dugout.
Pouettis has had a single, he's scored the only Tiger run, that's just in the first inning.
Then he pops to the catcher in the third, he bounces to the third baseman in the fifth inning, one for three.
That's the sixth Tiger hit, they've not hit their opponent.
With the clock, the play dumb part comes out and says, all right boys, let's get the show moving.
And Tito about right to his left hand.
Alexander has struck outside, he's walk one.
Walk came in the first inning.
Well they're about halfway up in the infield, Hargrove will haul with the Laploride first base.
Ron right now has a fair-sized lead, here's a set by Alexander.
And they pick Tito Buckeball, right back to the picker, he throws the second for one, the relay to first.
He's then trying to double play.
He's trying to push it past the pinner, Alexander, hit it right to him.
He's trying to cap an error to relay to Hargrove and there's two out, nobody on.
Mankowski will be the next Tiger to bat.
Bill is locked, bounce the first and try to right.
The first of the two will be on bat.
Two to one, the Texas Rangers in the lead.
Outfield straight up on Mankowski here in the opening.
Alexander winds and delivers, a slow one that got over first right.
Now Texas is led all the way since the third when they scored two runs after two were out.
Trying to catch them all the way.
As they foul up this way it'll be out of play.
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Mankowski fouls up another pitch and the counties strike two on him now.
Alexander jammed him down in the hand.
Two strikes on Bill, two to one, Rangers lead, eight innings, two outs, nobody on for Detroit.
Alexander winds and delivers, here's the ball low.
He's digging that one out of the dirt.
Alexander ready for action, delivers, here's a fly ball down the line in right field going over his grief.
Chasing near the fence he can't get it, it's just out of play in the front row.
Over past the bullpen of the Rangers, just out of his reach.
One and two, the count on Mankowski.
The Rangers have made more of their scoring opportunities.
That's for sure in this game.
They scored the lead run on a throwing error by May.
Washington stealing third, came on home, May fired the ball past Mankowski into the left field corner.
And right now that's the difference in the game.
Two to one, Pavement, Texas.
Mankowski digging in to wait on a one-two delivery to him.
He takes a low one and they count his two-two.
Outfield pulled around the right just slightly.
Alexander checking his time with Pavey into action, he goes.
The pitch is a ball low, that'll make it a full count.
Mankowski waiting on deck.
Tigers need one to tie and two to go ahead in the eighth inning.
See what Alexander will give him now on the full count delivery.
Here's the wind up in the pitch.
He swings as a looping drive over the head of Campanella send in left field for a base hit.
Washington steals the ball on a couple of skips and Mankowski gets the hit.
That's his first.
Man on, two away, and it'll be up to Ben Ogleve.
Well, the Tigers have picked up two hits in this inning, the only inning they've done that since the first.
Hey, he goes out to talk with Alexander at the mound.
Three Tigers without hits tonight, Ogleve, May, and Wachenthal.
Each of the others has at least one hit.
Two out, one on, Ogleve has been to that three times and Alexander has spanned him all three trips.
He takes the ball low.
Mankowski not vexing off very much at first base. They've got Hargrove over there holding, opening up the spot for Ben down that line a little bit.
Alexander sets and deals. Here's a ball in too close. He moved him back.
Two and oh, the common Ogleve is camp waiting on deck.
Tigers got the leadoff man on in this inning, but a double play wipes him away from the bases.
And Mankowski's single, that's where we are now.
Conference is over. Ogleve is digging in to win on a two-all delivery from Doyle Alexander.
The Alabama takes his set, oh, get it to the belt. Here's a strike. He got the outside corner, two and one, the count on Ben.
Mankowski edging off a little part at first base.
Here's a throw, gets back safely, standing up.
Here's a final four from the ninth league. The Mets beat the Giants 8-1 in New York. Kuzma the winner, Manifusco the loser.
And the pitch. He swings and taps one toward first. It'll go foul. The high hopper fielded by Hargrove in foul territory.
And Kuzma the winner in that game is three and four. Manifusco has won two and lost six, and they had 8,366 at Chase Stadium tonight.
See that one.
Now two-two, the count on Ogleve with two out and one on the eighth inning.
He's loose from the Texas bullpen. Time is called. He'll have to be chased down by Grieve and tossed back to the bullpen.
Now Ben digging in, waiting on a two-two delivery from Doyle Alexander.
A little longer lead for Mankowski at first base.
And here's the pitch. He takes strikes, three called, and Ogleve has spanned for the fourth time in the game.
No runs on two hits. No errors. One man left for Detroit. We go to the last half of the eighth inning. The Rangers 2-0. The Tigers 1.
Now let's check on what's happened on the farm club level for the Tigers.
They last 24 hours last night at Evansville, and their last loss lost a close one at Omaha 2-1. The Triplets in third place in their division of the American Association have won 16 and dropped 14.
Montgomery cruised along. They beat Jacksonville 10-6.
As Zenoik Garrison hit a first-winning Grand Slam homer, and Michiganer Terry Lynch had three hits and three runs batted in, helping Tapp Underwood pick up his third win against two defeats.
The Rebels under Eddie Frankman leading the Western Division of the Southern League with 23 wins and only 12 defeats.
And Lakeland's fine young pitcher Mike Critt won his sixth in a row. He has yet to lose. He went 10 innings as Lakeland turned in a 1-0 victory over Winterhaven,
and the Lakeland Tigers remain in first place in the Northern Division of a Florida State League under Jim Leland.
Last half here, sitting in Texas, the Rangers still in front of the Tigers, 2-1.
John Benekes, who scored the first run after walking the two out of the third inning, will be the batter. He's also been up another time and singled on that trip, 1-1-1.
He's been seeing that forever since he won 4-1-1. Now Rosemar ready to go to work. The right-hander pitches, and it is a ball outside, ball one.
The pitches have both been strong tonight. There's a strike call about letter high. One-on-one, they count on Benekes.
He'll be followed by the top of the batting order, Claudio Washington, then Burt Campaneras.
Close one all the way here in Texas. Here's the pitch. Swing and a little nubber hit on the ground to first base, Thompson-Glendzic.
Back of the bag, makes the play on assistative first, and Benekes is out. One up and one away. Now the top of the batting order, Claudio Washington.
He bounced the first, doubled, as the right field, a key hit in the game. The double drove home the first run, and then he scored the second one.
In the sixth inning, he bounced out first base, one of the pitcher covering.
Claudio stepping in.
Outfield straight up on him, and Mankowski even with the bag at third base. Now in a little bit, Claudio is jammed at the shoulder, ball one, fast ball.
Two to one, the Rangers lead it in the eighth.
Rosemar into the windup delivers. Here's a drive to right for a hit.
He weighed in and snapped a single to right. That's his second hit. Washington on with one down in the eighth inning.
A big fifth hit for the Rangers. It'll bring up Bert Cappanarello.
Magnus weight is up about halfway on second with Thompson holding at the bag at first. Now Mankowski's a step behind third. Throw the first and Claudio's back.
He's a good runner. They'll have to keep an eye on him. And LeCasey's had his charges running here tonight.
A little kicking of the bag over there by the umpire, New Decker, trying to get it settled. Now Washington edges off.
Throw the first, he's back in time.
Rosemar keeping an eye on the baserunner Washington who's moving off a little farther now. Another couple of steps. Set by the Rose. A pitch, it's a pitch out, but he's not moving this time.
Far away in the count on Cappanarello. Can't be a very fine number two hitter. He can hit and run well. Lay down a bunt and he's a little slower than he was, but he still has pretty good speed. Now the set by Rosemar. A runner doesn't go. He busts going. A swing and a miss by Campy.
One and one they count on him. Two to one the Rangers lead the Tigers. We're in the eighth inning in Texas. One on and one out for the Rangers. The step, the pitch.
Not moving again. It's a pitch out, two and one. Campy takes a glimpse down to third base, George Conny Ryan.
Moving off another step toward second. Draws a throw, gets back with a head first slide.
Maging off again. He doesn't go. The pitch is swung on and missed. Like a fastball about at the hands. Two to the count on Cappanarello. Rangers two Tigers, one of the eights.
Next batter will be Mike Hargrove, the left hander batting first baseman. Right now they've got to concentrate on Cappanarello to play. Washington in the first base.
Rosemar looking to get his time from May. He's back with a head first slide.
And again, that's a new guy kicking that bag.
And there's Cappanarello trying to lengthen his lead at first base. Count is two to one Cappanarello. He's going. The pitch is swung on, hit in the air. The left field is not deep. Here comes Kemp, taking hard. Can he get there? No he can't. The ball falls in front of him.
Washington heads for third. He's in safely and throws a second. Bates the second at Cappanarello. They had the runner going and the ball was hit in the short left field. Kemp charged in, couldn't quite get there, had to play it on one off.
And the hit run may have removed Washington in the third. It'll be a single and Cappanarello goes for second on the third.
A little Texas Linger dropping in safely in short left field. Man on second and the man on third, one away.
And hard draw for batter. Woody Horton's schedule next.
Now let's see if they'll put him on. Yep they will. They're going to watch him first base is open.
Means a fourth out of the play, a double play on the ground ball and a right hand pitcher against the right hand batter. So all that contributes to the strategy here.
But House chooses. Walking hard draw to load the bases. And bringing up the old Tiger Willie Horton.
Ball three outside on hard draw. It'll be the third walk he took by Rosemont.
And there's ball four. Now the bases are loaded.
And the Texas crowd is standing to give Horton an ovation.
Meanwhile the Tigers are going to have a conference at the mound.
And here's Willie's record tonight. He bounced the third and the second on him. He bowed to the third baseman, Mancowski, in the fourth inning.
He had a sharp line drive directly to the glove of the left fielder, Kent. The last time it batted him seven-bottom.
Now the bases are loaded. One man down. The Rangers lead two to one. Woody Horton against Dave Rosemont.
In field and double play down.
Washington the lead runner third base. Rosemont working off the set position to the leaders. And Woody takes the pressing ball wide.
Washington at third. Campanaro at second. Hard draw at third.
Two singles in a walk for the mound but one away.
Now Rosemont trying to hold it on. He was about to start an eighth inning.
Woody starting very near the plate.
Now certainly in set position.
The defense, the three, was a fair ball away.
I told him he'd be looking to the back. No point in.
Mixed the gudges at back by Washington. He'll still eat it.
The field put off by Rosemont. It is three to one.
It ought to be in second place tonight but we need to hurry.
Campanaro held it second. Hard draw held at first base.
That makes it three to one now the Rangers and the batter will be Greaves.
With two men on and two men out.
The outfield play down straight up.
The Rangers stuck out and twice bounced at their base.
Three to one. The Texans lead it.
And Rosemont not out of the woods yet.
Outfield a little bit to the left now. Here's the pitch.
He takes one across the plate. Tucked the outstretched on his strike one.
The pitch goes a little deeper on the left and on the right.
Rosemont ready.
And the pitch swung on and popped in the air to short right field.
Here comes Ogilvy.
He's under it on the run and makes the catch to retire the side.
However, there's been damage by the Texans.
One run on a walk and two singles at a sacrifice.
And no Tiger errors. Two runners on the left. We go to the ninth inning.
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To pumping gas in Indiana.
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High sports fans, Warren Pierce here reminding you that I'm here every night of the week when there is no Tiger baseball.
Seven to ten on WJR Detroit.
Well the Tigers need some instant runs here now.
They're trailing by two. Three to one. Ninth inning.
It'll be Steve Kemp trying to lead it off.
Off the side.
Kemp's had a couple of singles. He bounced out the third.
He's middle dribbled two for three for the young outfielder.
Garry Kemp has gone all the way. He's scattered seven Tiger hits.
Here's a fly ball. It's a right field deep. Going back is free. He's at the wall and he makes the catch.
Got it on the warning track.
Long fly to the right. Retires Kemp on the first pitch.
Jason will be the next Tiger batter.
They have announced that the X-rays on Sunberg were negative and he'll take a day's rest.
He was injured by the bat in the early part of the ball game and had to be replaced. That's the Texas catcher.
Here's Jason now with one for three.
Swings and taps went over the mound. Wills charges his second. Flips it over the first. They got him by a step and a half.
Two pitches and two out in the Tiger ninth inning.
They're making the announcement now on Sunberg over the PA. You might get some kind of a crowd reaction here.
Yep, there it is.
Milton May with two down in the ninth inning. The Tigers need two to tie.
They trail it three to one in the first game of two here in Texas.
Alexander ready to work and delivers a fastball outside.
Watkins first, waiting on deck. He takes the strike and above the knees.
Alexander into action. Here's a foul out of play. One ball and two strikes.
Alexander's been tough. The Tigers got that one run in the first inning.
Single a walk and then the RBI single by Kemp. They've not scored since then.
They get that one-two pitch, two out ninth. Here's the pitch. He swings and fouls it away. Off the middle play.
Still alive with a one-two count as Milton May.
He's not getting his time getting back in there. He's making Alexander wait a little bit.
Here's the motion and the pitch. Swung on and foul to the screen. One and two of the count on him.
Here's a rally. Died by Alexander in the last eight innings. Now the right-handed. Texas fine with his ketchup-ay-he.
And the motion. Here's the pitch. He swings and misses. The game's over and Texas wins it.
No runs, no hits, no errors and nobody left. And the final score, Texas three, Detroit one.
I'm Tony Harwell and I'm here with a couple of competitors in the Chrysler Plymouth Dealers Honorary Tiger Batboy Contest.
Paul, how does this thing work?
Well, any boy or girl between eight and fourteen can sign up and any participating Chrysler center field.
Provided they are accompanied by a licensed driver, eighteen or older.
That's right. And there's no obligation for signing up.
Then twenty-two batboys will be picked on June the 2nd, right, Katie?
Yes, twenty-two winners. One finished Chrysler Plymouth dealer. And everyone who signs up gets a free Tiger I am on patch.
Great. Well, that about does it. So kids, grab your parents and stop into any participating Chrysler Plymouth dealer between April 18th and May 27th.
And sign up for the Tiger Batboy Contest. Thank you, Katie and Paul. And this is...
Oh, there's one more thing.
Yes, Katie?
Shouldn't that be a bet, Payson?
Well, anyway, see your participating greater Detroit Chrysler Plymouth dealer soon.
Well, they've rosed in a bit to get ball game again for the Tigers tonight.
But the young twenty-year-old right-hander from Grand Rapids came up empty this time, suffering his first loss.
After three victories, Doyle Alexander giving up a first inning run to the Tigers and then shutting them out on five hits the rest of the way.
As his teammates picked up a pair of runs in the second, an unearned run as a result of a throwing error by Milt May that made the difference and gave Texas a 2-1 lead.
Then Willie Horton sacrificed Fly in the eighth inning, adding an insurance run for Texas.
Aligned score for the Rangers, three runs, six hits and no errors. They left five on base.
The Tigers had one run on seven hits with one error and left six on base.
Roseman now three and one. Doyle Alexander, the winner, is five and one.
The game took two hours, fourteen minutes to play before a crowd of 10,826.
And I'll be back to recap the scoring in one minute.
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The Tigers jumped in front in the very first inning, but that's all they could score off Doyle Alexander tonight with one out Tita Fuentes. It was safe on a bunt single.
Phil Mankowski walked, and then with two outs, Steve Kent, single to right to score Fuentes from second base.
But the Rangers took the lead in the second inning.
I'll take your pardon, in the third inning.
With two outs, Juan Beníquez walked, stole second on a high throw from Milt May, got in underneath the attempted tag by Wagner.
And Claudel Washington doubled into the corner in right field to score Beníquez to tie the game at one apiece.
And Washington stole third as May overthrew Mankowski down into the left field corner.
Washington wheeled on in to score and made it two to one at Texas.
The Rangers adding one more run in the eighth inning on a sacrifice fly by Willie Horton, following singles by Washington and Kampi Kampaneras, and an intentional pass to Mike Hardrow.
Alexander struck out seven Tigers, walked only one, and upping his record to five and one, he's now got a career record of 12 wins and only three defeats against the Tigers.
Rosema suffers his first loss of his major league career after winning three straights.
A day walked free, two of them intentionally. He struck out three and hit one batter.
So the Rangers draw first blood in this series. They've now beaten the Tigers two times in two meetings this year.
The windup of a short two-game stay in Texas comes tomorrow night when John Hiller will get his first start of the season, only his second since 1972.
He'll go against the veteran Gaylord Perry, who'll be seeking to become only the third pitcher in major league history to win 100 games in each league.
He needs one more win. He has two wins and four defeats this year, 99 wins in the American League, then coming over from the National League.
Our broadcast coverage tomorrow will begin at 8.15 Eastern Daylight Time with Ernie Harwell's pregame show.
That's the story from Arlington Stadium for Ernie. This is Paul Carey saying so long.
Once again the final start, the Texas Rangers three, the Detroit Tigers one.