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The Detroit Tigers faced the Texas Rangers at Arlington Stadium for a Tuesday night game on April 11, 1978.
Detroit had some success in the early 1970s under manager Billy Martin.
But following his departure after the 1973 season, the Tigers hired Ralph Hauk.
Unfortunately, that only allowed the team to finish four consecutive seasons under 500.
The Tigers finally decided to tap into their farm system.
In 1978 marked the rookie seasons of Lou Whitaker, Ellen Trammell, Lance Parrish, and Jack Morris.
Texas was coming off a successful 94-68 record in 1977, finishing in second place behind the 102-win Kansas City Royals.
Texas, however, went through four managers in 1977, finally deciding on Billy Hunter to lead the team for the 1978 season.
This audio recording is from the Detroit Radio broadcast featuring announcers Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey.
Greetings everybody, the Tigers in Texas tonight. Paul Carey is here. My name is Ernie Harwell.
It's the first of a two-game set in Arlington, Texas between the Tigers and the Rangers.
Each team is starting today in a tie in its respective division.
Dave Rosemond, the young man from Michigan, will test his arm tonight.
He won 15 and lost seven last year, and his pitching rival will be right-hander Doc Medich,
who had a combined 12 and 7 record last year with Oakland, Seattle, and the New York Mets,
and then was signed as a free agent by the Rangers back in last November.
The weather seems to be excellent. We've got a little bit of a breeze that is blowing in from the outfield toward home plate.
And we'll be back in one minute with the starting lineup.
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Well, the pitch is warming up in the bullfinch right now. Paul Carey's all warmed up.
He's had two dogs in the woods, and he's ready to go.
All right, Ernie, thank you very much. I won't tell anybody about that Spanish food you had earlier today.
Good evening from Arlington Stadium here in Arlington, Texas, the Metro Texas area, Fort Worth and Dallas.
Well, we've had some renovation take place since Ernie and I last visited with the Tigers at mid-year a season ago.
They have added some upper deck here behind the home plate area, adding to the capacity some 5,000-foot seats.
And they have built some special private boxes as well beyond the press box area.
Well, the Tigers are beginning the first road trip of the season, two games here in Texas and then three in Toronto
before coming back home next Monday for a two-game set with the Chicago White Sox.
Both these ball clubs have taken two out of three thus far, winning their season opening series.
The Tigers are of course taking two of three from Toronto, and the Rangers played the Yankees free game starting on Saturday
and capped it off last night with a victory five to two.
The Tigers flew down last night after beating Cincinnati five to three in a stand-lot benefit game.
They arrived about 2.30 Detroit time, 1.30 down here in Texas to get set for this ball game tonight.
Young Dave Roseman, who won 15 times last year as the rookie pitcher of the year in the American League,
gets his first outing of the season against a very tough Texas Ranger lineup that is certainly much improved over a year ago.
One of the best set lineups in the business.
The depth might be a bit of a problem, but Billy Hunter has experience on the bench at least.
Going against the Tigers tonight, one of the two new acquisitions among the starting pitchers for the Rangers,
George Doc Medich, who went into the free agent market last November and wound up signing a contract
of a million dollars worth four years with the Texas Rangers.
The umpires are making their way to home plate right now, and they'll be meeting with the managers that swap the starting lineups,
and let's pause right here for station identification.
This is the Detroit Tiger baseball network.
At 8.30, you're listening to Tiger baseball on WJR Detroit.
And in Atlanta in the first period, Detroit Red Wings three, the Flames no score on power play goals by Dale McCourt and two by Ned Nedomansky.
Now the starting lineup for the Detroit Tigers against the right-hander Doc Medich, leading off playing in center field, will be Ron LaFleur.
Batting second, they target third baseman Phil Mankowski.
Hitting third, the Tigers designated batter Rusty Staub.
Batting fourth, first baseman Jason Thompson.
Hitting fifth, in left field, will be Steve Kent.
Batting sixth, the right fielder Tim Corcoran.
Hitting seventh, doing the catching, Milk May.
Batting eighth, the second base, Lou Whitaker.
Batting ninth, shortstop Alan Trammell.
The Tiger lineup has LaFleur leading off in center, followed by Mankowski at third, Staub the DH, Thompson at first, Kemp in left, Corcoran in right, May behind the plate, Whitaker at second, and Trammell at short.
For the Rangers against Rosie tonight, leading off playing at first base, will be Mike Hargrove.
Batting second, the veteran shortstop Bert Campaneran.
Hitting third, in left field, Al Oliver.
Batting clean up, the newly acquired designated batter for the Rangers, Richie Zisk.
Hitting fifth, at third base, will be Toby Herra.
Batting sixth, in the right field, Claddell Washington.
Batting seventh, playing center field, Juan Beníquez.
Batting eighth, the second baseman, Bump Wills.
Batting ninth, catcher Jim Sundberg.
The Ranger lineup again has Hargrove leading off at first base, followed by Campaneras at short, Oliver in left, Zisk the DH, Herra at third, Washington in right, Beníquez in center, Wills at second, and Sundberg catching.
The meeting at home plate is an extra long one here. What were the first visits of the Tigers to Arlington Stadium for the spring, and Ralph out going thoroughly over the ground riddles with the umpiring crew.
Behind the plate, it will be the second year umpire, Durwood Merrill.
Out at first base, the crew chief, Marty Springstead.
At second, Larry Barnett.
And at third, Jim Evans.
They have some good crowds down here at Arlington Stadium over the first three games with the Yankees series, as might be expected at the beginning of the season and with the Yankees in town.
They are above last year's pace at this time.
Crowd tonight is going to be a little more difficult for any of us to estimate it here because of the addition of the upper deck.
It's over our head, and we aren't able to see how many people are there.
But there are a lot of MPC Tigers, and I think they threw a little over 13,000 in the ground game last night, and I would say it would be in the area of maybe 10,000 to 12,000 here tonight.
The Rangers have made their way out to their defensive positions on the mound.
And a special cheer has gone up in left field for Al Oliver, who has fast become a favorite here in Arlington, having played only three games, but a Brazil out there has a lot of fans in the league series.
Now our national anthem.
The Rangers are going to be a little more difficult for any of us to estimate it here because of the upper deck.
Crowd tonight is going to be a little more difficult for any of us to estimate it here because of the upper deck.
The Rangers are going to be a little more difficult for any of us to estimate it here because of the upper deck.
Crowd tonight is going to be a little more difficult for any of us to estimate it here because of the upper deck.
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This is a big night certainly for both of our clubs for the two young pitchers.
The youngest, Dave Rosema, making his first outing of the season.
Dave jumped a step behind the other Tigers starters because of a little spate of stiff shoulder down in the spring training early.
But Dave has turned in six innings worth in his last two outings in Exhibition Flyheave.
Last appeared, you will recall, at Columbus, Ohio last Tuesday when the Tigers were headed south to open the season in Detroit.
Dave making his first outing of the season here tonight.
The young man on the mound making sure everything is ready.
He was doing a lot of groundwork out there on the landing area of the mound is Doc Medich.
A man who everybody felt would not at this point in time in 1978 be playing baseball, but he'd be occupied as a doctor.
He has his degree.
He's a graduate of the medical school at the University of Pittsburgh, but Doc is continuing on in baseball thanks to the four year million dollar contract property him by the Rangers.
And he wants three agents to come from the bubble of last year.
He's ready to go and at the plate is round the court.
Here's Tony Harwell.
Thanks Paul.
We're set to go.
The right hand to Medich in the motion.
And LaFoint, a bounding ball to second.
Wills has it, the flip to first.
And he is out at first base.
We had to wait.
It was a collision.
And the question was did Hargo stay on the bag?
And the umpire down there, Marty Trink said he did.
So it is one away.
A fourth throw by Wills.
And the long play pass to the face, putting Hargo back and into the path of the oncoming LaFour.
But LaFour is out, run up and run down.
Brown went up there hitting 308.
You still meant Kelsey batting 3-3-3 against the right hand of Medich.
Doctor Dibbous, strike call.
Medich is now 30 years old.
He got his start with the Yankees back in 72.
And went to Pittsburgh, then the Mets.
Oakland and Seattle all last year.
There is a ball low to the left hand batting Phil Mankowski.
Just underway in Texas, an old score.
That's the style we'll go back next.
Medich checking his time with his fine young catcher, Thunberg.
There is a count on the foul, back of the plate.
Locking with a hunt of the Texas on it for what was before the game I have to know.
What kind of a spring?
Medich had, he said, very bad.
He said, I hope he pitches a lot better than he did this spring.
It's the motion of the post.
Long arm line, grand left fielder.
The being field is fueled by Oliver on one chip.
And rifle back into the middle of the diamond.
Paul George, a man of honor, but already has won a lot of friends out there in left field.
In fact, they've got a sign up out there now hanging over one of the barriers that says, Al Pound.
Here's Rusty Starb at the plate with a man on and a man out.
I thought they'd have Oliver's followers.
That's even better.
Rusty batting 385, strike call, fast call over.
How about that?
So the first and back in time Mankowski.
Medich, the big right-handed, sets the deal.
Here's a ball outside the fast ball wide to Rusty.
One and one the count on him.
Starb has five for 13.
Now the stuff again.
And he delivers.
Rusty takes it wide again.
Same spot as that last one.
Medich, basically a fast 12-50.
He's got a curve in his flier.
Sundberg was telling us he also has a pretty good change-up.
But he has never really reached the potential they expected of him.
19 game winner, one year with the Yanks, but he has not been up to that in the last several seasons.
Here's the stretch and the pitch.
Swung on a bounding ball up the middle, Wills dug it,
slipped it over to Schaffener, brought it first, double play.
A beautiful double play to Rob Starb over here and then turned it into the inning-ending play.
No runs drawn, one hit, no errors, and nobody left.
Here's the half-inning Tigers having Texas coming to bat.
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Now the Texans coming to bat, they'll be facing Dave Rosmer, the 21-year-old right-hander from Grand Rapids.
Rosmer, the most effective Tiger pitcher last year, won 15 and lost 7.
He was the Tiger Rookie of the Year, as voted by the Detroit Sports Broadcasters.
Now for the American League Rookie Pitcher of the Year and a member of the top American League All-Star team, Rookie All-Star team.
He'll be facing Mike Hargrove, the first baseman.
Very fine leadoff man for Texas, batting an even 300 right now, 3 for 10.
He walks a good deal, he's very selective in his pitches.
Mankowski wadded the bag on Mike.
Steps out, goes through that routine with the glove and the cap, et cetera.
Now weights and the pitch on the way, taken for ball, oh.
May is doing the catching for the Tigers.
Mankowski at third, Chameleon short, Whitaker at second, Thompson at first, Kemp and left.
Center fielder LaFleur, the right fielder Corcoran.
No score, first inning in Arlington.
Here's a strike, it's got the outside corner.
Tomorrow night it'll be Mark Svidrich against John Metlock.
Final game of the two-game set, then the Tigers move on to Toronto to help the Blue Jays open their season on Friday.
Bonding brought it slowly toward first, Thompson's left it, touch it, the road, McCovering and they get it.
The first baseman to the pitcher, one up and one down.
Now here's one of the veterans on this Texas Ranger team, Bert Kaepernick.
Kaepernick has lost his stuff, it's all, before the time, but he can still go get him.
And he's still a dangerous man on the bases.
Thirty-six year old right-hand batting infielder, Buntzabald, it is in front of the plate,
picked up by May, gunned over the first, but now ruled a foul by the plate umpire Merrill.
Al Oliver waiting at the on-back circle.
The Tigers took the seasonal series from the Tigers last year, 8-2.
Tigers won only one game here and only one at Tigers Stadium.
Buntzabald, Allen, and Kaepernick, one-and-one they count on him.
This is Kaepernick's 14th year in the American League.
And Rosmer, winds and piquies, wing and a miss.
Gets that one to the mid of May.
Breeze is coming in from the outfield, just about straight away set it toward home plate tonight.
It's a very pleasant evening here in Texas.
We hope the weather is good wherever you might be tuned in.
Here it comes, he takes a wide curve, two-two to count on Kaepernick.
30 down each line in this part, 400 straight away set it, 370 in the power alleys.
Wing and a miss, breaking ball got him, and Kaepernick is out on strike.
That's two down, nobody on.
Here's Al Oliver.
Walmer Pittsburgh Pirate outfielder.
He has four hits and twelve chips, that's the most hits on this game.
No home runs and no RBI's, three singles and a double.
Left hand batting Oliver at the plate.
Where's the number zero?
There's a strike call, Rosmer curved him.
Oliver came here and made a big, blind-loving deal.
Wing and a miss, Rosie changed up, and Oliver got out in front of that one.
Last year he batted 308 for the Pirates.
Had 19 home runs and drove home 82.
Left hand batter standing deep, feet close together, swings, bounding ball to second.
Riddicka backs up, Bobbelsitt picks it up, well to Thompson is wide, and he is out.
Thompson held his foot on the line, there'll be a little discussion about that one, but it is out number three.
They go down one, two, three in the first base.
Riddicka here for one, the Rage is nothing, the Tiger is nothing.
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Doc Medich, the right-hander, he really is a doctor, he's a resident in general surgery
at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, following in the footsteps of the hero of the
Hillybush Perfect.
And that would be Dr. Bobby Brown, who used to do his playing with the New York Yankees.
It was Mr. Corbett's boyhood hero.
Here's Thompson coming to the bat now to try to get it going with the Tigers.
Against Doc Medich.
Jansen hitting 286, that's 4 for 14.
Here's the wind up on the pitch and he takes the strike call.
Roof top Thompson, but they don't have any roof tops in their territory.
This is all about following back to get it on the roof.
I don't think they have one up here, up this way either, do they?
There's a ball low, just stands and no roof anywhere.
We call them big sky.
One and one, the count on Jansen.
No score, second inning.
Swing and a high fly ball, short net setter.
Oliver coming in, Kapaner is going back.
Oliver has it.
Well, everybody could get under that when it was so high.
Now Medich will pitch to Steve Kemp, who's hitting 444.
There have been a lot of medical doctors who've played professional baseball.
Hubb Pruitt was one pitch to the old Brownies back in the 20s,
and he was, as you remember, a jinx to Babe Ruth.
In 1922 he struck out Ruth 22 times in that one season.
Here's Kemp at the plate now.
No score, we're in the second inning in Texas.
It is a strike call.
Medich got his slow breaking ball over.
Ball outside.
One and one, the count.
The Yankees at one time had a battery of doctors back in the early 1900s.
Mike Powers was the catcher.
Jim Newton was the pitcher.
Both doctors. Here's the ball high.
Two and one.
And there was Doc Minkle with the Tigers.
And Hillsdale.
Here's a strike on the outside corner.
Here's a windup by Medich and a pitch on the way.
Here's a strike.
Now Kemp looks at the breaking ball and is called out on strike.
That's the first strike out by Medich.
Jim Corkland, Corky will be the batter.
He is the 0 for 3 for the young season.
He's walked three times, but he'll still have a hit.
That feels straight up on him.
Tigers have had one hit so far, single by Mankowski in the opening inning.
He was a race in a double play.
There's a ball outside.
It's a beautiful play by Wills, one of the outstanding defensive plays we've seen so far in the young season.
Deep at second, took a hit away from Staub, flipped to Kampenaris.
They turned it into two.
Korky looks there's a charge going in.
In field back except for the third strike of Toby Hara.
Now the 2-0 delivery.
He takes strike on the outside corner.
That's him, the fastball.
Still waiting on deck.
The Tigers trying to get it going against Doc Medich.
No score, second inning in Texas.
Bounding ball to first.
It is a foul just outside the bag.
A diving, rolling effort by Hardwell.
Ball foul anyway.
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Two-two, the count on Corcoran.
No score, second inning.
Wind up the pitch.
It's a wide one, full count.
Kevin Hutter, it's a big question mark on his team as a pitching.
That's where the bullpen.
Now Medich ready to go to work again.
Full count, better bring.
Swung on, hit the left, base hit.
Oliver feels the ball and that will be the second hit by the Tigers,
the first of the year for Corcoran.
And Milt May will be stepping up.
Milt with two for four for the Chief.
I asked Billy about a report in the New York paper.
I said I saw a report in the New York paper that the Rangers could have
made for Sparky Lyle or Claudel Washington.
And he said, well, I don't know about that, but he said,
I'll tell you one thing, I might report to Sparky to the commissioner
for tampering with my owner.
That'd be a switch wouldn't it?
That on first, two down, no score, here's Milt May at the plate.
There's a ball outside.
I have high regard for Claudel, but I'd make that deal anytime
if I were the Rangers and could do it.
No score, second inning, Tigers with a man on it, two down.
Flip over to first and back in time is Corcoran.
I thought the Rangers would have an interest in Ken Holtzman.
Clay Carroll has been working out down here with them.
There's a bounding foul ball over toward the dugout.
The Rangers are supposed to send a fit Hudson up to take a look at Holtzman's
tricks tonight, and I notice he's not sitting anyway.
Catfish started tonight.
Catfish, what's that score over there?
We've got Vince Desmond keeping score for it.
Little rough catfish is out of him, Milwaukee leads the Yankees 6-1 in the fourth.
There's a line drive basehead in the corner off the bat of May.
Holtzman turning heading for third.
Up to the ball is Washington, fires it into Bump Wells, and the Tigers have runners
at the corners and two down and a score of five.
Second inning and the batter will be Whitaker.
May ripped a line drive hit into right field.
A three-tiger hit, they've all been solid singles.
Great Blue Whitaker, he's won himself a lot of fans already at Tiger Stadium.
He's fighting 286 at two to seven.
One double and one single, and one RBI steps up.
They must have over-sprinkled a mound or something because Maddich had some trouble
before the game began.
Down with a tongue depressor to try to wipe away some mud from his spikes now.
Now he's ready to go.
The pitch to Whitaker is very high at fastball.
In the Toronto series, the Blue Jays outfielders were playing very shallow on Whitaker,
especially the left-fielders.
In fact, the Tigers were amazed that the left-fielder was that shallow.
Notice Oliver is in more normal depth against him in left.
If they drive that way, but it'll go foul back of the seat.
Two and one, the count on Lou.
So far, May's been the only one to pull, Maddich.
The man on first is May, the man on third is Clarkland.
The Tigers have a scoring chance, two down, second inning.
Fastball moved him back.
Two and one, they count now.
Maddich is 6'5 and weighs around 230.
Bring right-handed steps, kicks, some of his.
Whitaker swings, foul out of play.
Got a fastball in tight on him, a hard pitch to handle.
Hargrove, the holding on the bag with May, that gives Whitaker a little space
if he can pull the ball between Wilton Hargrove.
Now the stretch again, we went under two, two delivery to Lou.
That's him off and bad fastball under the chin.
Maddich is 6'3 against the Tigers in his lifetime,
and this is his first appearance for the Rangers for this season.
Matlack and Sederich will be the pitchers here tomorrow night.
We hope you'll join us for that one.
Now the 3-2 delivery on the way.
He walks him, the Tigers have loaded the bases.
And the number nine batter, Alan Samuels, will try to do something about it.
Samuels with one hit and three chips so far this season.
So with two down, two singles on the walk have loaded the bases.
Alan, right-hand batter against the right-hand pitching of Maddich.
That's the young man who now makes his home in San Diego.
Southern League's most valuable player I feel.
Playing back with two down, no score, bases loaded, two out.
Swing, parable, backfield, it comes Washington, he's there, drops it for the up.
He was playing in shallow and the ball didn't get much wood on it,
and Washington pucks it out of the air.
No run, two hits, a walk, no errors, three Tigers are stranded at the end of one-and-a-half hitting.
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Rangers coming to Matdoggins today of Rosemar who sent them down in a 1-2-3 fashion of the
opening inning and they were sent up to a designated hitter, Ricky Fisk, who started
off followed by Toby Harrah and then Claudel Washington.
Fisk wanted several additions to this club.
Makes the folks down here in Texas think that their Rangers might win the division in the
American League.
Fisk batting 455 at 5 for 11.
Fisk batting has a couple of home runs and leads the team in RBI's with 5.
Ricky Fisk is the play.
Big strong right hand batter, they got him in the white socks.
He takes a breaking ball over first strike.
Batted 290 last year and had 30 home runs, 101 in the RBI department.
There's a strike called, another slider from Rosie.
Fisk a graduate of Seton Hall.
And all those major league seasons with Pittsburgh until last year when he was with Chicago.
Takes a half cut but holds off and it is out of the strike zone, one and two on Fisk.
No runs and three hits for the Tigers, no runs and no hits for the Rangers.
Second inning in Texas.
Here it comes, he looks in too close with a fast ball.
That was not much out of the strike zone, 2-2 now on Fisk.
Toby Harrow waiting at the on deck circle.
Fly ball, it's a deep left center field.
It may get up the alley, it's jumped off the wall, fielded by Kemp.
It's a throw into the infield and it'll be a double for Ripley.
And up the alley, double the left center.
And the 4-12 to Harrow bats now, that's a ball at great distance,
take the notification.
This is the Detroit Tigers, baseball and at first.
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Here's Toby Harrow, the right hand batting third baseman, batting 2-50, 2-4-8 so far.
Toby telling me before the ball game that he's got the fans at his short for some of the best in baseball.
He likes to play in the ball park.
You know the Eastern part is a lot better for hitters.
You feel a lot more like a hitter in the Eastern ball parks in the American League
than you do in the Western part.
Here's the set by Rosie and the young right handed pitches.
Harrow takes a strike on the inside corner.
Outfield a little bit to the left on him in the infield back,
just on second with his lead off double.
Pretty good turnout here tonight, it's just very pleasant weather.
Ball and in too close, one and one the count on him.
Rosema got ahead of Zipk and then launched him on that two base hit for that center.
Rosie checks his sign again with Milt May.
It is just off the inside corner.
Most of the pitches that Rosema's been throwing these right hand hitters in this inning
that have been off target have been toward the inside.
Oh the tall young right handed, tears done again to go to work.
Two one the count on Toby.
Rosema ready to deliver that it is a wide one, that was a low outside slider.
That's forcing that pitch a little bit.
No score on second inning but the Texans are threatening.
They've got a man on at second base and nobody down.
Harrow had 27 home runs last year and had 87 out of the eyes.
He takes strike on the inside corner, full count.
Toby didn't start out as much of a home run hitter.
Then he began to pick up a little heft along the way and also develop the home run swing.
Now the full count delivery from Rosema.
Here comes, he swings as they drive to right.
Going back is Caulkman, he's there, buried deep, makes the catch.
Just back, that's the third, he'll make it easily.
Man on third, one away.
That will bring up Trondale Washington.
The former Oakland player who came to Texas last year.
Trondale says he likes it down here, he's still living in Oakland but he says things go good for him.
He might be a good fellow here.
Heard his legs playing basketball in the off season.
That didn't go over too big with the Maddox lift.
And he's still slightly hobbled from that.
They've got to pull the infield in at the corners, let's see if the other two come in.
The up sample's going to come in at shortstop.
And Ralph House can let Whitaker play back.
So that's the way the infield aligns itself against Florida.
Let's stand about a swing, Van Miffy, as he pulls the trigger too soon.
Washington has won for six-stop already here, a single, two RBI.
Always a part of the fight, isn't he?
He's got a running speed, I feel he's straight up on him.
Man on third is just one man out, no score, second inning.
Swing and a miss.
Quite a from a road man out, may want to contab at the mound with his pitcher.
The trip with the Tigers is to two cities beginning here in Texas, these two games,
and an off day on Thursday on which the Tigers will be traveling.
And then the weekend in Toronto, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday all single games.
Here's a cut on Miffy, he's stuck him out.
That's a big strikeout for Roseman with that man at third base and only one away.
Now they're two down as he wraps up his second strikeout of the game.
And Juan Beníquez, the fleet center fielder, the gold glove winner, steps up.
Beníquez with 0 for 9 so far this year.
Enfield and dropped back now.
Beníquez, as you probably know, hits out of a crowded closed stand,
a crowded closed stand center, practically turns his back around toward the pitcher.
And he takes a fast ball up the shoulder, in close on him, ball one.
No score, inning number two.
Arlington, Texas, the scene of Tiger action tonight.
Hope you'll be out at Tiger Stadium with us when the Tigers get back home.
It'll be Monday the 17th of April against Chicago.
It's a tap mound in the dirt.
White Sox are off to a good start.
They've got Ron Bloomberg hitting, he had another home run today.
Milwaukee and the Yankees have gone to the seventh inning in their game in Milwaukee.
And it is the Milwaukee 8 and the Yankees 4.
Cooper has home run, Thomas has hit two home runs for Milwaukee,
and Randolph hit a three-run homer for the Yankees in the sixth inning.
One and one on Juan Beníquez.
And on third is Richie Ziss, set by the Rose.
And the pitch, he takes the ball low, fast ball, going in close.
No runs and two hits for Detroit, no runs and one hit for the Rangers.
Now Ziss, the hamling down the line from third, keeping an eye on Rose.
He has gone through set position, holds his pitches.
Beníquez looks at his slider wide.
And he is ahead of the young pitcher now, three and one on the batter.
Beníquez started out as an infielder in the Boston Red Sox system.
When they made an outfielder out of him, he's become a fine one, waiting on a three-and-one delivery.
Caps ball in the dirt, back of the play.
While Beníquez had a throwing problem, at one time had an operation on his shoulder.
He had a shoulder separation with the Red Sox back in 1974.
Full count on him now, no score, two out of man at third base in the second inning.
Both were still staring in, but Beníquez thinks maybe for a little bit too long he steps away from the play.
Now they're back facing each other.
And the set by Rose, the pitch swung out a bounding foul down past Conny Ryan, the third base coach.
Conny played with the Atlanta Crackers down in 1940, 1940 when that was down there.
Here's a step down, a pitch to Juan Beníquez.
Swings fly ball, deep center fielder, floor backing up.
He'll have room in the next, the Glenscombe, a wide retard.
Rose gets out of trouble, no runs on one hit, there were no errors in one man.
That's the end of two, Texas nothing, Detroit nothing.
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Did you know that during his 18-year boxing career, gentleman Jim Quibbett never had a bloody nose or a black eye?
That's a WGR sports stat in Longdale Conquest.
The Tigers have a new equipment manager, Theo de Thauval, the 39-year-old trainer with Evansville.
He's been appointed to that job by Jim Campbell, the executive vice president and general manager.
And he will travel with the Tigers and handle their equipment.
Tiger Stadium. And Paul and I want to send our very best to Jack Han, who has resigned from his job, and we hope Jack the very best of luck in whatever endeavor he undertakes.
Here's Ron LaFleur now, beating it off of the Tigers, and he takes the ball in close.
Ball on, Ronny.
He bounces a second of A to his first trip.
This game is scoreless. Third inning, Medich on the mound delivers strike called.
One and one on LaFleur.
Outfield slightly scored right on him in the infield back.
Medich pitches again. There's a bounding ball.
The wills at second base. He clips it over the first to Hargrove.
And LaFleur goes out the same way he did in the first inning, second to first.
He's Mankowski who's singled in the first inning.
And Phil was erased in a double play.
Left hand batter against the right-hander Doc Medich.
Swing and a foul right down below it.
And a gentleman from Plano will take that one home with him.
Pretty good stop. Bounced from the aisle and he left-handed it.
Here it comes. Watch out.
Jack Knight following the way of an inside fastball from Medich.
Doc's real name is George.
He delivers. There's a bounding ball back to the wills.
He's to his right. He has it for the first. Got him.
Oh, Bump Will's has been busy down there second base.
That's his fourth or fifth already. Here's Rusty Star who hit into a double play.
On a brilliant maneuver by Bump in the first inning.
Rusty hit the ball sharply up the middle.
Will's got back, back-handed it behind the bag.
And with one motion out of the glove,
it's the ball to Kapanaris who relay the hard drive for the D.P.
Rusty takes a slow curveball over.
Strike called.
Yes, sir, you want to see these young Tigers in action when they get back to Tiger Stadium.
Be out there with us throughout the season.
Fastball going away, one and one on the stop.
It's so fun like the fun you have at the ballpark.
One and one now on Rusty, two out, nobody on.
Scoreless game. Swing and a tap fouled in the dirt.
Over the clock a little bit on that one.
Three hits for the Tigers and one for the Rangers.
Tigers three hits and then singles. The Rangers one hit with a double by Ziff.
Now the motion, here's a pitch. In close, fastball two-two.
Billy Hunter talking about medicine spring training
and how a lot of times certain pitches don't look good in spring training
and then can do the job when the bell rings.
Here's a pitch. There's a chopper foul.
Billy said, I remember one time I got a home run, a double, and a single off Sal Magley.
I was in a spring game. He said, no way I can hit Magley that good in the regular season.
Two-two, the count on Rusty's top. Here it comes.
Swung on a high fly ball to right field, not deep enough.
Washington is there waiting. It'll come down and does in his glove.
One-two-three in the Tigers third. We go to the last half of third.
Detroit nothing, Texas nothing.
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It's also the U.S. party's music champions.
Now in 66 I remember two more fans. A silver Corvette and a redhead named George L.
This year I got myself a Chevy wagon.
Four more things to remember.
A little Jim, a little Joe, a little Jim and a little Bob.
I've had a lot of different kinds of Chevy's over the years, but one kind of spark-blood champion.
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Did I forget someone? Did I forget Billy Jack?
Well, Rosemar ready to go into action now. It's Bob Wilkes that leads it off against Rosie.
And then after the second baseman bats it'll be the catcher Sunburn followed by the top of the batting order Mike Hargrove.
Each of these teams won two out of three in its opening series.
The Rangers were taking the measure, the Yankees and the Tigers besting the Toronto Blue Jays.
Well, Wilkes, the switch batter will be up there left-handed.
He's hitting 250 so far, two for eight.
Now, Kelsky on the grass at third base, anticipating the bump possibility as Rosemar delivers high and away, ball one on Will.
Little guy's on himself a regular spot down here.
He swings and it's one up the middle, passed Campbell's glove on one hop on in the center field.
Campbell got back a second, almost got through that ball, but it got past him and it is hit number two off Rosemar.
Campbell's leads off with a single. Here's Jim Sunberg with one for nine.
After Billy Hunter came down here last year, Sunberg just sort of switched around and made himself a good hitter.
Went up on the bat a little bit, got some confidence.
Hunter got to a point where he wouldn't take Jim out in the late innings for a pitch batter.
And he ended up with his finest year at the plate. He batted 291.
And out of that, his best average had been 242.
There's a toss over to first base.
In fact, he had averages of 242, 199, and 228 before he moved up to 291.
University of Iowa product, Jim Sunberg.
Will's with a pretty good lead at third base.
And he goes, a pitch he swung on and missed.
He's got a second. It is not in time.
He got a good jump on Rosemar.
May could not contend with that. It's a steal for Will.
No question about that one. He got a good jump.
That pitch was low and Sunberg helped the runner.
He went swinging at a pitch outside the strike zone and May had to pick the ball out of the dirt.
So, Milt was held back a bit there.
That's the first steal for a bop. He's been thrown out once before.
Man on second, now nobody down.
It's the second straight inning. They've got a man on second base with nobody out against Rosemar.
No score at third inning.
And Sunberg takes his flight of wide, one and one.
Opbele on Sunberg is just slightly toward left field.
Here's the set and the pitch.
In too close, down around the knees, two and one.
Rosemar's not walking anybody, but his control really hasn't been as sharp as his record would indicate.
He's struck out a couple.
He's thrown quite a few pitches for this stage of the game.
Now behind on the head, he goes to the two-one set position, delivers.
Here's a bounding ball to first, Thompson gloves it, makes the play on assisted wills, takes third easily.
And this is the second straight inning that the Rangers have put a man in third with one away.
Mike Hargrove, who bounced out first base to pitch a covering will be the batter.
The Tigers are going to pull their infield in again.
No exception of Whitaker, the second baseman.
Mike Hargrove, the left-hander batting first baseman, at the plate.
Now the stretch and the pitch.
He swings as they drive to deep center field, right center.
The floor goes back, makes the catch, the run will score.
Died by Will, he crosses the plate, one nothing check.
No play at all at the plate.
There's no chance for LaFleur.
He had to go deep in the right center to pull the ball in.
And Will has just dropped down home with a first run of the game.
One to nothing Rangers.
Here's Bert Campanari, RBI on the sacrifice for Hargrove.
That's his first run batted in this year.
Right-hand batting Campanari is waiting.
One nothing Texas in the third as they drive to center.
He comes to the floor.
He grabs it on the run towards second base.
A good running catch by Ron and the side retired.
One run, one hit, no errors.
Nobody left, but at the end of three of the Rangers, one and the Tigers nothing.
Well, let's look at the other scores.
This afternoon the White Sox beat Toronto 9-5.
And there were plenty of home runs there for Chicago.
Sadahom with the man on, Horta with the man on, Gar with the bases empty,
Bloomberg with the man on, and two bases empty home runs by Toronto
both in the fourth inning by Cardi and by Valette.
Jefferson is the loser and Cory Alba the winner.
The Yankee-Milwaukee game as we told you a moment or two ago,
it is eight for Milwaukee and four for the Yankees here in the seventh inning.
Cooper and Randolph in his home runs and Thomas has hit two for the Brewers.
Hard to believe by each week in the third against Augustine.
And Minnesota and California, we've got the pictures up now.
Erickson against Hussey and Seattle, Oakland, no report on that one yet.
In the National League the Cubs beat the Mets by a score of 42.
Russell the winner and Kuzma takes it off to that one.
Montreal and the Phillies delayed because of rain.
And now we've got word that it was postponed because of rain
and will be made up on the 5th of July.
Rangers abrupt the tie there on the third inning on a single by Wells with stolen base.
He moved to third on the bounce out and came home with a sacrifice off the bat of Hargrove.
The only score of the game, one nothing Rangers, as Medics and Rosemary duel away here in Texas.
And here's the microphone to bring us the action of ball carrying.
Okay Ernie, thank you.
Jason Thompson will lead it off for the Tigers here in the fourth inning.
Jason to the pop flight of left his first time up.
He'll be followed by Kemp and Corcoran against the big right-hander Medich.
They're playing him straight away both in the infield and outfield.
Here's the lineup on the first pitch of the inning.
Little low, ball one.
From the infield for Texas, Hargrove at first, Wills at second, Kemp on errors at short, Harrah at third.
A pitch to Jason, check swing, it was low and away and he checked in time.
The appeal made down to third base umpire Jim Evans.
He supported the contention of Durwood Merrill that Jason had checked.
2-0 count on Thompson.
Medich into the pump, here's the pitch.
There's a foul back to the screen.
I realize now they've eliminated one of these screens here at Arlington Stadium.
They used to have one of a double set.
They haven't made the first screen any larger but they've taken away the second one.
A lot of balls get in the stands here.
A 2-1 pitch.
Ball three, a little bit low.
Medich really bounced around last year.
He pitched for three teams, Oakland, Seattle, and the New York Mets.
Thompson fouls one off of the play.
Full count on Jason.
Medich had an accumulative record of 12 wins and 7 defeats.
Had a fine rookie season, you'll recall, with the Yankees back in 1973.
Al Bumbrey of Baltimore won the rookie honors that year, however.
Goal for a ball and Thompson draws a walk, the second given up by Medich.
First time in the ball game the Tigers have gotten their leadoff man on base, however.
That'll bring up Steve Kemp.
Kemp struck out swinging his first time up.
Thompson has drawn a walk in each of his first three games.
Holding at the back at first is Hargrove, a set by Medich.
The pitch to Kemp, swung out at line foul into the stands beyond the Tiger dugout.
The leading dugout here in Arlington is behind third.
How about a rain over the weekend down here in Texas?
The inside moved him back.
Still got a little puddle on top of the Tiger dugout, in fact, in a depression there.
The forecast for this week is excellent.
That's one of the ex-Detroit area TV forecasters working down here, giving us that word.
Troy Dungan, as they set the pitch to Kemp, outside for a ball, two and one on Steve.
Medich, a very methodical worker, he wants a new baseball.
The first club is strong up the middle. They get Sundberg, a gold glove winner, behind the plate.
Out in center field, Juan Beníquez, who won a gold glove last year for Fielding Palace.
And around the back at second, Wills and Campaneras.
Here's the pitch. Swung out and right back to the mound.
Medich, he drops the ball. Has only one play. He goes to first base to get Kemp.
George had trouble getting the ball out of the glove.
He looked at second, had a double play right in front of him, but he simply did not handle the ball well.
He dropped it as he pulled it out of the glove.
By the time he picked it up, he had only the one play of first base on Kemp.
So Thompson moves up to second.
And that'll bring up Corcoran. Corky single it up his first time up.
Medich, staring in, getting the sign from Sundberg, looks back at Thompson.
Here's the pitch. Corky takes the strike.
Medich has walked two. He's struck out one and given up three hits. All singles.
Corky swings, rips one up the middle. It's in the center field, a base hit.
Here comes Thompson around third. Vanekas up with the ball.
Millthrow to the plate. Thompson scores.
Corcoran delivers the Tiger run to tie the ball game at one to one.
Corky, after going hitless in the first three Tiger games, he was a pinch hitter in two of them and walked those times.
Delivers a couple of singles in this game against Medich.
That'll bring up Millth May, who pulled a single down the right field line his first time up.
Millth hitting well.
The latter stages of spring training and it carried over into the regular season.
In fact, Millth is now three for five for the year.
Medich taking a little time. Corcoran edges further away from the bag at first.
Here's the pitch. There's a fly ball hit deep right center field. Vanekas on the run near the wall.
Reaches 10th and it is off the wall. Rounding second heading for third is Corcoran.
May seems in the second with a double. Holding a third is Corcoran.
Corky had to hold. It looked for a moment like Vanekas might get there.
Washington almost colliding with Vanekas at the wall, similar to the double by Richie Zisk to the opposite side of the field earlier in the contest.
It got off the glove of Vanekas as he leaped and it bounced off the wall.
Had to be picked up by Washington. And May is on that second with a double.
At third is Corcoran. We've got a conference of the mound.
Thunberg talking with Medich. And before Whitaker, bats will pause for station identification.
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You're listening to America's great radio station. This is WJR Detroit.
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Here's Lue. Sweet Lue walked his first time up. The infield is in tight all around for Texas.
Runners at second and third, one away to game tied, one to one.
And now to Whitaker. Moved him back. He had to spin out of the way of that fastball inside.
The Tigers have tied it on a walk and a single and have a chance to move ahead with runners at second and third following May's double.
There's a fly ball down the left field line. It is slicing far and out of reach.
Oliver swung a little bit toward left center at a long run, almost caught up with it.
It fell foul about four feet.
Kind of a collective sigh here by the Rangers fans.
Expecting a very big turnout tomorrow night at Arlington Stadium when the bird, Mark Siddrich,
throws for the Tigers against John Matlack who won the opening game here for Texas.
Here's the 1-1 pitch. Whitaker bounces one to short. Campy checks the runners, throws to first.
Got him two down now with runners still at second and third.
Well, a drawn-in infield paid off that time for the Rangers.
The ball hit sharply right to Campanaro's.
Here's Allen Trammell now on the Tiger fourth.
Trammell flied to right his first time up.
With the exception of May, the Tiger batters have not been getting around on med-age,
but May has been able to hit him and hit him hard and pull him.
Getting some activity on the bullpen down there. Looks like that might be...
That would be Comer, a rookie right-hander.
Here's the pitch. Swung on, a line drive, base hit right center field by Trammell.
Scoring is Corcoran. Here comes Mays being held.
They're thrown to the plate. Now they've got off the base at first is Trammell,
but he bumps out his back and is in safely at first base.
Nobody was covering first.
Argrove had come in to cut off the ball in the middle of the diamond.
Trammell took almost too big a turn, however.
Sundberg was ready to run him down at first base, but then nobody was covering the plate.
May went on the breaks as he started to head home.
The Tigers get one in. May at third. At first is Trammell following his RBI.
Single and the Tigers now lead it 2-1.
And it's the top of the batting order with Ron LaFleur stepping in.
That ball hit on a line sharply to right center field.
A wise choice stopping May at third base.
Here's the pitch to Ronnie. He fouls this one out of play in right field.
Tigers now with a total of six hits in the ball game.
The stretch by Medich.
The pitch to Ron. He swings and pops one down the right field line.
Washington coming in. Hargrove going back.
Foul ball out of the reach to second baseman Wills.
It fell in between all three of them.
A little slicing pop foul that was blown that direction by the wind.
Everybody has to come back. Trammell was all the way to third base.
The ball has bounced out twice to Wills at second.
A walk and three hits paying off for a couple of tanker runs here in the fourth inning.
Medich ready again. Here's the two-strike pitch.
Trammell outside.
Trammell moving away from the back at first.
May with a short lead down the line from third.
The ball cuts to ground ball to Wills again.
He puts the campy for the fourth on Trammell and that retires the Tigers.
But the Tigers break through for a couple of runs.
They score two runs on three hits and a walk. No errors.
Two runners left on base.
The Rangers to bat on the bottom of the fourth inning.
It's now Tigers two, the Rangers one.
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Now the Tigers on top now two to one as the Rangers come to bat here on the bottom of the fourth inning.
And I'd like to send along some get well wishes to a longtime Tiger listener up in Charlevoix, Mr. Frank Supernaut.
Also to the News Director, WJR Dave White.
Best wishes, Dave, entering the Bobanum Hospital for surgery tomorrow.
Here's Al Oliver, number zero, deleted off in the fourth of the Rangers.
He bounced out the second his first time up.
Left hand batter, they pitch to Al.
The players bumped down the third base line, it's a beauty.
Mankowski will not make any plays.
A bump single for Al Oliver.
Perfectly placed halfway between the place and third.
Richie Zisk, who doubled in the second inning, got as far as third base.
Now Zisk won the opening game for Texas with a home run and a ninth inning.
Had a two run homer here last night against the Yankees.
A multi-millionaire Richie Zisk.
Set by Rosie, here's the pitch.
Just outside ball one.
It's reported that the contract of Zisk is for 10 years and for approximately $2.8 million.
Strong right hand batter.
The pitch to him, swung on, a fly ball hit to shallow right field,
Corkman on the run, still coming.
He makes the catch, a fine running catch by Corky, playing very deep on Zisk.
Now there's one down on the Ranger fourth inning.
That'll bring up Toby Herra.
He flies the clock run his first time up.
Now Toby had his best home run total in his career last year, 27 homers.
He played in 159 games for Texas.
Here's the set by Rosemont, will look to first at Oliver, the pitch.
Ground ball to the right side, Whitaker over Hezit.
Goes to second for one, the relay to first.
It is not in time.
Bang, bang, play of first base.
Marty Springstead calling Herra safe.
So it goes as a force of seconds.
And that brings up Claudel Washington.
Washington struck out his first time up.
Young man who came up, earned his spot on the majors with the Oakland A's.
Still only 23 years old.
Rosemont with his drop on his knee, now into the stretch.
The pitch still of Washington, it's a pitch out, but no movement at first by Herra.
Rosie is struck out up there, hasn't walked anybody.
Here's a foul in the dirt rolling behind the plate.
Coolish for Texas, I'll tell you, the Tigers usually hear when it's humid in the evening.
Not so tonight.
They've all got jackets on down on the Tiger dugout.
While they set the pitch, swung on and missed, a ball and two strikes on Claudel.
Ernie was talking about that rumored trade between the Yankees concerning Washington and Lyle.
There's another reported trade, Herra for nettles at one time.
Hi, there's the runner going Herra, slides, he is out at second base.
The good bill by Milton A cut him down and that retires the Rangers in the fourth inning.
No runs, no hits, no errors, they do not leave anybody.
After four innings of play, it's the Tigers two, the Rangers one.
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We're talking about possible deals with Texas.
The reference to Herra's metals trade is an alleged phone call made early in the morning one time last year by the then general manager of the Yankees, Gabe Paul, to Brad Corbett.
Well, he wound up getting Brad Corbett, Jr., Brad's son.
Woke him up and said, is this Brad?
And he said, yes.
He said, how about metals for Herra?
Young Brad said, nope.
Brad Sr. didn't find out about it until some time later.
Here's Phil Mankowski.
Phil won for two.
He cuts and fouls into the screen.
Phil singled in the first inning.
Rangers are interested in acquiring some more pitching.
They're looking at Jim Kern or trying to work a deal out.
There's a foul fly toward the seats in left field, back up a number of rows.
They have been interested in getting Kern.
They have a young man, Len Parker, on this pitching staff who might be the answer, but they're not really sure of him yet.
The pitch to Mankowski, round ball to first.
Hargrove fields it.
He'll make the play unassisted to retire Mankow, one down in the Tiger fifth inning.
That brings up Rusty.
Stop is over two.
He bounced into a double play in the first inning, fly to right his last trip.
Getting an even 333 now, five for 15.
Here's the windup by Medich. The pitch is a little low, ball one.
Not much breeze at all here in Arlington Stadium now.
Cut and a foul, ball and a strike on Rusty.
This park is known for its unpredictable winds, kind of a swirling wind usually.
Here's the windup, the one-one pitch.
Check swing at the ball, two and one on stop.
Tigers in front, two to one.
Rangers gonna run on the bottom of the third.
The Tigers moved ahead with two on the top of the fourth inning.
Stop patiently waiting at the plate.
Now the motion by Medich, the two-one pitch, ball three.
Medich has walked two Tigers, and he walks the third.
Stop takes it low.
That'll bring up Jason Thompson, who got a base on balls his first time up, or his last time up, and scored the first Tiger run.
And moving Benekis to straightaway center.
He had started to play Jason in right-center field, but Billy Hunter waved him back out the straight center.
Infield and double play depth.
Bob at first, one away here in the top of the fifth inning.
Medich ready to go to work on Jason.
The first pitch is taking a high ball one.
Ernie will be on with his pregame show again tomorrow night at 8.15 Detroit time and Michigan time.
Windup of the short two-game series.
Jason swings, bounces one down behind first.
Hargrove field tags first, throws to second.
It gets past Campanella.
Stop is safe, but he won't advance any further.
Rusty had slid in, and in picking himself up, he did not have time to get over the third.
Campy chased the ball down and shallow left field.
So it goes as a putout at first on Thompson with Stop taking second.
And it brings up Steve Kemp now with two down.
Kemp hitless in two trips.
Four for 11 for the season for Steve.
Once again, the tongue depressor being used by Medich.
Trouble picking up some of that reddish clay in his spikes out on the mound.
Second is the pitch to Kemp. A high ball one on Steve.
Mark Federich going tomorrow night did not pitch against the Rangers at all, either in Detroit or here.
During the span of time he was with us last year, strike called on Kemp.
A lot of the fans eager to get a chance to see the bird out here tomorrow night.
Stop at second, two down, and a Tiger fifth inning, a 1-1 count.
Now on Kemp.
The pitch to him. Moved him back, almost hit him.
Kemp had to do quite a dance that time to get out of the way.
Two balls and a strike on Steve.
Here's the look to second by Medich.
He delivers. Ball three low and inside. On deck is Corcoran.
Now Medich into the stretch.
Here's the 3-1 pitch. Bowled to the screen.
Now on Steve.
The Rangers will be facing a left-hander tomorrow night in John Matlack.
Well, Pouck so far has stuck to that platooning of five positions.
Here's the set now. The Pouck on pitch to Kemp. Swung on and tapped down the first base line foul.
The Rangers really had the number of the Tigers last year, winning four out of five here.
And four out of five in Detroit. Medich asking for time. He walks off the mound.
Now it comes back up.
Stopped, walked with one out, moved to second on the bounce-out by Thompson.
He's there now with two down, a 3-2 count on Kemp.
Here's the pitch to Steve. He fouls this one off.
Texas fans out here last night had a lot of fun, and they game won by the Rangers over the Yankees.
They were all issued free handkerchiefs when they entered the ballpark last night.
They were called Beat the Yankee Hankees.
And they did a lot of waving of them because they beat the Yankees 5-2.
Ready is Medich. The pitch foul to the screen. Kemp giving him a battle at the plate.
Two runs on six hits for the Tigers, a run on three hits for the Rangers.
A new supply of baseball is necessary for Derwood Merrill.
Merrill returns one to the ball boy. Medich has not liked a couple of balls he's gotten out there recently.
Now they stretch by Doc. Here's the pitch. Ball four, he walked in with an off-beat pitch high and outside to Steve.
So the Tigers have two on base as a result of walks here in the fifth inning.
And Tim Coughlin strives to the plate. Tim is 2-2 tonight.
That's four walks given up by Medich.
And three of them have come in the last two innings.
Coughlin singled in the second inning, got as far as third base, was stranded there.
In the fourth inning he singled in a Tiger run and scored one.
Medich taking plenty of time. Here's the first pitch to Tim. Moved him back for the fastball.
And he mentioned the fact that Dr. Bobby Brown is one of the directors here of the Rangers Ball Club.
Back when Doc was first in the Yankee system, his advisor at the University of Pittsburgh was Dr. Bobby Brown.
Here's the pitch from Medich. Lowing away.
Ball two count on Tim Coughlin.
Edging away from second. They're not paying attention to the base runners right now. Here's the pitch to Coughlin.
Oh, no, it's right. He got that one in above the knees. Coughlin took a look, was tempted, held off.
Two-one count now. Umberger is beginning to throw in the bullpen for the Rangers.
Oh, left-hander.
Two-one count on Coughlin. The pitch from Medich. Swung on, a drive toward the right field corner.
That may be extra bases. Over to cut it off is Washington. Here comes Staub to score.
Kemp will hold it third. Coughlin settles for a long single. That ball dies in that outfield out there.
It may be quite moist from all the rain over the last couple of days.
And it was stopped down. Washington was able to cut it off before it got to the corner.
The Tigers had another run. Coughlin picks up his third straight single, his second RBI of the night, and the Tigers lead it 3-1.
Here comes Milt May, who's had a hot bat against Medich tonight. Milt with a single and a double.
Kemp at third. Coughlin at third.
The difference at the mound, Sundberg out to talk to Medich. Now, Durwood Meryl goes out to break it up.
And they're trying to give Humburger some time. That was the ploy. Here comes Billy Hunter out of a Ranger dugout.
I would suspect we're going to get a pitching change right here.
Billy taking his time, slowly trudging out to the mound. Humburger, left-hander, who was with Texas, went away to Oakland,
and then they got him back to the latter stages last season.
Appears to be ready to come on. May is the next scheduled Tiger batter. Now the plate umpire Meryl again goes out.
Is he going to make a change? No, he's not going to make a change right now.
Medich standing alone on the mound, waiting for Sundberg to retrace his steps.
Now Hunter crosses the line, makes a U-turn, and we've got the third base umpire Jim Evans.
All of the umpires tell Billy, you can't pull that.
Billy tried to make a U-turn. He crossed the line, went about four steps, made a U-turn, headed back toward the diamond.
All three umpires out on the field converged on Billy, waving him back to the dugout.
Have you seen that before? I never have. He gave me the old pillow and he went for it.
Now he's going to make a pitch here. May stepping in. Humburger still loosening in the bullpen.
Runners at first and third. Here's the set, the pitch to May.
He swings by ball, hit deep right field, going back is Washington. Near the wall it may be, it's gone, a three run homer for Milt May.
He took advantage of the one pitch that had to be thrown him by George Medich, and the Tigers now lead it six to one.
Here comes May, scoring with his second homerun of the year.
And that's another Superior homerun. A homer by Milt May earns him a free case of those crispy fresh Superior potato chips,
and sends another case of Superior potato chips to the Boniface Community Action Center.
Well, Billy should have taken him out the first time. He knows it now.
He tried to get him out, tried the fly to go back out there, but it didn't work.
He had to have him in to throw one pitch, and Milt May liked what he saw and parked it up into the seats in the right field.
But now the pitching change takes place. Ernie?
Well, it'll be Humburger, the left hander coming in, and it's been the lower part of the batting order that's done the damage for the Tigers.
With three singles and three chips, he's picked up two RBI's and scored twice.
And Milt May, right behind him, with a single, a double, and a homerun in three chips.
Those two hitters, batting in the number six and seven spots, have six to six.
And they've got six of the eight Tiger hits, the only other Tiger hit from Mankowski's single in the first inning,
and a single by Tramble that's not going to run in the fourth inning.
Now we'll see Humburger, U-N-B-A-R-J.
In that one outing, he's the left hander taking his shoe up top, right now.
And the Tigers have ripped this one open with a four-run surge in the fifth inning, following the two runs that they scored in the fourth.
They now beat it with six runs on eight hits and no errors.
The Rangers have one run, three hits, and they've made no errors.
But it was.
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The first inning, when Tony Ho was caught stealing in the fourth inning, attempting to steal, that is.
There's the lineup for the first pitch of the inning.
Washington bumped toward first, fielded by Whitaker.
He got him a good play by Sweet Lou, who came in.
That ball had gotten by Roseman, no chance for David.
And Whitaker came charging in from his position.
Thompson, alertly, remained near the bag at first because he would not have had a play.
Washington is out.
Let's look at Juan Beníquez now, who's flying to center his first time up.
Beníquez, Hitlers and 10-5ths so far this season.
The pitch from Roseman with low ball one.
Rosy in the aline and getting his sign.
Here's the pitch.
Low and away, two and all, they count on Beníquez.
Roseman windmilling his arm as he gets the ball back from Milton Hay.
Kemp is very deep in left field on Beníquez.
More shallow on the right side.
Here's the pitch.
He squares and takes a strike.
He was playing deep at third and Phil now will play in a little bit closer on the step back of the bag.
The 2-1 pitch to Beníquez, ball three.
Rosy's had the pitch from behind and with men on base in this ball game with the exception of the first inning.
He hasn't walked anybody so far.
The 3-1 pitch, swung on a ground ball to short.
Crammo has the hop, guns across to Thompson.
He got him.
We're two down and let's pause for station identification.
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Down in Atlanta at the end of two periods of play, the Red Wings lead the Flames 4-1 on three power play goals and a short-handed score by Hexdahl all in the first period.
Again at the end of two, Detroit 4, Atlanta 1.
Wills, who singled his first time up, stole second and moved on to score a run in the third inning.
He takes one high and outside, ball one.
The wind up by Rosy, the pitch, a tapper foul to the right of the plate.
The Rangers got their only run in that third when Wills let off of the single, stole second, took third on a bounce out to first,
scored on Hargrove Sacrified Fly to deep center.
Three hits for the Rangers off Rosma.
Rosma is throwing a ball to Crammo and back up at the second base, Humpire.
I don't quite get why Larry Barnett wants to look at the ball, but apparently he had requested it.
Rosy back of the mound, a 1-1 count. Now on Wills, bases empty, two down, bottom of the fifth inning, sixth door on the Tigers lead.
Took a called strike. He turned his back on that pitch, but it caught the inside corner.
Hump had a solid season last year with the Rangers in his rookie year, getting 287 in 152 games.
He skips out of the way of an inside delivery.
Not nearly the speed that his father possessed when he still was able to steal 28 bases last year.
He cuts a foul rolling behind to the backstop.
Count remains 2-2 on Bump Wills.
One more here tomorrow night, then move on on a travel day Thursday to Toronto for a three-game weekend series.
Fouls back into the stands. What a count.
Get some stinging hands back up here below our boots.
Tigers will return home Monday. Actually, come home Sunday night from Toronto.
Take on the White Sox next Monday and Tuesday afternoon.
A little tap off the end of the bat towards third. Mankowski has him on the grab.
High throw pull down by Thompson. Sides retired.
One, two, three. After five innings of play, it's the Tigers six, the Rangers one.
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20-year-old Alan Trammell will lead off a sixth inning for the Tigers.
Detroit in front 6-1 thanks to two runs in the fourth inning and four in the fifth.
Jim Umbarger kicks high and delivers the fastball in for a strike.
Umbarger came on to get the final out of the fifth inning and induced Lou Whittaker to bounce out the second on one pitch.
Here's the pitch.
That's a ball inside, dear Al.
Trammell is one for two. He's single to home a Tiger run in the fourth inning.
Low for a ball.
Umbarger is 6'6", weighs 200 pounds.
The 2-1 pitch. Strike. Caught the outside corner.
Kind of ironic, Umbarger was traded away by the Rangers to Oakland to get Claudell Washington just a year ago in March.
Change up in for a strike. Trammell took it.
Off-speed breaking ball by Umbarger. Beauty.
One down in the Tiger sixth inning.
That'll bring up Ron LaFleur who three times has hit the ball to bump wheels at second base.
The pitch to Ron.
Ball inside.
Umbarger, another graduate of Arizona State University into the majors.
There's a ground ball to short. Campaneras bobbles the ball. Picks it up, throws the first, not in time.
We'll wait for the official score on that one. But it was hit right to Campy and he knew he would have to hustle in order to get Ron after he bobbled it.
It'll be an error on Campaneras.
First error of the ball game.
LaFleur first with one away.
The batter will be Mankowski.
We're seeing the official attendance figure now at Arlington Stadium. 13,764.
Slightly under the crowd of last night when they played the Yankees.
13,764. LaFleur with a big lead is driven back to the bag by a trough over there.
To the tall left hander looking at first he goes. It's swung on and missed the throw by Sundberg. Not in time.
LaFleur in with a stolen base. His second of the year.
And that stolen base by LaFleur will send a $25 gift certificate from Acme Sporting Good to the Detroit Athletic League.
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Mankowski helping out the runner by cutting and missing on that pitch.
Here's the set by Umberger. The one strike delivery fouled out of a glove of Sundberg off the shin protector it appears.
LaFleur with his second steal of the year perched on second with one away.
Mankowski single in the first inning since bounced out to second and to first.
Still hitting an even 333.
A look to second. Umberger holds. Delivers.
He struck him out. Phil took a look at that one.
Strike out for Umberger in this inning and it brings up Rusty Stobbs.
Rusty is over two. He walked his last time up.
And scored on Cochran's single.
LaFleur leading at second.
Set by Umberger. Here's the pitch to Rusty.
There's a call strike on Stobbs.
Rangers traded away Umberger in March and then bought him from the A's in August.
In between he spent some time at San Jose Farm Club of the A's.
Stobbs a little tired of waiting. Sundberg calls time now and he's going up to the mound.
Maybe cross up on some signs. Thompson waiting on deck for the Tigers.
Now Umberger ready to work.
Here's the one strike pitch to Stobbs. He cuts in mid-air.
Two outs. LaFleur at second base. A two strike count on Stobbs.
A pitch from Umberger. Trong on and missed outside. Rusty went fishing. Umberger strikes out the side.
The Tigers in the sixth. No runs. One error. One man left.
After five and a half innings it's the Tigers sixth. The Rangers won.
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Sixth run, the Tigers lead as we move to the bottom of the seventh inning here at Arlington Stadium. Mark Fidrich against John Matlock in game two of the short two game series tomorrow night.
Tigers come back just one more time to Arlington and that will be in July just before the All-Star break.
The Tigers playing only five games down here.
The line catcher Jim Sunberg to lead it off against Rosie in the sixth inning, only the second time up in the ballgame for Sunberg.
He bounced out other places to Thompson his first time up.
Wind up by Rose with the pitch to Sunberg.
The Tigers lead talking about Herman Munson and Carlton Fisk and then they'll work in Butch Weinecker and overlook this young man who became a good hitter in the latter stages last year as a foul to the right of the plate.
As good a receiver as you'll find and a great throwing arm.
The Tigers swing to the left side on Sunberg. The two strike pitch from Rosie.
He is called out on strike.
Sunberg looks to the breaking ball that time.
That's the third strikeout for Rosemont.
Dave has not gone beyond six innings so far this year. Six innings the last couple of times out in spring training.
Dave Mike Hargrove.
0-1 for Mike. He bounced out the first in the first inning then drove in the Rangers' run and the third with a long sacrifice fly.
In the leadoff spots Hargrove flourished as the leadoff hitter last season. A little low for ball one.
Strong left hand batter with a career average over 300. There's a line drive.
A one hop knocked down by Weinecker. He picks it up. Got him.
Rue had to play that one off his chest. That ball was tagged and it sank just before reaching Weinecker.
It hit in front of the glove, came up, bounced off his chest but not too far in front for him to recover.
There are two down on the Rangers' sixth inning.
And that brings up Kampi Kampaneras.
Rod Laformade, a fine running catch above the shoe tops on a sinking liner from Kampi in the third.
Low ball on Kampaneras.
Kavich from Rosemont. Ground ball to the left side.
He's got it. Throws. He got him. And a one, two, three inning again for Rosema after six innings of play.
It's still the Tigers' sixth. The Rangers' one.
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The Tigers coming to bat here on the top of the seventh inning with a five-run lead, 6-1 over the Texas Rangers.
Jason Thompson to lead it off and back for the play-by-play. Here's Ernie Harwell.
Thank you, Paul. Here we go now. Jason is stepping in. He scored a run after a walk, but he does not have a hit tonight.
Humbarger, the tall left-hander, wheels into action and the pitch is a slow curve over for his strike.
Humbarger has been brilliant since he took over. He's about only one runner. That was a lapour reaching first on the Arabai Caponari.
Strike called a fast ball on the outside corner. He got the first man he pitched to on a bounce-out.
That was Whitaker at the end of the fifth inning, and he struck out everybody in the sixth.
Tigers lead 6-1 in the seventh. Here's a foul ball right down below it, and the counties strike two.
Cautran and May have faced the Tiger hitting attack with three hits apiece.
One of May's blows is a home run with two men on. Humbarger in the back shit again.
There's a foul that'll drift back of the Tiger dugout into the seat. The counties still strike two on Jason Thompson.
Medich started. He went four and two-thirds innings. Humbarger came on to the fifth.
Rose must have been in there all the way for the Tigers.
Humbarger checking his sign. Works again. The pitch. Jason takes the curve outside.
Texas scored first. They got a run in the third on a single by Wills.
Easto second went to third on the bounce-out and came home with a sacrifice by Hargrove.
Then the Tigers got two in the fourth and four runs in the fifth inning.
Wind up the pitch. He swings and misses. That's another strikeout for Humbarger.
Here's fourth. Steve Kemp will be the hitter.
The Tigers got two in the fourth inning on a walk to Thompson. A single by Clarkland.
After Thompson went to second on a bounce-out by Kemp, scored him.
And then May doubled and Trammel knocked the run in with a single.
Then May hit a three-run homer to spark the fifth inning. There's a strike call on Kemp.
Four of the three-run homer by May in that fifth. Two walks and a single by Clarkland that scored a run.
Here's the strike one that had been. It is a ball outside.
Humbarger with a new confidence this year. He belonged to Texas and went to Oakland and the Rangers got him back.
Swing and a foul fly lifted out of play. Swung late. The ball drifting in the left field seat.
One and two, the count on Kemp.
Walks hurt Maddett. He walked four men and three of those that scored runs.
Here's the pitch. Swing and a miss. There's another strikeout. Humbarger blowing them down.
Five strikeouts. The last five men retired and then out on strike.
Ernie, we checked the rule book and I was in error earlier when Billy Hunter wanted to change pitchers while Milt May was batting.
I said he had to throw one pitch. He cannot make a second trip while the same batter is batting.
There's a pitch in too close and he hits Clarkland with a change up pitch.
And May will be the batter now. He has a perfect night, a single, a double, and a homerun.
The wording in the rule book says the manager or coach is prohibited from making a second visit to the mound while the same batter is at bat.
So it's not a matter of one pitch at all.
Well here's Milt taking a practice cut. He's had a big night at the plate.
Milt drove in five runs last year in a game against Seattle. He's driven in three in this game.
Kuygas laid him six to one. It's the seventh inning in Texas.
Swinging a bounding ball to second.
Milt has it. Here's the flip over to Hargrove and the side retired.
The first time that May has been out in the game.
No runs, no hits, no errors, one man left. We go to the last half of the seventh inning. The Kuygas six and the Ragers one.
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While the folks here at the stadium in Arlington standing the old seventh inning stretch is underway, the Tigers have six runs and eight hits to nowhere.
The Rangers one run, three hits, and one error. Roachman's gone all the way for the Tigers.
Medich started for the Rangers and Humbarga relieved him in the fifth inning.
The Yankees lost tonight in their game in Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Brewers continue to do some heavy bombing.
They got nine runs on 11 hits and beat the Yankees nine to six.
Chicago whip Dorado today nine to five. Seattle to Oakland, no report on that one.
We've got the pitchers now, Paul against Browberg. Minnesota to California, no report, but the pitchers are Erickson and Gastonci.
In the National League, the Cubs beat New York 4-2, Montreal, Philadelphia rained out, San Diego defeated Atlanta 3-2, and San Francisco leading Cincinnati 3-2 in the eighth inning.
Houston leads Los Angeles 1-0 in the last half of the eighth. Here's Al Oliver at the plate, and he swings and misses on a Roachman changeup.
Oliver has bounced a second and had a bump single, one of the three hits off Rosie.
It's a ball low in the dirt, one and one.
Outfield straight away on the former Pittsburgh Pirate Al Oliver. Left hand about a-waiting, he takes the ball outside.
Humbugger has been super sharp in relief, relieving Medics. Roachman pitching on the mound right now has been in there for the full distance. There's a foul fly on the third base side and a county 2-2 on Oliver.
13,764 of the state attendance this evening. So again tomorrow the Tigers send Cedric to the mound against Natalyn. Bounding ball up the middle under the glove of Roachman.
A sharp ground single in the second. Oliver gets his second hit here, Ricky's hit now with a double and a fly to right. Roachman facing the heavy part of Billy Hunter's batting order.
And the Tigers start to get their bullpen stirring a little bit. Hiller and Foucault begin to heat up.
Down in the left field corner. Outfield bending around the left on this. One of the power hitters in midgeting baseball, Ricky Ziss. Oliver at first base not taking much of a lead and the pitch is in too close on Ricky.
Thompson holding over there with Oliver at first base. Tigers lead 6-1 it's the seventh inning. Opening game of the two game set down here in Texas.
Now Rosie checks out his time with Milkma a real low back of the plate. Bounding ball to third maybe to Mankowski and a wet at the one relay to Thompson.
Double play for the Tigers. Two for the play to one on the hard bound to Mankowski off the bat of Ziss. Two out nobody on that will bring up Toby Hara.
Toby with a fly to right he's headed into fourth out to the second base. Most of the time, Roachman's been getting the opposition to hit the ball into the dirt.
Fly ball is the one that Ziss lifted to right field back in the fourth inning.
Right hander against the right handed. Hara cuts and misses on the fast ball toward the outside.
Rosie ready delivers it is a ball into close. All of them appreciate the message from Mr. Bob Sullivan. Tigers scout in Grand Rapids.
The ever alert Mr. Sullivan there's a ball outside two and one and mentor of the man on the mound. Absolutely. Imagine he's thoroughly tuned into this one.
Tigers lead six to one seven inning two out none on the Rangers.
Well, Roachman is taking a little more time looks to get his side. Here's the motion in the pitch.
Swing at a bounding ball up the middle and may get through with a good deep grab at the second corner Thompson.
He got it. What a play by Lou. He caught that ball in short center field. A hard grounder up the middle and takes a hit away from Hara.
Good stall but in the dirt and Thompson had to scoop it up. No runs. One hit. No errors. Nobody left. At the end of seven in Texas Tigers six Rangers won.
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Let's follow up the station identification. This is the Detroit Tiger baseball network.
This is WJR Detroit. Now with less than ten minutes to play in the third period the Flames have scored twice and have moved to within one of the wings.
Right now it's Detroit four, the Atlanta Flames three.
Here's Whitaker facing Umbarga and he bounced and misses. Strike one on blue made that brilliant play to end the seventh inning for Texas.
At the plate Whitaker has walked, bounced short, grounded the second base. 0 for 2.
He's trying very close on him at third. Umbarga pitches, here's a cut and a miss. Ball dipping down and away and he was fooled by it. Umbarga's fooled them all so far.
Wind up, he delivers, here's a bounding ball back to Umbarga, scoops it up, flips it over to first to Hargrove and there's one up and one away in the Tiger eighth inning.
Umbarga came on in the fifth inning, he's allowed only two runners. LaFleur was safe on the air by Campanaris.
Corcoran was hit by a pitch. Here's Alan Tramble who has fly to right single, drove in a run, his first RBI in his major league career and taken the call third strike.
Slow curve over, Umbarga brilliant the way he's changing his speed here. Now Kicks high and delivers, here's the fast ball outside.
He got Tramble in the sixth inning on a big change up. Tigers lead 6 to 1 in the eighth. Change curve ball fouled away into the Tiger dugout.
One ball, two strikes on young Mr. Tramble. Medich started and gave up all the runs. Now time call by Plano Parmelo.
I feel he's shallow on Tramble, infield is back. Here it comes, he takes the wide one, that's got away from Umbarga.
2-2 the counter now. Hawthorne with two RBI, May with three and Tramble with one. There's a fly ball that will drift fouled in the seat just behind the Texas bullpen in the right field corner.
The wind is picking up now, it's bringing in a little cool air with it.
Here's the motion, the left-hander deals a change up, hit in the air to center. Benekis is there, he one-hands it.
And that's two down in the Tiger eighth inning. Ron LaFleur without a hit, he bounced three times to second and once to short.
And the last time up when he hit the ground ball to short there was an error by Campanera.
The Tigers with a lead in the eighth inning by five runs, six to one. It's a ball outside, ball one.
Swing a little loop in the right center might drop in, going back is Wills, got his glove on it, can't hang on.
And it'll be a single for LaFleur, great effort by Bump Wills. He managed to get his glove on the ball and that was all.
Oh the Tigers get another hit, that'll be their night.
And here's Mankowski, it is the first hit allowed by Armbarger.
Mankowski got the first hit off Medich, a single in the first inning.
LaFleur with an edge at first base gets back. Ron had a stolen base in the sixth inning.
Now he's got a longer lead over there first, harder of holding on the bag with him.
And they get back. There's a quick flip by Armbarger, drives him in that direction.
To Marty Springstead right over the back of first base on top of the play.
Mankowski waiting at the plate.
Another throw to first, LaFleur back safely.
Six runs, nine hits for the Tigers. One run, four hits for the Rangers.
LaFleur goes back again and this time made it a little more easily.
Single game here tomorrow night, we hope you'll join us.
Matlock will pitch for Texas. The bird pittered for the Tigers. Here's a strike call.
Almost a quick pitch that time. I think the Tigers are going to complain that it was a walk or either a quick pitch,
but they're not getting anywhere with Umpar Mero.
Track one count on Mankowski.
Again, LaFleur lengthens his lead at first base. Does not go. It's a pitch out, but no movement.
One and one. All the Tigers scoring came in the fourth and fifth inning.
Two in the fourth, four in the fifth. The Rangers' run scored in the third inning.
Now the set and the fifth. He swings a rounding ball up the middle. There goes Kapaneris.
He has it flipped it over to first and Mankowski is out to retire the side.
No runs on one hit. No errors. One man left. We go to the last half, eighth inning in Texas.
The Tigers sixth. Rangers won.
Well, I know that you parents and you youngsters are all interested in what gift days the Tigers have in store for you here in the 1978 season.
And let me tell you, there are free gift days on the docket.
Free jacket day on June 4th when the Minnesota Twins will be in town.
Free helmet day on July 23rd when the Angels are visiting.
And free t-shirt day on August 6th when the Chicago White Sox come to Tiger Stadium.
On gift days at Tiger Stadium, every boy and girl 14 or under entering on a gift day full price ticket,
whether a $6 box seat, $5 reserve, 3 1⁄2 general admission, or $2 bleacher seat ticket, will be given the gift of that day.
Remember it's jacket day June 4th when the Minnesota Twins, helmet day July 23rd with California visiting,
and t-shirt day August 6th with the White Sox opposing the Tigers.
To Rosmar, ready to deal him in in the last half of the eighth inning, he's working on a 6 to 1 lead now.
Rosie has struck out three, he's not walking anybody, and he's given up a total of four hits.
The only run came on a leadoff single by Wills and the third he stole second.
Went to third base on a bounce out and then came home on a sacrifice line.
Rosmar pitches very much like Fidrick, he likes to get the ball over and he keeps it down.
As he vans the old Dodger right hander, he used to say that he would just throw the ball over and he needed,
it didn't bother him too much whether the pitch was inside or outside, he'd aim for the center of the plate
and then let the little variance take care of itself.
Here's Claudel Washington, 0 for 2, he struck out and bounced to second base.
The Reds had better cut some misses on a high hard one.
Oliver has two of the hits off Rosmar, one for Zisk and one for Wills.
There's the slider over but low and they count his one and one on Claudel.
The shut-stop travel moved over to his left now near his second base, the outfield straight up.
The breaking ball stays low and outside on Washington, 2 and 1.
Thompson deep at first, fairly near the line, here's the pitch.
It is wide, the ball three, Rosy's fast ball didn't hit the target.
To get the scoreboard show tonight, Paul Carey will have all the details of the major league action for you.
There's a ball high, it's the first walk off Rosmar, as again he seemed to be forcing himself there.
Here's Benekis stepping up and we've got a nice league final for him.
Houston, LA, one to nothing, a two-hitter by Richards, Putin takes the loss.
One run, five hits for Houston, no runs, two hits for Los Angeles.
That's Houston's first win of the season.
And down first, that's Washington, Tigers get their bullpen busy again, Foucault and Hiller up for the second time tonight.
Rosmar delivers, here's a tap, a hit off his foot and the ball bounced down to his third base.
Tigers got two in the fourth inning, now the third in Fitcher-Medich.
A walk to Thompson, a bounce out, a single by Cochran got him home, a double by May sent Cochran to third,
and then Trammell scored him with a single for the Tigers' first two.
There's a ball low to Benekis, one and one.
Then the Tigers broke it open in the fifth inning on a one-out walk to Stav, a two-out walk to Kemp,
a single by Cochran got one in and then May hit a three-run homer to Clomax at four-run third.
Here's the pitch, he swings and misses.
That was the slider down around the knee, one and two of the common Benekis.
Texas has left only one runner on, the Tigers have left eight stranded.
Washington with a fair-sized lead at first base, Eastlake conservative with a five-run deficit.
Bounding ball toward the deep short over those Trammell has hit over the Whitaker for one,
that's all they'll get, good play by Trammell.
He went deep in the hole and handled the ball neatly, but they didn't have time to get two.
Benekis is at first, fourth at second base is Washington, and the battle will be Bump Will,
who has scored the only run for Texas.
Bump says his dad didn't help him a whole lot until after he got into the major league.
That Maury has thought of letting him alone, let him go on his own for a while.
There's a bonnet tip that he misses to strike one.
One shotting left-hander against Roseland.
Mankowski in very close on him at third base.
Now the set, the pitch, it is a cut and a miss.
And we've got another final, San Francisco hung on to beat Cincinnati.
At number three to two, LaBelle the winter, Tomlin takes the loss.
Evans and Whitfield had home runs, so did Clark.
There's a chopper foul down past first base.
That makes the Giants now three and one for the year,
and Cincinnati takes its first loss of the season.
Los Angeles taking its first loss, that means that Milwaukee is the only unbeaten team now in the major league.
Here's a ball going outside.
Milwaukee off to a hot start, they beat the Yanks tonight, that's four and all for the Brewers.
They've done it with big bats, but they got held under ten runs tonight.
Yeah, moral victory for the Yankee pitching staff.
Here's the step, the pitch, foul out of play.
One and two to count on him.
Bump Wills about here, we're in the eighth inning, the Tigers have a lead six to one over the Rangers.
The Rangers have added about a little over 5,000 seats to the capacity here in this ballpark.
They've built an upper deck behind the plate.
Line shot, they set the field, he reached out, that looked like a hanging curve to me,
and he reached out at about an eye-high pitch and ripped it over the second base.
Wills gets his second hit, and the Rangers have two men on.
They trail six to one in the eighth inning, there's one man down, and the batter will be Jim Sunberg.
First outing for the Ros negotiations.
That's pulled off right away, 2-2, frames and 10 majority seats,
but that will be a good box going away by 1 and 2 points.
The Rangers starting down today, anyway.
to one in the eighth inning.
There's one man down and the
batter will be Jim Sunberg.
First outing for Roseman.
And he pitched only 20 innings
this spring.
Last time he worked was on the
eighth or the fourth at
Columbus against Cincinnati.
When he went six innings.
He's got work to hold off this
season. There's a strike call.
Tigers keeping that bullpen
active.
And the breeze getting a little
stronger blowing in that cool
air from Sutterfield.
Two men on one man down.
High pop up. Back of short.
The infield play rule is now
in vogue.
Campbell is under the ball.
Makes the catch.
That'll make it two down.
And the bring up the top of the
order hard road.
Here's a fellow who goes to all
kind of generations.
Very much like Harry the Hat
Walker used to.
This is a tough one.
He's got to be a tough guy.
Fixed up the dirt.
Takes a couple of swings.
And he'll step back and then
he'll pull with his batting
helmet.
And he'll not get any spikes.
Hold his batting glove.
Almost by the numbers.
Left hand about already.
Two on and two out.
Rosie steps and pitches.
It's a strike.
He got a slider across.
Matter of semantics but Rosemar
throws a slider instead of the
curve.
Most baseball people referred
almost any breaking pitch.
Those are curved.
There's a ball low.
One on one.
That is in a general shot of the
way.
One and one now the count on
Hargrove.
Two on two out Tigers lead six
to one Texas fighting in the
eighth inning.
First of a two game set down
here in Arlington.
Here it comes.
He swings at a batting ball right
at first.
Thompson.
It's bounce away from him and
the bases are loaded.
That's all bobbled by Thompson.
Off his step.
Bounce almost all the way to
second base.
It'll be an arrow charge to
Jason.
That's the first Tiger missed
few of the game and sets up a
base is loaded situation with
cap and there is you up next.
So what would have been the
third out and said loads of bases
here.
And let's see nobody's come out
of the dugout yet for Texas.
Billy Hunter may want to use a
punch at it.
Billy Hunter may want to use a
punch at it.
Nobody out of that dugout.
The block I believe is over
there getting a bat now.
It looks like dirty Kurt's going
to come out.
Yesterday.
He's at the on deck.
He's still adjusting his
batting.
I can see whether it's been in
action so far this year.
He has one game.
It's a long scene.
Oh it's going to be a long
I beg your pardon.
And he has not been in action.
John Lawrence the former
Cleveland Indian player has not
been in action so far.
He's been in action.
This will be his first time up
as a Ranger.
With Cleveland last year he
batted two forty two.
Lawrence is batting for
the first time.
That's kind of out of the play
Roseman trouble now the bases
are loaded.
Eighth inning Tigers lead six
to one.
They are two down.
Texas got to get back in this
one.
Rose has gone all the way.
Let's stand about in John
Lawrence been at the plate and
he takes a strike.
That ball over that was about
Thirty one year old veteran
Lawrence.
The first thing.
Now that and the pitch he
swings as a fly ball to right.
Not the court then there has it
and the inning is over.
The Rangers threatened but they
cannot score.
No runs on the one hit a walk
one error three runners on left
on the base.
We go to the ninth inning in
the game.
The Tigers six Rangers one.
The Detroit Red Wings have just
won their first Stanley Cup
playoff game in Atlanta
defeating the Flames five to
three on a last second open net
goal by Andre Saint Laurent
again final score Detroit five
Atlanta three.
Jim Mason goes to shortstop now
for the Rangers the Tigers
have a lead over the Rangers by
a score of six to one.
Caught them with two RBI May
with three on a home run and
the camel with one.
They have been made.
No they have produced the Tiger
runs this evening.
Left hander against the left
hander stop waiting.
He's without a hit so far.
Had a walk and swings and
passes away.
Back in the play.
Rusty and the Tigers have a
lead over the Rangers by a
second base in the first.
He's by the right in the third
row off and scored a run the
fifth inning and struck out
Humbarger Fandon in the sixth
Humbarger have worked as
worked on the mound since the
fifth inning.
We're leaving the start of
medic left hander pitches the
curve ball gets rusty
swinging and it's like to cool
the evening now in Texas.
It was a very pleasant day.
Nice and warm but the coolness
has come in with a darkness.
Here's the pitch in tight under
the ten and the count is one and
two on top.
Humbarger pitches fastball over
but it's low to two.
I'll feel is straight up on
rusty.
There's a wide curve from the
left center the Tiger left hand
batters still staying in there.
They've been looking at this
left hand pitch since the
fifth inning.
Here's the pitch he took it in
too close.
The big young right hander Lynn
Barker working now in the
Texas bullpen.
That's the first walk off
Humbarger.
He's hit a man and he's got
five.
His face and Thompson picked up
the walk but does not have a
hit he's over three.
Fly to that bounce the first
and struck out.
I'll forget the other scores
will be on the scoreboard show
with Paul and the game's over.
It's a strike.
He checked his swing.
I feel straight away on the
Thompson.
I go playing behind the runners
started first base.
Now the set by Humbarger the
pitch is a curve that was in
close and he backed him off one
to one.
That's the same pitch that gets
quaffing in the seven inning
out of a change up curve ball in
close.
We have a call up there.
Go to the.
We have a match.
That's the outside of the plate.
Jason didn't come very close to
that one.
Track to the count one ball and
two strikes.
Forget the Tigers will be home
next Monday.
They'll be battling the
White Sox are off to a great
start.
A power laden ball club under
manager Bob Lemon.
We hope you'll be out there to
see the Tigers in action.
It's a day game at one thirty
outside.
He almost won the veteran but
resisted the temptation to do
the White Sox are in town for
two games and the Tigers go to
Cleveland come back for the
weekend to play Texas.
That's my own bar.
Delivered is a playing in a
missed he's talking about
him with a fastball.
That's the six strikeout for
Humbarger.
He's victimized Thompson twice
is Steve Camp.
He's struck out twice.
Medich got him wants an
embargo got him on.
He's also about to the picture
and draw the law.
Then they blow a part of the
batting order.
There's been this productive
part for the Tigers namely a
corporate in May who had six
hits between them.
Six hits in seven official
trips.
Tigers lead six to one in the
ninth inning.
Well the first and the stop was
almost called out.
He's got a struggle back there.
I get the larger lead with
hardball playing behind him.
Dave Kemp looks at a breaking
ball high ball on.
He's got a little bit of a
back and he'll go as far as his
pitching will take him.
It's a strike called a fastball
over.
Medich did not last through half
the game here tonight as a
bombing ball passed the mound a
short Mason.
He's got a little bit of a
backhand.
He's got a little bit of a
backhand as a bombing ball
passed the mound a short Mason
flips it over the world one
relay to first not in time.
Mason low flow getting the ball
there Bob and he didn't get him
too good of a shoveling throw
Bob got the ball high and could
not get rid of it in time to
double up camp at first base.
So it'll be a simple fourth out
short to second and here's one
of the hitting heroes for the
Tigers Tim Corbin drove in the
first run.
He has a perfect night three
for three has been hit by a
pitch.
Two out one on in the ninth
inning there's a strike he got
a fastball above the knee.
Well I'm part of it has looked
very sharp.
He's allowed no runs in one
hit since he took over the
fifth inning and he struck out
six.
Low curve pulls in he swings
and it has really been breezy
down their home plate the way
Humburgers got him cut.
Six to one though the Tigers in
the lead in the ninth inning
and a tough one behind the
head.
Back to fifth.
Swing and he struck out the
seventh strike out of the
left hand maneuver.
No runs on no hits no errors in
one man left.
We go to the last half of the
ninth inning and it's the Tigers
six the Rangers one.
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Rosmer trying for that ninth
inning to come to the game.
He's got a lead of six to one and
he'll be facing a rather larger
task here than I think Oliver
Zisk and Howard a third fourth
fifth hitters of the Texas
Rangers.
I get started for them.
The Rangers more than the bases
in the eighth inning on a walk a
single and an error but could not
get anybody home.
And so far the only run is the
one that came in a third single
by Wilkes stolen base about
and a sacrifice playoff to that
of Hargrove Tigers got two in the
fourth inning on a walk to
Thompson a bounce out a single
by Boston got one in a double by
May that caught for the 30
by Samuel they scored four more
in the fifth inning on a couple
of walks in a single by
Boston to get one in and then
may unloaded a three one moment.
So here we go the ninth inning
and I'll have a bath.
He takes a curve into close from
my Rosie Ball one out of there
with two for three one of them
but single man Kelsky and close
running this time and the pitch
is one on it the Whitaker second
base he bubbles it in front of
him picks it up for the first.
He got him all his one down and
let's see if it's time for a
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The Red Wings have defeated
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Detroit five Atlanta three
designated hitter Richie Zisk at
the plate takes a ball outside
ball one he doubled in the
second inning fly to right and
then hit into a double play
right hander Rosamar pitches it
is a strike called a one and one
on Richie and full call for the
third straight inning of
working in the Tiger both
fans this takes in too close
two and one.
Toby Harrow waiting on deck now
the motion in the pitch bow back
to the screen and in the seat
Rangers have left four runs a
four runners on they left three
of them last inning only other
time they left the runners in the
second and just double got the
third of his left there.
Rosie set to go again it's a
two to count of the big right
hand hitter.
He takes the ball that one hit
him from the plate.
Full count.
Night telling Tigers lead by
five six to one.
Here it comes.
He swings and there's a long one
that may be out of here.
Get the back it's gone.
A home run by Zisk in the
left field six to make it.
The third home run.
I will be the Texas batter now
so this can Oliver the two ex
have picked up four of the six
hits protection.
Here's Harrow at the plate.
He's flying the right hit into a
fourth off the second bounce the
second as they ball in close
ball one.
I'll be wind up by Rose movie
she's filed away pulled out one
but pulled it too much hit hard
on the ground down past third
base coach Connie Ryan Tigers
hold a four on margin now as the
homer by this cuts at the four
one out of the ninth inning for
Texas.
No and away in the county two
and one now on Toby Harrow.
Don't forget the scoreboard show
with Paul Kerry all the other
scores laid out for you.
Well those my husband's sign
from May and the young right
handed pitches it is a strike
the fighter on the outside
corner to do some of the paying
umpires disagreeing with the
official arbiter on that one.
Mr. Merrill is the boss here's
the pitch he swings it's a
bounding ball wide appeared
Mankowski gloves it for the
Thompson got him there two down
and that made it up to Claudette
Washington the left hand
batting right fielder Claudette
is struck out bounce the second
and drawn a walk.
Rosmer has walked one and struck
out three is not banned a man
since the sixth inning.
Tigers lead six to two or in the
night two down with the Rangers
line drive to left it is a
foul ball by a foot.
Picing drive down the line into
the Tiger both fans.
One thing about Washington
they hit in all directions.
All the way down the first I
have to come back and reset
himself with about his box to
out of the ninth inning Rosmer
trying to get that final man
Dave Ellis over ready to go
wind up the pitch he swings as
they fly ball.
He's not going back way back
way back.
He's got it on the Tigers when
the first meeting with the
Rangers in the ninth inning
Texas one run one it's no
errors and nobody left and down
in Texas tonight the final score
of the Tigers six and Texas
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Young Dave Rosema managed to go
all the way despite getting up
the ninth inning home run to
Richie Zisk.
Rosie pitching a six hitter
tonight as the Tigers win the
opener of the two game series
here at Arlington Texas six to
two and they did it because of
the bats of Milt May and Tim
Corcoran tonight both with three
hits.
May with three RBIs on his
three run homer in the fifth
inning earlier Milt had singled
and doubled.
Corkey had three singles and
drove in two runs one in the
fourth inning with a single.
Alan Trammell also driving in a
Tiger run with a single in the
fourth inning.
In the fifth inning Corcoran
singled in another Tiger run
and May followed with his three
run homer that KO'd the
southern loser Doc Medich who
gave up all six of the Tiger
runs and eight of the nine hits.
Jim Umberger was tough the rest
of the way but he allowed only
one hit in working the last four
and a third innings striking out
seven Tigers hitting a batter
and walking but one.
Rosema going the distance for
his first victory of 78 struck
out three and walked one.
The total for Detroit six runs
nine hits and one error.
For Texas two runs six hits and
one error.
The Tigers left nine on base.
The Rangers left four on base.
The game took two hours 28
minutes to be completed.
A crowd of 13,764.
Tomorrow night game two of the
two game series finds the bird
Mark Fidrich going against John
Matlack who won the opener for
the Rangers against the Yankees
here on Saturday.
And our broadcast coverage will
begin with Ernie Harwell's
pregame program at 8 15 tomorrow
night.
That's the story of a Tiger
victory in Texas or any Harwell.
This is Paul Carey saying so
long.
Once again the final score the
Detroit Tigers six the Texas
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Good evening again from
Arlington Texas where the Tigers
won the opener the two games
set up of the Rangers 62.
Let's check the scores in the
National League first of all one
game this afternoon at Shea
Stadium New York where only
thirty six hundred fifty some
saw the Cubs defeat the New
York Mets four to two four two
and oh for the Cubs two seven
and oh for the Mets as Rick
Ruschel squared his record at
one and one and the Cousins the
loser is one and one for the
Mets.
The Cubs win at four to two the
Montreal Philadelphia game
tonight was postponed because
of rain.
They'll try to make that one up
on July 5th down in Atlanta.
The San Diego Padres rallied to
beat the Braves three to two
scoring twice in the eighth
detachment getting the winning
run on the top of the ninth
inning three six and two for
the Padres two six and one for
Atlanta.
Oh Chinko with help from
fingers fingers got the victory.
He is one and one.
Nickro taking a tough loss.
Phil is oh and two.
They only had twenty six hundred
in Atlanta for that one at
Cincinnati San Francisco handed
the Reds their first loss of the
year three to two three seven
and one for the Giants two eight
and one for the Reds the
difference in the ball game a
home run in the eighth inning by
Clark of the Giants his first of
the year earlier Evans and
Whitfield at both hummered off
starter Tom Seaver.
Seaver not the pitcher of record
however Tomlin coming on in
relief from the eighth inning
gave up the home run that gave
the victory to the Giants Tomlin
the loser.
LaValle the winner in relief for
San Francisco now stands two and
one and Houston handed the
Dodgers their first loss of the
year getting a run on the first
inning and that was all the
scoring in the ball game.
Houston won the Dodgers nothing
one five and over Houston oh two
and one for the Dodgers.
J.R. Richard all the way with a
brilliant two hitter for his
first win of the year and
Houghton took the loss for the
Dodgers.