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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons.com for more sports history.

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The Baltimore Orioles faced the Detroit Tigers at Tigers Stadium for a Tuesday night game on September 20th, 1983.

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The Orioles were in first place in the AL East with a 7.5 game lead over the Tigers.

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They were managed by Joe Altabelli and his first year as manager.

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He had taken over the club after the retirement of Earl Weaver in 1982.

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The Tigers were in a pennant race for the first time in a decade thanks to a core of young talent

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combined with the experience of manager Sparky Anderson.

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They entered this game 20 games over 500 and were looking to make a move on the Orioles in the final two weeks of the season.

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This audio recording is from the Detroit Radio broadcast featuring announcers Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey.

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And the Orioles have just come on extremely strong in the last month to take control of the Eastern Division race.

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The Tigers are down eight games in the loss column and seven and a half back in that games behind column.

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But the Tigers have seven games to play with the Orioles including this twilight doubleheader.

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They can make a pretty big statement themselves in this doubleheader and in this four game series here at Tigers Stadium.

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We expect a big crowd. I'm sure the weather has deterred a few at the moment from showing up at least early.

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But it looks like we might be able to get this game underway fairly close to the starting time.

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Dan Petrie the Tigers starter in game one is down beginning to loosen up.

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And so far the Baltimore pitcher has not started to warm up. It's going to be Dennis Martinez in game number one.

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And the Tigers will see Bill Swaggerty a rookie right hander go in the second game.

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The Tigers had expected to see Storm Davis but in fact he didn't make the trip here to Detroit with him.

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He has had some shoulder problems and some pitching problems of late.

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And so Swaggerty another one of those great finds out of the Orioles system.

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He is going to be pitching the second game of this doubleheader against Glenn Abbott.

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The grounds crew right now is folded up the top.

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Preparatory to getting it on the roller and getting it off. I'm surprised that the rain stopped as suddenly as it has.

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We had quite a storm roll in here about five minutes before five.

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And it cut short the latter part of the Orioles pregame practice. They were just about through anyway.

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And it continued a steady rain up until just moments ago after we had taken the air with the broadcast here.

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But now it has stopped. The umpires are looking out at the scene and they're coming out of the Tiger dugout.

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They'll be coming out shortly at least to check on the condition of the field.

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And the diamond which took a little longer to cover simply because the Orioles were still having practice.

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Had to get the cage out of the way.

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And the green netting that is used for batting practices still on the grass right in front of home play.

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Well I'll be back with the starting lineups for game one of this Twineye doubleheader after these words.

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In times like these you need a strong bank.

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Bank of commerce.

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When they trip to the World Series, enter at Bank of Commerce or State Bank of Frasier.

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No purchase necessary.

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Today thousands of people will shop at Highland Appliance.

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But who and why? Let's find out. Sir, your name and what do you do?

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Sam and Lipke, I'm a fault finder.

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You're a fault finder.

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Yeah, let me start right off by saying that your shirt and your pants don't match and your one ear is bigger than the other.

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Ah, well Mr. Lipke, tell us, why did you come to Highland today?

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I'm finding fault with Highland salesmen.

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Fault? What fault?

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What do you mean what fault? What fault? You got a salesman here named Bob Franklin?

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Yeah, he's one of the best salesmen you'll ever find.

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Yeah, have you ever seen him bowl?

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Bowl? Who cares whether or not he can bowl?

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The guy's in his bowling team, that's who.

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Look, Mr. Lipke, as long as they're knowledgeable experts at helping people choose the right appliances, that's all that matters.

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Oh, and when they throw a gutter ball, we're all just supposed to cover our eyes and pretend we didn't see it, huh?

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The important thing is that they be good salesmen and Highland salesmen are because they have over a hundred hours of special classroom training.

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Okay, okay, but I'm still not finished with you yet.

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Me?

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Yeah, you always had that over bite?

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Over bite.

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And your hair changes.

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What are you talking about?

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And quit mumbling.

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Who's mumbling?

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Highland, everything you never expected from an appliance store.

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You're mumbling. You are mumbling, sir.

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Okay.

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And we'll get the lining of the home plate area here pretty soon.

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Got a little damp there, as I said before they were able to get the tarp on the field because it really moved in quickly.

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The rain did, but now it has ceased and it looks like we're going to get this one underway.

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Let's pause here for station identification.

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This is the Detroit Tiger Baseball Network.

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And this is WJR Detroit, the flagship station for Tiger Baseball.

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WJR offers complete sports coverage at 76 a.m.

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Now let's look at the lineups for game one of this Twiniter against Dan Petrie in the opener.

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Dan has won 17 and lost 9.

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Well, he had won four in a row before dropping his last start.

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Leading off and playing in center field will be Al Bombrey.

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Batting second, right fielder Dan Ford in right.

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Batting third and at shortstop Cal Ripken.

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Ripken at short.

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Batting fourth at first base, Andy Murray.

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Murray playing first base.

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Batting fifth, left fielder John Loewenstein.

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Batting sixth, the D.H. for Baltimore, Ken Singleton.

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Singleton as the D.H. in batting sixth.

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Hitting in the seventh position will be the catcher Joe Nolan.

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Batting eighth at third base, Glenn Gulliver.

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Next tiger farmehend, Glenn Gulliver at third base and batting eighth.

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Batting ninth at second base, Rich Dower.

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Dower at second.

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From the top again for the Orioles in game one.

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It'll be Bombrey leading off to center fielder, followed by right fielder Ford, the shortstop Ripken.

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First baseman Murray, left fielder Loewenstein, the D.H. Singleton, the catcher Nolan, third baseman Gulliver, and second baseman Dower.

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All the Tigers in the opener against Dennis Martinez, the veteran right hander who has a record of seven wins and 14 defeats.

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Leading off and playing second base will be Lou Whitaker.

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Batting second at shortstop, Alan Trammell.

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Batting third will be left fielder Larry Herndon.

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Batting fourth and catching in the opener, Lance Parrish.

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Batting fifth, the D.H. for Detroit, Kirk Gibson.

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Gibson D.H.

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Batting sixth at first base, Enos Cabell.

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Hitting seventh and in center field will be Chet Lemon.

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Batting eighth, right fielder Glenn Wilson.

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And batting ninth, third baseman Wayne Kranchicki.

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Kranchicki playing third.

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It's a Tiger lineup. Looks pretty much the same as the one the Tigers have been putting on the field against right handers lately, with one exception, Wilson getting the start in right field instead of Rick Leach.

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It's Whitaker leading off at second with Trammell at short, Herndon in left, Parrish catching, Gibson the D.H., Cabell at first, Lemon in center, Wilson in right, and Kranchicki at third.

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Lance Parrish reported to the ballpark today, under the weather, he's got some influenza, but Sparky has to have him in this ball game somehow or another, and he's got him in as the catcher in the opening game.

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And we'll see how Lance can last here tonight against the Orioles in this Twainiter.

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We've got the lining of the batting boxes at home plate right now, and they've put some of the magic dust, the absorbent sand, out around the mound area.

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It had gotten dust a little bit moist out there before they got the tarp on the field.

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Right now the ground screw has the tarp rolled over beyond the foul line, but not up against the wall as yet.

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They're still kind of holding at the moment. It's very dark here.

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The lights have been on now for some time, and it had been expected, there's no question of that, that weather people had been giving dire forecasts for a couple of days about the weather on this date,

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when the Tigers and Orioles were going to get together for this big Twineye doubleheader, and in fact it was going to come in earlier in the day, and hoped in fact it would come in last night and move on through earlier,

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but now it kind of held off and now hit the stadium just before five o'clock. But right now we've got a little hole in the weather, and maybe it'll be large enough so the Tigers can get a couple of ball games in here against Baltimore.

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Very big games, no question of that. I know the odds aren't all that good, down seven and a half games, eight games in the loss column, but they are not eliminated by any chance,

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and they've got the chance to do it themselves in these seven games they have remaining with Baltimore for this week here in Detroit.

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Following Baltimore, Boston comes in this weekend for three games, and the Tigers go to Baltimore next Tuesday, and will play Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in Baltimore against the Orioles.

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The Tigers have done well against Baltimore lately, feeling back in mid-summer after the Tigers had seen the Birds the first time around, and the Birds began to play exceptionally well.

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The Tigers play well against Baltimore, and they are not frightened of the Orioles by any means. In fact, the Tigers have been the only ones of late to play well against Baltimore down the line.

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Since September 21st of last year, 1982, the Tigers have won seven and lost four against Baltimore. They are the only team to have a winning record against the Orioles since that time.

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Dan Petrie continues to loosen up down in the Tiger bullpen area.

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And we're still waiting for the grounds crew to finish its work. The umpires apparently may have set a time to start this, but I don't know.

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Dan's been working down there just about long enough to be ready to throw out the first pitch. He's looking over his shoulder, too. He doesn't want to use up his game down in the bullpen.

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But the umpires have not come out as yet. We have had an umpiring change just a moment ago, and they'll line up this way behind the plate, John Schuylach.

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At first, Rick Reed. At second, Darrell Cousins. And at third, Dale Ford.

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Ernie, seven and a half down with only 13 games to play. Tigers have a chance yet.

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There's always a chance until the season's over. I'd say it would be slim and none right now, but they've got to go ahead and play, and they've almost set a position now where they have to win just about every game.

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And things like that have happened, but from a realistic standpoint, you'd have to say they don't have much of a chance.

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What was your feeling, your sensing of the Orioles as they arrived here at Tiger Stadium today?

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Well, I think the quiet confidence is the kind of a team that they've always had. I was talking to Ray Miller, and he was saying that the guys feel like they're going to do it, but they're not flamboyant about it or anything.

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They haven't counted their chickens yet because they haven't hatched, at least officially they haven't hatched. So they're going about it in a businesslike way.

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And you look at fellows like Ripken and Murray, and they do something big, and it's all in a day's work for them. And they just keep on doing it.

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And I think the remarkable thing is the way this Baltimore team turned around and began to win so many games against so few losses.

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And they did it in such a fashion to look as if they'd never lose one. They get behind. The game last night was typical. They get behind in the late innings and even in the extra innings and come back.

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And if they needed two runs, they'd score two. If they needed three, they'd score three. And you know, you hate to use the old cliché, but if a team ever looked like a team of destiny, they have this year.

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John Miller, the Baltimore broadcaster, was telling you and me that even when they have played bad, they wind up winning the game somehow or another.

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They look very poor for several innings in a row, maybe, and fall way behind, but then rally and somehow put it together.

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And it's not just one guy each game, or the two guys, say Ripken or Murray or a Singleton, but it's been the Stapheros and the Dowers and the Bonners and the Gullivers that have come through for them, too.

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Which is another mark of a good team who have a different hero every night.

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And I think the fact now that they've got a pretty good size lead, seven and a half games, they could afford a little snuff at this time.

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They'd probably rather have it right now than have it during the playoffs when they're going to meet the Chicago White Sox.

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And I think that's going to be a very interesting playoff series.

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You've got two teams, assuming that the Orioles are going to win it, and it looks like they will, that have put a pretty good margin between themselves and the rest of their division.

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Chicago leading by fifteen and a half over Kansas City.

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And they'll be nice and relaxed and ready to go in.

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And the good thing about that from the managerial standpoint is that the manager can get his pitching rotation all straightened out.

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Doesn't have to worry about winning his division.

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He can go in ready and fresh with a good pitching rotation and go right into the playoffs with it.

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And I know, speaking of the pitching, Joel DeBellis has come up with some people this year like Mike Bottiker and the guy we're going to see in the second game, Bill Swaggerty,

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that have really filled big holes when it was absolutely necessary.

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And he's going to have a little bit of a problem, I would think.

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He's already got it figured out going into, say, a playoff series. Who's going to use as starting pitchers?

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He's got so many potentials.

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Yeah, that's right. Well, Swaggerty, John Miller was telling us, and Ray Miller told me too, was a fellow who came in and was under tremendous pressure in that game against Chicago

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after the Orioles had had a bad series against the Cleveland Indians.

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And he's the guy that turned it around. He kept him in the ballgame. I think it was 2-2 and then the Orioles went ahead and won it.

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And they went after that. They won 34 and lost 5 or something like that.

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Some outstanding kind of a record after Swaggerty had set him right.

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And I think it's the thing that you like to see with pitchers like that come in and respond to pressure.

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And you find out one way or the other in a hurry whether they can do their job and make a big difference.

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It's going to bode well for the future.

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Starting pitcher, game 3.

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We're getting word now.

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We're getting the word now and getting a little action.

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And we're also getting a little dribbage from the sky at the same time.

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There was a mist and I saw some umbrellas pop out and now the rain is starting again just as the grounds crew at this moment

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rolled the tarp back to the wall beyond the Tiger dugout.

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Petrie is standing down hands on hips.

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The word from the press box is we've got an Alphonse Gastonac going right now I think.

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As soon as Dan finishes his warm-up we would have the national anthem.

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The umpires have not come out. We've not had the pregame meeting at home plate as yet.

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And the grounds crew now taking care of the extra couple of scraps of tarp down there.

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But while it brightened up here at Tiger Stadium we got a little rain again.

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It's not enough to interfere with play once they were going.

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But since they are not going they might decide to hold off for a little bit.

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Petrie has really done, completed his warm-ups down there.

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He's just looking around. He's looking for the home plate meeting.

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That's what he's looking for. And here they come finally.

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This is a kind of a situation the umpires dislike as much as anybody to fall because

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not only do they have to make the decision about when to start the game

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to know when to stop and restart it.

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And nobody really knows about what the weather is going to do.

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And the game belongs to the umpires.

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They really don't know what to do a lot of times because they can't figure out the weather just like all of us.

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Well we're finally getting that meeting done.

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Rick Dempsey is out representing Joel DeBellis Orioles.

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Rick is the veteran catcher along with Coach Pellican's solo of the Tigers.

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And now Petrie decides to heat up a little bit more and I think he's just ended.

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He didn't want to lose it all down there in the bullpen and he's completed his warm-ups.

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Let's hope that we can get these games in.

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These Tigers and Orioles have the four games to pack in in the three-day span.

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And they just soon not have to reschedule anything at all.

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Let's hope that they can play both these games tonight.

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The Tigers have had a fine advance sale for all three games, all four games of the series, the three dates.

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And it looks like we're going to have a fine crowd if the weather holds right now and we get no more rain.

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Well the Red Jackets are here at any rate, Ernie.

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Bob Taylor will do the anthem for us and nobody does anything better than Robert does.

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And Bob has got himself a new Christmas album that is going to be coming out around, I figure, the 1st of November.

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Got a chance to listen to one of the selections on it and just gorgeous music done with a small choir, young persons choir from Ann Arbor.

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Beautiful background in that and it will be out I think around the month or so.

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Now we're going to get the chance to hear Bob Taylor sing our national anthem.

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Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming

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Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight

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O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming

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And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air

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Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there

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Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

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O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave

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The great voice of Bob Taylor singing our national anthem.

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And that album that he's going to have coming up, a little free plug for Bob and his work on the diamond here before the game.

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Bob Taylor celebrates Christmas as the title of the album.

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The Brothers record is going to be bringing it up, available through them out of Rochester, Michigan at Post Office Box 904.

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Now the umpires have moved on to their positions.

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This game will be getting underway shortly and before it does we'll pause for this message.

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For all you do. This Bud's for you. And as it would St. Louis, Missouri.

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Now Petrie out on the lawn now to take his final warm up tosses.

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The Tigers are going to be looking at maybe a reborn Dennis Martinez here in the opener of this twilight doubleheader.

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Dennis is having overall a porous season of his major league career.

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It was a terrible start for Martinez this year.

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The 28 year old right hander faced the Tigers one time and the Tigers bombed him.

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Petrie was the winning pitcher that night.

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The Tigers wound up beating Baltimore 9 to nothing in four innings time.

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Martinez was nicked for six runs on eight Tiger hits.

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But he sat up in terms of starting for some time, even used him in relief rolls.

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And he went a period from August 23rd, I beg your pardon, from August 6th to August 23rd without starting.

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He did pitch some relief.

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But he came back in the last Wednesday night and beat the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

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He went six innings, allowed four hits and no runs, and that was his first victory since July 26th, his first start since the 6th of August.

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Well, maybe he is back.

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We're going to find out something about that this afternoon, this evening here in the opener of this twilight doubleheader.

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Dan Petrie had his four game winning streak coming to an end in the opener of the series in Boston this past weekend, losing that game 6 to 1.

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He's ready to start another one. Little Al Bumbrey steps in to lead things off for Baltimore.

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And here for the play-by-play is Ernie Harwell.

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Thank you, Paul. Here's one of the sharp guys on this Baltimore ball club.

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He's a veteran now, but he can still run very well, batting 279 to lead off man Bumbrey.

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Left hand about at the plate, bows it away.

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We're underway in the first of a twilight doubleheader at Tiger Stadium.

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Strike one on Bumbrey.

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22-minute delay here at the start of the game because of the moisture.

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Trinchicki at third, Chamelechard-Hoodacard second, Cabell at first base, and the outfield at Herndon-Limmon and Wilson.

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He could have lived his strike. He got the slider in.

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And Bumbrey looks at that one for a strike too.

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73 degrees at game time at Tiger Stadium.

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Outfield a little bit to left on Al Bumbrey.

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He'll be followed by Ford, and then it'll be Ripken in the Baltimore first inning.

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Here's the motion, the right-handed deals.

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Here's a foul out of play. Back to the grandstand of the county, still strike two.

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Bumbrey, one of the veterans of this team, he was rookie of the year with Baltimore back in 73.

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Hit 337 that year. Last year he batted 262.

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Getting a little better than that right now, 279 for Al.

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Petrie gets his sign from Parrish Works again. The pitch is a ball high.

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And the Tiger fans thought that Mr. Bumbrey might have been fanned on that one, but umpire Shulock didn't agree with him.

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On both two strikes to count on him.

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Jimmy Williams coaches at first base, Cal Ripken senior third.

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There's a ground ball to Whitaker, he's a chance, throw to first to Cavell, one away.

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And Ford, the right-hand batting right fielder, steps up now.

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Ford batting 281 with nine homers and 55 runs batted in.

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That's a large increase over his season's record last year when he batted 235.

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Outfield plays him straight away.

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Ford in a close stance. Generally he's considered a curveball pitcher.

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There's a hard slider in for a strike.

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Usually the Tigers try to pitch him in with a fast stop.

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Right-hand batter up, field straight up on Dan Ford, no score for sitting.

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And there's a pop-up into short-center.

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Lemon coming in, he's there, he makes the catch for the off.

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Two down.

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Cal Ripken stepping up now.

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There are two men in this Baltimore lineup who are considered legitimate candidates for most valuable player.

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They are right here in order, Cal Ripken and Eddie Murray.

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Ripken batting 312 with 95 RBIs and 24 home runs.

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Big, strong shortstop. Stands very deep in the batter's box, two out, nobody on.

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The game is scoreless in the first inning of the first game.

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And he takes a strike on the outside corner.

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Ripken, another county head who seems to like to ball in on him, and they try to pitch him curves away.

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There's a swing and a miss. He was jammed on that one right up at the letter.

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Two quick strikes on him.

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Kintzicki backing up at third, no score first inning, two out for Baltimore.

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The battle has just begun here at the quarter of Michigan and Trumbull.

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Come on out and join us, we've got two games here tonight.

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Here's the motion by Dan, he deals again that it is a low curve outside.

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As I told you, Lance Parrish is not feeling up to par.

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He's in there anyway catching in this first game.

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Little touch of the flu or something like that. Here's the one-two pitch.

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Ripken strikes out swinging and Petrie has a good inning.

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He sets the birds down one, two, three.

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Half-inning, Baltimore nothing, Detroit comes to back.

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Nanny Martinez tuning up now right at the face of Tigers after Petrie set the birds down one, two, three in their half of the first inning.

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And it'll be Whitaker, Chambl and Herndon to test Mr. Martinez, who is undergoing his toughest season since he's been in Baltimore.

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And he's come back in the last outing or so and done a good job.

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He's a record for the year seven and fourteen.

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Sweet Lou Whitaker at the plate ready to try to get it started for the Tigers.

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Lou batting at three fifteen eleven home runs and sixty four runs better than he'll be followed by Chambl and it'll be Herndon.

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Right hand to Martinez on the mound ready to go to work.

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And there's a chopper foul down past third a little grounded outside the bag.

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Gulliver playing third Ripken at short.

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Doward at second Murray at first for Baltimore.

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They've got Nolan catching.

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Loewenstein is in left Bumbrian centered forward and right.

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Denny Martinez on the mound.

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And he can throw hard. There's a fastball outside of the count one and one.

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Got a slider and a good change up.

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Also a good fielding pitcher Denny Martinez.

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There's a foul upstairs out of play one and two to count on Lou Whitaker.

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This is the few lot putting a new baseball into play now.

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The Baltimore outfield plays the Whitaker around toward right.

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Different save in the Boston outfield is dead.

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Here's a pitch by the right hander and it is a breaking ball wide to to the count on Lou.

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Cloudy skies the rain seems to have subsided at least for a while.

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Martinez gets his sign from Nolan again and the works.

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There's a foul fly out of play.

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Let's pause briefly for station identification.

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This is the Detroit Tiger baseball network.

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And you're listening to Tiger baseball on radio 76.

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The great voice of the Great Lakes WJR Detroit.

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To count on Lou Whitaker no score first hitting Tigers at bat.

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There's another foul out of play.

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This one lifted over on the third base side.

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Still a two to count on him.

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Petrie set the Orioles down in order and they're half of the first inning.

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Now Martinez working against the Tigers.

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The Orioles have won 10 of their last 11.

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They've won four straight and they lead the Tigers by seven and a half.

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Ground ball to first base.

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Murray grabs it.

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Makes the play of the sister one up and one down in the Tiger first inning.

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Comes Alan travel the Detroit shortstop batting a 313 with 14 home runs and 62 RBI last month or so.

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And Whitaker has stayed fairly close together in the offensive figures.

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Here's Tram waiting on Denny Martinez no score first inning.

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Swing and a roll of foul on the third base side in the grass.

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He's got a nice swing on that one and just tapped it down the third base side.

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Orioles have been getting some good hitting since August 26 as a team they're batting 313.

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And in the pitching department in the last 38 games since August 12 they've got a 2.71 earned run average.

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There's the strike big curve over.

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Pitching and hitting going together you've got it pretty well made.

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Two strikes on Alan that was a good hard breaking ball on the outside corner from Martinez.

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Now they wind up in the pitch.

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Swung on ground ball hit sharply and foul down past third.

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Chicago and the Phillies are underway in their game they are 2 to 2 at the end of one.

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Trout against Grosch that's a twilight game in Philadelphia.

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Pittsburgh beat the Mets today in their game 4-0.

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Martinez did it his fastball fouled away.

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The Tigers have done one thing these first two hitters they've made him throw a lot of pitches already.

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And they've lost a lot of baseballs already too in the seats on these fouls back among the customers.

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Denny looks him over gets his side again from Nolan it is a strike two count on Tramiel here it comes.

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Swing another foul out of play well he's not wasting any still a strike two count and Alan just keeps fouling them off.

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Denny Martinez end of action Tramiel waits here it comes here's a swing and a line drive they hit for the field.

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Resistance pays off for Tramiel.

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That's the first runner in the game Herndon will be the next Tiger batter.

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Larry batting 296 with 18 home runs and 83 runs about at end.

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He has an eighth game hitting streak.

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One of the remarkable things about Baltimore is the left field position they've used mainly Gary Renneke and John Loewenstein.

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And that left field position has produced a 298 average with 32 home runs and 119 RBI.

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00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:28,000
So there's a case of the platoon system really paying dividends.

415
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:46,000
Here's a pitch to Herndon it's a fastball high.

416
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:50,000
All on the count on Larry.

417
00:40:50,000 --> 00:41:02,000
Now the set by Martinez he flips over to first base pretty good move for Dennis but Tramiel back in time.

418
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:07,000
The center field of Bombery is slightly toward right field on Larry Herndon.

419
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:23,000
Now the set by Martinez run a go as it's a strike Nolan slow to second.

420
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:40,000
The challenge 26th of the year number 26 he's having fun here in the total base.

421
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:51,000
One and one that's the count on her did the Tigers got a man in second with one away in the first inning of the first game it scored us.

422
00:41:51,000 --> 00:42:11,000
Martinez that checks his side again that might be right hand a pitchers a good stop by Nolan at the plate.

423
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:21,000
The breeze are coming out of the west right now blowing from third base out toward the right field.

424
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:35,000
Steps away Martinez took a little bit too much time for him so he's going to step out of the batter's box.

425
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:50,000
The right hand ready for action it is a 2 1 pitch due to Larry Herndon to go sample and it is low for the third.

426
00:42:50,000 --> 00:43:05,000
Nolan didn't have a chance.

427
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:20,000
The third now with one man down the infield will play back at this stage of the game Baltimore will give up a run and exchange it for the out.

428
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:39,000
That's a count on Larry Herndon.

429
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:50,000
Dennis is ready. He said he holds it he pitches a ball.

430
00:43:50,000 --> 00:44:04,000
And on first man on third down and the Nolan go out the top with Danny Martinez and the next man to bat will be Parrish.

431
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:10,000
The chances hitting to seventy two he didn't have much of a series up in Boston.

432
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:15,000
Twenty five home runs and one hundred and five RBI.

433
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:21,000
Come Gray Miller the pitching coach of Baltimore out.

434
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:32,000
He wants to say something to the Richard Danny Martinez.

435
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:48,000
I don't know that they ever did find out what was wrong with Dennis earlier in the year mechanically apparently had seemed sound but it had to be something wrong there because the arm was sound and he was having no pain there and he was just getting hit hard.

436
00:44:48,000 --> 00:45:05,000
He's got in a bad spell there probably and slumped just as bad as slump and field is slumped.

437
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:19,000
He seems to have pulled out of it but right now the Tigers have run as a first and third the conference is over.

438
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:40,000
And the Parrish at the plate game is scoreless in the last half of the first inning and there's a breaking ball all ball one.

439
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:49,000
And then edging off the bag at first they've got Eddie Murray holding over there with him.

440
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,000
Swing and a miss on a hard one.

441
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:54,000
One and one on Lance Parrish.

442
00:45:54,000 --> 00:46:10,000
The Orioles felt he was throwing a high too much early in the year. You'll notice that much of the many of the pitches he's missing out of those sliders that is but they're low.

443
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,000
Especially in a ballpark like this one.

444
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:15,000
Now the one one delivery coming up the land.

445
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:27,000
He swings and misses again. One and two the count on him.

446
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:32,000
Gibson is waiting on deck. The Tigers with a scoring chance here in the opening inning.

447
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:37,000
They've got Trammel at third and her and down.

448
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:44,000
So Parrish waits again on the one two served by the right handed Eddie Martinez.

449
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:46,000
And it is a high one.

450
00:46:46,000 --> 00:47:15,000
And then goes to second he makes it.

451
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:21,000
The word from Chuck Lockett the official scorer.

452
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:31,000
It's a steal for Herndon and the Trammel scores on the throwing arrow by Nolan the same arrow on which Herndon moved to third base and the Tigers have a one nothing lead.

453
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:38,000
Herndon is now at third with one out and the two to count on Parrish.

454
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:45,000
Markey running his team trying to keep out of that double play in that situation there.

455
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:48,000
And he got an extra bonus out of it. Here's a set the fit.

456
00:47:48,000 --> 00:48:14,000
I think that's a little reliant on the set up.

457
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:25,000
The last nine games picking it up a little bit here drove the end of the year.

458
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:30,000
Parrish on first one man down.

459
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:49,000
Two nothing the Tigers jumping in front here in the first game of the double header.

460
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:56,000
I feel deep the right the infield and double play them.

461
00:48:56,000 --> 00:49:04,000
Gibson swing.

462
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:29,000
Coming home you'll score.

463
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:34,000
A long line drive up the alley and deep left center.

464
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:43,000
They throw came to the plate not in time to nip Parrish who's going all the way first and Gibson goes into third with a three bagger.

465
00:49:43,000 --> 00:50:03,000
The Tigers jump in front three nothing in the first inning.

466
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:14,000
Jim Palmer is starting to lose that in the Baltimore bullpen.

467
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:24,000
Gibson at third base Martinez delivers is a breaking ball into a close ball.

468
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:38,000
One out a single by travel walk to her and a single by Parrish a triple by Gibson plus the three stolen bases and a throwing error by the catcher Nolan leading to the Tiger three nothing advantage in the first inning.

469
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:47,000
Here's a bit the swings a mounting ball.

470
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:51,000
They are now ahead for another.

471
00:50:51,000 --> 00:51:03,000
One out.

472
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:15,000
That is batting to sixty one he has sixty four RBI and twenty four homeless.

473
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:30,000
Nolan wants a conference with Danny Martinez.

474
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:45,000
Early in this inning the Tigers use their running to set up the scoring and then they hitters came through.

475
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:50,000
The other three hits have been single by travel by Parrish and by Cabell.

476
00:51:50,000 --> 00:52:00,000
Here's Lemon to try to keep it moving for runs on four hits to the Tigers no runs and no hits for the Orioles.

477
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:28,000
The Tigers leading off the bag over there first and Jeff Lemon awaits.

478
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:33,000
I think he's right.

479
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:46,000
I think the ground rule is that it's above that yellow line at the home run.

480
00:52:46,000 --> 00:53:07,000
The old bullpen area.

481
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:11,000
You just don't see a ball hit the foul ball above that yellow line very often.

482
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:16,000
That's the first one I remember.

483
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:23,000
There may have been one before when I was broadcasting but that's the first one I can remember.

484
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:30,000
What a long blow and it's five nothing the Tigers lemon is the third now with that three bagger.

485
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:36,000
And let's see what Wilson can do he's batting to sixty eight with eleven home runs.

486
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:46,000
And he takes a curve it's outside ball one that's the second triple in the setting.

487
00:53:46,000 --> 00:54:08,000
If he had gone the one way or slice the other way it would have been a home run.

488
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:21,000
He's the right side of that six to nothing Detroit.

489
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:25,000
After the out by Whitaker here's what happened.

490
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,000
Not counting the stolen base.

491
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:43,000
A single a walk a single a triple a single a triple and a single.

492
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:47,000
It comes out of belly out he might want to make a change at this point.

493
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:49,000
He's looking on the bullpen.

494
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,000
He's not signal yet for Jim Palmer.

495
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:59,000
Now he gets the signal and that's off at any Martinez.

496
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:09,000
He will leave the game with Palmer taking over and the Tigers in the first inning have set up a six to nothing lead over the rivals from Baltimore.

497
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:18,000
Incredible opening inning for the Tigers against the front running Baltimore Orioles and Dennis Martinez trots off to the dugout.

498
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:23,000
Palmer is coming on just to keep this one respectable here in the first inning.

499
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:35,000
The Tigers Martinez for six hits five of them in a row two of them triples and they were by way of the umpires about that drive of lemons off the foul ball.

500
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:44,000
Is that the umpire say that if it hits the foul ball no matter where it hits it and bounces onto the field the ball is in play.

501
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:48,000
That is it could hit it way up by the bleachers and it would still be in play apparently.

502
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:52,000
The difference how far up the foul ball it goes it's in play.

503
00:55:52,000 --> 00:56:02,000
Jim Palmer the veteran stylish right hander takes over on the mound and while he warms up we'll take time out for this message.

504
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:06,000
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505
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511
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512
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:54,000
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513
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:59,000
And in Berkeley, Darling Lough Gower at 399-4343.

514
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:08,000
I'm embarrassed by what I was saying earlier in relaying the information from the umpires about the flagpole.

515
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:13,000
I kept saying foul pole. I meant the flagpole out in center field just a little bit to the left of center field.

516
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:18,000
The ball hitting it no matter where it hits it it's in play if it goes back on the field.

517
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:25,000
Now Jim Palmer, number 22, doing a little pawing away on the mound ready to face Wayne Crenshecki with Wilson at first.

518
00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:29,000
Still only one out in the Tiger first inning, six nothing Tigers. Ernie?

519
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:36,000
All right we'll see whether Crenshecki can keep it going now for the Tigers against the reliever Jim Palmer.

520
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:40,000
Outfield is a little bit, no they're going to play him straight away.

521
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:49,000
Palmer looking back, Jim is one of the few pitchers that you'll see designate the area where he wants his outfielders to play.

522
00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:54,000
Turn around and point and ask them to move over or stay where they are or whatever.

523
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:58,000
Here's Crenshecki and he takes the breaking ball in for a strike.

524
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:02,000
Wayne batting 259.

525
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:07,000
Palmer with a record of four and four. This is his 12th game.

526
00:58:07,000 --> 00:58:14,000
All but one of his appearances before this one have been as a starting pitcher.

527
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:17,000
Six runs and six hits for the Tigers. They lead six nothing.

528
00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:27,000
There's a ball outside the breaking ball low. One and one they count on Crenshecki.

529
00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:31,000
Jim Palmer will be 38 years old in the middle of October.

530
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:46,000
He delivers a fastball outside two and one.

531
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:51,000
The tall right hander deals again and Crenshecki slices a little pop line to left.

532
00:58:51,000 --> 00:58:56,000
Lowenstein digging, can't get it. It's dropped in, bounced off his glove.

533
00:58:56,000 --> 00:59:02,000
On the third now will go Wilson and Crenshecki holds it first base.

534
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:05,000
Little Texas Laker between Ripken and Lowenstein.

535
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:12,000
Lowenstein charged it, couldn't get to it if they saw it squirted away from it.

536
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:19,000
See whether there's an error charge to Lowenstein or whether it'll just be a single and that's it.

537
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:22,000
So far no report that it'll be any more than a single.

538
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:27,000
So here comes Whitaker up for the second time in the first inning.

539
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:35,000
The first time up he bounced the first. And everybody since then has reached base.

540
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:39,000
There's the word. Lowenstein is charged with an error.

541
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:50,000
Allowing Wilson to take third base after he had stopped at second on the single by Crenshecki.

542
00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:53,000
Blue takes it. It is a fastball high from Jim Palmer.

543
00:59:53,000 --> 01:00:00,000
Six runs and seven hits for the Tigers.

544
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:04,000
Murray holding Crenshecki at first base.

545
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:06,000
The outfield on Whitaker is almost straight up now.

546
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:15,000
They're not playing him as much to right as they did before.

547
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:19,000
Now the pitch on the way, it's a ball ball.

548
01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:24,000
A little unusual too because you figure Palmer does not throw as hard as Denny Martinez.

549
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:28,000
Maybe they know how they're going to pitch him.

550
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:35,000
2-0 to count on Whitaker.

551
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:38,000
That's the pitch. He swings. There's a long one.

552
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:42,000
Deep right and it is gone. Home run for Whitaker.

553
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:53,000
A three run homer, a nine to nothing lead for the joy.

554
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:59,000
Number 12 for Lowenstein, Crenshecki and Wilson go ahead of it.

555
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:05,000
The Tigers have a nine to nothing lead over the league leaders.

556
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:07,000
That was another Armistown home run.

557
01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:11,000
It sends the gift certificate to $25 worth of armor food product

558
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:15,000
to the Detroit Baptist Children's Home Redeemable at ANC Food Show.

559
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:19,000
Compliment of Armour Food Company.

560
01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:27,000
The Tigers have scored nine times here in the opening inning.

561
01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:31,000
Here's Cammel who started with a single with one out.

562
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:36,000
And he takes a small one, high ball one.

563
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:43,000
That was Lou Whitaker's 12th home run.

564
01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:55,000
In too close on Cram, 2-0 to count on him.

565
01:01:55,000 --> 01:02:07,000
Armour one delivers. Here's a strike called on Cammel, 2-1.

566
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:10,000
This crowd are buzzing about this nine run first inning.

567
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:13,000
There's a fly ball in into left center.

568
01:02:13,000 --> 01:02:16,000
Will it drop in? Yes, sir. It does. Another hit for the Tigers.

569
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:22,000
Cammel gets his second hit of the first inning.

570
01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:28,000
And the crowd is loving this surge by the Tigers.

571
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:33,000
Here's Herndon stepping up. He walked the first trip.

572
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:36,000
The Tigers have set eleven men to the right.

573
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:41,000
They have scored nine runs.

574
01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:43,000
Here's one man out and one man on.

575
01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:49,000
And Herndon with a pregame average of 296.

576
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:57,000
He takes a fast ball from Jim Palmer, ball one.

577
01:02:57,000 --> 01:03:00,000
Murray holding close at first base with Cammel.

578
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:05,000
They've got Dower, the second baseman, over to the bag toward his right.

579
01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:10,000
He's set by Palmer. He pitches. Here's a fly ball to keep the left.

580
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:13,000
Going back, Loewenstein. And this one is gone.

581
01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:19,000
Here's one over to Herndon. Eleven to nothing for Tigers leader.

582
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:22,000
Number 19 for Larry Herndon.

583
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:29,000
Here comes Cammel to score. Here comes Herndon home.

584
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:38,000
Eleven to nothing to join.

585
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:44,000
Here's another Armour Star home run. It sends a gift certificate for $45 worth of Armour food products.

586
01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:50,000
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587
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:56,000
Compliments of the Armour Food Company.

588
01:03:56,000 --> 01:03:58,000
We'll get a pinch batter now for Parrish.

589
01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:06,000
Walk-in Foss will bat for Lance Parrish here in the first inning.

590
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:10,000
You can see here that Lance was ailing. He's got flu or something.

591
01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:14,000
And Walk-in Foss is batting for him now. Takes it inside, let up, ball one.

592
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:21,000
John batting to 79. The Tigers have scored 11 times here in the opening inning.

593
01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:28,000
Armour to the Bears. It is in the dirt. Ball to the Walk-in Foss.

594
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:34,000
The Tigers have 10 hits and a walk in the city.

595
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:47,000
The ball low. Three hit ohs to count on John B.

596
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:50,000
Armour scraping around with his spikes out there on the mound.

597
01:04:50,000 --> 01:05:02,000
Now the right-hander winds up pitching. It's a strike called on Walk-in Foss, three at one.

598
01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:07,000
The wide-up stopped in the middle of it. Now starts over. Here's the pitch.

599
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:12,000
It is a lower and he walked in.

600
01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:20,000
The second walk of the inning.

601
01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:25,000
Here comes Gibson. He tripled his first time.

602
01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:32,000
He's a 14th Tiger batter to come to the plate.

603
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:35,000
Walk-in Foss at first. Gibson at bat.

604
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:44,000
The Tigers lead 11-0 over the Bears.

605
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:49,000
I feel almost straight up on Gibson. His triple was the left-hander.

606
01:05:49,000 --> 01:05:58,000
And he bowed it away. Didn't get around to the fastball.

607
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:01,000
Eight different times that Jim Palmer has won 20 games of the season.

608
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:05,000
He's been the outstanding pitcher in Baltimore history.

609
01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:11,000
Here's the pitch by Jim and a change. It's one-hundred missed by Gibson. Two strikes on him.

610
01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:13,000
Now pitching goes Ray Miller. He's giving a sign down to the bullpen.

611
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:20,000
Get a left-hander up there. Somebody. Some side-arming left-hander, it looks like, the sign is.

612
01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:24,000
Gibson leaning in waiting. Two strikes on him. A man out of the man out.

613
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:29,000
And he swings and misses. Struck him out. That'll be the second out of the inning.

614
01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:43,000
Here comes Cabell.

615
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:53,000
Tigers set 12 men up without anybody being retired between the bounce-out by Whitaker and the strike-out by Gibson here in the first inning.

616
01:06:53,000 --> 01:07:01,000
A remarkable string. There's a fastball outside on Cabell.

617
01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:08,000
All of those at 12 batters had hits except Herndon, the walk, and the walk-and-pass walk.

618
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:13,000
Change-up is in too close, 2-0.

619
01:07:13,000 --> 01:07:18,000
Notice the scoreboard is not capable of putting in 11 for inning number one.

620
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:27,000
We'll just have to remember that the Tigers scored 11.

621
01:07:27,000 --> 01:07:32,000
There's a ground ball deep jogged up, ripped it over, grabbed it, brought it back and not in time.

622
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:37,000
It'll be another hit for the Tigers.

623
01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:43,000
Cabell gets his second hit of the inning.

624
01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:48,000
Here comes Chap Lemon who hit a triple off the flagpole the first time he batted in the city.

625
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He's got a run at the plate and he takes a breaking ball from Jim Palmer ball once.

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Eleven runs on eleven hits for the Detroit.

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They've also picked up a couple of walks here in the first inning.

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They've got two men on and two men out against Jim Palmer relieving Denny Martinez.

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Jim, not quite ready, straddles his slab out there. Lemon did not get out of the batter's box.

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On the set, the pitch, he takes high and away, ball two, two and oh.

634
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Dan Moro, yellow, is the left-hander throwing in the bullpen.

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Here's the set now by Palmer. He deals again. Lemon swings. There's a high pop-up back of third base.

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It should end the inning. Here comes Loewenstein and he gets it.

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He collides with Ripken, but he holds on to it and the inning is over.

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And what an inning it's been. The Tigers have got eleven runs on eleven hits.

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And at the end of one, it is Detroit eleven, Baltimore number.

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That's what you call a big inning or a big beginning.

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The Tigers get eleven and they lead the Baltimore eleven nothing going into the second inning.

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Some changes for the Tigers. Walk-in fuss will stay in the game and do the catching.

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Rick Leach will go to first base replacing Caval.

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01:11:26,000 --> 01:11:42,000
And the Orioles bat now on the second Eddie Murray, John Lowenstein and Ken Singleton will face Dan Petrie.

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Murray the switchback about about left handed.

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I'll peel around the right on him. He's hitting three oh six another great year for Eddie Murray.

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What an outstanding player he's been.

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Very consistent at the plate. Very consistent in the field.

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Plays just about every game. He's had twenty-eight home runs. He's knocked in a hundred and one runs.

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Petrie on the mound working with a lead eleven and nothing and he fires a fastball in for a strike.

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01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:24,000
Strike one called on Eddie Murray.

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There's a ball in close on Eddie one and one.

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01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:34,000
Couple of home runs and two triples featured at the eleven run search by the Tigers.

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Triple by Gibson, triple by Lemon, home run by Whitaker, home run by Herndon.

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Now the one one delivery Murray hits a bounding ball to the right. It'll be a hit.

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A ground seagull between Whitaker and Leach puts Eddie Murray on. He's the first Oriole runner today.

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Lowenstein will be the batter, the veteran outfielder.

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01:12:56,000 --> 01:13:13,000
John's come up with a lot of key hits for this Baltimore club this year batting 279, 12 home runs and 51 RBI.

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Swings and fouls it away. That one came down hit him on the foot.

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And missed a shoe lock to play it up. I was going to take that one out of play.

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Lowenstein basically a fastball hitter. He likes to pull the ball most of the time.

680
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Not quite ready to get back in there yet.

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Still got that hot dog.

682
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Strike one the count on John. Here's the set by Dan Petrie. He delivers. Here's a high foul that will be out of play. Strike two.

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Now let's send out some birthday wishes. Rose Almaninic of Detroit. Happy birthday to Rose.

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Also to Bob Delano, an announcer at WTCM radio in Travis City.

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Longtime Tiger supporter. And to Octavia VanLockeren at Roseville who's 103 years old on this date.

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Here's a ball low to Lowenstein. One and two the count on him.

687
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:33,000
11 to nothing. The Tigers lead the Orioles in the second inning of the first game.

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Time called at first base. Eddie Murray has to take a shoe off for a moment.

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01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:56,000
Lowenstein gets back in the batter's box. Petrie about ready to go to work again.

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01:14:56,000 --> 01:15:06,000
Here's the set by Dan. And the one-two pitch on the way. Foul off. It'll be out of play upstairs.

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01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:12,000
Some other Tiger fans celebrating 90th birthdays. James McDougal of Detroit.

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01:15:12,000 --> 01:15:18,000
Myrtle Hengstaffer of Marin City. And Glenn Mayer of Mute.

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All celebrating their 90th birthdays on this date.

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Here's the one-two pitch to Lowenstein. And it's a ball low. Gets by Wackenfuss. Murray will take second.

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01:15:31,000 --> 01:15:37,000
That was a breaking ball in the dirt. John couldn't handle it. It'll be a wild pitch.

696
01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:52,000
Murray takes second. And the Counties 2-2 on Lowenstein.

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01:15:52,000 --> 01:15:58,000
The Phillies lead the Cubs at the Philadelphia 10-4 in that twilight game 5-3.

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01:15:58,000 --> 01:16:04,000
Lowenstein. It's a ground ball to Whitaker. He'll go to first. To Leach. And out is Lowenstein on the third.

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01:16:04,000 --> 01:16:14,000
That cruises Eddie Murray. Ken Singleton. A switch batter. Outfielder hitting 287.

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01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:23,000
He is the D.H. this evening. He has 84 RBI's and 18 home runs.

701
01:16:23,000 --> 01:16:36,000
Tigers lead them 11-0. The Orioles have a man at third now with one out in their second inning.

702
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Singleton stands deep and takes a fast ball outside from Dan Petrie ball one.

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And he'll be followed by the catcher Joe Nolan.

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Breeze is picking up a little bit. It's blowing out toward right.

705
01:16:53,000 --> 01:16:58,000
Still cloudy skies in Detroit. Here's the pitch. One on the ground ball. Deep short.

706
01:16:58,000 --> 01:17:02,000
Chammell has it. Long throw to first. To Leach.

707
01:17:02,000 --> 01:17:07,000
And Eddie Murray crosses the plate to give Baltimore their first run of the night.

708
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:14,000
7-1 the Tigers lead. Now it'll be an RBI by Singleton on the ground out to travel.

709
01:17:14,000 --> 01:17:25,000
It went very deep and made the long throw to Leach.

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01:17:25,000 --> 01:17:30,000
Here's Joe Nolan, the left-handed batting catcher with a.286 average.

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And Joe takes a ball wide from Dan Petrie.

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If you miss the afternoon game, Pittsburgh beat the Mets in New York today.

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Four-nulling. Only afternoon action in the majors.

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Nolan waits. Here it comes. He swings and hits a foul ball on the ground down past first base.

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Out with us today.

718
01:18:06,000 --> 01:18:18,000
Here's the 1-1 delivery now to Nolan. He swings and fouls it away. 1-2.

719
01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:21,000
11 runs and 11 hits for Detroit. One run and one hit for Baltimore.

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01:18:21,000 --> 01:18:28,000
Baltimore batting in the second inning.

721
01:18:28,000 --> 01:18:33,000
Nolan just about midway at about his box waiting on the features 1-2 pitch.

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01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:39,000
Here it is. He swings and hits another little foul ball down toward first base.

723
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:42,000
Slow grounder in that direction.

724
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:45,000
Here's another birthday we'd like to recognize from the Tigers.

725
01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:58,000
The Mr. Ruben Bibb of Romeo has been a devoted fan for many, many years.

726
01:18:58,000 --> 01:19:01,000
Nolan still waiting and the county still 1-2 on Joe.

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01:19:01,000 --> 01:19:06,000
Here's the windup by Petrie. The pitch is swung on and hit foul again.

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Down past first base.

729
01:19:11,000 --> 01:19:16,000
You missed that first inning. The Tigers scored 11 times on 11 hits.

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01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:22,000
They sent 16 batters to the plate.

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After the first out by Whitaker, the next 12 reach base consecutively.

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Here's the windup on the pitch. He swings and there's another foul out of play.

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This one upstairs, back of third.

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And a gentleman from Northville made a good catch of that one.

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01:19:44,000 --> 01:19:49,000
The big blows of that Tiger first inning. Triples by Gibson and Lemon.

736
01:19:49,000 --> 01:19:52,000
Home runs by Whitaker and Herndon.

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01:19:52,000 --> 01:19:58,000
Here's the windup in the pitch. Nolan fouls another one away.

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01:19:58,000 --> 01:20:02,000
They sure used a lot of baseballs already tonight.

739
01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:15,000
Ralph Snyder and company will have to open up a new crate down there under the stadium.

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01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:19,000
Nolan left-handed batting catcher waiting on the next one. It is still a 1-2 count on him.

741
01:20:19,000 --> 01:20:22,000
Two out, nobody on.

742
01:20:22,000 --> 01:20:31,000
Petrie winds and kneels. Here's a fastball high 2-2.

743
01:20:31,000 --> 01:20:36,000
Petrie got about 1-2-3 in the opening inning and in this inning Murray Singleton took second on the wild pitch.

744
01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:39,000
Came in on a couple of bounce outs.

745
01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:57,000
Nolan waits, here it comes. He swings and there's another ground foul pass first base down to the Oriole Bowl fan.

746
01:20:57,000 --> 01:21:04,000
Glenn Gulliver, one-time Tiger property, waiting at the on-deck circle.

747
01:21:04,000 --> 01:21:07,000
2-2 the count on Joe Nolan.

748
01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:22,000
Bend at the knees, he waits, here it comes. He takes a high hard one, ball three. Full count on him.

749
01:21:22,000 --> 01:21:27,000
11-0 the Tigers lead the Orioles in the second inning.

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01:21:27,000 --> 01:21:33,000
Swing, there's a drive to right, going back is Wilson. It is off the wall.

751
01:21:33,000 --> 01:21:40,000
And Nolan has a long single. The ball got over Wilson's head before he could get back and then he played the ricochet well.

752
01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:43,000
And fired it in the channel.

753
01:21:43,000 --> 01:21:49,000
And here comes Gulliver to the plate.

754
01:21:49,000 --> 01:22:00,000
Gulliver hitting 333 in 12 games. That's 8-24 with a couple of RBI's and no home runs for Glenn.

755
01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:03,000
Left hand batter stepping in.

756
01:22:03,000 --> 01:22:09,000
He stands deep in the batter's box.

757
01:22:09,000 --> 01:22:16,000
Peecher ready, serves and it is a fast ball high and away on Gulliver.

758
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:25,000
Gulliver batted 309 this year at Rochester and had 11 home runs and 62 RBI's.

759
01:22:25,000 --> 01:22:28,000
Played the second and third.

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01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:36,000
Here's a fast ball outside on Glenn, a 2-0 the count on him.

761
01:22:36,000 --> 01:22:41,000
The fellow picks up a lot of walks. It's always been that case with him throughout his career.

762
01:22:41,000 --> 01:22:47,000
He's 117 at Rochester to lead the league.

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01:22:47,000 --> 01:23:00,000
And there's another one wide, a ball three to Gulliver.

764
01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:03,000
Native of Detroit makes his home in Allen Park.

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01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:20,000
Here's the pitch and it is a strike on the outside corner, 3-1 on Gulliver.

766
01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:24,000
Now they set the pitch. It is wide. He walked him.

767
01:23:24,000 --> 01:23:29,000
The ex-tiger gets on on the base on balls. That'll put two on and two out.

768
01:23:29,000 --> 01:23:36,000
That'll bring up Jim Dower for the second baseman.

769
01:23:36,000 --> 01:23:50,000
Dower batting 231 with five home runs and 39 runs batted in.

770
01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:55,000
That's the first walk issued by Peecher. He's walked one and struck out one.

771
01:23:55,000 --> 01:24:03,000
Right hand batting Dower waits. Here's the pitch and it is a hard splatter and first strike.

772
01:24:03,000 --> 01:24:08,000
Game delayed in its start because of rain.

773
01:24:08,000 --> 01:24:13,000
Tigers lead in the second inning 11-1. It's the first of two here tonight.

774
01:24:13,000 --> 01:24:21,000
Swing and a fly ball lifted into short-staffed Herndon comes in. He's there. He's got it in the side retire.

775
01:24:21,000 --> 01:24:26,000
One run for the bird. The Tigers bat in the second. They lead 11-1.

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787
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Tigers coming to bat now to see what they can do for an encore after the first inning. They scored 11 times in that opener and they've got an 11-1 lead.

788
01:26:17,000 --> 01:26:21,000
Waiting on the catcher, Nolan, to come out.

789
01:26:21,000 --> 01:26:25,000
He was on base and had to go get his catching equipment on.

790
01:26:25,000 --> 01:26:43,000
And now he takes over from Depth to warm up Jim Palmer and toss one down to second base and we're about set to go.

791
01:26:43,000 --> 01:26:53,000
Glenn Wolfson who had a single and drug and a run in the first inning will lead it off for the Tigers.

792
01:26:53,000 --> 01:26:57,000
Now field straight up on Glenn. 11-1 to Tigers lead in the second inning.

793
01:26:57,000 --> 01:27:08,000
Here's a high foul out of play upstairs. Strike one. He swung late on Palmer's fastball.

794
01:27:08,000 --> 01:27:23,000
Now Jim looks into Nolan to get the sign, goes to work again on Wolfson. There's a fastball that jams him one and one to count.

795
01:27:23,000 --> 01:27:37,000
Here's the motion by Jim Palmer. The pitch is swung on at the second base. One down. He has an easy hop, throw to Murray. One up and one down in the Tigers' second inning.

796
01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:40,000
We're going to be backing up our innings here on our scorecard.

797
01:27:40,000 --> 01:27:44,000
Yeah, that's right.

798
01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:47,000
Really going to be a filled up scorecard tonight.

799
01:27:47,000 --> 01:27:53,000
Here's Krunchicki. He contributed a single and another 11-hit attack on the first inning for the Tigers.

800
01:27:53,000 --> 01:28:00,000
Batting 266 down. Facing one of his old teammates, Jim Palmer. There's a ball outside on the way.

801
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:07,000
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802
01:28:07,000 --> 01:28:17,000
Here's the wind up on the pitch and it is a slow one that hits the middle of the plate. One and one to count on Wayne Krunchicki.

803
01:28:17,000 --> 01:28:31,000
He's had some hits in the last three games for this guy. There's a ball outside. Two and one to count on him.

804
01:28:31,000 --> 01:28:42,000
Fastball high to Krunchicki. Three-one on the Tigers' third baseman.

805
01:28:42,000 --> 01:28:47,000
Here's the motion, the pitch on the way, swing of the ground ball wide of the first base picked up by Dower.

806
01:28:47,000 --> 01:28:57,000
He can't hold it and Krunchicki is safe. He came over to glove side.

807
01:28:57,000 --> 01:29:02,000
Got his glove on it but couldn't hang on after the ball got past Murray.

808
01:29:02,000 --> 01:29:07,000
Palmer came over to cover but Dower couldn't find the handle of the ball after he knocked it down.

809
01:29:07,000 --> 01:29:14,000
Here's a single for Krunchicki, his second hit. And here's Lou Whittaker who batted twice in the first inning.

810
01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:21,000
Bounced the first in the leadoff spot and then hit a three-run home with the next time up.

811
01:29:21,000 --> 01:29:27,000
Number 12 in the home run column for Sweet Lou.

812
01:29:27,000 --> 01:29:43,000
Palmer on the mound, 11-1 to Tigers. Here's a fastball outside from Big Tall Jim, ball one.

813
01:29:43,000 --> 01:29:55,000
It's a ball outside. Every one of the Tigers starters has a hit already.

814
01:29:55,000 --> 01:30:04,000
Lock and pass who batted for Harris through a walk. Rick Leach, the other substitution, has not yet been to the plate.

815
01:30:04,000 --> 01:30:08,000
Here's a fastball over above the knees, a two-and-one on Lou Whittaker.

816
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:15,000
You realize how unusual that is for doers to have said that, that we haven't even finished the second inning and every starter has at least one hit.

817
01:30:15,000 --> 01:30:19,000
That's right, only one out at the second.

818
01:30:19,000 --> 01:30:27,000
Here's the pitch Lou takes and it is a ball low, three-and-one.

819
01:30:27,000 --> 01:30:34,000
Looks like they all got them on the first inning. Absolutely.

820
01:30:34,000 --> 01:30:40,000
Tigers starting off with a bang, here's the pitch and Lou swings and fouls it away.

821
01:30:40,000 --> 01:30:44,000
Tigers starting off with a bang, here's the pitch and Lou swings and fouls it away.

822
01:30:44,000 --> 01:30:49,000
It's going to be over in the third base sector.

823
01:30:49,000 --> 01:30:55,000
Three-two, the count on Whittaker.

824
01:30:55,000 --> 01:31:02,000
Eleven runs, twelve hits for Detroit, one run and two hits for Baltimore.

825
01:31:02,000 --> 01:31:13,000
Lou swings and fouls another one away. This one straight back behind the plate.

826
01:31:13,000 --> 01:31:22,000
The pitch seems to be changing, it's blowing a little bit more out toward left now.

827
01:31:22,000 --> 01:31:31,000
Man at first, Krunchecki, three-two pitch, Whittaker takes and he has a walk.

828
01:31:31,000 --> 01:31:35,000
That's the second walk issued by Jim Palmer.

829
01:31:35,000 --> 01:31:42,000
It will bring Allen travel to the plate. Allen had two singles in the first inning, two for two so far.

830
01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:48,000
The field is average up to three-sixteen.

831
01:31:48,000 --> 01:31:57,000
Truman on, one man down, the Tigers lead eleven to one in the second inning of the first game.

832
01:31:57,000 --> 01:32:02,000
Here's the stretch by the tall right-hander Palmer. He pitches, here's a fly ball, short set, it might drop in.

833
01:32:02,000 --> 01:32:13,000
Brumford coming hard, can't get it, dropped in front, but Krunchecki will score when it could take third and Saddle has three for three.

834
01:32:13,000 --> 01:32:17,000
And the Tigers get their twelve runs.

835
01:32:17,000 --> 01:32:22,000
Here comes Herndon who had a walk and a two-way.

836
01:32:22,000 --> 01:32:32,000
In the first inning.

837
01:32:32,000 --> 01:32:36,000
Man on first and a man on third.

838
01:32:36,000 --> 01:32:41,000
In field and double play depth for the Orioles.

839
01:32:41,000 --> 01:32:48,000
Twelve to one, Detroit leads Baltimore.

840
01:32:48,000 --> 01:33:01,000
Palmer straddles the slab, nothing happens, Herndon just steps up about his mark.

841
01:33:01,000 --> 01:33:05,000
Every Tiger starter has an RBI except Krunchecki.

842
01:33:05,000 --> 01:33:09,000
Here's a high foul out of play.

843
01:33:09,000 --> 01:33:13,000
That will reach the seats back at first base.

844
01:33:13,000 --> 01:33:25,000
And Krunchecki could hardly be faulted, he has two singles and two trips.

845
01:33:25,000 --> 01:33:35,000
Herndon steps away, strike one, the count on Larry.

846
01:33:35,000 --> 01:33:39,000
Jim Palmer checking his sign, Whitaker on second.

847
01:33:39,000 --> 01:33:43,000
Trimble on third, Trimble on first, here's the ball inside.

848
01:33:43,000 --> 01:33:57,000
And the count one and one on Herndon.

849
01:33:57,000 --> 01:34:06,000
Now the set by Palmer, he pitches a slow curve hit on the ground, a short baby two, over to second for one, relay to first, not inside.

850
01:34:06,000 --> 01:34:12,000
He went in on Dower and he didn't get anything on the relay, over to Murray.

851
01:34:12,000 --> 01:34:15,000
And the Tigers got another run to make it 13 to one.

852
01:34:15,000 --> 01:34:27,000
It'll be an RBI for Herndon on the fourth out at second base of Trimble.

853
01:34:27,000 --> 01:34:31,000
Whitaker crossing the plate on the fourth out to make it 13 to one, Detroit.

854
01:34:31,000 --> 01:34:35,000
Here comes a walk-in pass.

855
01:34:35,000 --> 01:34:44,000
He came in the back for Parrish and the first inning in Dura Walk, that's been his only time at the plate, so his average is still 279.

856
01:34:44,000 --> 01:34:48,000
Palmer delivers and John takes a fastball high, ball one.

857
01:34:48,000 --> 01:34:59,000
The throw by Dower was a strange looking one, it was very accurate, but he didn't get anything out of the reason, the ball was slipping out of his hand as he threw.

858
01:34:59,000 --> 01:35:05,000
Now Palmer and Schulach are having a conversation, Schulach yelling something out to Palmer.

859
01:35:05,000 --> 01:35:14,000
They meet halfway between the mound and home plate.

860
01:35:14,000 --> 01:35:22,000
Ball one, a count on John B. Walkenfuss here in the Tigers' second inning of the first game.

861
01:35:22,000 --> 01:35:27,000
And the pitch on the way, he takes the ball low, and a good stop by Nolan.

862
01:35:27,000 --> 01:35:37,000
2-0 to count on John, he'll be followed by Gibson.

863
01:35:37,000 --> 01:35:42,000
Palmer delivers, here's a foul back this way, and the county's 2-1.

864
01:35:42,000 --> 01:35:54,000
I suppose Palmer was telling Schulach, I've got a good bye for you on briefs.

865
01:35:54,000 --> 01:36:05,000
Now the 2-1 pitch, big slow curve, grab the outside corner going by, 2-2 to count on Walkenfuss.

866
01:36:05,000 --> 01:36:14,000
2-out, 1-on, here's the set by the right-hander, he pitches, fastball struck him out, and the Tigers are out in the second inning.

867
01:36:14,000 --> 01:36:21,000
They get two and up their lead to 13-1 at the end of two.

868
01:36:21,000 --> 01:36:25,000
Why should you insure your home automobile and your life with a farmer's agent?

869
01:36:25,000 --> 01:36:27,000
For some very good reasons.

870
01:36:27,000 --> 01:36:34,000
Farmer's agents are professionals who realize that the best way to succeed is in doing an outstanding job for their clients.

871
01:36:34,000 --> 01:36:43,000
Farmer's Insurance Group, FIG, does business on the principle of keeping the cost of your insurance down and the amount of your protection up.

872
01:36:43,000 --> 01:36:48,000
Sometimes this means your agent will recommend that you carry a higher deductible on your auto or home,

873
01:36:48,000 --> 01:36:53,000
or tailor a life insurance program to fit both your family and business needs.

874
01:36:53,000 --> 01:36:58,000
Mostly it means looking at your situation from your viewpoint, not theirs.

875
01:36:58,000 --> 01:37:02,000
So call your fast, fair, friendly farmer's agent real soon.

876
01:37:02,000 --> 01:37:09,000
He's Dave Giancola, it could live over in Frayser, 296-3844.

877
01:37:09,000 --> 01:37:16,000
And Warren residents can call Mike Dennis at 978-0132.

878
01:37:16,000 --> 01:37:23,000
You see, both of them are fast, fair, friendly, farmer's insurance group agents.

879
01:37:23,000 --> 01:37:26,000
It's not enough that a new broom sweeps clean.

880
01:37:26,000 --> 01:37:30,000
It should also continue sweeping effectively even when it's old.

881
01:37:30,000 --> 01:37:39,000
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882
01:37:39,000 --> 01:37:44,000
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883
01:37:44,000 --> 01:37:50,000
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884
01:37:50,000 --> 01:37:55,000
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885
01:37:55,000 --> 01:38:03,000
Well, the birds come to bat now.

886
01:38:03,000 --> 01:38:05,000
The Tigers lead, Baltimore 13-1.

887
01:38:05,000 --> 01:38:07,000
We're going into the third inning.

888
01:38:07,000 --> 01:38:14,000
Bumbree, the leadoff man, will resume that role here in the third, the first time up, starting the ballgame.

889
01:38:14,000 --> 01:38:15,000
He bounced to Lou Whitaker.

890
01:38:15,000 --> 01:38:23,000
Petrie, working with a 12-run lead at 13-1 in the first game of a doubleheader on the Threatening Skies at Tiger Stadium.

891
01:38:23,000 --> 01:38:28,000
Ford and Ripken are scheduled to follow here on the Oriole third inning.

892
01:38:28,000 --> 01:38:34,000
And Delivers and Bumbree fouls it away, strike one.

893
01:38:34,000 --> 01:38:45,000
Well, we've had word from the press box that the Tigers' 10 straight hits in the first inning ties the American League record set back in 19-1

894
01:38:45,000 --> 01:38:51,000
by the Boston Red Sox against the old Milwaukee team in that first year of the American League.

895
01:38:51,000 --> 01:38:54,000
There's a strike called on Bumbree, two strikes.

896
01:38:54,000 --> 01:39:01,000
The Major League record is 12 consecutive hits shared by the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

897
01:39:01,000 --> 01:39:06,000
The Cardinals in 19-20, the Dodgers in 19-30.

898
01:39:06,000 --> 01:39:10,000
Strike two pitch to Bumbree, swung on the ground ball to Whitaker again.

899
01:39:10,000 --> 01:39:13,000
He's got it, the flip to Leach, he got him out.

900
01:39:13,000 --> 01:39:15,000
One up and one away.

901
01:39:15,000 --> 01:39:18,000
Bumbree goes down the same way, they got him in the first.

902
01:39:18,000 --> 01:39:21,000
Let's pause here briefly for station identification.

903
01:39:21,000 --> 01:39:25,000
This is the Detroit Tiger baseball network.

904
01:39:25,000 --> 01:39:30,000
And you're listening to Tiger Baseball on Radio 76, the great boys of the Great Lakes,

905
01:39:30,000 --> 01:39:32,000
and WJR Detroit.

906
01:39:32,000 --> 01:39:43,000
Dan Ford, fly to center, first trip.

907
01:39:43,000 --> 01:39:47,000
There's another fly ball to center, and here comes Lemon, he's got it.

908
01:39:47,000 --> 01:39:51,000
So the Orioles have repeated their first inning so far.

909
01:39:51,000 --> 01:39:55,000
Bumbree bouncing to second and Ford flying to center.

910
01:39:55,000 --> 01:39:59,000
Here comes Repkin, let's see if the carbon paper keeps on working.

911
01:39:59,000 --> 01:40:14,000
He struck out in the first inning.

912
01:40:14,000 --> 01:40:19,000
Tigers lead 13-1, Repkin at the plate now.

913
01:40:19,000 --> 01:40:26,000
Vietre has a walk one and a struck out one.

914
01:40:26,000 --> 01:40:37,000
I feel we'll be deep and straight away on Cal Repkin Jr.

915
01:40:37,000 --> 01:40:40,000
Here's the pitch by Dan, and there's a tapper hit to a third.

916
01:40:40,000 --> 01:40:45,000
Contiki Chargers can't handle it, he tried to glove it, and couldn't get it.

917
01:40:45,000 --> 01:40:46,000
It will be scored as a single.

918
01:40:46,000 --> 01:40:51,000
He was charging and he met the ball about halfway between the plate and third.

919
01:40:51,000 --> 01:41:03,000
Probably didn't have a chance anyway.

920
01:41:03,000 --> 01:41:07,000
Here's Eddie Murray who's single and scored the Baltimore run in the second.

921
01:41:07,000 --> 01:41:11,000
He took second on the Wildfish, went to third on the bounce out by Lowenstein,

922
01:41:11,000 --> 01:41:15,000
and scored on Singleton's ground out.

923
01:41:15,000 --> 01:41:22,000
Tigers lead it 13-1.

924
01:41:22,000 --> 01:41:41,000
Here's the set the pitch, Murray fouls it away, that'll be in the seats over back of the Tiger Dugout.

925
01:41:41,000 --> 01:41:45,000
Crowd keeps on coming in, we'll have a good attendance here.

926
01:41:45,000 --> 01:41:51,000
A lot of folks for these Triniters come in in the middle of the first game.

927
01:41:51,000 --> 01:41:54,000
Have their evening meal with us and enjoy baseball.

928
01:41:54,000 --> 01:42:00,000
There's a breaking ball, oh, one and one.

929
01:42:00,000 --> 01:42:05,000
Thirteen runs and thirteen hits for the Tigers, one run and three hits for the Orioles.

930
01:42:05,000 --> 01:42:09,000
The Orioles have made two errors, the Tigers have not made any.

931
01:42:09,000 --> 01:42:14,000
It's the first of a double header here at the quarter, Michigan in Trumbull tonight.

932
01:42:14,000 --> 01:42:24,000
Fastball swing and a miss by Murray, fired that one past him toward the outside, one and two on Eddie.

933
01:42:24,000 --> 01:42:30,000
Eddie talking on their pregame show about his family, twelve youngsters.

934
01:42:30,000 --> 01:42:34,000
The boys and the girls both played baseball.

935
01:42:34,000 --> 01:42:45,000
Here's the one-two pitch to him now and he takes the ball, oh, that one hit in front of the plate.

936
01:42:45,000 --> 01:42:50,000
Ripken on with two down in the third inning for the Birds.

937
01:42:50,000 --> 01:42:53,000
Two to the count on Eddie Murray.

938
01:42:53,000 --> 01:42:58,000
What a one-two punch this is in the middle part of the batting order for Joe Aldebelli.

939
01:42:58,000 --> 01:43:03,000
Ripken followed by Murray.

940
01:43:03,000 --> 01:43:19,000
Now Petrie to the set position, oh, that he pitches and Murray bows it away over on the third base side.

941
01:43:19,000 --> 01:43:28,000
Let's send a special hello to Mr. Grabowski and the Oakwood Hospital.

942
01:43:28,000 --> 01:43:33,000
Longtime Tigers supporter.

943
01:43:33,000 --> 01:43:35,000
That breeze is blowing out toward left now.

944
01:43:35,000 --> 01:43:38,000
Here's the two-two pitch again to Eddie Murray.

945
01:43:38,000 --> 01:43:49,000
And he takes a breaking ball, oh, full count on him.

946
01:43:49,000 --> 01:43:51,000
What can pass during the catching paris third?

947
01:43:51,000 --> 01:43:57,000
If we told you a little bit of the weather, he batted one time and then after the Tigers got a large lead,

948
01:43:57,000 --> 01:44:01,000
Sparky Anderson removed him in favor of walking first.

949
01:44:01,000 --> 01:44:04,000
Here's the three-two pitch to Murray on the way.

950
01:44:04,000 --> 01:44:12,000
He swings on a ground ball off of the pitches picked up by Krzyczkiewicz, but no play and Murray has a single.

951
01:44:12,000 --> 01:44:16,000
I don't know exactly where that hit Petrie, maybe on the foot.

952
01:44:16,000 --> 01:44:19,000
He's waving and walking fast back.

953
01:44:19,000 --> 01:44:21,000
He's mad now because he didn't get that ball.

954
01:44:21,000 --> 01:44:26,000
That's right. He's mad. He's not hurt. His feelings are hurt more than anything else.

955
01:44:26,000 --> 01:44:29,000
He's just really kicking around there.

956
01:44:29,000 --> 01:44:31,000
He thought he should have had that ball.

957
01:44:31,000 --> 01:44:35,000
It'll be scored as a hit for Murray. That's his second hit, two for two for Eddie.

958
01:44:35,000 --> 01:44:41,000
And it'll bring up John Lowenstein, the veteran outfielder.

959
01:44:41,000 --> 01:44:52,000
Samuels coming in and trying to settle down his pitcher Petrie a little bit.

960
01:44:52,000 --> 01:44:58,000
Lowenstein's been on the big league scene since 1970. He broke in with Cleveland that year.

961
01:44:58,000 --> 01:45:06,000
Left hand about a waiting and the pitch is high to him, ball one.

962
01:45:06,000 --> 01:45:15,000
University of California at Riverside is schooled. He made it in anthropology.

963
01:45:15,000 --> 01:45:36,000
A 1-0 pitch to John. He takes it high and wide, a 2-0 on Lowenstein.

964
01:45:36,000 --> 01:45:43,000
Feature ready again and sets and deals. It is a strike on the inside corner.

965
01:45:43,000 --> 01:45:49,000
He backed away from that one, but it nipped the corner on him.

966
01:45:49,000 --> 01:45:54,000
John just let the bat slip out of his hands in disbelief.

967
01:45:54,000 --> 01:46:00,000
And he gave Mr. Shulock the old-family look on that one.

968
01:46:00,000 --> 01:46:06,000
Here's a 2-1 pitch coming now to John Lowenstein.

969
01:46:06,000 --> 01:46:21,000
Here it comes. He takes it. It's a strike. That's 2-2.

970
01:46:21,000 --> 01:46:27,000
Here's a fellow who seems to get better each year rather than the other way around,

971
01:46:27,000 --> 01:46:33,000
which is the norm for baseball players. Here's, at least at his age, here's a 2-2 pitch.

972
01:46:33,000 --> 01:46:39,000
And a 2-2 on the inside corner.

973
01:46:39,000 --> 01:46:44,000
Here's a 2-2 pitch coming.

974
01:46:44,000 --> 01:46:49,000
And a 2-2 on the inside corner.

975
01:46:49,000 --> 01:47:04,000
Here's a 2-2 pitch coming.

976
01:47:04,000 --> 01:47:20,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

977
01:47:20,000 --> 01:47:35,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

978
01:47:35,000 --> 01:47:50,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

979
01:47:50,000 --> 01:48:05,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

980
01:48:05,000 --> 01:48:20,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

981
01:48:20,000 --> 01:48:35,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

982
01:48:35,000 --> 01:48:50,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

983
01:48:50,000 --> 01:49:05,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

984
01:49:05,000 --> 01:49:20,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

985
01:49:20,000 --> 01:49:35,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

986
01:49:35,000 --> 01:49:50,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

987
01:49:50,000 --> 01:50:05,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

988
01:50:05,000 --> 01:50:20,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

989
01:50:20,000 --> 01:50:35,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

990
01:50:35,000 --> 01:50:50,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

991
01:50:50,000 --> 01:51:03,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

992
01:51:03,000 --> 01:51:08,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

993
01:51:08,000 --> 01:51:19,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

994
01:51:19,000 --> 01:51:31,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

995
01:51:31,000 --> 01:51:34,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

996
01:51:34,000 --> 01:51:35,000
One out, nobody on.

997
01:51:35,000 --> 01:51:39,000
The Tigers are batting in the third.

998
01:51:39,000 --> 01:51:44,000
They've got Gulliver very wide of the bag at third for Baltimore.

999
01:51:44,000 --> 01:51:46,000
Leach steps out again.

1000
01:51:46,000 --> 01:51:47,000
Palmer not quite ready.

1001
01:51:47,000 --> 01:51:55,000
They can't get a tune here with each other.

1002
01:51:55,000 --> 01:51:57,000
Here's a 1-2 delivery.

1003
01:51:57,000 --> 01:51:58,000
Swung on, fly ball to right.

1004
01:51:58,000 --> 01:52:08,000
And a 2-2 pitch coming.

1005
01:52:08,000 --> 01:52:10,000
And that Philadelphia game,

1006
01:52:10,000 --> 01:52:12,000
Twy Nited-Philly,

1007
01:52:12,000 --> 01:52:17,000
the Phils lead Chicago 5-3 there in the fifth inning.

1008
01:52:17,000 --> 01:52:19,000
Here's the pitch to Leach.

1009
01:52:19,000 --> 01:52:21,000
And it's a wide 1-2-2.

1010
01:52:21,000 --> 01:52:23,000
One afternoon game in the majors.

1011
01:52:23,000 --> 01:52:27,000
And the National League Pittsburgh beat the Mets 4-0.

1012
01:52:27,000 --> 01:52:31,000
And yet the Minnesota White Sox game in Chicago rained out tonight.

1013
01:52:31,000 --> 01:52:35,000
Here's a line shot foul on the change-up again down in the bullpen.

1014
01:52:35,000 --> 01:52:38,000
Remember Palmer's had a lot of ailments over the years.

1015
01:52:38,000 --> 01:52:42,000
And early, very early in his career,

1016
01:52:42,000 --> 01:52:44,000
he had a lot of back trouble.

1017
01:52:44,000 --> 01:52:48,000
And Dr. Russell Wright was a team physician here in Detroit at that time.

1018
01:52:48,000 --> 01:52:52,000
And he put a lift in Jim Shue and corrected that.

1019
01:52:52,000 --> 01:52:54,000
And he came back after that.

1020
01:52:54,000 --> 01:52:57,000
And a foul out of play back on the screen.

1021
01:52:57,000 --> 01:53:04,000
Palmer had been sent down to the minors for almost a whole year.

1022
01:53:04,000 --> 01:53:11,000
And Dr. Wright found out that the problem was that one leg was longer than the other one.

1023
01:53:11,000 --> 01:53:14,000
And the left cured that problem.

1024
01:53:14,000 --> 01:53:16,000
Now the 2-2 pitch to Leach.

1025
01:53:16,000 --> 01:53:18,000
He swings and there's a base hit to left.

1026
01:53:18,000 --> 01:53:28,000
The line shot to the field off the bat of Rick Leach.

1027
01:53:28,000 --> 01:53:30,000
A man out and a man out.

1028
01:53:30,000 --> 01:53:32,000
Here comes Chad Lemon.

1029
01:53:32,000 --> 01:53:35,000
Chester has tripled and flied to left.

1030
01:53:35,000 --> 01:53:38,000
He did both of those things in the opening inning.

1031
01:53:38,000 --> 01:53:44,000
He made the final out in that 11-run first inning for the Tigers.

1032
01:53:44,000 --> 01:53:53,000
Now he's up with a man out and a man out in the third.

1033
01:53:53,000 --> 01:54:06,000
Time called at the plate. Lemon steps away for a moment.

1034
01:54:06,000 --> 01:54:08,000
Palmer to the set position delivers.

1035
01:54:08,000 --> 01:54:11,000
Watch out. That one almost hit him.

1036
01:54:11,000 --> 01:54:21,000
Now that was so slow he wouldn't mind being hit by that one.

1037
01:54:21,000 --> 01:54:35,000
Just the reflex action got him out of the way.

1038
01:54:35,000 --> 01:54:37,000
Here's a little topper in front of the plate.

1039
01:54:37,000 --> 01:54:46,000
He's picked up by Nolan. He'll go to first to Murray with it and Lemon is out and Leach takes second.

1040
01:54:46,000 --> 01:54:48,000
Wilson will be the battered.

1041
01:54:48,000 --> 01:54:53,000
Glenn had a single in the first inning. He's had one for two.

1042
01:54:53,000 --> 01:55:01,000
We're talking about Palmer winning 20 games in eight different seasons.

1043
01:55:01,000 --> 01:55:03,000
Palmer and Lefty Grove did that.

1044
01:55:03,000 --> 01:55:15,000
Johnson did it 12 times and Cy Young was a 20-game winner 16 seasons.

1045
01:55:15,000 --> 01:55:23,000
Warren Spahn and Matheson 13 times a piece to reach the 20-victory mark.

1046
01:55:23,000 --> 01:55:33,000
Wilson takes the ball outside.

1047
01:55:33,000 --> 01:55:38,000
13-1 the Tigers in the lead against the Orioles in the third inning.

1048
01:55:38,000 --> 01:55:48,000
Here's the pitch. Swung on and bowled away. One-on-one the count on Wilson.

1049
01:55:48,000 --> 01:56:02,000
That Philly-Chicago game is now 6-3. They've completed five at Philadelphia's Twilight game.

1050
01:56:02,000 --> 01:56:10,000
Leach down the line from second base. Palmer delivers. Fastball outside to Wilson. 2-1 on Glenn.

1051
01:56:10,000 --> 01:56:18,000
Just Martinez started and was credited with one-third of an inning. Charged with seven runs and six hits.

1052
01:56:18,000 --> 01:56:24,000
That's when Palmer took over. He worked the rest of the time. Here's the 2-1 pitch.

1053
01:56:24,000 --> 01:56:30,000
Swung on the ground ball to Ripken near the bag and second. He goes right through his legs and the run goes score.

1054
01:56:30,000 --> 01:56:44,000
He's complete across the plate. Ripken went a little bit to the glove side and had a routine play. The ball went right through his legs.

1055
01:56:44,000 --> 01:56:54,000
That puts Wilson at first base. Leach was able to score.

1056
01:56:54,000 --> 01:57:07,000
And the Tigers now lead it 14-1. Here's Krincky with two-for-two singles each time against his old teammates.

1057
01:57:07,000 --> 01:57:21,000
Wayne's brought that average up to 273. And he cuts and misses on a Palmer breaking ball.

1058
01:57:21,000 --> 01:57:33,000
Outfield plays him to left. There's a cut and a miss on a high hard one. Two strikes on Wayne Krincky.

1059
01:57:33,000 --> 01:57:46,000
Not only do they play him to left, but very shallow. Look how shallow Shelby is in center. Yeah, he's way in.

1060
01:57:46,000 --> 01:57:54,000
Strike two delivery is a strike called. The big floater got over. He's out on strike. The Tigers get one.

1061
01:57:54,000 --> 01:58:12,000
At the end of three, Detroit 14 Baltimore 1.

1062
01:58:12,000 --> 01:58:21,000
Budweiser, proud sponsor of the 1984 U.S. Olympic team, salutes America's Olympic coaches, the team behind the team.

1063
01:58:21,000 --> 01:58:27,000
I tell them to give positions, you've got to set your stance, concentrate on your force motion. It's got some pressure.

1064
01:58:27,000 --> 01:58:35,000
Then when you know the time is right, you attack. Because at this level, everyone knows their stuff. So to win, you've got to get there first.

1065
01:58:35,000 --> 01:58:48,000
The Olympics take teamwork and Budweiser is proud to be part of that team.

1066
01:58:48,000 --> 01:59:02,000
Believe me, by the time I get to HLA, they'll be ready.

1067
01:59:02,000 --> 01:59:10,000
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1068
01:59:10,000 --> 01:59:19,000
You see, Marathon injects a top quality gasoline additive at each delivery to give you better mileage, less engine wear and lower maintenance costs.

1069
01:59:19,000 --> 01:59:27,000
That's why Marathon customers keep on coming back. Try us just once and perhaps you'll keep on coming back.

1070
01:59:27,000 --> 01:59:34,000
Be a winner. Be a Marathoner. Marathon best in the long run.

1071
01:59:34,000 --> 01:59:41,000
Remember the last time you enjoyed the naturally smoked goodness of a honeybaked ham? Why wait for another special occasion?

1072
01:59:41,000 --> 01:59:49,000
Call 689-4890.

1073
01:59:49,000 --> 01:59:54,000
Baltimore batting now in the fourth inning. Tigers lead them 14 to 1. Let's tune in on Paul Caring.

1074
01:59:54,000 --> 01:59:58,000
Alright, Ernie Ken Singleton will lead it off. He drove in the Baltimore run with a bounce out.

1075
01:59:58,000 --> 02:00:04,000
And there's a grounder to the right side. Leach comes wide to his right. Has it. Flips to P3 and they get it.

1076
02:00:04,000 --> 02:00:11,000
One pitch, one away in the Baltimore fourth inning.

1077
02:00:11,000 --> 02:00:17,000
Well, the biggest threat right now it would seem would be from the weather.

1078
02:00:17,000 --> 02:00:27,000
It has become increasingly dark overhead. Of course it's bound to as we lose the sunshine here in the Detroit area.

1079
02:00:27,000 --> 02:00:37,000
We haven't seen the sun since early today because of the precipitation, the growing clouds that came in.

1080
02:00:37,000 --> 02:00:42,000
Rain held off the start of this game for an official 22 minutes but it's not been interrupted.

1081
02:00:42,000 --> 02:00:47,000
Here's Joe Nolan. It's low for ball one on Nolan.

1082
02:00:47,000 --> 02:00:57,000
Better and left hand hitting catcher singled off the face of the wall in right field in the second inning.

1083
02:00:57,000 --> 02:01:06,000
P3 ready to work the pitch to Nolan. He takes low again 2-0.

1084
02:01:06,000 --> 02:01:15,000
Dan given a very big lead. Eleven runs in the very first inning.

1085
02:01:15,000 --> 02:01:23,000
Duo pitch to Nolan on the corner for a strike. Got it right on the inside corner to Joe.

1086
02:01:23,000 --> 02:01:28,000
Dan said he learned a lesson with a big lead over in Milwaukee. You may recall that game.

1087
02:01:28,000 --> 02:01:34,000
Tigers had jumped out to a five to nothing lead early. And he had a no hitter going for four innings.

1088
02:01:34,000 --> 02:01:41,000
There's a foul back up to the press box. By the bottom of the fifth inning the Tigers had given P3 a five to nothing lead.

1089
02:01:41,000 --> 02:01:47,000
And that's when Ted Simmons and Mark Brohard hit back to back home runs off P3.

1090
02:01:47,000 --> 02:01:52,000
He's had to learn a lesson from it. You've still got to pitch your ball game regardless of the score.

1091
02:01:52,000 --> 02:01:59,000
The stuff about just rearing back and getting it over he now doesn't believe in.

1092
02:01:59,000 --> 02:02:08,000
So he's trying to pitch his game here tonight. He struck him out. Nolan took a look at a hard one on the outside corner.

1093
02:02:08,000 --> 02:02:14,000
Three strikeouts for P3.

1094
02:02:14,000 --> 02:02:23,000
And that'll bring up Gulliver. Long time Tiger farm hand to Glenn Gulliver.

1095
02:02:23,000 --> 02:02:31,000
A man from Allen Park left hand hitting third baseman. Good season down at Rochester. He swings. There's a drive to deep right center field going back is Lemon.

1096
02:02:31,000 --> 02:02:43,000
He's there now. He's got it. And the side is out in order. After three and a half innings Tigers 14, Baltimore 1.

1097
02:02:43,000 --> 02:02:50,000
Lou Whitaker leads off the fourth inning for Detroit. And the first slow one is in from Palmer for a called strike on Lou.

1098
02:02:50,000 --> 02:02:55,000
Gets him all that motion that big leg kick of his and then lobs it in.

1099
02:02:55,000 --> 02:03:03,000
The delivery. There's another slow one hit on the ground. A second base dollar has a little trouble with it but gloves it throws him out at first base.

1100
02:03:03,000 --> 02:03:09,000
One out on the Tiger fourth inning. He's got a couple of defensive changes again for the Orioles behind the plate.

1101
02:03:09,000 --> 02:03:16,000
John Stapharo now replaces Joe Nolan and Todd Cruz is in the game playing third base.

1102
02:03:16,000 --> 02:03:27,000
He replaces Glenn Gulliver. So Joe Altavelli has made five switches defensively. Plus a switch on the mound already in this game.

1103
02:03:27,000 --> 02:03:34,000
One out. Nobody on here on the Tiger fourth inning. And here's Alan Trammel who has three singles and three trips.

1104
02:03:34,000 --> 02:03:38,000
He checks his swing. It's a little high from Palmer for ball one.

1105
02:03:38,000 --> 02:03:47,000
Now they say the first base umpire Rick Reid said he went too far. Stapharo appealing to the open side.

1106
02:03:47,000 --> 02:03:54,000
So it's strike one on Alan. There's a high fly ball. That feels deep but not deep enough I don't believe.

1107
02:03:54,000 --> 02:03:59,000
Young at the wall makes the catch. Well he was right there on the edge of the track anyway.

1108
02:03:59,000 --> 02:04:08,000
A towering fly ball by Trammel. Bearing deep to left and they finally get him out. Two out on the Tiger fourth inning.

1109
02:04:08,000 --> 02:04:15,000
Here's Herndon. Larry has walked hit a two run homer and bounced into a force out and that ground out got in another Tiger run.

1110
02:04:15,000 --> 02:04:25,000
So he has three RBIs. Every Tiger starter with a run batted in with the exception of Crenjicki who has two hits.

1111
02:04:25,000 --> 02:04:40,000
There's a slow curve inverse strike. Now Palmer ready pitches. Hard one is high. One and one on Herndon.

1112
02:04:40,000 --> 02:04:46,000
Herndon I'd like to pass along our best wishes to a great Tiger fan over at Olivet-Mazarin College.

1113
02:04:46,000 --> 02:05:02,000
Wayne Hall. Stick with us Wayne. There's a pitch outside for a ball. Group down for Mackinac City headed by Mary Lee Winters.

1114
02:05:02,000 --> 02:05:07,000
Group of 17 make a long trip down from the straights to see the Tigers tonight.

1115
02:05:07,000 --> 02:05:17,000
There's a line drive to center field. A base hit for Herndon. Larry has his second hit. That's the 15th of the night for the Tigers.

1116
02:05:17,000 --> 02:05:27,000
It comes with two out here in the fourth inning. Let's pause for station identification. This is the Detroit Tiger Baseball Network.

1117
02:05:27,000 --> 02:05:40,000
And this is WJR Detroit, the flagship station for Tiger baseball. WJR offers complete sports coverage at 76 a.m.

1118
02:05:40,000 --> 02:05:51,000
John Walkenfuss batting. He takes a called strike from Palmer. Fuss came in when Lance Perrish's turn was up again in the first inning and he pinch hit for him.

1119
02:05:51,000 --> 02:06:04,000
He walked, struck out the next time. Slow curve, dips a little bit low. One and one on Fuss.

1120
02:06:04,000 --> 02:06:13,000
14 to one, the Tigers lead here in the bottom of the fourth inning. Thread of rain still persists.

1121
02:06:13,000 --> 02:06:21,000
Palmer's pitch. There's a slider that got in for a strike one and two on Fuss.

1122
02:06:21,000 --> 02:06:31,000
Here's a Tiger birthday salute on our 87th birthday to a great Tiger fan on the east side of Detroit. Rose Almancheck. Happy birthday to Rose.

1123
02:06:31,000 --> 02:06:49,000
Fastball in the corner. Fuss is up looking. Another strike out for Palmer. And the Tigers for the first time in this game do not score. After four innings, it's Detroit 14, Baltimore 1.

1124
02:06:49,000 --> 02:06:56,000
We have some more changes for the Tigers. Marty Castillo's gone in to play third. Wayne Crenchicki moves to second replacing Lou Whitaker.

1125
02:06:56,000 --> 02:07:06,000
And Lynn Jones is now in left field taking over for Larry Herndon. Top of the fifth inning here at Tiger Stadium. 14 to one, the Tigers have the lead.

1126
02:07:06,000 --> 02:07:16,000
Somebody had left a batting helmet on the outfield out there. And just before the inning was began, they decided to pick it up.

1127
02:07:16,000 --> 02:07:26,000
It's a Tiger batting helmet though I think, even though Jimmy Williams is going to throw it in the Baltimore dugout.

1128
02:07:26,000 --> 02:07:32,000
Here's the pitch to Dower and he fouls it back. Strike one on Rich.

1129
02:07:32,000 --> 02:07:42,000
Petrie has an odd four hits. They've all been singles. He's walked one and struck out three.

1130
02:07:42,000 --> 02:07:52,000
They kick the pitch by Petrie. There's a ground ball passed them on to Crenchicki at second. They toss to Leach. One away in the fifth inning.

1131
02:07:52,000 --> 02:08:06,000
That'll bring up John Shelby. Good looking outfielder for the Orioles.

1132
02:08:06,000 --> 02:08:12,000
Shelby is switch hitter. Bat's left handed against Petrie. He's up for the first time in the ball game hitting two fifty nine.

1133
02:08:12,000 --> 02:08:20,000
Five home runs, twenty five runs batted in. He cuts and pops one down the left field line. That's a tough chance. In comes Lynn Jones.

1134
02:08:20,000 --> 02:08:28,000
He makes the catch.

1135
02:08:28,000 --> 02:08:36,000
Jones gathers in the pop fly from Shelby. Two out in the fifth inning.

1136
02:08:36,000 --> 02:08:44,000
And the batter will be Tito Landrum.

1137
02:08:44,000 --> 02:09:00,000
Tito inserted in the lineup to play in right field for Dan Ford in the third inning. Takes a called strike.

1138
02:09:00,000 --> 02:09:08,000
Originally on the Cardinal organization, Landrum is looking at another called strike. Two quick ones out.

1139
02:09:08,000 --> 02:09:18,000
Three sixty four in limited action for the Orioles. One home run, a couple of RBI's.

1140
02:09:18,000 --> 02:09:24,000
Now the kick to pitch by Petrie. Tapped off the end of the bat. Petrie comes off the mound toward first. Fields it. Tags the runner.

1141
02:09:24,000 --> 02:09:34,000
And that's all for the Orioles and the money's in the bank. After four and a half innings, Tigers 14. Baltimore 1.

1142
02:09:34,000 --> 02:09:44,000
Another change for the Orioles in the field. Bob Bonner is now playing second base, replacing Rich Dower.

1143
02:09:44,000 --> 02:09:50,000
Here's Kirk Gibson leading off the Tiger fifth inning. Fourteen to one, the Tigers lead. They got eleven runs in the first inning.

1144
02:09:50,000 --> 02:09:58,000
Jim Palmer, who relieved in the first inning, came on for Dennis Martinez. Still in there.

1145
02:09:58,000 --> 02:10:08,000
The pitch to Gibson is a high outside fastball. Gibson has tripled in a run in the first inning. Since then he has struck out twice against Palmer.

1146
02:10:08,000 --> 02:10:16,000
The wind up by Big Jim. He delivers on the corner for a strike one and one.

1147
02:10:16,000 --> 02:10:32,000
Gibson, Leach and Lemon, the three do up here in the Tiger fifth inning. Fouled back off the glass just in front of the Baltimore radio booth.

1148
02:10:32,000 --> 02:10:41,000
Shaking up Tom Marr and John Miller a little bit over there.

1149
02:10:41,000 --> 02:10:46,000
Of course that first inning shook him up a little bit too I think. The one-two pitch.

1150
02:10:46,000 --> 02:10:54,000
Fung on and missed. He struck him out. So that's the third straight time Palmer's been able to strike out Gibson.

1151
02:10:54,000 --> 02:10:59,000
The batter now will be Leach, who has batted once and single.

1152
02:10:59,000 --> 02:11:07,000
Ernie and I would like to pass along a special wishes to a great Tiger fan out at Harper Hospital.

1153
02:11:07,000 --> 02:11:15,000
Just had surgery. Recovering there this week. Tim O'Connell, our best wishes from the Tigers.

1154
02:11:15,000 --> 02:11:21,000
On behalf of Jim Schmeichel and his wife Pat.

1155
02:11:21,000 --> 02:11:25,000
Jim Marr.

1156
02:11:25,000 --> 02:11:32,000
Careless clubhouse manager, director here at Tiger Stadium. High fly ball lifted to left center field.

1157
02:11:32,000 --> 02:11:39,000
Over Shelby and Young. The center field. Nope, the left field of Young is going to make the catch just on the edge of the track.

1158
02:11:39,000 --> 02:11:45,000
Two out in the fifth inning.

1159
02:11:45,000 --> 02:11:52,000
A ball that either one of them could catch, could handle.

1160
02:11:52,000 --> 02:11:59,000
Generally a ball hit there is given to the center fielder to gather in, but this time he gave way to Young.

1161
02:11:59,000 --> 02:12:05,000
Here's Lemon. Cat tripled in a run in the Tiger first inning.

1162
02:12:05,000 --> 02:12:10,000
Since then he's hit a pop fly to left and bounced out to the catcher.

1163
02:12:10,000 --> 02:12:22,000
A dribbler in front of the plate.

1164
02:12:22,000 --> 02:12:31,000
A one side curve from Palmer.

1165
02:12:31,000 --> 02:12:37,000
Jim kicks and delivers. There's a high fly ball hit to medium depth right center field.

1166
02:12:37,000 --> 02:12:43,000
Center fielder Shelby over. He's got it. And the Tigers are out quickly in the fifth inning after five.

1167
02:12:43,000 --> 02:12:50,000
Tigers 14, Orioles 1.

1168
02:12:50,000 --> 02:12:56,000
Herbie Redmond often is capped to the crowd here at Tiger Stadium after they finish grooming the infield.

1169
02:12:56,000 --> 02:13:01,000
We finished five innings. Tigers with 11 runs in the first inning.

1170
02:13:01,000 --> 02:13:08,000
Lead 14 to 1 and here comes the rain. It looked like it's going to be coming down for a long time.

1171
02:13:08,000 --> 02:13:12,000
Time called by the umpires and they're going to bring the tarp out.

1172
02:13:12,000 --> 02:13:17,000
Well, we'd heard reports that the rain was going to come in again about seven o'clock. It didn't.

1173
02:13:17,000 --> 02:13:23,000
This game is right now an official ballgame. They've completed five innings here at Tiger Stadium.

1174
02:13:23,000 --> 02:13:28,000
The Orioles about to come to bat against Dan Petrie in the sixth inning.

1175
02:13:28,000 --> 02:13:36,000
When the rains came in again, rain hit the stadium shortly before five o'clock.

1176
02:13:36,000 --> 02:13:40,000
And it came down hard for about 20 minutes worth before it let up.

1177
02:13:40,000 --> 02:13:45,000
And it caused a delay in the start of the contest officially for 22 minutes.

1178
02:13:45,000 --> 02:13:57,000
But now it has come in again here with a clock reading I guess 742 when the announcement first was, or when the signal was first given.

1179
02:13:57,000 --> 02:14:00,000
But this is an official ballgame right now.

1180
02:14:00,000 --> 02:14:06,000
Of course the Tigers and Orioles want to finish this one and play another one tonight.

1181
02:14:06,000 --> 02:14:12,000
They've got single game scheduled tomorrow night and Thursday night to complete this four game series.

1182
02:14:12,000 --> 02:14:32,000
We're playing a make-up game in a sense right now making up this Twineye doubleheader from the Orioles' first trip in here to Detroit.

1183
02:14:32,000 --> 02:14:36,000
Now the grounds crew has unrolled or taken the tarp off the roller.

1184
02:14:36,000 --> 02:14:45,000
They've got it unfolded now and get it over the diamond. They quickly first put on those separate pieces of tarp over home plate and on the mound.

1185
02:14:45,000 --> 02:14:51,000
And as usual the grounds crew under Frank Fennig does a great job here at Tiger Stadium.

1186
02:14:51,000 --> 02:14:57,000
They may be just about the quickest in the league in covering the playing surface.

1187
02:14:57,000 --> 02:15:03,000
While we wait for this rain, see how long it goes, we've got some lightning overhead too.

1188
02:15:03,000 --> 02:15:06,000
Let's check the scores pretty much up to date on those.

1189
02:15:06,000 --> 02:15:13,000
This afternoon in the National League, the Pirates shut out the Mets 4-0 on a two-hitter by McWilliams.

1190
02:15:13,000 --> 02:15:17,000
His 15th win against six defeats this year.

1191
02:15:17,000 --> 02:15:21,000
Lynch started for New York and had took his 10th loss each 10-10.

1192
02:15:21,000 --> 02:15:25,000
Dave Parker, homered in the game for Pittsburgh, his 12th of the year.

1193
02:15:25,000 --> 02:15:30,000
He had only 3112 at Shea Stadium in New York today.

1194
02:15:30,000 --> 02:15:33,000
Can you believe that?

1195
02:15:33,000 --> 02:15:38,000
A twilight game at Philadelphia. The Phillies hosting the Chicago Cubs.

1196
02:15:38,000 --> 02:15:41,000
And they've completed seven and a half innings now.

1197
02:15:41,000 --> 02:15:44,000
And it's Philadelphia 6, the Cubs 5 in the tight one.

1198
02:15:44,000 --> 02:15:49,000
For the Phillies, Gross started, followed by Hernandez in the fifth and Anderson in the eighth inning.

1199
02:15:49,000 --> 02:15:55,000
For the Cubs, it was Crouch the starter. Patterson came on in the second. Johnson in the fifth.

1200
02:15:55,000 --> 02:15:58,000
Forty in the seventh inning.

1201
02:15:58,000 --> 02:16:03,000
Bill Buckner has hit his 16th home run for Chicago.

1202
02:16:03,000 --> 02:16:07,000
And Gary Woods hit a two-run homer his third of the year for the Cubs.

1203
02:16:07,000 --> 02:16:11,000
But they trail 6-5 in the bottom of the eighth inning at Philadelphia.

1204
02:16:11,000 --> 02:16:16,000
Going into the action, the Phillies had a two-game lead over Montreal.

1205
02:16:16,000 --> 02:16:21,000
And the Pirates, the Pirates picking up a half game with their afternoon win.

1206
02:16:21,000 --> 02:16:24,000
At Montreal, the Cardinals didn't score in the first inning.

1207
02:16:24,000 --> 02:16:30,000
That one is underway with Bob Forch going for St. Louis against Bill Gullickson of Montreal.

1208
02:16:30,000 --> 02:16:34,000
Cincinnati is at Atlanta. It's Frank Bistori pitching for the Reds.

1209
02:16:34,000 --> 02:16:37,000
And Phil Necro for Atlanta, the game just beginning.

1210
02:16:37,000 --> 02:16:40,000
And later on the coast, Houston is at Los Angeles.

1211
02:16:40,000 --> 02:16:42,000
And the Padres play at San Francisco.

1212
02:16:42,000 --> 02:16:46,000
And the American League got three games just getting underway now.

1213
02:16:46,000 --> 02:16:48,000
The Yankees are playing at Boston.

1214
02:16:48,000 --> 02:16:52,000
John Matafusko pitching for New York and that one against Bruce First.

1215
02:16:52,000 --> 02:16:54,000
Seattle didn't score in the first inning at Toronto.

1216
02:16:54,000 --> 02:16:56,000
The Jays are batting.

1217
02:16:56,000 --> 02:16:58,000
It's Mike Moore for Seattle.

1218
02:16:58,000 --> 02:17:01,000
And Dave Steeve pitching for the Blue Jays.

1219
02:17:01,000 --> 02:17:03,000
Milwaukee at Cleveland.

1220
02:17:03,000 --> 02:17:05,000
Mike Caldwell on the mound for the Brewers.

1221
02:17:05,000 --> 02:17:08,000
And Rick Sutcliffe is the Cleveland starter.

1222
02:17:08,000 --> 02:17:13,000
A Minnesota-Chicago game was postponed because of this rain,

1223
02:17:13,000 --> 02:17:17,000
perhaps the same rain that's falling here at Tiger Stadium right now.

1224
02:17:17,000 --> 02:17:19,000
And they're going to make up that game at Comiskey Park,

1225
02:17:19,000 --> 02:17:22,000
hopefully with a Twineye doubleheader tomorrow.

1226
02:17:22,000 --> 02:17:25,000
California, Kansas City coming up a bit later,

1227
02:17:25,000 --> 02:17:28,000
as is the Oakland at Texas ball game.

1228
02:17:28,000 --> 02:17:33,000
We're getting rain here at Tiger Stadium right now that has suspended play

1229
02:17:33,000 --> 02:17:36,000
here after five completed innings.

1230
02:17:36,000 --> 02:17:40,000
And the opener of a Twineye doubleheader.

1231
02:17:40,000 --> 02:17:43,000
Now in case you tuned in late and wondered how the heck the Tigers

1232
02:17:43,000 --> 02:17:46,000
scored 11 runs in the first inning, let's go over that.

1233
02:17:46,000 --> 02:17:49,000
Dennis Martinez was the Oriole starter.

1234
02:17:49,000 --> 02:17:53,000
He got Lou Whitaker to bounce out unassisted to first,

1235
02:17:53,000 --> 02:17:55,000
the first man up, and then everything fell apart.

1236
02:17:55,000 --> 02:18:02,000
The Tigers sent 12 men to the plate after the bounce-off by Whitaker

1237
02:18:02,000 --> 02:18:06,000
without the Orioles getting it out, without anybody being retired.

1238
02:18:06,000 --> 02:18:09,000
Alan Trammell followed Whitaker's bounce-off with a single center.

1239
02:18:09,000 --> 02:18:12,000
He promptly stole second and stole third.

1240
02:18:12,000 --> 02:18:17,000
Then Larry Herndon was walked.

1241
02:18:17,000 --> 02:18:20,000
And as Herndon was taking off to steal second base,

1242
02:18:20,000 --> 02:18:23,000
a bad throw by the starting catcher Joe Nolan,

1243
02:18:23,000 --> 02:18:25,000
skipped on into center field.

1244
02:18:25,000 --> 02:18:28,000
Trammell came in to score the innings first run and Herndon took third.

1245
02:18:28,000 --> 02:18:31,000
He scored on a single center by Lance Parrish.

1246
02:18:31,000 --> 02:18:36,000
Then Lance raced in from first base on a triple to left center by Kirk Gibson.

1247
02:18:36,000 --> 02:18:40,000
Gibson then scored on a single to center by Henes Cabell through a drawn-in infield.

1248
02:18:40,000 --> 02:18:44,000
Chet Lemon tripled to deep center field off the flagpole

1249
02:18:44,000 --> 02:18:47,000
to score Cabell all the way from first base.

1250
02:18:47,000 --> 02:18:50,000
Then Glenn Wilson wrapped a single through the drawn-in infield

1251
02:18:50,000 --> 02:18:52,000
to score Lemon from third.

1252
02:18:52,000 --> 02:18:54,000
That was all for Martinez.

1253
02:18:54,000 --> 02:18:57,000
He had given up six hits and he left a man on.

1254
02:18:57,000 --> 02:19:01,000
Well, he promptly scored when Jim Palmer, in relief,

1255
02:19:01,000 --> 02:19:03,000
gave up a pop single to Wayne Crenchicki,

1256
02:19:03,000 --> 02:19:08,000
and Lou Whitaker came up and hit a three-run homer

1257
02:19:08,000 --> 02:19:11,000
into the seats in right field, lose 12th of the year.

1258
02:19:11,000 --> 02:19:14,000
Alan Trammell then picked up his second hit of the inning,

1259
02:19:14,000 --> 02:19:16,000
a loop single to left field,

1260
02:19:16,000 --> 02:19:19,000
and Larry Herndon followed with his 19th home run of the year,

1261
02:19:19,000 --> 02:19:21,000
a two-run homer.

1262
02:19:21,000 --> 02:19:24,000
The inning continued as John Walkenfuss batted for Lance Parrish.

1263
02:19:24,000 --> 02:19:26,000
He walked.

1264
02:19:26,000 --> 02:19:28,000
Gibson then struck out for out number two.

1265
02:19:28,000 --> 02:19:31,000
Henes Cabell beat out an infield hit, two on,

1266
02:19:31,000 --> 02:19:36,000
before Chet Lemon ended the inning with a pop fly to left field.

1267
02:19:36,000 --> 02:19:40,000
Sixteen men went to the plate in the first inning for the Tigers.

1268
02:19:40,000 --> 02:19:43,000
They got 11 runs, all of them earned on 11 hits.

1269
02:19:43,000 --> 02:19:47,000
There were two errors, but because of the way the Tigers kept on hitting,

1270
02:19:47,000 --> 02:19:51,000
those runs were all earned, and two men were left on base.

1271
02:19:51,000 --> 02:19:54,000
The Tigers added two runs in the second inning.

1272
02:19:54,000 --> 02:19:58,000
With one out, Crenchicki got his second straight hit, an infield hit,

1273
02:19:58,000 --> 02:20:00,000
and then Whitaker walked.

1274
02:20:00,000 --> 02:20:02,000
Alan Trammell's single scored Crenchicki,

1275
02:20:02,000 --> 02:20:04,000
with Whitaker moving to third,

1276
02:20:04,000 --> 02:20:08,000
and he scored when Larry Herndon bounced into a force out at second.

1277
02:20:08,000 --> 02:20:10,000
Rich Dower had the ball slip out of his hands,

1278
02:20:10,000 --> 02:20:13,000
trying to relay to first to complete the double play,

1279
02:20:13,000 --> 02:20:16,000
and the Tigers had a 13-1 lead at that point.

1280
02:20:16,000 --> 02:20:19,000
They added one more run in the third inning.

1281
02:20:19,000 --> 02:20:22,000
With one out, Henes Cabell, or, I beg your pardon, Rick Leach,

1282
02:20:22,000 --> 02:20:26,000
single to left field, moved to second on a bounce out by Lemon.

1283
02:20:26,000 --> 02:20:30,000
And then Glenn Wilson hit a ball right at shortstop Cal Ripken.

1284
02:20:30,000 --> 02:20:32,000
He brought the glove up too quickly,

1285
02:20:32,000 --> 02:20:35,000
and he put the glove between the legs for an error,

1286
02:20:35,000 --> 02:20:38,000
and Leach was able to score from second base to make it 14-1,

1287
02:20:38,000 --> 02:20:40,000
and that's where we stand right now.

1288
02:20:40,000 --> 02:20:43,000
The only Orioles run came in the second inning.

1289
02:20:43,000 --> 02:20:46,000
Eddie Murray led off with a single, took second on a wild pitch,

1290
02:20:46,000 --> 02:20:51,000
third on a bounce out, and scored on a ground out by Ken Singleton.

1291
02:20:51,000 --> 02:20:54,000
Petrie allowing two hits in that second inning, both singles,

1292
02:20:54,000 --> 02:20:58,000
and in the third inning he gave up a couple of infield hits with two out,

1293
02:20:58,000 --> 02:21:01,000
but then struck out Loewenstein to end the inning,

1294
02:21:01,000 --> 02:21:05,000
and Loewenstein has set down a side in order in the fourth and fifth innings,

1295
02:21:05,000 --> 02:21:08,000
and was about to work on the Orioles here in the sixth inning

1296
02:21:08,000 --> 02:21:10,000
when the rain began to come down.

1297
02:21:10,000 --> 02:21:15,000
It has abated somewhat, but it is still coming down rather steadily

1298
02:21:15,000 --> 02:21:19,000
at Tiger Stadium at the moment.

1299
02:21:19,000 --> 02:21:24,000
Now the crowd beginning to cheer because they don't see the driving rain coming down,

1300
02:21:24,000 --> 02:21:29,000
but if you look at the puddles on the turf that's covering the playing surface,

1301
02:21:29,000 --> 02:21:36,000
you can see the steady precipitation out here.

1302
02:21:36,000 --> 02:21:40,000
The Tigers win the opener of this Twineye Doubleheader,

1303
02:21:40,000 --> 02:21:44,000
a five-inning ball game, they win it 14-1,

1304
02:21:44,000 --> 02:21:47,000
and the second game of the scheduled doubleheader tonight

1305
02:21:47,000 --> 02:21:51,000
will be made up as part of a Twineye Doubleheader tomorrow,

1306
02:21:51,000 --> 02:21:55,000
and that will begin at 5.30 at Tiger Stadium,

1307
02:21:55,000 --> 02:21:59,000
and the broadcast coverage beginning at 5.15 tomorrow.

1308
02:21:59,000 --> 02:22:03,000
So the Tigers and Orioles play one official game tonight,

1309
02:22:03,000 --> 02:22:07,000
albeit shortened by the heavy rains here at Tiger Stadium.

1310
02:22:07,000 --> 02:22:11,000
The umpires have delayed the start of the game for 22 minutes,

1311
02:22:11,000 --> 02:22:14,000
and then after five innings had been completed,

1312
02:22:14,000 --> 02:22:16,000
the Orioles were coming to bat in the sixth.

1313
02:22:16,000 --> 02:22:21,000
The rains came in again, and the umpires waited an hour and 33 minutes

1314
02:22:21,000 --> 02:22:24,000
before determining that the field was unplayable here at Tiger Stadium.

1315
02:22:24,000 --> 02:22:28,000
So the Tigers win the opener with a big first inning,

1316
02:22:28,000 --> 02:22:32,000
scoring 11 times in the first inning off the starter,

1317
02:22:32,000 --> 02:22:35,000
Dennis Martinez and his successor, Jim Plummer.

1318
02:22:35,000 --> 02:22:39,000
The Tigers set 16 men to the plate, and during one span,

1319
02:22:39,000 --> 02:22:44,000
12 batters went to the plate without being retired,

1320
02:22:44,000 --> 02:22:49,000
and the Tigers giving Dan Petrie that big 11-run lead in the first inning.

1321
02:22:49,000 --> 02:22:52,000
So Petrie allowed just one run in the second inning,

1322
02:22:52,000 --> 02:22:57,000
the Tigers added two runs in the second and an unearned run in the third inning.

1323
02:22:57,000 --> 02:23:01,000
Plummer seemed to settle things down a little bit in the fourth and fifth innings,

1324
02:23:01,000 --> 02:23:04,000
and the Orioles weren't doing much with Petrie,

1325
02:23:04,000 --> 02:23:07,000
who had sent them down in order in the fourth and fifth innings,

1326
02:23:07,000 --> 02:23:10,000
and after the fifth inning had been completed,

1327
02:23:10,000 --> 02:23:14,000
the Orioles had that in the sixth just before a pitch was thrown.

1328
02:23:14,000 --> 02:23:17,000
The rain came in, and after a wait of an hour and 33 minutes,

1329
02:23:17,000 --> 02:23:21,000
the game has been called at the end of five innings.

1330
02:23:21,000 --> 02:23:25,000
The totals in the game for Detroit, 14 runs, 15 hits, no errors.

1331
02:23:25,000 --> 02:23:29,000
For Baltimore, one run, four hits and three errors.

1332
02:23:29,000 --> 02:23:33,000
Petrie gets the victory, his 18th against nine defeats.

1333
02:23:33,000 --> 02:23:36,000
Dennis Martinez started, did not survive that wild first inning,

1334
02:23:36,000 --> 02:23:40,000
and he suffered his 15th defeat. He's won seven times.

1335
02:23:40,000 --> 02:23:45,000
The game, what there was of it played, took one hour and 51 minutes.

1336
02:23:45,000 --> 02:24:08,480
hele.