‘84 Tigers take 2 of 3 from ‘91 Twins

Wednesday September 17 at HHH Metrofome

Lance Parrish led off the 4th with his third homer of the season.  Doubles by Darrel Evans and Howard Johnson put another run on the board to give the Tigers a 2 run lead.  In the bottom of the fourth, Chuck Knoblach and Kirby Puckett led off with singles  Two groundouts produced a run and cut the lead to 1.  It stayed that way to the bottom of the 8th.  With one out, Brian Harper doubled and came home on Gene Larkin's single to tie the game.  After a ground out moved Larkin to second, Chili Davis singled him home to give the Twinkies their first lead of the game.  The Tigers came right back Walks to Larry Herndon, HoJo and Lou Whitaker loaded the base with one out.  Alan Trammell singled home one run and Kirk Gibson singled home two more. The Twins got one back in the bottom of the 9th but it wasn't enough.  Aurelio Lopez got the win (1-0, 9.20) with Willie Hernandez getting a save (6 saves, 0.00)  Rick Aguilera took the loss (0-1, 1.75)  Tigers 5  Twins 4

Thursday September 18 at HHH Metrodome

The Twins scored first, picking up single runs in the first and second innings.  In the first, Puckett doubled and scored on Kent Hrbek's single.  In the second, Larkin singled and came home on Randy Bush's triple.  The Tigers tied the game in the 5th on Herndon's two run single.  Then the Motor City Cats broke the game open in the sixth, scoring five times highlighted by Chet Lemon's grand slam homer (2).  Parrish added a solo homer (4) in the 9th as the Tigers cruised 8-2.   Milt Wilcox evened his record (2-2, 2.84) while Scott Ericson remains winless (0-5, 6.18)  Tigers 9 Twins 2

Friday September 19 at Tiger Stadium

Tiger starter Dave Rozema never got untracked (2-1, 8.91) as he surrendered 6 runs in 2.1 innings.  The Tiger bullpen would hold the Twins in check the rest of the way but the damage was done.  Randy Bush did the biggest damage with a two run single in the 1st and a two run double in the third.  The Tigers got three back in the second but that was all they could get as Alan Anderson scattered 10 hits over 6.1 innings to earn the win (4-2, 4.68)  Paul Abbott picked up his first save (1 save, 1.38)  Twins 6  Tigers 3

--submitted by Tom “Crash” Davis--