Detroit Tigers Recap

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Tigers 8 Washington 3

The Detroit Tigers shocked the first place Washington ballclub by taking two of three in their series in Detroit's Tiger Stadium.
The defeats in game two and three of the series left Washington in a tie for first place with Anaheim. Both are 9-6. Anaheim however, has won two straight to earn its share of first place.

Detroit improved to 7-8 and are just two games off the leader's pace but are tied with Los Angeles and are a game behind both Minnesota and Seattle.

In game three of their Washington series, the Tigers starting pitcher Bob Weatherly went nine innings allowed seven hits and three runs, all earned, struck out nine and did not walk a batter.

Weatherly pitched around a one out two base throwing error on third baseman John Shuey in the top of the first inn. Weatherley struck out Bill Bleuge and got Trot LaRue to fly out to right fielder Chick Pfiel just short of the warning track.

Washington starting pitcher Jerry Dashiell got off to a rocky start in the bottom of the first inning. Dashiell gave up consiecutive one out singles to Damon Maggert and George Weiss putting runnners on first and third. Weiss stole seond base (5th). Maggert scored on a ground out to shortatop John Ake by Don Lombard. Pfiel flied out to end the inning.

Washington tied the score in the second on a triple by Cesar Johnson and a sacrifice fly by Joe Smith.

AfIn the thid innoing Weatherly struck out the first two batters, John Ake, and the pitcher Dashiell. Denny Lopez (1) and Bill Gordon (3) hit back to back homeruns, the second and third surrendered by Weatherly, in 28.1 innings pitched this season. The power show put Washington in front 2-1.

Detroit sent eleven batters to the plate in the ottom of the third inning and scored six runs on seven hits and a walk. Washington used three pitchers in the inning.

Dashiell, the starting pitcher, was knocked out of the game with one out in the inning after being pounded for four straight hits; singles by Weiss, Lombard and Pfiel (RBI) and a two run triple by Joe Tappen.

Ed Reisigl made his third appearance in the series. Reisigl, the winning pitcher in game one (2-0), when he retired the only batter he faced, but he did not get an out in game two. He allowed the hit that scored the winning run.

Reisigl walked the first batter he faced, John Suhey. Catcher Norm Jackson singled driving in Tappan. Weatherly grounded to first for the second out. Joe Osqood followed with another single to drive in Shuey and Maggert singled home Jackson. Maggert was picked off first base to end the inning.

The six runs on seven hits put Detroit ahead 7-3.

Pfiel hit a homerun in the fourth to mae the final score 8-3