I picked up the final two games of a series between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, and the teams split these contests. The Tigers were the World Champions in 1984, but it’s not going well for them in the replay as they are in third place in the AL East and 10 games back.
August 1 – replay Tigers 5-3 – actual Indians 4-2
August 2 – replay Indians 3-2 (11) – actual Tigers 2-1
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August 1 (Tigers 5-3): The Indians outhit the Tigers, 10-7, but Detroit came through with the big blows. Kirk Gibson had a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the second to make it 3-1. Ruppert Jones provided a two-out, two-run triple in the bottom of the sixth to make it 5-2. The Indians’ Tony Bernazard cut it to 5-3 with an RBI single in the top of the seventh. But Cleveland wouldn’t get any closer, as Tigers winning pitcher Dan Petry pitched a 1-2-3 eighth, as did closer Willie Hernandez in the ninth for the save.
1984 CLE INDIANS AB R H BI 1984 DET TIGERS AB R H BI
Brett Butler 4 0 1 0 Lou Whitaker 3 1 0 0
Julio Franco 4 0 2 0 Ruppert Jones 4 0 2 2
Pat Tabler 4 0 0 0 Kirk Gibson 4 0 1 2
Andre Thornton 3 0 0 0 Lance Parrish 4 0 1 1
Mel Hall 4 1 1 0 Johnny Grubb 3 0 0 0
George Vukovich 4 2 2 0 Chet Lemon 4 0 0 0
Jerry Willard 4 0 1 1 Dave Bergman 4 1 1 0
Brook Jacoby 4 0 2 1 Howard Johnson 3 1 0 0
Tony Bernazard 3 0 1 1 Tom Brookens 4 2 2 0
TOTALS 34 3 10 3 TOTALS 33 5 7 5
1984 CLE INDIANS 010 100 100 -- 3
1984 DET TIGERS 120 002 00x -- 5
LOB--1984 CLE INDIANS 5, 1984 DET TIGERS 10. ERR--Julio
Franco, Steve Farr. 2B--Julio Franco, Mel Hall, Brook
Jacoby, George Vukovich. 3B--Ruppert Jones. HBP--Johnny
Grubb. SB--Tony Bernazard, Kirk Gibson.
1984 CLE INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Farr [L] 6.00 7 5 5 4 3 0
Ernie Camacho 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
1984 DET TIGERS
Dan Petry [W] 8.00 10 3 3 1 5 0
Willie Hernandez [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
August 2 (Indians 3-2, 11 inn.): Chris Bando drove in all three Cleveland runs. His two-run double in the eighth inning broke up Jack Morris’ shutout bid and gave the Indians a 2-1 lead. Kirk Gibson evened it up with a solo homer for the Tigers in the bottom of the eighth, however. It went to extra innings and in the top of the 11th, George Vukovich doubled and went to third on a sacrifice bunt. With the infield in, Bando hit a grounder that found a hole and went through for the go-ahead RBI single. Indian pitchers retired the final nine Tiger batters.
1984 CLE INDIANS AB R H BI 1984 DET TIGERS AB R H BI
Brett Butler 4 0 0 0 Lou Whitaker 5 0 0 0
Julio Franco 5 0 1 0 Alan Trammell 5 0 3 1
Pat Tabler 5 0 0 0 Kirk Gibson 5 1 1 1
Andre Thornton 3 1 0 0 Lance Parrish 5 0 0 0
George Vukovich 5 2 3 0 Ruppert Jones 4 0 2 0
Mike Hargrove 4 0 2 0 Chet Lemon 5 0 0 0
Chris Bando 5 0 2 3 Dave Bergman 4 0 1 0
Brook Jacoby 5 0 1 0 Howard Johnson 3 1 1 0
Tony Bernazard 5 0 2 0 Tom Brookens 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 41 3 11 3 TOTALS 40 2 8 2
1984 CLE INDIANS 000 000 020 01 -- 3
1984 DET TIGERS 001 000 010 00 -- 2
LOB--1984 CLE INDIANS 9, 1984 DET TIGERS 8. 2B--Chris Bando,
George Vukovich, Ruppert Jones (2), Howard Johnson. HR--Kirk
Gibson. SACB--Mike Hargrove, Howard Johnson. SB--Julio
Franco, Tony Bernazard (2), Alan Trammell (2).
1984 CLE INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bert Blyleven 8.00 7 2 2 2 1 1
Mike Jeffcoat [W] 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Waddell [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 DET TIGERS
Jack Morris 9.00 8 2 2 3 10 0
Aurelio Lopez [L] 2.00 3 1 1 0 0 0
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