The 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers continued to struggle in this replay, both on my tabletop and overall. They lost two of three at home here to the lowly Oakland Athletics.
In real life, the Tigers scored 37 runs in a three-game sweep, but in this replay they managed just six, five of them coming in their lone victory.
The Tigers are 72-56, in third place in the AL East, 11 games out of first place. The Athletics are 61-68 and in fifth place in the AL West.
August 20 — replay Athletics 1-0 — actual Tigers 14-1
August 21 — replay Tigers 5-4 — actual Tigers 12-6
August 22 — replay Athletics 3-1 — actual Tigers 11-4
August 20 (Athletics 1-0): Carney Lansford hit a solo homer in the top of the first, and Curt Young took care of the rest, pitching a three-hit shutout to lead the Athletics to the 1-0 victory. The Tigers put runners on first and second with two outs in the second inning, and got a runner to third base with two outs in the sixth, but couldn’t bring the tying run home. Jack Morris was the unlucky losing pitcher.
1984 OAK ATHLETICS AB R H BI 1984 DET TIGERS AB R H BI
Tony Phillips 4 0 0 0 Barbaro Garbey 4 0 1 0
Carney Lansford 3 1 1 1 Alan Trammell 4 0 0 0
Dwayne Murphy 4 0 0 0 Kirk Gibson 4 0 1 0
Dave Kingman 4 0 1 0 Lance Parrish 4 0 1 0
Bruce Bochte 4 0 1 0 Larry Herndon 3 0 0 0
Mike Heath 4 0 0 0 Chet Lemon 3 0 0 0
Mike Davis 4 0 2 0 Darrell Evans 2 0 0 0
Donnie Hill 3 0 1 0 Howard Johnson 3 0 0 0
Jim Essian 3 0 1 0 Doug Baker 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 1 7 1 TOTALS 30 0 3 0
1984 OAK ATHLETICS 100 000 000 -- 1
1984 DET TIGERS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1984 OAK ATHLETICS 6, 1984 DET TIGERS 4. 2B--Mike
Davis, Lance Parrish. HR--Carney Lansford. SB--Barbaro
Garbey.
1984 OAK ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Young [W] 9.00 3 0 0 1 5 0
1984 DET TIGERS
Jack Morris [L] 9.00 7 1 1 1 4 1
August 21 (Tigers 5-4): The Tigers built an early 4-0 lead with the help of a two-run homer by Ruppert Jones and an RBI triple by Dave Bergman. Solo homers by the A’s Dwayne Murphy and Mike Heath cut the lead in half to 4-2 in the top of the sixth. Detroit got what turned out to be a much-needed insurance run in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single by Alan Trammell. Oakland recorded an RBI single from Dave Kingman in the eighth and a solo homer by Rickey Henderson in the ninth but fell a run short of a comeback.
1984 OAK ATHLETICS AB R H BI 1984 DET TIGERS AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 5 1 2 1 Howard Johnson 4 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 5 1 2 0 Alan Trammell 4 0 1 1
Dwayne Murphy 4 1 1 1 Kirk Gibson 3 2 1 0
Dave Kingman 3 0 1 1 Lance Parrish 4 0 2 1
Bruce Bochte 3 0 0 0 Darrell Evans 4 0 1 0
Mike Heath 3 1 2 1 Ruppert Jones 4 1 2 2
Bill Almon 4 0 0 0 Chet Lemon 4 1 2 0
Donnie Hill 4 0 0 0 Dave Bergman 4 1 3 1
Tony Phillips 4 0 1 0 Doug Baker 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 4 9 4 TOTALS 34 5 12 5
1984 OAK ATHLETICS 000 002 011 -- 4
1984 DET TIGERS 103 001 00x -- 5
LOB--1984 OAK ATHLETICS 7, 1984 DET TIGERS 7. ERR--Howard
Johnson. 2B--Carney Lansford, Chet Lemon. 3B--Dave Bergman.
HR--Dwayne Murphy, Mike Heath, Rickey Henderson, Ruppert
Jones. SACB--Doug Baker. SB--Rickey Henderson, Dave Bergman.
1984 OAK ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lary Sorensen [L] 6.00 11 5 5 1 3 1
Tim Conroy 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Atherton 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 DET TIGERS
Milt Wilcox [W] 6.00 5 2 2 2 2 2
Doug Bair 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Aurelio Lopez 1.00 2 1 1 1 2 0
Willie Hernandez [S] 1.00 1 1 1 0 1 1
August 22 (Athletics 3-1): Dave Kingman hit a two-run homer in the top of the first to get the A’s off to a good start. They made it 3-0 in the fifth when Donnie Hill had one of his three hits, an RBI double. Detroit didn’t get on the board until the seventh, when Doug Baker led off with a triple and scored on a groundout. The Tigers left runners in scoring position in four other innings thanks to strong pitching by Oakland starter Bill Krueger and two relievers.
1984 OAK ATHLETICS AB R H BI 1984 DET TIGERS AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 4 0 0 0 Barbaro Garbey 5 0 0 1
Carney Lansford 5 1 1 0 Alan Trammell 4 0 1 0
Dwayne Murphy 4 0 0 0 Kirk Gibson 3 0 1 0
Dave Kingman 4 1 2 2 Larry Herndon 4 0 1 0
Bruce Bochte 4 0 0 0 Chet Lemon 4 0 2 0
Mike Heath 4 0 1 0 Darrell Evans 3 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 3 1 0 0 Rusty Kuntz 3 0 0 0
Jim Essian 4 0 2 0 Marty Castillo 4 0 0 0
Donnie Hill 3 0 3 1 Doug Baker 4 1 2 0
TOTALS 35 3 9 3 TOTALS 34 1 7 1
1984 OAK ATHLETICS 200 010 000 -- 3
1984 DET TIGERS 000 000 100 -- 1
LOB--1984 OAK ATHLETICS 8, 1984 DET TIGERS 9. ERR--Alan
Trammell. 2B--Donnie Hill, Carney Lansford, Jim Essian.
3B--Doug Baker. HR--Dave Kingman. SB--Doug Baker.
1984 OAK ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Krueger [W] 7.00 6 1 1 3 2 0
Keith Atherton 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Caudill [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 3 0
1984 DET TIGERS
Juan Berenguer [L] 7.00 7 3 3 2 5 1
Doug Bair 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Sid Monge 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
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