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Detroit |
4 |
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Baltimore |
2 |
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Win |
Tom Seaver |
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Loss |
Will Parris |
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Save |
Damon Higgins |
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Cap Beniquez’s 3-run shot was enough for Tom Seaver, who escaped a
ninth inning jam when Higgins got Bill Fauver to ground into a game ending
double-play with the tying runs on.
Baltimore Leads 1 game to 0
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Detroit |
2 |
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Baltimore |
6 |
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Win |
Hanley Graham |
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Loss |
Joe Walker |
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Save |
Jesus Ayrault |
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Kerry Paige broke a 2-2 tie in the 7th with a 2-run blast, and the Orange Sox never looked back.
Series Tied at 1
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Baltimore |
4 |
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Detroit |
2 |
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Win |
Lew Wilson |
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Loss |
Rich Pickett |
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Save |
Blondie Devine |
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In a 28-hit game that featured no home runs, the Orange Sox scored four runs in the sixth through eighth innings to rally back against Rich Pickett. Lew Wilson allowed 12 hits but just two runs in picking up a critical game 3 win.
Baltimore Leads 2 games to 1
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Baltimore |
3 |
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Detroit |
5 |
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Win |
Tom Blong |
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Loss |
George Andereson |
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Save |
Damon Higgins |
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The Orange Sox watched a 2-0 lead slip away in the sixth and seventh innings, when a Ron Boone error lead to the Tigers first run, and a leadoff single by pitcher Mike Hayes lead to the second. The Tigers then took the lead on an RBI single by Dud Murray. Billy Sloan tied the game with a solo blast in the eighth, but it all fell apart in the bottom of the inning, when Dud Murray got a clutch 2-out, 2-run bases loaded single to put the Tigers ahead for good.
Series tied at 2
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Baltimore |
1 |
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Detroit |
2 |
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Win |
Tom Seaver |
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Loss |
Will Parris |
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Save |
Joe Walker |
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Will Parris was solid, allowing just two runs over seven innings, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the indomitable force of Tom Seaver. A two run blast by Dud Murray was all he and Joe Walker needed, as the Sox could only manage a single run.
Detroit Leads 3 games to 2
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Detroit |
3 |
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Baltimore |
6 |
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Win |
Hanley Graham |
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Loss |
Chris Fletcher |
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Save |
Jesus Ayrault |
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At home, and with their backs to the wall, the Orange Sox poured salt on a season-long wound, pounding Chris Fletcher for four first-inning runs. Billy Sloan homered after back-to-back singles opened the inning, and Rick Krause added an RBI a few batters later. A two-base error by Dave Conception in the sixth helped Baltimore push the lead to 6-0. Hanley Graham had a shutout going through 8.2 innings, but then got in some trouble when back-to-back singles were followed by back-to-back wild pitches and a two-run blast by Tony Oliva. But Ayrault got the final out to force a decisive game seven.
Series tied at 3
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Detroit |
5 |
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Baltimore |
7 |
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Win |
Jesus Ayrault |
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Loss |
Tom Blong |
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Save |
Blondie Devine |
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Game 7 featured a match up of two cagey veterans, Jack Coleman and John Reed, neither of whom saw the 6th inning. Bill Eagan got it started for Detroit in the third, hitting a three-run blast with two out. The O-Sox rallied in the bottom half when, after back-to-back 2-out singles by Kerry Paige and Mike Renfroe, Billy Sloan singled home Paige, and then scored one a three-run blast by Ron Boone. The Tigers tied the game in the fifth on a Twink Golvin RBI single, chasing John Reed, but Billy Sloan turned right around and chased Jack Coleman in the bottom of the fifth with a two-run blast, putting Baltimore up 6-4. The lead was pushed to 7-4 when Mike Renfroe singled home a run in the eighth.
Jesus Ayrault came on to relieve Reed and was sensational for three and two-thirds innings. By the ninth, however, he was showing signs of exhaustion. Three consecutive singles opened the inning for Detroit, scoring Tony Oliva and cutting the lead to 7-5. Blondie Devine came on and promptly walked Twink Golvin to load the bases. With only one out, the tying run was at second and go-ahead run was at first, with cleanup hitter Mike Mullane coming to the plate. Devine struck him out—Mullane’s third strikeout of the game. That left the Tigers hopes in the hands of Bill Eagan. Devine got him to ground into a 6-4-3 double play, sending the Orange Sox to the DML’s first World Series.
