Page 12-Wednesday, Auqust 6, 1980-The Michigan Daily
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Tigers lose
to K ., 6-3
BY ALAN FANGER
Special to The Daily
DETROIT - Only Milt Wilcox, the forlorn victim, will know whether it was the
Kansas City bats or George Brett's fists which pounded him harder last night.
The Royal bats were hot enough, pounding the Tiger starter for six runs and
six hits, as the Western Division leaders cruised to a 6-3 victory. These days, that
cannot be considered a surprise.
What may have come as a genuine shock to the Tiger righthander was the at-
tack mounted against him by Brett, who jumped Wilcox in the sixth inning after he
had been brushed back by a Wilcox pitch.
The entire evening turned out to be sour grapes for Wilcox, whose record drop-
ped to 12-10. After pitching the first three innings without yielding a hit, despite a
24-minute rain delay, Wilcox was banged up by the potent Royal attack in both the
fourth and eighth frames.
Ironically enough, it was Brett who spelled first doom for Wilcox, in the non-
physical sense. After Willie Wilson had led off the fourth with a walk, and
designated hitter Hal McRae had singled him to second, Brett stroked his 13th
homer of the year into the upper deck in right field. That pulled Kansas City into a
3-0 lead and sent them on their way to an easy, if blood-stained win.
,Brett's temper was stirred by a Wilcox pitch that grazed the top of his helmet.
Claiming the Tiger hurler attempted a deliberate brushback, he vented his anger
at the home plate umpire, Rich Garcia. He was quickly supported by manager Jim
Frey.
Brett's rage subsided briefly, but the Royal third baseman jumped back on the
warpath after he lofted a fly ball to center field. Rick Peters made the easy catch,
and as Brett had rounded first and was nearly halfway to second, he suddenly dar-
ted to his left and headed straight for Wilcox, who was standing behind the mound
with his face to the runner.
What followed was a maze of confusion, a brawl that was quickly subdued as
players from both dugouts hurriedly spilled onto the field in disbelief at Brett's ac-
tions. Brett was immediately ejected from the game, and Wilcox appeared un-
shaken, as he put out Darrell Porter on a soft grounder to end the inning.
But Wilcox could not survive.another Royal assault, be it only off the timber.
Wilson ignited yet another rally when he tripled home second baseman Frank
White, who had singled to make it 4-0. McRae then singled Wilson home and Dave
Chalk (who was inserted to replace Brett) doubled in McRae to complete the
scoring.
Champ Summers slammed a two-run homer in the eighth to cut the deficit to 6-
2 and they pushed across another run in the ninth. But then it was evident that they
had clearly lost the war.
Combined with a New York loss, the defeat leaves the Tigers still 8% games
behind the front-running Yankees. They continue the series with the third game
tonight at Tiger Stadium. The attendance was 27,469.
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Garner gunned down
Chicago shortstop Steve Macko gloves the throw just in time to foil Pirate
Phil Garner's steal attempt yesterday. Jerry Martin's two home runs paced
the Cubs to an 11-3 romp. It was Pittsburgh's sixth straight loss.
Orioles rip Chicago
for Stone's17t'W
BALTIMORE (AP) - Terry Crowley Crowley connected for his fifth homer
hit a grand-slam home run and Steve of the season off Lamarr Hoyt, 4-1, in
Stone posted his 17th victory as the the Baltimore fifth, following a bases-
Baltimore Orioles defeated the Chicago loaded single by John Lowenstein.
White Sox, 8-2, last night.
AL BUMBRY, who failed to score
from second base after holding up on a
two-out hit by Eddie Murray in the
third, singled to launch the winning
rally. A throwing error by shortstop
Todd Cruz, and a walk to Singleton
loaded the bases.
Rich Dauer drove in two runs with
singles in the third and sixth innings,
extending his hitting streak to eight
games, and Doug DeCinces hit his ninth
homer leading off the eighth.
Red Sox 3, Brewers 1
BOSTON (AP) - Rookie Glenn Hof
fman triggered a tie-breaking eighth
inning with a single, sparking the
Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 victory over the
Milwaukee Brewers behind the clutch
pitching of Dennis Eckersley and Tom
Burgmeier last night.
HOFFMAN, SUBBING for disabled
veteran Butch Hobson, led off the
eighth inning with a line single to center
off Milwaukee starter Mike Caldwell, 9-
,, °.8, who allowed only three hits over the
first seven innings.
SCORES
AP Photo AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City6, Detroit 3
Baliamore 8, Chicagoz2
Boston 3,Miiwaukee i
Texas8, New York 1
eet in Rome that featured 13 Olympic
'of 10.20. Carl Lewis finished second NATIONAL LEAGUE
iumphed in Moscow by sprinting the Chicago11. Pittsburgh 3
Atlanta 6 ,Los Angele4
Cincinati9, San Diego 2
The finish line
Americans swept the top three places in this 100-meter dash last night at a track mi
gold medalists. Stan Floyd, unbeaten in this event during 1980, won with a clocking
in 10.23, and Mel Lattany's time of 10.25 was good for third. Britain's Alan Wells tr
100 meters in 10.25 seconds.