The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, July 14, 1981-Page 11
1968 - Year of the Tiger
It doesn't matter if you side with the players or the owners in the
current baseball strike, there is one thing that everyone agrees on-it is
an unfortunate situation. So in order to partially relieve the misery of
any baseball junkies going through withdrawal, throughout the
duration of the strike the Daily is providing a look back to a more
pleasant time-1968. There was no free agent compensation, no
NLRB, no court injunctions-and no strike. And for those of you
who don't remember, in 1968 the Tigers were winners," World Series
winners, in fact. Each day the Daily relates the results of the previous
evening's Tiger game-minus 13 years.
July 13-Twins 7, Tigers 6 (14 innings)
THE EMBLEM MAY be ready, but baseball's best athletes won't grace the
field at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium tonight, the original date for the 1981
All-Star Game, courtesy of the major league players' strike. The often-
beleagured city received good news yesterday, however, when the com-
missioner's office announced that if this year's game is eventually can-
celled, the 1982 contest will be played in Cleveland.
Cleveland receives
'82 All-Star reprieve
CLEVELAND (AP) - If the 1981 All- Municipal Stadium. The game was to
Star game is canceled because of the be a Strat-o-matic version of the real
baseball players' strike, the 1982 game thing, using dice and cards containing
will be. held in Cleveland, Com- computerized data on players' records.
missioner Bowie Kuhn said yesterday. Bob Feller, a Hall of Fame player
"It is our hope that we will play in who once pitched for the Indians was to
Cleveland in 1981," Kuhn said in a tho te ite The prsdcr
statement released by the Cleveland were to represent the American League
Indians. "However, if we cannot play and National League, respectively,
the All-Star game this year, it will be with their station, WKYC-TV, to play
played in Cleveland in,1982." w t the ame lKCt t y
NEGOTIATIONS WERE held back parts of the game last night.
yesterday to keep the game in HOLDERS OF some 77,000 real
Cleveland, where it originally had been tickets, meanwhile, were told to sit
scheduled for today. Last Friday, the tight for the time being. The Indians
game was officially postponed. No new said if this year's game is not held, the
date was set because of lack of progress tickets would be good for next year's
in the players' strike, which began June game.
12. Last week, city boosters, who had
The 1982 game was scheduled for been beside themselves over the
Montreal with plans for the 1983 game prospects of attracting national atten-
to be played in Chicago. It was not im- tion to Cleveland, announced that the
mediately known when the Montreal activities scheduled around the game
game would be played, if Cleveland would be held whether or not the game
hosts next year's contest. itself was postponed.
But despite the uncertainty over the "We'll certainly be disappointed if
game yesterday, the city celebrated the game is postponed," Mayor George
anyway. V. Voinovich said. "But we're going
TERMINAL TOWER, the city's ahead with our plans because game or
tallest skyscraper, was to be lit - for no game, this city has a lot of things to
the first time - with 193 floodlights celebrate.
shining on the 52-story building. Boats "I believe that the nation will see us
raced on Lake Erie in a special All-Star as 1981's All-Star turn-around city."
regatta on Sunday. An ethnic food Voinovich's thoughts on Cleveland's
festival opened yesterday and a down- celebration had nothing to do with spor-
town party last night was to be followed ts. They concerned the city's financial
by Revolutionary War battle drills. comeback. Cleveland officially ended
And at noon today, two local default on $15 million in bank notes last
television producers were to host their November and recently earned an im-
own All-Star game on home plate in proved rating on its municipal bonds.
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL - Detroit
pitcher Joh Wyatt walked Minnesota's
Jim Roland with the bases loaded
yesterday to force in the winning run in
the bottom of the 14th inning for a 7-6
Twin victory.
Wyatt issued the free pass to Roland
on a 3-2 count after Twin rightfielder
Tony Oliva, who went 3-for-5 on the day
with two runs scored and two runs-
batted-in, scampered across the plate
on an infield groundout.
The Tigers had taken a 6-5 lead in the
top of the 14th when Jim Northrup led
off with a double and came all the way
around when Minnesota shortstop Rick
Renick made an errant throw to first
on Al Kaline's grounder.
The Tigers had missed an earlier op-
portunity to win the contest in the ninth
frame, when both Willie Horton and Bill
Freehan fanned with the bases loaded.
The Twins managed to advance run-
ners to second and third in the 11th, but
couldn't score.
They had to come back in the bottom
of the eighth, however, with three runs
for a 5-5 deadlock. The key blow in the
uprising was a bases-loaded single by
Renick - called up from Denver of the
Pacific Coast League only three days
ago- for two tallies.
The tying run then scored as pinch-
hitter Rich Rollins grounded to second
and the Tigers' Dick McAuliffe let the
ball slip past him for an error.
Oliva, who had blasted a two-run
homer in the first inning, ignited the
Twins' winning rally in the 14th by
slashing a single to right. Bob Allison
then worked loser Dennis Ribant (2-2)
for a walk on a 3-2 count, and the Twins
loaded the bases when Ribant threw
late to third trying to force Oliva on
Frank Kostro's sacrifice bunt.
With nobody out and the sacks full,
Wyatt came on and got Frank Quilici on
a called third strike, but then trouble
erupted. Rod Carew, who had spent the
day on Marine reserve duty, arrived at
the ballpark in time to pinch-hit for
Renick. He grounded Wyatt's first
delivery to Kaline, who stepped on first,
but threw home too late to get Oliva.
Wyatt then intentionally walked John
Roseboro to get to Roland.
Detroit
AB R H RBI
McAuliffe, 2b.......... 7 i 2 i
Stanley,cf. 6.......... i 2 2
Northrup, rf.......... 7 1 2 0
Cash, ib ............... 3 0 5 0
Kalineib. 2 i 1 0
Horto, . ......5 1 1 i
Freehan, c ............ 7 0 0
wert,3b.......... 0 0
Oyier, ss ..........5 i i
Matchickph. .. 0 0
Trcewski, sso....... 0 00 5 0
Sparma, p ............. 3 1 1 0
Dobson, p ............. 0 0 0 0
Hiller, p ............... 1 5 0 0 0.
La>her,.... 1 0 0 0
Browns.G.,ph ....1 0 1 0
Ribant, p ............. 0 0 0 0
wyatt, p ............... 5 5 5
TOTALS 55 6 11 5
Minnesota
AB RS H RBI
Tovar, 3b.........5
Uhlaender, cf .......... 7 0 1 0
Oliva, rf ......... 5 2 3 2
Alison,if......... 56 2 i 0
Reeselb .ih .--... 2 0 0 0
Kostr,.i. 3 2 2 2
Qouilici, 2b ............. 7 1 3 0
Renick, ss ............. 6 0 1 2
Carew,ph ............. 1 0 0 1
Rosehoro, c...... 5 0 i 0
Boswelp........2 0 1 0
Hot ph...2.. 0 0 0
Pernoski, p ............ 0 5 0 0
Miller, B., p ........... 0 0 0 0
Roilins,ph. 1 0 0 1
Worthington, p ......0 0 0 0
Look, ph.......1 0 0 0
Chance, D., p .......... 0 0 0 0
Clark, R., ph ........... 1 0 0
Roands...... o
TOTALS 53 7 14 7
Two out when winning run scored.
Detroit .................... 200 001 110 00 01-6
Minnesota ...........200 000 030 000 02-7
E-T"oar 2, McAiiieUhlaender, Renich. DP-
Detroit 2. LOB-Detroit 13, Minnesota 15. 29-
Stanley, Oliva, Sparma, McAuliffe, Quilic,
Northrup. HR-Stanley (8), Oliva (14), W. Horton
(22). S-Kostro.
IP H R ER5BB50
sparma.. . . 6 3P..s 2 2 3 4
Dobson ................ 2/3 2 0 0 0 0
H Iller ................. 1/3 2 2 2 0 0
Lasher....... 5 411 2 3
Ribant (L, 2-2) . 2....1 2 2 1 1
wyatt ................. 2/3 0 0 0 2 1
Bosweli........ 7 6 4 3 1 6
Perranoski ............0 1 1 1 i 0
MiBer. ... 1 0 0 0 3
Worthington.......2 1 0 0 2 3
Chance, D............. 3 1 0 0 1 2
Roland (W,2-0)........ 1 1 1 1 1 0
HBP-Dobson (Tovar). wP-Sparma. T-4:41.
A-26,079.
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