You would think with Jack Morris and Dave Stieb on the mound we'd get a pitcher's duel but both starters got hammered.
Stieb lasted just five innings, giving up three homers (including an inside the park job - more on that later). One of those taters was a grand slam from Alan Trammell.
Morris got two outs in the seventh before finally getting yanked in favor of Willie Hernandez. It was enough for the win, though he allowed five runs.
The real story of the game was the "Z" injuries - there were three different incidents!
#1 - In the top of the second Rupert Jones lined out to Damaso Garcia, but Garcia injured his hand on the play and will be out for 4 games.
#2 - In the bottom of the third, Kirk Gibson and Jones banged into each other trying to catch a Willie Aikens liner. Gibson will be out for five games while Jones was lucky to only be gone for 15 (he has an injury rating of 8, which means whatever random number you pull next.)
#3 - In the top of the fourth Chet Lemon hit a deep shot that caused Lloyd Moseby to crash into the wall and allowed Lemon to make it an insider the park home run! That's just the second one of those in 773 games played, so it was pretty cool.
Winning Pitcher - Jack Morris
Losing Pitcher - Dave Stieb
Player of the Game - Alan Trammell, 2-5, 2B, GS, 6RBI, R
Hall of Famers in the Game - Alan Trammell, Jack Morris
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