The Tigers put the first three runs of the game on the board, all off of Royals starter Mark Gubicza. The first came in the second inning when Chet Lemon went deep for a solo homer. Dave Bergman knocked in two in the fourth with a single.
Dan Petry, meanwhile, was in cruise control until the bottom of the seventh. Hal McRae hit a lead off single and then Steve "bye bye" Balboni went yard to pull K.C. within one. With two outs in the same inning pinch-hitter Dane Iorg singled home Frank White to tie the game and force Petry to the showers.
Dan Quisenberry and Willie Hernandez, the two best relievers in the American League, each subbed for two innings without letting a run cross the plate. In the bottom of the eleventh Aurelio Lopez was working his second inning of relief and had two outs recorded. But Frank White came up and hit a home run to win the game! WALK OFF!!!
Winning Pitcher - Joe Beckwith
Losing Pitcher - Aurelio Lopez
Player of the Game - Frank White, 2-4, HR, 2B, BB
Game #376 - Cleveland Indians, 9 @ New York Yankees, 4
The Inidans jumped on Yankees starter Joe Cowley early and often in this one. Brett Butler led off the game with a single, stolen base, and run scored thanks to a Julio Franco double. They tagged Cowley for three more runs in the fourth, though two of those runs were unearned due to a Omar Moreno error in center field. But the Yankees kept pace scoring single runs in the second, third, fourth, and sixth innings. Three of those runs were due to errors by Cleveland, making five total errors during the contest.
The score was tied 4-4 in the top of the ninth with Dave Righetti relieving for New York. Tony Bernazard reached base because of a Butch Wynegar error and later scored on a Julio Franco single. That was followed by five straight Indians reaching base. Righetti got yanked (pun intended!) having only gotten one batter out, as Cleveland pounded the Bronx for the win.
Winning Pitcher - Bert Blyleven
Losing Pitcher - Dave Righetti
Player of the Game - Franco, 2-5, 2B, 2RBI's, R
Hall of Famers in the Game - Bert Blyleven, Dave Winfield
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