Carney Lansford roped a two-out double in the top of the first inning off Charlie Hough, and then Dwayne Murphy singled him home to give Oakland and early 1-0 lead. It didn't last! In the bottom half of the inning Curt Young faced Larry Parrish with runners on second and third. Parrish dropped a single to plate both Buddy Bell and Gary Ward and take the lead, 2-1.
From there Texas put on a solo home run derby. George Wright went deep in the fourth, Billy Sample in the fifth, and Parrish in the sixth. Curt Young lasted through the seventh despite the barrage. Hough, meanwhile, pitched eight innings while only giving up two runs, despite nine hits allowed and five walks. He managed to get out of all the danger he got himself into. That included two outfield assists from Ward and Wright.
Winning Pitcher - Charlie Hough
Losing Pitcher - Curt Young
Save - Tom Henke
Player of the Game - Larry Parrish, 2-4, HR, R, 3RBI
Hall of Famers in the Game - Rickey Henderson, Joe Morgan
This was the start of another pivotal series between the top two teams in the AL East. Despite their enormous lead in the real 1984 season, the Statis Pro Tigers have been trailing the Blue Jays by about three games for awhile now.
The Tigers scored a run in the first on consecutive errors in center field by the usually stellar Lloyd Moseby. Toronto tied it up in the bottom of the third when George Bell grounded into a bases loaded fielder's choice.
In the bottom of the sixth Juan Berenguer fell off a cliff as he allowed four straight singles to the Blue Jays. Auerelio Lopez came in for relief but allowed all three inherited runners to score as the Toronto lineup batted around in the inning and scored five runs.
Detroit started clawing back in the seventh, though. Ruppert Jones took Luis Leal deep for a solo homer to start the inning and, a few batters later, Sweet Lou Whitaker blasted his own two-run bomb. Lopez was still pitching in the bottom of the seventh and he allowed two more Toronto runs, including a solo homer from Willie Upshaw. The Tigers scored twice more in the eighth to get within two runs of a tie game but Jim Acker kept the ninth inning scoreless despite four Tigers reaching base.
Winning Pitcher - Luis Leal
Losing Pitcher - Juan Berenguer
Save - Jim Acker
Player of the Game - Damaso Garcia, 2-3, BB, RBI, 2Rs
Hall of Famers in the Game - Alan Trammell
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