Friday, April 21, 2017

1991 AL Game of Note: Det @ Oak.

June 12, 1991

 It was a wild game in Oakland tonight. For fans of high scoring games, this one had it all. 14 hits for each team, 4 lead changes, and 3 homeruns in the 9th inning by Detroit to pull out a 13-9 victory over the A's. Oakland went ahead early in the game but the Tigers battled back to take an 8-6 lead going into the bottom of the 8th. Then the A's got to relief ace Mike Henneman for 3 runs to go ahead 9-8 heading into the 9th. With Oakland relief ace Dennis Eckersley on the mound in the 9th, Detroit hit back to back to back homeruns off him. First, with 2 men on and no outs, Mickey Tettleton hit a 3-run homer to give Detroit the lead 11-9. Rob Deer followed that with a solo blast and Dave Bergman followed with a solo blast of his own to complete the trifecta. Detroit hit a total of 6 homeruns in the game.

BOXSCORE: 1991 Detroit Tigers At 1991 Oakland A's                   6/11/1991
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Phillips LF       6  0  0  0 .277     R.Henderson LF      3  3  2  0 .269  
  L.Whitaker 2B       5  2  2  2 .288     D.Henderson DH      5  1  2  2 .286  
  A.Trammell SS       4  2  2  2 .271     J.Canseco RF        5  1  2  0 .220  
  C.Fielder DH        4  1  1  0 .278     M.McGwire 1B        4  1  1  0 .213  
  M.Tettleton C       3  2  1  3 .238     E.Riles 2B          5  0  2  3 .190  
  R.Deer RF           5  1  3  1 .223     T.Steinbach C       5  0  1  0 .256  
  D.Bergman 1B        4  2  1  1 .225     W.Wilson CF         5  2  2  1 .208  
  T.Fryman 3B         5  2  2  3 .323     V.Law 3B            3  0  1  1 .133  
  M.Cuyler CF         4  1  2  1 .225   A-H.Baines PH         1  1  1  2 .310  
                                        B-M.Bordick 3B        1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          M.Gallego SS        3  0  0  0 .243  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40 13 14 13                 Totals      40  9 14  9
 
A-Pinch Hit For Law In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Baines In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 2 3  2 1 5  - 13 14  1
A's............. 0 2 1  0 3 0  0 3 0  -  9 14  1
 
Tigers (35-22)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Gullickson              4 1/3  10   6   6   0   4   0  92   3.18
P.Gibson                  2       0   0   0   2   1   0  29   3.20
J.Gleaton HOLD(6th)       0 2/3   1   1   1   0   0   0  12   5.40
M.Henneman W(4-3) BS(6th) 2       3   2   2   1   1   1  40   3.09
Totals                    9      14   9   9   3   6   1
 
A's (25-33)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Hawkins                 5 2/3   6   5   5   3   5   2 103   6.04
G.Nelson BS(1st)          1 1/3   3   3   3   2   1   1  40   6.63
D.Eckersley LOSS(3-2)     1       5   5   5   1   1   3  31   2.62
S.Chitren                 1       0   0   0   0   2   0   9   4.08
Totals                    9      14  13  13   6   9   6
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,221 DATE- Tuesday, June 11th 1991 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Derryl Cousins, Rocky Roe, Rick Reed, Joe Brinkman
T- 3:27
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6  A's: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  A's: 0
ERRORS- T.Fryman, M.Gallego
DOUBLES- T.Fryman(14th), E.Riles-2(5th), T.Steinbach(6th), W.Wilson(8th)
HOME RUNS- L.Whitaker(10th), A.Trammell(5th), M.Tettleton(12th), R.Deer(12th),
           D.Bergman(1st), T.Fryman(7th), H.Baines(9th)
RBIs- L.Whitaker-2(30th), A.Trammell-2(28th), M.Tettleton-3(35th), R.Deer(24th),
      D.Bergman(4th), T.Fryman-3(35th), M.Cuyler(14th), D.Henderson-2(36th),
      E.Riles-3(18th), W.Wilson(9th), V.Law(3rd), H.Baines-2(23rd)
STOLEN BASES- M.Cuyler(11th), R.Henderson-2(19th), M.McGwire(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Gallego
WALKS- A.Trammell, C.Fielder, M.Tettleton-2, D.Bergman, M.Cuyler, R.Henderson-2,
       M.McGwire
STRIKE OUTS- T.Phillips-2, A.Trammell, R.Deer-2, T.Fryman-2, M.Cuyler-2,
             D.Henderson, M.McGwire-2, T.Steinbach, W.Wilson-2
GIDP- D.Henderson
2-out RBI- W.Wilson, V.Law, E.Riles, L.Whitaker-2, T.Fryman-3
RLISP 2-out- T.Fryman, T.Steinbach-2, D.Bergman-2, W.Wilson, M.McGwire,
             M.Bordick
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 4 for 8  A's: 7 for 18
 
Third baseman Travis Fryman connected with a 'big fly' and had 3 RBI as the
Detroit Tigers won in dramatic fashion over the Oakland A's by a score of 13
to 9 at Oakland Coliseum.
 
Detroit won the game with a rally in the top of the 9th inning when they came
up with 5 runs on 4 hits.  The key offensive moment was provided by Mickey
Tettleton who quieted the crowd when he lofted a three-run bomb.  Both teams
finished the game with 14 hits.  
 
Mike Henneman(4-3) picked up the victory, allowing 2 runs in 2 innings. Dennis
Eckersley(3-2) was hit with the loss in relief.  He served up 3 gopher balls
in 1 inning.  
 
'I pin this one on my own shoulders,' Eckersley said. 'The bottom line is I
didn't get the job done.  Our fans deserve better than this.'

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