Sunday, November 5, 2017

1991 AL Game: Tor. @ Det.

August 18,1991

  The Toronto Blue Jays took the rubber match of the 3 game set against the Detroit Tigers winning a hard fought contest 4-3. Tom Candiotti was a little wild and lasted only 5 1/3 innings, but got his MLB leading 17th Win of the season. The two teams played against each other for the last time scheduled for this season and Detroit took the season series 7 games to 6. 2nd place Toronto leaves town trailing the AL East leading Tigers by 7 games.


BOXSCORE: 1991 Toronto Blue Jays At 1991 Detroit Tigers             8/18/1991
 
  Blue Jays          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.White CF          3  0  1  1 .267     T.Phillips 3B       4  0  1  0 .264  
  R.Alomar 2B         4  1  1  0 .269     L.Whitaker 2B       4  1  1  1 .255  
  J.Carter RF         4  0  1  1 .270     A.Trammell SS       4  1  1  1 .256  
  J.Olerud 1B         4  1  1  0 .236     C.Fielder DH        3  0  1  0 .262  
  C.Maldonado LF      4  1  1  2 .222     M.Tettleton C       4  0  1  1 .238  
  K.Gruber 3B         4  0  2  0 .244     D.Bergman 1B        3  0  1  0 .318  
  R.Mulliniks DH      4  1  1  0 .260     P.Incaviglia LF     4  0  0  0 .228  
  G.Myers C           4  0  1  0 .307     R.Deer RF           4  0  1  0 .221  
  M.Lee SS            3  0  0  0 .252     M.Cuyler CF         2  1  0  0 .258  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  4  9  4                 Totals      32  3  7  3
 
 
Blue Jays....... 1 0 0  2 0 0  1 0 0  -  4  9  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 2 0  1 0 0  -  3  7  0
 
Blue Jays (63-56)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Candiotti WIN(17-6)     5 1/3   2   2   2   6   5   0  91   2.51
D.Wells HOLD(1st)         1 1/3   3   1   1   0   1   0  22   3.81
M.Timlin                  0       1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.14
T.Henke SAVE(11th)        2 1/3   1   0   0   0   4   0  20   5.06
Totals                    9       7   3   3   6  10   0
 
Tigers (70-49)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Gullickson LOSS(12-12)  8       9   4   4   0   3   1 119   4.20
J.Gleaton                 1       0   0   0   0   1   0  15   5.67
Totals                    9       9   4   4   0   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 51,974 DATE- Sunday, August 18th 1991 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:15
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 5  Tigers: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 1  Tigers: 0
DOUBLES- R.Deer(18th)
TRIPLES- J.Carter(3rd), L.Whitaker(2nd)
HOME RUNS- C.Maldonado(5th)
RBIs- D.White(52nd), J.Carter(71st), C.Maldonado-2(16th), L.Whitaker(51st),
      A.Trammell(37th), M.Tettleton(65th)
STOLEN BASES- M.Cuyler(24th)
CAUGHT STEALING- K.Gruber
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Lee
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.White, A.Trammell
WALKS- T.Phillips, L.Whitaker, C.Fielder, D.Bergman, M.Cuyler-2
STRIKE OUTS- D.White, C.Maldonado-2, G.Myers, L.Whitaker, A.Trammell, C.Fielder,
             M.Tettleton, D.Bergman, P.Incaviglia-2, R.Deer, M.Cuyler-2
GIDP- L.Whitaker
2-out RBI- M.Tettleton
RLISP 2-out- C.Maldonado, A.Trammell-2, M.Lee, R.Deer, M.Cuyler-2, J.Carter,
             D.Bergman
TEAM RISP- Blue Jays: 0 for 7  Tigers: 2 for 8
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Devon White robbed Alan Trammell of an extra base hit.
 
51,974 fans watched an exciting game at Tiger Stadium.  The Toronto Blue Jays
topped the Detroit Tigers by the slimmest of margins, 4 to 3.
 
Toronto jumped out to the early lead in the first inning plating one
baserunner on 2 base hits.  Toronto totaled 9 hits on the afternoon.  
 
Tom Candiotti(17-6) got credit for the victory, pitching 5 and 1/3 innings and
allowing 2 runs. Tom Henke recorded the save, his 11th.  Bill
Gullickson(12-12) was tagged with the loss.  
 
'I had a little blister on my index finger before the game, but I thought it
was nothing.' Candiotti said.  'I was lucky I got a win because I couldn't
put the ball where I wanted it.'

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