1991 Game of Note: Det @ Sea.

September 3, 1991

In a great pitching duel Detroit Tiger rookie Scott Aldred threw a 2 hit shutout and the Tigers defeated the Seattle Mariners 1-0. Aldred struck out 11 batters and walked 5 while getting his 2nd Win of the season. The Tigers scored the games' only run in the 8th inning when Rob Deer tripled and later came home on a wild pitch.  *Note* In 'real life' Seattle defeated Detroit 1-0.

BOXSCORE: 1991 Detroit Tigers At 1991 Seattle Mariners               9/3/1991
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mariners           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Phillips LF       3  0  1  0 .265     E.Martinez 3B       3  0  0  0 .275  
  S.Livingstone 3B    3  0  0  0 .323     H.Reynolds 2B       2  0  0  0 .282  
A-A.Trammell PH,SS    1  0  0  0 .246     K.Griffey Jr CF     3  0  0  0 .338  
  L.Whitaker 2B       4  0  0  0 .259     J.Buhner RF         3  0  0  0 .249  
  C.Fielder DH        2  0  0  0 .259     P.O'Brien 1B        3  0  1  0 .236  
  M.Tettleton C       3  0  0  0 .230     T.Jones LF          4  0  0  0 .228  
  D.Bergman 1B        2  0  0  0 .301     T.Martinez DH       3  0  0  0 .231  
  T.Fryman SS,3B      3  0  1  0 .280     J.Schaefer SS       3  0  1  0 .261  
  R.Deer RF           3  1  1  0 .221     D.Valle C           3  0  0  0 .208  
  M.Cuyler CF         3  0  1  0 .258                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      27  1  4  0                 Totals      27  0  2  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Livingstone In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  1  4  0
Mariners........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  0
 
Tigers (79-54)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Aldred WIN(2-2)         9       2   0   0   5  11   0 126   4.06
Totals                    9       2   0   0   5  11   0
 
Mariners (74-59)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Holman                  6       2   0   0   4   5   0  88   3.78
D.Fleming LOSS(1-2)       3       2   1   1   0   2   0  29   6.48
Totals                    9       4   1   1   4   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 53,287 DATE- Tuesday, September 3rd 1991 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Don Denkinger, Larry McCoy, Durwood Merrill, Tim McClelland
T- 2:17
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 4  Mariners: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Mariners: 4
TRIPLES- R.Deer(4th)
WALKS- T.Phillips, C.Fielder, M.Tettleton, D.Bergman, E.Martinez, H.Reynolds,
       K.Griffey Jr, J.Buhner, P.O'Brien
HIT BY PITCH- C.Fielder, H.Reynolds
STRIKE OUTS- T.Phillips, S.Livingstone, L.Whitaker, M.Tettleton-2, T.Fryman,
             R.Deer, E.Martinez, J.Buhner-2, P.O'Brien-2, T.Jones-2,
             T.Martinez-2, J.Schaefer, D.Valle
GIDP- A.Trammell, M.Tettleton, D.Bergman, T.Jones
WILD PITCHES- B.Holman, D.Fleming
RLISP 2-out- C.Fielder, J.Buhner, M.Cuyler, T.Martinez, K.Griffey Jr, T.Fryman
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 0 for 5  Mariners: 0 for 4
 
Scott Aldred shut down the Seattle batters on just 2 hits as the Detroit
Tigers bested the Seattle Mariners 1 to 0 at The Kingdome.
 
Aldred(2-2) dominated Seattle hitters.  He gave up just 2 hits and 5 walks in
9 innings.  Aldred racked up 11 strikeouts lowering his ERA to 4.06.  Seattle
had a chance in the 9th but they came up short.  
 
Dave Fleming(1-2) was charged with the loss in relief.  Aldred was pleased
with his performance.  He noted, 'I had good command of all my pitches.  Just
as important, my location was right on.'