The Detroit Tigers came from behind and defeated the Cleveland Indians 7-6 tonight in Detroit. Coupled with Toronto's 5-4 loss in 14 innings to the California Angels, Detroit now has a 2 game lead over the 2nd place Blue Jays in the AL East. In other game news tonight, the Chicago White Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins 7-1. The game was a scoreless affair until the 8th inning when the White Sox scored 4 runs. Chicago now holds a 4 game lead over Minnesota in the AL West.
NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1991 American League Date: 9/24/1991 CHICAGO AT MINNESOTA White Sox....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 - 7 10 0 Twins........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 1 Win:McDowell(16-7) Loss:Erickson(18-8) Save:Thigpen(30th) Homeruns- D.Pasqua(29th) In a one-sided affiar at Metrodome the final score was the red-hot Chicago White Sox 7, the Minnesota Twins 1. Chicago scored the decisive runs in a big top of the 8th inning when they came up with 4 runs on 4 hits. The key offensive moment was provided by Dan Pasqua who silenced the crowd when he launched a three-run homer. The teams had been locked in a scoreless duel until the 8th inning. The victory was credited to Jack McDowell(16-7) who went 7 and 2/3 innings, allowing 1 run. Bobby Thigpen earned the save, his 30th. The losing pitcher was Scott Erickson(18-8). KANSAS CITY AT OAKLAND Royals.......... 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 7 12 0 A's............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 8 0 Win:Appier(13-9) Loss:Slusarski(2-10) In a lop-sided win the Kansas City Royals ripped the Oakland A's by a 7 to 1 count. Kansas City claimed the early lead in the first inning scoring 2 runners on 4 hits. That was all the offense they were to need. Kansas City finished with 12 hits while Oakland ended up with 8. Kevin Appier(13-9) went 8 and 1/3 innings allowing 1 run for the win. Joe Slusarski(2-10) was the losing pitcher. He got hit pretty hard, allowing 12 hits and 2 walks in 5 and 1/3 innings. NEW YORK AT MILWAUKEE Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 0 Brewers......... 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 5 6 0 Win:Eldred(1-0) Loss:Plunk(6-6) Save:August(1st) Homeruns- J.Gantner(3rd) The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the hopeless New York Yankees by a score of 5 to 1 at County Stadium. Cal Eldred(1-0) was solid if not spectacular. He went 5 innings allowing 6 hits and 2 walks. Milwaukee won despite being out-hit by New York 9 hits to 6. Don August got the save, his 1st. Eric Plunk(6-6) was given the loss. He allowed 5 runs and 6 hits in 5 and 1/3 innings. TEXAS AT SEATTLE Rangers......... 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 - 10 15 0 Mariners........ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 0 Win:Brown(12-10) Loss:Krueger(8-11) Save:Mathews(3rd) Homeruns- B.Downing-2(16th), J.Franco(18th), D.Palmer(16th) Brian Downing cracked 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI and Terry Mathews pitched 3 strong innings as the Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners 10 to 1 at The Kingdome. Downing provided the offensive punch. He lofted a solo-blast 'downtown' in the 3rd inning and smashed a solo-shot out of the park in the 5th inning. For the game Texas out-hit Seattle 15 to 9. Kevin Brown(12-10) picked up the victory, allowing 1 run in 6 innings. Mathews recorded the save, his 3rd. Bill Krueger(8-11) was tagged with the loss. He surrended 3 homeruns in his 4 innings. TORONTO AT CALIFORNIA Blue Jays....... 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 1 Angels.......... 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 13 2 Win:Bailes(6-0) Loss:Ward(2-4) Homeruns- R.Alomar(10th), D.Winfield(30th) The California Angels nipped the Toronto Blue Jays in 14 innings 5 to 4 at Anaheim Stadium in a hard fought contest. The game was deadlocked at 4 after nine full innings. California came out the victor in the 14th inning. After two were out Gary Gaetti drew a walk. Dave Gallagher stepped up next and he doubled resulting in an exciting win for California and a raucous post-game celebration by the home town fans. California had 13 hits for the game and Toronto had 8. The victory went to Scott Bailes(6-0) who went 3 and 2/3 innings, allowing no runs. Duane Ward(2-4) was tagged with the loss in relief. CLEVELAND AT DETROIT Indians......... 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 6 9 3 Tigers.......... 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 - 7 10 1 Win:Haas(1-0) Loss:Olin(1-4) Save:Henneman(24th) Homeruns- C.Baerga(16th), L.Whitaker-2(23rd) Second baseman Lou Whitaker smashed 2 homeruns as the Detroit Tigers topped the Cleveland Indians by a score of 7 to 6 at Tiger Stadium. Detroit had the game winning rally in the bottom of the 8th inning plating 2 runs using 2 hits. Mickey Tettleton led off and started the rally when he drew a walk. Barnes ran for Tettleton and Sparky Anderson called for a steal that was successful. Lloyd Moseby then ripped a base-knock bringing in a run. Travis Fryman laid down a sacrifice bunt. Scott Livingstone came up to bat and doubled scoring the final run of the inning. Mike Henneman was great in relief and recorded his 24th save. Dave Haas(1-0) went 3 and 1/3 innings allowing no runs for the victory. Steve Olin(1-4) was the losing pitcher in relief. He surrendered 2 hits and 1 walk in 1 and 1/3 innings.LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1991 American League ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL East WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT 1991 Detroit DEA 89 61 .593 ---- 10 77 73 .513 84 78 .519 1991 Toronto TOA 88 64 .579 2.0 84 68 .553 91 71 .562 1991 Boston BOA 71 79 .473 18.0 81 69 .540 84 78 .519 1991 Milwaukee MLA 70 79 .470 18.5 73 76 .490 83 79 .512 1991 Baltimore BAA 69 81 .460 20.0 63 87 .420 67 95 .414 1991 Cleveland CLA 68 81 .456 20.5 51 98 .342 57 105 .352 1991 New York NYA 61 89 .407 28.0 64 86 .427 71 91 .438 ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL West WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT 1991 Chicago CHA 92 59 .609 ---- 8 82 69 .543 87 75 .537 1991 Minnesota MNA 88 63 .583 4.0 91 60 .603 95 67 .586 1991 Seattle SEA 79 72 .523 13.0 76 75 .503 83 79 .512 1991 Kansas City KCA 73 78 .483 19.0 77 74 .510 82 80 .506 1991 California CAA 72 79 .477 20.0 76 75 .503 81 81 .500 1991 Texas TEA 70 80 .467 21.5 79 71 .527 85 77 .525 1991 Oakland OAA 63 88 .417 29.0 79 72 .523 84 78 .519
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