DETROIT (48-32) @ WASHINGTON (29-54)
STARTING PITCHERS
10YW (7-6 3.87) 9YZ (5-6 3.54)
An old fashioned pitchers duel punctuated by the long ball, the Tigers squeezed by the Nats to keep pace in the chase for second place. Joe Sparma tossed 8 shutout innings before Frank Howard spoiled his bid at a whitewash while his own error provided the winning margin casting the defeat on Camilio Pascual.
DET 000 100 010 2 6 0
WAS 000 000 001 1 4 2
2B WAS Be. Allen 4
3B WAS Stroyd 3
HR DET McAuliffe 11 (4th off Pascual)
WAS F. Howard 22 (9th off Sparma)
RBI DET McAuliffe 2(33)
WAS F. Howard 57
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Sparma 8.1 4 1 3 7 1 1 30 75
Pascual 7.1 5 1 1 8 2 1 30 69
WP Sparma 8-6 3.68 LP Pascual 5-7 3.38 SV Gladding 12
SCORING PLAYS:
TOP 4 .. McAuliffe homered DET 1 WAS 0
TOP 8 .. Sparma reached on an error. L. Green singled. McAuliffe singled s owing a run. DET 2 WAS 0
BOTTOM 9 .. F. Howard homered DET 2 WAS 1
NOTES: second impressive start in a row for Sparma who tossed a shutout his last outing. Mgr Mayo Smith decided to platoon Ray Oyler with lefty swinging Jerry Lumpe with McAuliffe a,ternstimg between second and short. Oyler does relieve Lumpe of defensive responsibilities late in the game. Fran Howard moved into third in the hone run race with his 22 circuit blast.
STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR 2RBI
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