WASHINGTON (31-60) @ DETROIT (54-34)
STARTING PITCHERS
8W (5-10 3.72) 10YW (9-6 3.61)
Joe Sparma was cruising toward his 10th victory when Mgr. Mayo Smith brought in Dave Wickersham. A Mime Epstein homer and Bernie Allen single tied the game in the 7th forcing bonus time, where Dick McAuliffe provided the walk off fireworks with his 12th homer of the season.
WAS 001 000 300 0 4 11 2
DET 111 010 000 2 6 14 0
2B WAS Casanova 18
DET Northrup 9
HR WAS Epstein 9 (7th off Wickersham)
HR DET McAuliffe 12 (10th off Baldwin)
RBI WAS Epstein 2(28) Valentine 14 Be. Allen 12
DET McAuliffe 2(37) J. Landis 2 W. Horton 30 Cash 65 Oyler 28
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Moore 3 6 0 1 1 3 2 17 37
Sparma 6 8 0 3 4 1 1 28 53
WP Marshall 3-1 3.57 LP Baldwin 0-4
SCORING PLAYS:
BOTTOM 1 .. McAuliffe singled. Wert singled. W. Horton sac fly scoring a run. WAS 0 DET 1
BOTTOM 2 .. Cash reached on a two base error. Oyler walked. J. Landis singled scoring a run. WAS 0 DET 2
TOP 3 .. Stroud singled. F. Howard walked. Valentine singled scoring a run. WAS 1 DET 3
BOTTOM 3 .. Wert singled. W. Horton singled. Cash grounded into a force scoring a run. WAS 1 DET 4
TOP 7 .. F. Howard walked. Epstein homered scoring two runs. Casanova doubled. Be. Allen singled scoring a run. WAS 4 DET 4
BOTTOM 10 .. L. Green singled. McAuliffe homered scoring two runs. WAS 4 DET 6
NOTES: Second walk off homer for Dick McAuliffe. Norm Cash now has had RBIs in 5 straight games, this time without the benefit of a hit. Cash is now 3rd in the league in RBI’s, 5 behind leader Harmon Killebrew. Mickey Stanley has a modest 6 game hitting streak. Paul Casanova doubled in each game if this series. Bob Priddy has been quite effective, riding a streak of 11 shutout relief innings.
STAR OF THE GAME: Walk off Homer
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