CHICAGO (73-33) @ DETROIT (62-47)
STARTING PITCHERS
10Z (5-3 3.41) 10YW (10-8 3.73)
A scoreless duel until after the seventh inning stretch when Dick McAuliffe found a knuckles in his wheelhouse finding the right field overhang for two runs. Sparma faltered a bit in the 8th but Fred Gladding retired all 5 he faced giving the Tigers the series win.
CWS 000 000 010 1 4 0
DET 000 000 20x 2 7 0
2B CWS Hansen 18
DET W. Horton 13 Oyler 17
HR DET McAuliffe 17 (7th off W. Wood)
RBI CWS P. Ward 66
DET McAuliffe 2(44)
SB CWS Agee 12
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
W. Wood 7 7 1 2 4 2 2 30 57
Sparma 7.1 4 0 2 5 1 1 27 69
WP Sparma 11-8 3.62 LP W. Wood 5-4 3.33 SV Gladding 15
SCORING PLAYS
BOTTOM 7 .. Oyler doubled. McAuliffe homered scoring two runs. CWS 0 DET 2
TOP 8 .. Hansen doubled. Ward singled scoring a run. CWS 1 DET 2
NOTES: Joe Sparma with another solid start . Al Kaline’s 10 game hit streak ended. Wilbur Wood took yet another hard luck loss. Since being acquired by the Sox, Rocky Colavito is slumping terribly, going 3-34 since the trade.
STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 HR 2RBI
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