DETROIT (65-51) @ BOSTON (72-40)
STARTING PITCHERS
13Y (14-8 3.34) 14X (18-6 2.13)
The rubber game of the series went to the visitors on the strength of the bat of left fielder Willie Horton who drove in three off Jim Lonborg. Norm Cash went deep to deepen the cushion. Earl Wilson cruised into the 8th with shutout until Yaz put one into the right field bleachers to ruin the whitewash.
DET 000 310 010 5 9 0
BOS 000 000 010 1 7 0
2B DET Kaline 24
BOS Conigliaro 11
HR DET Cash 25 (8th off B. Landis)
BOS Yastrzemski 41 (8th off Wilson)
RBI DET W. Horton 3(47) Cash 75
BOS Yastrzemski 96
SB BOS Ryan 2
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Wilson 8 7 1 2 5 1 1 31 63
Lonborg 5 5 0 2 3 4 4 23 42
WP Wilson 15-8 3.25 LP Lonborg 18-7 2.25
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 4 .. Wert singled. Kaline doubled. W. Horton singled scoring two runs. Freehan hit by pitch. Oyler walked. Wild pitch scoring a run. DET 3 BOS 0
TOP 5 .. McAulliffe singled and advanced on a groundout. W. Horton singled scoring a run. DET 4 BOS 0
TOP 8 .. Cash homered DET 5 BOS 0
BOTTOM 8 .. Yastrzemski homered DET 5 BOS 1
NOTES: In the batting leaders race, Carl Yastrzemski pulled ahead of Al Kaline 354 to .352. Yaz also leads in homers with 41 and RBIs with 96. Manager Dick Williams sent Jim Lonborg out on shirt rest and the results were not pretty. The loss broke a personal 8 game winning streak having not lost since 6/30. He also registered a season low of strikeouts.
STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 3 RBIs
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