FIDRYCH TOSSES SHUTOUT, RODRIGUEZ HOMERS
Detroit Snaps 16-of-18 'L' Skid
BOSTON, June 24 (AP) - Mark Fidrych fired his third shutout in eight starts thus
far this season and Aurelio Rodriguez hit a solo home run in the top of the
seventh as the Detroit Tigers slipped past the Boston Red Sox, 1-0, at Fenway
Park. The Tigers had dropped 16 of their last 18 games. The victory
was only the sixth on the road this season for Detroit; the Tigers are now 6-25
in away games.
Red Sox starter Rick Wise held Detroit to just one run in completing his fifth
game of the season. His shutout remained intact one out into the seventh
when Rodriguez picked out a 1-0 offering that just barely cleared the Green
Monster in left field. Wise retired 13 of the final 14 batters he faced;
Rodriguez's home run was the sole exception.
The Tigers had a good scoring opportunity in the top of the very first
inning. With one out, consecutive singles off the bats of Tom Veryzer, Ben
Oglivie and Rusty Staub filled the bases. But Wise struck out Jason
Thompson and retired Alex Johnson on a fly ball to center to end the inning.
In the fifth, Detroit had another threat. Bruce Kimm singled with one out
and stole second base. Ron LeFlore's infield single moved Kimm to third
but Wise then induced Veryzer to ground into an inning ending double play.
Bsoton, meanwhile, never advanced a runner into scoring position off Fidrych
with less than two outs. The best scoring chance came in the second inning
when back-to-back singles by Dwight Evans and Rico Petrocelli put runners on
first and third with two outs, but Fidrych fanned Rick Burleson to extinguish
the threat. The Red Sox never advanced another baserunner beyond first.
Fidrych has tossed shutouts in three of his four wins this year. The
Tigers have averaged only 2.3 runs in the right-hander's eight starts and have
managed only six runs in the four games Fidrych has lost.
6/24/1976, Det76-Bos76, Fenway Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1976 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 5 0 1976 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 2 Tigers AB R H BI AVG Red Sox AB R H BI AVG LeFlore cf 4 0 1 0 .302 Cooper dh 4 0 0 0 .234 Veryzer ss 4 0 1 0 .255 Griffin,D 2b 3 0 0 0 .141 Oglivie rf 4 0 2 0 .383 Doyle ph 1 0 0 0 .247 Staub dh 4 0 1 0 .300 Lynn cf 4 0 1 0 .279 Thompson,J 1b 4 0 0 0 .173 Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 0 .275 Johnson,A lf 4 0 0 0 .271 Rice lf 4 0 0 0 .305 Stanley,M lf 0 0 0 0 .293 Fisk c 3 0 2 0 .258 Rodriguez,A 3b 3 1 1 1 .275 Evans,Dw rf 3 0 1 0 .239 Garcia,P 2b 3 0 0 0 .147 Petrocelli 3b 3 0 1 0 .210 Kimm c 2 0 1 0 .226 Burleson ss 3 0 0 0 .315 32 1 7 1 32 0 6 0 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Fidrych W 4-4 9.0 6 0 0 0 5 109 76 2.08 9.0 6 0 0 0 5 109 76 Red Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Wise L 8-3 9.0 7 1 1 1 3 104 73 3.23 9.0 7 1 1 1 3 104 73 Det: Stanley,M inserted at lf in the 9th Bos: Doyle batted for Griffin,D in the 9th 2B-Lynn(15). HR-Rodriguez,A(4). RBI-Rodriguez,A(28). SB-Kimm(3). CS-Fisk. K-LeFlore, Staub, Thompson,J, Griffin,D, Rice, Evans,Dw 2, Burleson. BB-Kimm. GWRBI: Rodriguez,A Temperature: 79, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 14 MPH. Attendance: 21,444 Game Time: 1:53