THE BIRD FLIES HIGH IN TIGERS VICTORY
Fidrych Tosses 9th Straight CG, 6th Straight 'W'
DETROIT, Sept. 3 (AP) - Mark Fidrych tossed his ninth consecutive complete game,
leading the Detroit Tigers to a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers at Tiger
Stadium. Fidrych has now won his last six starts. The run of nine
straight complete games matches the major league season high set by Gaylord
Perry of the Texas Rangers from June 30 through August 16. Fidrych's
string began on July 29 with a ten-inning effort against the Baltimore Orioles.
The Tigers took the lead in the bottom of the first inning. Ron LeFlore
drew a lead-off walk from Milwaukee starter Jerry Augustine and stole his 54th
base of the year to move into scoring position. One out later, Rusty Staub
drove LeFlore home with a single to center field.
The Brewers drew even in the third. Tim Johnson reached on a one-out
infield single and advanced to third when Von Joshua looped a single just inside
the left field line. Robin Yount's soft grounder to second scored Johnson
to knot the score at a run apiece.
A one-out fourth inning home run off the bat of Willie Horton--his 10th long
ball of the year--put Detroit on top 2-1 and Rusty Staub's 11th homer of the
season, and second in as many days, in the sixth capped the scoring.
After Darrell Porter led off the top of the fifth inning with Milwaukee's fifth
safety--an infield single--Fidrych tightened the screws. He retired the
next 13 Brewers in order until George Scott's base hit with one out in the ninth
inning. But Fidrych closed the game in style, fanning Bernie Carbo and
Mike Hegan to end the contest.
For the game, Fidrych struck out a personal season-best nine batters, including
Carbo and Sixto Lezcano twice apiece. The Brewers managed just six
singles--a remarkable four of them of the infield variety. For the fourth
time during the complete game streak and the ninth time in a start this year,
Fidrych issued no walks.
9/3/1976, Mil76-Det76, Tiger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1976 Brewers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 4 1 1976 Tigers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 x 3 8 0 5 1 Brewers AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG Joshua cf 4 0 2 0 .237 LeFlore cf 3 1 0 0 .308 Yount ss 4 0 0 1 .271 Kimm c 4 0 2 0 .255 Scott,G 1b 4 0 1 0 .263 Staub rf 4 1 2 2 .316 Carbo dh 4 0 1 0 .226 Horton dh 4 1 1 1 .266 Hegan lf 4 0 0 0 .321 Johnson,A lf 2 0 0 0 .261 Lezcano rf 3 0 0 0 .286 Oglivie ph 1 0 0 0 .325 Porter c 3 0 1 0 .191 Stanley,M 1b 3 0 1 0 .282 Gantner 3b 3 0 0 0 .000 Garcia,P 2b 3 0 0 0 .200 Johnson,Ti 2b 3 1 1 0 .267 Wagner ss 3 0 1 0 .209 32 1 6 1 Mankowski 3b 3 0 1 0 .250 30 3 8 3 Brewers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Augustine L 9-11 6.2 7 3 3 2 1 85 59 3.17 Frisella 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 19 13 1.81 8.0 8 3 3 2 4 104 72 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Fidrych W 15-7 9.0 6 1 1 0 9 110 74 1.97 9.0 6 1 1 0 9 110 74 Det: Oglivie batted for Johnson,A in the 8th Oglivie moved to lf in the 9th E-Hegan 2. HR-Staub(11), Horton(10). RBI-Yount(54), Staub 2(64), Horton(43). SB-LeFlore(54). CS-Johnson,A. K-Joshua, Scott,G, Carbo 2, Hegan, Lezcano 2, Porter, Gantner, LeFlore, Horton, Johnson,A, Oglivie. BB-LeFlore, Johnson,A. GWRBI: Horton Temperature: 74, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to left at 11 MPH. Attendance: 11,937 Game Time: 2:02