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Date: October 5, 1984
ALCS Game 3
Scoring:
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
DET 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 1 3 0
Visitor playmakers:
None
Home playmakers:
CF Chet Lemon, 3B Marty Castillo
Network: ABC (KABC Los Angeles)
Announcers: Al Michaels, Howard Cosell, Jim Palmer
Pregame: Yes
Postgame: Yes
Commercials: No
Grade: Very Good
Notes: Things started out innocently enough. The Tigers drew first blood in the second. Barbero Garbey led off with a single, and was forced out at second by Chet Lemon. Darrell Evans singled, sending Lemon to third. And then Marty Castillo hit into a fielders choice that scored Chet Lemon.
And that was it. The Tigers managed only one other hit the rest of the game, as Charlie Leibrandt threw the game of his life. Unfortunately, it wasn’t good enough.
Milt Wilcox went eight innings, giving up only two hits, two walks, and he struck out eight Royals. The Royals first hit came in the fourth, and the second came in the eighth. They were both singles, and no Royal made it past first base off of Milt.
In the ninth, Willie Hernandez came in to finish things out. He gave up a single to Hal McRae with two outs, but like Wilcox, he didn’t let the runner past first base. The Tigers were going to the World Series, and they did it grand fashion.
The loss moved Royals manager Dick Howser into a tie with Bill McKechnie for the most consecutive post-season losses at 9.
(Thanks to Brian at http://www.1984tigers.com/category/1984-diary/)
Thanks Jim!
Running time: 2:21 (2 discs)