Milwaukee, WI- The Tigers scored in six separate innings and completed a four-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers with a 9-3 win at County Stadium.
Bill Freehan went 4-for-4, scored three runs and had three RBI. He also slammed his 14th home run of the season.
The Tigers (57-35) banged out 14 hits off three Brewers pitchers in winning their ninth game of their past 10, and 24th of their past 35.
The score was tied 1-1 before the Tigers started piling on. They scored once in the third inning, twice in the fourth and added another run in the fifth inning for a commanding 5-1 lead. A three-run seventh made the score 8-1.
Bill Slayback (3-4) went seven innings for the victory, giving up just three hits. Tom Timmermann, making his first relief appearance of the season, pitched two scoreless, hitless innings.
Brewers starter Jim Colborn took most of the abuse, surrendering eight runs (seven earned) and 13 hits in 6.1 innings of work.
The Tigers obviously have not been cooled off by the All-Star break, as they moved to 4-0 after the 3-day hiatus. They stretched their lead in the AL East to eight games over the Boston Red Sox, who invade Detroit for a three-game series that starts with a Sunday doubleheader.
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DET 101 210 310 9-14-1
MIL 010 000 200 3-3-2
WP: Slayback (3-4)
LP: Colborn
HR: Freehan (DET; 14); LaHoud (MIL)
Tigers overall: 57-35
Home: 27-17
Away: 30-18
Last 10: 9-1
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