Detroit, MI- Joe Niekro, making a rare start, threw 7.2 innings of shutout baseball, leading the Tigers to a 3-0 victory in the second game of a doubleheader, earning Detroit a split with the Boston Red Sox.
In Game 1, the Red Sox used a six-run eighth inning to win, 7-1.
Niekro (2-1) even chipped in with a single and a run scored. Chris Zachary finished the game to earn his sixth save. Jim Northrup and Aurelio Rodriguez each had an RBI single in a two-run third inning.
Chuck Seelbach started Game 1 and pitched six innings, allowing just four hits and one run, a home run by Carl Yastrzemski. John Hiller (3-6) was roughed up in the eighth inning, giving up four hits and six runs (three unearned). The big blow was a three-run homer off the bat of Reggie Smith. The Tigers chipped in with two errors.
The split of the twin bill kept the second place Red Sox eight games behind the first place Tigers (58-36).
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GAME 1
BOS 000 100 060 7-9-3
DET 000 000 100 1-9-3
WP: McGlothen
LP: Hiller (3-6)
HR: Yastrzemski (BOS); Smith (BOS)
GAME 2
BOS 000 000 000 0-5-3
DET 012 000 00x 3-10-0
WP: Niekro (2-1)
SV: Zachary (6)
LP: Tiant
Tigers overall: 58-36
Home: 28-18
Away: 30-18
Last 10: 9-1
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