Thu 7-27-72: DET 6-3, Mil 4-2 (DH)

Milwaukee, WI- Catcher John Felske's error allowed the eventual game-winning run to score in the seventh inning, giving the Tigers a doubleheader sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers by scores of 6-4 and 3-2 at County Stadium.

Felske dropped the baseball trying to apply a tag on Tony Taylor, who got caught in a rundown off third base. The blunder gave the Tigers a 3-2 lead in the nightcap that they never relinquished. They rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the seventh inning. Taylor drove in Ed Brinkman with the tying run with a triple. Aurelio Rodriguez hit a ground ball to second baseman Bob Heise, and Taylor got trapped off third base. In the ensuing rundown, Felske dropped the baseball as he swung around trying to tag Taylor.

In Game 1, Mickey Lolich survived a rough outing and the Tigers used a three-run first inning to set the pace in a 6-4 win.

Willie Horton (7, three-run), Rodriguez (8, solo) and Dick McAuliffe (4, two-run) homered for Detroit in the first game, accounting for all six runs. All the homers came off Brewers starter Bill Parsons. Lolich (17-6) won despite giving up four runs and nine hits in seven innings.

In Game 2, rookie right-hander Fred Holdsworth (1-0) made his big league debut on the mound for the Tigers and went six innings, giving up seven hits and two runs. Willie Horton was 3-for-3 and scored a run in the nightcap.

Chris Zachary (5) saved both games.

The Tigers (55-35) are 22-11 in their last 33 games and maintained their firm hold on first place.

The Tigers debuted their new road uniforms. Gone are the grey flannels with the block "DETROIT" on the front. In their place are new double-knit uniforms. The base color is still grey, but the sleeves, sides of the pants and the socks all feature orange, white and blue piping/stripes. The word "DETROIT" is in a serif-style font and is blue outlined in orange. The caps have a thicker Old English D that is orange outlined in white.


Jim Northrup models the new road uniforms in spring training. The Tigers debuted them in Milwaukee Thursday night.

*******************************
Game 1
DET 301 200 000 6-10-0
MIL 021 000 100 4-11-2

WP: Lolich (17-6)
SV: Zachary (4)
LP: Parsons
HR: Horton (DET; 7); Rodriguez (DET; 8); McAuliffe (DET; 4); Scott (MIL)

Game 2
DET 010 000 200 3-11-1
MIL 001 001 000 2-7-1

WP: Holdsworth (1-0)
SV: Zachary (5)
LP: Ryerson

Tigers overall: 55-35
Home: 27-17
Away: 28-18
Last 10: 8-2