Detroit, MI- Mickey Stanley homered twice, Mickey Lolich pitched his 19th complete game to get his 19th victory, and the Tigers beat the Oakland A's, 6-4 at Tiger Stadium.
Stanley's second home run, a two-run shot in the eighth, proved to be big. It gave the Tigers a 6-2 lead, and provided insurance that they would need, as the A's scored twice in the ninth on a two-run homer from Bert Campaneris.
Lolich (19-9) went all the way despite giving up four runs and nine hits, two of them home runs.
Jim Northrup added a solo homer for Detroit (71-47), which evened the three-game series.
Stanley's first home run, a solo blow in the second inning, broke a 1-1 tie and the Tigers never trailed after that.
Campaneris had three hits for Oakland. Dave Duncan hit a solo homer, his second of the series. Blue Moon Odom pitched all eight innings for the A's.
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OAK 010 010 002 4-9-2
DET 111 001 02x 6-9-0
WP: Lolich (19-9)
LP: Odom
HR: Duncan (OAK); Campaneris (OAK); Stanley (DET; [2] 13); Northrup (DET; 10)
Tigers overall: 71-47
Home: 36-26
Away: 35-21
Last 10: 5-5
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