The Jays opened their first homestand of the season with a 8 to 2 blasting of the Tigers. A bat-around 5 run 4th inning caused the majority of the damage. Jerry Garvin pitched 7 strong innings. Tom Murphy came in for relief and almost held down the shutout - until Rusty Staub and Jason Thompson hit back-to-back home runs with 2 outs in the 9th.
Coming recently off my 8th birthday, my dad got me tickets for the Saturday contest. This was the first ever baseball game I attended in my life and what a thrill it was! However, much like in the real world, this game mirrored the end result of what I saw. The Tigers pounded out 16 hits en route to a 6-2 victory (When I went, the score was 6-3). Rodriquez went 4 for 5 with 3 RBIs.
The series concluded with the closest game of the three. Jays led the game 2-0 heading into the 8th. Jim Clancy pitched effectively, but gave the ball to Willis after surrendering a couple of hits. Willis proved ineffective and the Tigers capitalized on this and score 3 runs. Dave Rozema went the distance.
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