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PhillieFever · 10-30-2009, 11:54 AM

MLB Game Of The Day
Tuesday May 7,1985
AT
Arlington Stadium,Arlington,Tx.

The World Champions continued their early season dominance of the American League today,getting a strong pitching performance by Dan Petry(5-1) who went 7 and two thirds innings,allowing 2 runs on 4 hits while walking 4 and striking out 6 in the Tigers 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers.After a scoreless 1st inning,Detroit struck for two runs in the top of the 2nd on a RBI triple by Nelson Simmons followed by an RBI single by Larry Herndon.In the 3rd,the Tigers tacked on two more,scoring on an RBI sac fly by Darrell Evans and a wild pitch by Charlie Hough(4-2) that allowed Lou Whitaker to score from 3rd to make it 4-0 Detroit..In the bottom of the 3rd,Texas cut the lead in half,getting a two run homer by Wayne Tolleson to make it 4-2 after 3.Thanks to some tremendous pitching by Hough and Petry,neither team would score again until the 9th,where the Tigers Lance Parrish connected on a solo homer to left-center making it 5-2.Willie Hernandez took over from there,holding Texas scoreless in the bottom of the 9th for his 6th save of the season.

Today's Injuries
Astros RF Terry Puhl seriously injured his knee today,tearing his ACL attempting to beat out a double play,he'll be out for around 9 months.

MLB News And Notes
Royals starter Bud Black went the distance, holding the Orioles to just 3 hits while walking 1 and striking out 4 in KC's 11-0 demolition of Baltimore.Sluggers George Brett and Jorge Orta each had a homer and 2 RBI to pace the offense.

In an exciting end to a great ballgame,Mets LF George Foster scored the game winning run on a Lenny Dykstra fielder's choice in the bottom of the 11th to give New York the 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves and move them to within a game and a half of first place Chicago.

MLB Scoreboard

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PhillieFever Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Philly Posts: 5,884 Thanks: 367 Thanked 303x in 259 posts	MLB Game Of The Day Tuesday May 7,1985 AT Arlington Stadium,Arlington,Tx. The World Champions continued their early season dominance of the American League today,getting a strong pitching performance by Dan Petry(5-1) who went 7 and two thirds innings,allowing 2 runs on 4 hits while walking 4 and striking out 6 in the Tigers 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers.After a scoreless 1st inning,Detroit struck for two runs in the top of the 2nd on a RBI triple by Nelson Simmons followed by an RBI single by Larry Herndon.In the 3rd,the Tigers tacked on two more,scoring on an RBI sac fly by Darrell Evans and a wild pitch by Charlie Hough(4-2) that allowed Lou Whitaker to score from 3rd to make it 4-0 Detroit..In the bottom of the 3rd,Texas cut the lead in half,getting a two run homer by Wayne Tolleson to make it 4-2 after 3.Thanks to some tremendous pitching by Hough and Petry,neither team would score again until the 9th,where the Tigers Lance Parrish connected on a solo homer to left-center making it 5-2.Willie Hernandez took over from there,holding Texas scoreless in the bottom of the 9th for his 6th save of the season. Today's Injuries Astros RF Terry Puhl seriously injured his knee today,tearing his ACL attempting to beat out a double play,he'll be out for around 9 months. MLB News And Notes Royals starter Bud Black went the distance, holding the Orioles to just 3 hits while walking 1 and striking out 4 in KC's 11-0 demolition of Baltimore.Sluggers George Brett and Jorge Orta each had a homer and 2 RBI to pace the offense. In an exciting end to a great ballgame,Mets LF George Foster scored the game winning run on a Lenny Dykstra fielder's choice in the bottom of the 11th to give New York the 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves and move them to within a game and a half of first place Chicago. MLB Scoreboard Last edited by PhillieFever; 01-20-2011 at 09:41 AM.