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-r fcT -4 41- ug 1,, "jj iq-'sq DETROIT FRfE PRESS TUFSOAY. JULY 1, 1966 5D Gibson's chance comes too late Game 73 Reprinted from Monday's late editions Brookens and Coles Brewers 3, Tigers 1 SECOND CAME MILWAUKEE DETROIT brhH abrhw 4 0 0 1 Brixm 4 0 0 0 4 I 1 Trvrroa 11 3 0 0 0 4 2 10 G'OMlt rt 4 12 1 4 0 0 0 Parmn 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 lemon cl 4 0 0 0 4 0 11 Hindoo II 4 0 10 4 0 10 E.oto 3b 2 0 10 0 1 0 Sfltridaft pr 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 Ene ID 4 0 0 0 Winning It bled to ght Ccxh scored Deer struck cx.i Brewer 1, TkjoHt 0. SIXTH INNING Mllwauktx: Moore grounded out to snortstop Cooper douoled to right. Ogliv toued out to third. Riies singled to left.

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NINTH INNING Detroit: Higuera pitching Gibson homered to right. Parrish sate on third b.iseman Sveum's fielding error Lemon grounded into fielder's choice to third, Parrish forced at second, third to second. Herndon singled to center. Lemon to third. Plesac relieved Higuera Evans walked Sheridan ran tor Evans.

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Oglivie grounded out to second, Cooper to second. Riles struck out. Sveum dou By JOHN LOWE Free Press Sports Writer Kirk Gibson was so sure he was going to win the game, he let the governor know it. As Gibson stood in the on-deck circle in the eighth inning of Sunday's second game, he turned and smiled at Gov. Blanchard, seated in a box seat at Tiger Stadium.

It was a smile that said, "I'll take care of this little matter." As they would say in Lansing, the Tigers were trying to get an 1 lth-hour extension on their second-place initiative. They were down by three runs, but if Alan Trammell could get on, Gibson would be up with the bases loaded and two out. But there are some things that neither Gibson nor Blanchard can control. Ted Higuera the best left-hander In the American League this season struck out Trammell, and when Gibson homered leading off the ninth, it only meant that the Tigers lost, 3-1, to the Milwaukee Brewers. They won the first game, 9-5, extending their winning streak to five games, matching their season high.

With a second-game win, the Tigers would have tied for fourth place, would have gone three games over .500 (also equaling a season high) and would have gone into Yankee Stadium Monday night just two games back of the second-place Yankees. Which, in Gibson's thesaurus, means the same thing as, "If I could have batted in the eighth with the bases loaded." "I knew I was going to win the game, plain and simple," he said of the at-bat that wasn't. "The reason I say that is that I'm totally comfortable in those situations. I love it. "I know I would have hit the ball hard." That's what he did do when he led off the ninth with his 10th homer, his fifth in the last six games.

The homer led to the Tigers getting the tying run to second with one out, then leaving it there and leaving themselves tied with Milwaukee for sixth, 1 1 games behind Boston. Lance Parrish, the hitter after Gibson, reached when his grounder got by third baseman Dale Sveum for an error. Chet Lemon forced Parrish, but Larry Herndon got just the fourth hit off Higuera, a single that sent Lemon to third. Milwaukee manager George Bamberger lifted Higuera (10-6) for his top reliever, left-hander Dan Plesac. Plesac walked Darrell Evans on four pitches, loading the bases and putting Herndon on second with the tying run.

The Tigers coming up were Dave Engle (two RBIs in his previous 52 at-bats this season) and Dave Collins (two RBIs in the last month). Engle flied to short right-center too shallow for a sacrifice fly and Collins tapped the next pitch toward the mound. Plesac tossed home for an easy, game-ending forceout. "I had the pitch I wanted, a fastball right down the 1 tVw store jiwuWrf Mill both play now Darnell Coles' chicken pox is the best thing that has happened to Tom Brookens this year. Brookens has impressed Tigers manager Sparky Anderson while playing third base in Coles' absence.

Anderson said Monday that even though Coles returns to the active list tonight, Brookens will continue to get many more at-bats than he did before Coles left the lineup. "I've got to play Tommy against all left-handed pitching," Anderson said of the veteran right-handed hitter. Then Anderson added, "I think playing Tommy three-quarters of the time would be just about right." This does not necessarily mean that Coles has lost any playing time. But it does mean that he may not be at third base every day, as he was this season before the chicken pox afflicted him two weeks ago. Since Coles went out, Brookens has hit .300 1 5-f or-50) with seven RBIs.

For the season, he's batting .309. Anderson also likes Brookens' fundamental soundness and base-running expertise. Coles returns to the active list for tonight's game with the Yankees after being on the 1 5-day disabled list with the chicken pox. Anderson said he won't start Coles tonight because a right-hander (rookie Doug Drabek) is pitching for New York. But Anderson said Coles would be in the lineup Wednesday night against left-hander Ron Guidry.

When Coles and Brookens are in the lineup together, one or the other will be the DH or the left fielder, according to Anderson. Brookens has done some DHing against lefthanders. But if the Tigers sign free agent Gorman Thomas, then Thomas would be the DH against lefthanders. That would mean either Coles or Brookens would be in left when they are in the lineup together. Left field this year has been shared by Dave Collins and Larry Herndon.

But neither of them has produced runs as they have in some past years. Anderson has no doubts about Brookens' defensive ability in the outfield. "I'd be comfortable with Brookens in left," Anderson said. "I'd be comfortable with him in center." Coles said he hasn't played left field since doing it for Seattle against the Tigers a year ago. He said he hasn't played left much, but that he has no problems with it.

Gibson honored: Tigers outfielder Kirk Gibson, who hit five home runs, drove in 1 1 runs and hit .345 last week, was named the American League's player of the week. Gibson, named player of the week for the second time, also scored nine runs, had 26 total bases, a slugging percentage of .897 and an on-base percentage of .387. He was also named player of the week for the first week of the season. John Lowe Sparky's milestone: 600 in both leagues Sparky Anderson became the first manager to win 600 games in both the American and National leagues when the Tigers won the first game of Sunday's doubleheader with Milwaukee, 9-5. "It's a nice honor," Anderson said.

"It does mean something." Anderson won 863 games in his nine years managing Cincinnati. He's 600-497 in his seven-plus years with the Tigers. The only other manager to win 600 games with two different teams is Leo Durocher. He had 740 wins with the Brooklyn Dodgers and 637 with the New York Giants. John Lowe AP Photo Danny Darwin is disgusted as Lou Whitaker rounds the bases on his homer in Sunday's first game.

middle," Engle said. "It's the first time in my life I've struggled like this. I've got to stay positive. "I've had about 10 situations with runners in scoring position and failed to drive anybody in." Collins said, "We've got to win when we get a chance like that. I did a stupid thing, trying to pull the ball right-handed.

That's why I've been struggling from the right side Earlier, the Tigers found out they used up all their fortune coupons in the first game. A stiff wind was blowing from left to right field in the second game. That wind 1) caused left fielder Herndon to misplay Ernest Riles' two-out fly in the sixth, which fell for the single that gave Milwaukee a 2-0 lead; 2) held up would-be, game-tying, two-run homers by Parrish and Lemon in the seventh, and 3) took Charlie Moore's fly ball to right over the fence for the homer that gave the Brewers a 3-0 lead in the eighth off loser Jack Morris (7-5). Louisville heals Nashville, 2-1 LOUISVILLE (AP) Mike Dunne scattered seven hits and Fred Manrique singled home the winning run in the seventh inning as the Louisville Redbirds edged the Nashville Sounds, 2-1, on Sunday. Dunne (7-5) struck out five batters and went the distance.

Jack Lazorko (4-3) took the loss for the Sounds, the Tigers' Triple-A affiliate. Lions great Christiansen Run from one country to the next dies at 57 Free Press Staff and Wire Reports Former Lions great Jack Christiansen, one of four men inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame on May 19, died Sunday after cancer surgery at Stanford Hospital in By the numbers Holding patterns How much is a hitter helped by having the first baseman hold the runner on first, opening a hole between first and second? What kinds of hitters are helped most by these situations? The hypothesis is that lefties who pull the ball are helped most. Below are the statistics for the eight Tigers regulars for 1985, with their totals when there was a runner on first but not on second our definition of a holding situation. The evidence supports the hypothesis: Kirk Gibson, Darrell Evans and Lou Whitaker (the three everyday left-handed hitters) did better than the righties in holding situations. Palo Alto, Calif.

He was 57 AB BB 2B 3B HR Avg OBA Player Christiansen, a defensive back for the Lions from 1951 through 1958' including the championship teams of 1952, 1953 and 1957 apologized for his late arrival when he addressed the Hall of Fame crowd of 1,500 in Cobo Hall's banquet room. "When you have cancer, you go where you can, when you can," Christiansen said. The announcement stunned the crowd. Few had been aware that cancer was the reason that rhrictinncpn hurl pnrlprl his rnflrh- 4 .351 .406 9 .336 .432 Gibson (L) 131 12 46 14 0 Evans (L) 101 17 34 5 0 Whitaker (L) 94 6 34 2 2 Parrish(R) 117 9 37 6 0 Brookens (R) 114 7 14 4 2 Herndon (R) 79 5 19 3 1 Lemon (R) 114 6 33 3 1 Trammell(R) 132 6 37 9 1 .362 .400 .316 .374 .131 .184 .241 .286 .289 .375 .280 .309 Compiled by Mayo Smith Society aabermat: Ician Dave Raglln. The Mayo Smith Society is a national organization of Tigers fans.

To join, write the society at Box 119, Northville, 48167. Membership is $10. 9th annual Detroit Free International Marathon October 19, 1986 at 8 a.m. sharp ing career as an Atlanta Falcons Jack Christiansen assistant in 1984. Christiansen then abruptly broke off his acceptance speech and sat.

He also was a head coach for Stanford and the San Francisco 49ers, and an assistant for the Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs. Born in Sublette, and raised as an orphan in Canon City, Christiansen attended Colorado now known as Colorado State. He was the Lions' sixth-round draft pick. CHRISTIANSEN WAS A member of "Chris' Crew," the ball-hawking Lions secondary that also included Yale Lary, Carl Karilivacz and Jimmy David. He was an all-pro selection eight times and led the league in interceptions in 1957.

"The book on him in those days was, pass in his area and don't punt to He was awesome," former Lions general manager Nick Kerbawy, now commissioner of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, said Sunday. "How are you going to win world championships if you don't have a good backfield?" Kerbawy said. "It's harder to find good defensive players than offensive players. Chris was one of the real good ones. Chris' Crew they were tough." Christiansen broke into coaching in 1959 as an assistant with the 49ers.

He became head coach three games into the 1963 season and compiled a 26-38-3 record before being fired in 1967. In 1968, he joined John Ralston's staff as an assistant at Stanford and became head coach in 1972. He was fired in 1976 with a record of 30-22-2. He was succeeded by the current 49ers coach, Bill Walsh. Ralston said Christiansen was "a super person in every respect.

He was simply a quality man." Former Stanford and 49ers quarterback John Brodie said his former coach was a "rare person with no pretenses, who had a great affinity for all the people he dealt with." Also inducted with Christiansen into the Michigan Hall of Fame were former Tigers second baseman Dick McAu-lif former Red Wings def enseman Bill Gadsby and the late Bob Westfall, who played football for Michigan. Christiansen was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, In 1970 and the Colorado Hall of Fame in 1967. After undergoing surgery, Christiansen never regained consciousness, Kerbawy said. He is survived by his wife, Doris, and four daughters: Terri, Jackl, JanI and Joni. Kerbawy said the family plans a cremation and a memorial service Wednesday in Palo Alto.

Tigers averages Through Sunday BATTING AB Bl 2b 3b HR BB SO SB Avg Lowry 11 2 12 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 -375 Crubb 15 29 4 9 7 1 1 1 4 4 0 0 .310 Brooktm 46 123 21 38 13 7 1 1 10 11 4 5 .309 Gibson 39 136 33 40 2B 3 2 10 30 32 1 11 .294 X-Coltt 58 219 27 64 38 15 1 9 16 33 11 2 .292 Collint 61 211 29 59 13 13 1 0 25 24 0 12 .280 Bargman 32 69 10 19 5 3 1 1 12 10 3 0 .275 Whltakar 69 282 48 76 34 16 4 9 25 35 5 5 .270 Parrlsh 70 254 42 63 52 6 1 17 32 67 4 0 .248 Trammall 69 258 33 64 29 14 2 5 17 26 10 6 .248 Evans 66 217 31 53 38 8 0 12 34 37 1 1 .244 Limon 53 173 14 42 18 10 1 3 13 22 1 0 .243 Htrndon 52 162 16 39 17 9 1 4 11 27 2 0 .241 Shtrldan 51 135 20 28 11 5 0 5 10 32 3 3 .207 EngT 20543 11 23007 11 00 .204 X-Ligi 15 45 6 9 8 1 0 3 5 13 0 0 .200 OHItfM 266 42 66 42 12 2 13 33 56 0 5 .248 Hltttri 57 8 18 12 3 1 2 12 10 0 0 .316 TOTALS 2495 347 643 328 118 16 83 259 402 54 45 258 Gama-wlnnlng RBI (35): Parrlsh 6, Whitaker 5, Coles 4, Evans 3, Gibson 3, Herndon 3, Collins 2, Lemon 2, Trammel 2, Bergman, Brookens, Grubb, Lags, Spiknan. PITCHING WIG IP ER BB SO ERA Sv Pactlla 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 00 1 King 4 0 12 59' 36 15 15 24 37 228 1 Campbell 2 2 8 13' 10 5 4 5 8 270 0 Hernandtl 3 3 35 49' 55 18 18 10 47 3.28 15 Tanana 7 4 16 97 96 48 44 38 54 4 08 0 Morris 7 16 115' 115 61 56 39 104 4.37 0 Terrell 7 5 16 98' 95 52 50 45 35 4.58 0 O'Neal I 3 18 41 45 28 22 18 20 4.83 0 -Petry 4 11 65' 70 43 36 30 32 4 96 0 La Point 2 6 13 59tt 75 45 39 25 32 5.88 0 TOTALS 37 36 65 648 352 313 271 405 4 33 17 ENTRY FORM REQUEST Free Press Marathon 321 W. Lafayette, Detroit, Ml 48231 Start in Windsor, Ontario and finish in Detroit. Join 4,000 runners on a flat, fast course that includes the only "underwater" mile in roadracing! Date: Sunday. October 19, 8 a.m.

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