Game 1 - Det 6, Mil 4
Hitters had the upper hand in game one, with a combined 21 hits. An eighth inning power stroke was the winning maneuver for the home team in game one.
Milwaukee struck quickly in the first, manufacturing a run. Detroit countered with a tally in the bottom half courtesy of two Milwaukee errors.
The Brewers plated two in the second off an RBI double from Jim Gantner and a Paul Molitor single. Detroit took the lead in the third, plating three and sending seven batters to the plate. Alan Trammell and Larry Herndon rapped RBI singles, and Wockenfuss hit a sac fly.
A single from Pat Listach tied the game in the sixth.
In the eighth, a solo homer from John Wockenfuss gave Detroit the lead. Enos Cabell added an insurance run with an RBI single.
The late Detroit rally allowed Auerlio "Senor Smoke" Lopez to nail down the save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Starter Jaime Navarro did not have his A game, giving up 4 runs (3 earned) in 6 2/3 IP. Glenn Abbott in his season debut had a no-decision for the Detroiters, giving up 4ER in 5 1/3 IP.
Dave Rozema pitched 2.2 innings and picked up the win: 2.2 IP, 1 hit, 0 BB, 0 K. He's 1-1 on the season.
Game 2 - Mil 8, Det 2
Milwaukee gave Detroit the business in game two, bullying the Tigers on the bases and on the mound. Although the moon was in a waning gibbous on September 2, 1977, the on-field gameplay resembled something during a full moon.
Like game one, both teams traded a run in the first in trademark fashion. Milwaukee's score was manufactured via a sac fly, while Detroit tallied theirs on a leadoff homer from Lou Whitaker.
Milwaukee stormed for three runs in the top of the third -- all after the first two batters of the inning were retired.
In the bottom-half of the third, Brewers’ pitcher Bill Wegman either lost control of the zone, or was setting a vendetta with the Tigers. With one out, Lou Whitaker Walked. Alan Trammell struck out, then Chet Lemon was hit by a pitch. A couple of pitches later, Glenn Wilson was hit by a pitch as well.
Wilson would not allow this aggression to stand and charged the mound. Wegman and Wilson were ejected. The Detroit crowd was apoplectic, littering the field with souvenir cups. Detroit manager Gerald Alexander couldn’t get a Detroit player to take the field to pinch-run for the ejected Wilson.
After a discussion from the Commissioner of KOD, Ernie Harwell went to the public address announcer booth and made a quick plea.
“Will the next person who sees ANYBODY throw something onto this field, point them out and get them outta here. You don’t live in Milwaukee; you live in Detroit!”
Dan Plesac entered the game and escaped the bases-loaded jam with a long fly out from John Wockenfuss.
Milwaukee scored one in the fifth. Detroit answered with one in the sixth, then Milwaukee piled on with a run in the seventh and two more in the ninth to put it away.
Plesac earned the win with an earned run in 3 1/3 innings in relief. Dan Petry took the loss, giving up 5 earned runs in 6 1/3 innings.
Game 3 – Mil 3, Det 2
The most competitive game of the series, yet the shortest recap. A sixth inning double from Kirk Gibson was the difference in the game three win for Detroit.
Chet Lemon started the scoring with a solo homer in the second off Brewers starter Chris Bosio. Detroit would score another in the fourth on two hits and an error, but Milwaukee would time the game in the bottom half of the inning on two hits and a walk.
Jack Morris pitched eight solid innings, yielding two runs and four hits. Aurelio Lopez pitched another 1-2-3 ninth to earn the save.
Bosio also gave up two earned runs, but three runs total over 7 1/3 innings for the loss.
Game 4 – Mil 10, Det 4
Ricky Bones is the weakest starter on the Milwaukee staff, and Detroit is known as a power-hitting ballclub. It’s understood Bones may have trouble in game 4. The 10-4 victory was a symbolic final score.
Lou Whitaker channeled his inner Rickey Henderson, again starting the game with a home run. Detroit added a two-run homer by Larry Herndon in the second inning.
Milwaukee would cut the lead to 3-1 in the bottom-half of the inning thanks to a wild pitch from Milt Wilcox.
Detroit piled on in the middle frames, extending the lead to 9-1 by tallying a run in the fourth, three in the fifth and two more in the sixth.
Brewers fans headed to the exits as manager Benjamin Picht emptied the bench.
A pinch-hit John Jaha single made it 9-2 in the sixth. Lance Parrish answered with a sac fly in the seventh to make it 10-2, and Dave Nilsson capped the scoring with a two-run double in the eighth.
Wilcox earned the win, pitching 7 2/3 innings and giving up 4 earned runs. Ricky Bones and Bruce Ruffin’s stat lines will not be printed here due to concerns that they’d violate community guidelines for obscenity.
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