Ron Kline Captures Complete Game Victory. Tigers Still Remain In Hunt For AL Title (80-50)

 GAME 4:

Game MVP:Ron Kline

Injury: Maxwell (today only)

Griffith Stadium    (01-17-2026 06:10:31)       Time 3:15, 82ø  Night Game

Aug 28, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Detroit 80-50            0 0 4   1 0 3   0 0 1      9 14  0
1961 Washington 55-72         0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0      1  7  0

Recap

Det  3rd: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 4 hits and on one walk.

Det      Norm Cash singled, hit streak now 11.

Det      Norm Cash singled scoring Kaline to take the lead.  Det  1 Was 0.

Det      Chico Fernandez singled scoring Colavito.  Det  2 Was 0.

Det      Mike Roarke tripled scoring 2.  Det  4 Was 0.

Det  4th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 1 run on a hit and 3 walks.

Det      Norm Cash singled scoring Kaline.  Det  5 Was 0.

Was  4th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Was      Marty Keough doubled scoring Green.  Det  5 Was 1.

Det  6th: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 4 hits and on one walk.

Det      Dick McAuliffe singled scoring Kaline.  Det  6 Was 1.

Det      Chico Fernandez singled scoring Cash.  Det  7 Was 1.

Det      Mike Roarke singled scoring 1.  Det  8 Was 1.

Det  9th: Scored 1 run on a hit and on one walk.

Det      Rocky Colavito hit a grounder scoring 1.  Det  9 Was 1.

Det  Norm Cash: 4 for 6, 2 RBI, 2 runs.

Det  Rocky Colavito: 1 for 3, 3 W.

Det  Al Kaline: 2 for 3, 3 runs, 3 W.

Det  Ron Kline threw a complete game for the win: 1 earned run, 7 hits, 2 BB, 3 K. He's 3-0 on the year.

Was  Joe McClain pitched poorly for 5.2 innings and took the loss: 7 earned runs, 8 hits, 7 BB, 5 K. He drops to 9-11 on the year.

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Detroit                        IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Kline W(3-0)                  9.0  7  1  1  0  2  3  126  87  39   1.67  34 140(165)   +   70

                              9.0  7  1  1  0  2  3  126  87  39   3.70  34

Washington                     IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

McClain L(9-11)               5.2  8  7  7  0  7  5  133  78  55   3.65  32 125(123)       23

 Burnside                     3.1  6  2  2  0  1  3   67  48  19   4.30  18   70(75)

                              9.0 14  9  9  0  8  8  200 126  74   4.03  50

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 2B-McAuliffe(13), Kline(1), Keough(8)

 3B-Roarke(1)

 SB-Det Cash(11) off McClain(6) + Green(32), 4th

 CS-Was Hinton(5) by Kline(1) and Roarke(11), 1st

RBI-Det  - Cash 2(112), Fernandez 2(50), Colavito(103), McAuliffe(33), Roarke 3(26)

    Was  - Keough(33)

IBB-Det McAuliffe off McClain

        Kaline off Burnside

HBP-Maxwell(Det) by Burnside(Was)

 WP-Kline 2(5), Burnside(1)

Great-Keough(7)

Poor-Cottier(12), Zipfel(2)

LOB-Detroit 14 Washington 6

 DP-Detroit 1

GWRBI-Cash