September 20, 1989 · 7:05 PM EDT
W: Jeff BallardL: Frank Tanana
DH2-3H-AB2BTop hitterMTMickey Tettleton
DH3-5H-ABHR · 4 RBI · 1 RP7.0IP1 ER · 4 K · W
Frank TananaP3.1IP4 ER · 3 K · LLosing pitcherBiggest lead DET by 1 · BAL by 7 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1TO Blue Jays | 89 | 73 | .549 | — |
| 2BAOrioles | 87 | 75 | .537 | 2.0 |
3BO Red Sox | 83 | 79 | .512 | 6.0 |
4MI Brewers | 81 | 81 | .500 | 8.0 |
5NY Yankees | 74 | 87 | .460 | 14.5 |
6CL Guardians | 73 | 89 | .451 | 16.0 |
| 7DETigers | 59 | 103 | .364 | 30.0 |
2B: Trammell, Schu
RBI: Heath
CS: Pettis
LOB: 9
| ENEd Nunez | 1.1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40 |
| FTFrank TananaL | 3.1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 87 |
| MHMike Henneman | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| SHShawn Holman | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 65 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 209 |
| PBPhil BradleyLF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| THTim Hulett Sr.2B | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
CR Cal Ripken Jr.SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| MTMickey TettletonDH | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| RMRandy Milligan1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CWCraig Worthington3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MDMike DevereauxCF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| BMBob MelvinC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| SJStan JeffersonRF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
SF Steve FinleyLF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
2B: Devereaux
HR: Tettleton
RBI: Hulett Sr., Tettleton 4, Milligan, Worthington, Devereaux 2
SB: Bradley, Milligan, Jefferson 2
LOB: 26
GO Gregg Olson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| JBJeff BallardW | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 94 |
| KHKevin Hickey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 124 |
The Orioles routed the Tigers 9-2 at Memorial Stadium.
Jeff Ballard got the win and Frank Tanana took the loss. Mickey Tettleton went 3-for-5 for the Orioles, while Rick Schu went 2-for-3 for the Tigers.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
