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...opening lead was just a fleeting bit of glory as the Tigers came back to blast starter Luis Tiant--Jason Thompson smashing a grand slam before Tiant had retired a batter. That shot sent Tiant to the showers; and reliever Bill Campbell took over until the ninth, when he was bailed out by Dick Drago and then Hassler...
Detroit picked up all its runs on home run blasts--John Wockenfuss's two-runner in the second, the amazing Rusty Staub's solo shot in the fifth (both off starter Bobby Sprowl), and Steve Kemp's upper-deck ozone ball in the eighth (off Bob Stanley...
...frosh star last year (5.3 yd. avg. for 507 yds.) and The Globe's "Schoolboy of the Year" two years back, this Hanover High grad may be just the thing Joe Restic needs to get his squad back on the winning track. At press time, his status as a starter was uncertain, but one thing is certain--this slashing-type runner will see lots of playing time this fall...
...time starter Joe Kross and fellow senior Brian Silvey have the inside track on the starting tackle slots, but junior Eric Spiegel and 260-pound sophomore Mike Durgin will press for those jobs. "You know," Restic said, "Durgin reminds me of Danny Jiggetts." And in case you've forgotten, '76 grad Jiggetts is a member of the Chicago Bears...
...mere five (pending the results of tonight's quasi-double-header in New York, which could knock it down to three-and-a-half), and the whole team has been hitting pretty much like Tatum O'Neal. And the club certainly didn't help the cause by signing on starter Andy Hassler, the not-so-proud owner of the A.L. for consecutive losses for a pitcher (17). But misery loves company, we suppose...