The left-handed batting Whitaker, who victimized John Hiller on Friday night with a two-run homer in the 11th inning as a pinch-hitter to lead New York to a 4-2 victory, drove a high fastball from Johnny Podres over the right field wall on Saturday in the ninth inning, snapping a 1-1 tie.
Whitaker started on Saturday, but the rest of the scenario was eerily similar to that of Friday night.
The Tigers (16-14), who have started their 14-game home stand with consecutive losses, took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on a solo homer by Al Kaline (5).
New York tied the game in the eighth off starter Denny McLain, who was brilliant, pitching eight innings and surrendering just one run and five hits while walking one and striking out seven.
The tying run came on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Horace Clarke, who lofted a fly ball just deep enough to right field. Kaline's throw missed beating Dick Howser by a split second.
New York's Al Downing matched McLain pitch for pitch, tossing seven innings of four-hit ball.
Dooley Womack pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn the save, his second in two days.
| Game 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| NY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
WP- Verbanic
SV- Womack
LP- Podres (1-1)
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