Sunday, July 9, 1967: Tigers 4-3, Boston 3-2 (DH)

Detroit, MI- Gates Brown hit a pinch-hit, game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth to give the Tigers a 4-3 victory in Game 1 of a Sunday doubleheader over the Boston Red Sox. The Tigers completed the twinbill sweep with a 3-2 win in the nightcap. Right-hander Dave Wickersham won both games---first as a reliever and then as a starter.

Brown's heroics capped a Tigers comeback in which they trailed 3-0 heading into the bottom of the eighth. But Willie Horton drilled a three-run homer off Boston starter Gary Bell to tie the game.

Brown, pinch-hitting for the pitcher with one out in the ninth, lofted a fly ball that caught the first row of the upper deck in right field, making a loser out of John Wyatt and a winner out of Wickersham, who pitched one inning of relief prior to his start in the second game.

In Game 2, Dick McAuliffe's single drove in two runs to cap a three-run fifth inning that turned a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 lead. Wickersham, who went 6.2 innings, and the bullpen took over the rest of the way.

The Tigers (44-36) head into the All-Star break in second place, four games behind the Chicago White Sox, who dropped a doubleheader to the Minnesota Twins. The Red Sox fell to fourth place, behind the Twins.

Earl Wilson started Game 1 for Detroit and went eight innings, giving up three runs on five hits. He walked three and struck out nine.

Fred Gladding earned his 16th save in the nightcap by pitching a scoreless ninth, although Boston did put two runners on base before Gladding got Mike Andrews to ground out to third base.

Game 79	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	0
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	10	0
One out when winning run scored.
Game 80	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0
DET	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	X	3	6	1

Game 1
WP- Wickersham (2-3)
LP- Wyatt

Game 2
WP- Wickersham (3-3)
LP- Lonborg