September 7 in Tigers and mlb history:
1950 - Tiger OF Hoot Evers hits for the cycle, adds another triple, and knocks in six runs in a 13 - 13, 10-inning tie with Cleveland. The game, ended because of darkness, leaves Detroit in first place by a few percentage points ahead of New York. Al Rosen and Bob Feller both hit early 2-run homers as the Indians blow three leads in the game.
1971: Jim Northrup goes 5 for 5 with two home runs in a 3 - 2, 11-inning Tiger win over Washington.
1984: Down 4 - 0 in the 8th, the Tigers score four runs - three on a homer by Kirk Gibson - to tie the Blue Jays in Toronto. In the 10th, Dave Bergman cracks a 3-run homer and the Tigers win 7 - 4. Willie Hernandez (9-2) wins with three innings of shutout relief.
1993: Detroit C Chad Kreuter homers from both sides of the plate in the Tigers' 10 - 6 win over California. He is the second Tiger this year to perform the feat, joining Mickey Tettleton, who did so on May 7th.
1997: The major league mark for the most combined strikeouts in a game is tied when 33 players whiff during a 15-inning, 5 - 4, Angel victory over the Tigers.
2002: The Tigers defeat the Yankees 2 - 1. Detroit 1B Eric Munson hits a home run in his first major league at bat.
2007: Curtis Granderson of the Tigers hits his 20th home run. That gives him 20 or more doubles, triples, home runs and stolen bases on the season. The only prior players to do that in major league history were Frank Schulte (1911) and Willie Mays (1957). He will be joined by the Phillies' Jimmy Rollins in a few days.
2011: Justin Verlander allows a pair of homers to the Indians' Shelley Duncan, but his teammates pick him up as they rally for an 8 - 6 win, his 22nd of the season. A grand slam by Victor Martinez highlights a 5-run 7th inning push by the Tigers. Jose Valverde records his 42nd save of the year.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tom_Matchick
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matchto01.shtml?redir
Tommy Matchick 1967-1969.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/patteja01.shtml
Jarrod Patterson 2001.
from baseball reference
