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Angels at Tigers 07021988

Knowing what game this photo shows was easy, in a sense, as I only watched one game from this location. Finding the date and box score, not so much.

I won two tickets to a 1980s baseball game by correctly answering a trivia question during a Tigers broadcast. While I don't recall the question, I remember that it was a bit tricky--like a SABR trivia quiz question where process of elimination leads you down the wrong path. Anyway, I knew the answer and they were begging someone who knew to call because they were only getting bad guesses.

Those tickets were for these seats. But when was the game in the photograph? Well, I remember a few things: It was a weekend game. Detroit played the Angels. Brian Downing had a good game. Likely the season was 85, 86, or 87.

So off to Retrosheet to find likely candidates.

Found it, but in '88. Downing had a homer and a walk in this game, and was pretty much the entire California offense as Jeff Robinson pitched a complete game for the win. Tigers, 6-1.

<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1988/B07020DET1988.htm" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Retrosheet box score</a>.
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Author Joel Dinda from Mulliken, Michigan
Camera location42° 19′ 55.51″ N, 83° 04′ 09.63″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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