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<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/lou_whitaker_1_150x185.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="185" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker hit his 3rd homerun of the season as Detroit held down the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, improving to a Major League best 7-1 on the year. [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=91][b:a53c01e240]Boxscore[/b:a53c01e240][/url]

The Tigers have the 2nd best ERA in the AL at 2.75 (the Yankees are 1st at 2.52), and are 1st in runs scored, despite having a meager .248 team BA. Incidentally, their major-league leading 47 walks gives them a robust .368 OBP, but here in 1986, who really pays attention to OBP?

At the opposite end of the spectrum, the Atlanta Braves fell sadly to the visiting Reds, dropping to a lowly 0-6 on the year. At least they scored first in this one, holding the lead for [i:a53c01e240]4 whole innings[/i:a53c01e240] before their inevitable collapse. [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=87][b:a53c01e240]Boxscore[/b:a53c01e240][/url]

[i:a53c01e240]photo: Rich Pilling, SN Archives[/i:a53c01e240]

Although he hit his league-leading fifth double of the season, Marty Barrett has yet to hit a home run. "It's not fair," cried Barrett, "Why can't they just put a homer line halfway up the Green Monster?" After the game, he was found guilty in Red Sox Kangaroo Court. His sentence will be 50 extra forearm curls, for every double until he gets one to go out of the park. For some reason Cubs rookie, Greg Maddux, felt it necessary to chime in on the situation saying, "Chicks dig the long ball."