1967 American League Pennant Race

August 27, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Athletics 2, Tigers 1  (71-58)

The Athletics avoided a sweep at the hands of the Tigers in a 2-1 pitchers dual in the series finale.  Joe Sparma was very good for the Tigers but not as good as the combination of Roberto Rodriguez and Paul Lindblad.  Sparma dropped to 13-7 despite giving up only two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts.

The only run for the Tigers came on Jim Northrup’s solo homerun. It was his sixth homerun of the season.  The Tigers were held to only five hits the entire game and Northrup’s homerun was the only hit for extra bases.