Ringo bracket: 1961 Tigers defeat 1924 Phillies in six games

Game 1: Tigers 4, Phillies 1
WP: Lary (1-0)
LP: Ring (0-1)
Save: Fox (1)
HR: Colavito (1), Cash (1)

Game 2: Phillies 10, Tigers 3
WP: Carlson (1-0)
LP: Bunning (0-1)
HR: G Harper (1), J Wilson (1), Cash (2), Kaline (1)

Game 3: Tigers 7, Phillies 3
WP: Mossi (1-0)
LP: Mitchell (0-1)
HR: Bruton (1), Bertoia (1), Schultz (1)

Game 4: Phillies 15, Tigers 6
WP: Hubbell (1-0)
LP: Foytack (0-1)
HR: Wood (1), Sand (1), Ford (1), C Williams (1), Schultz (2)

Game 5: Tigers 4, Phillies 2
WP: Lary (2-0)
LP: Ring (0-2)
Save: Fox (2)
HR: D Brown (1)

Game 6: Tigers 1, Phillies 0
WP: Bunning (1-1)
WP: Carlson (1-1)
Save: Fox (3)

The Phillies outscored Detroit in the series, but the Tigers won the close games to survive and advance.

Frank Lary opened Game One, in Tiger Stadium, with six shutout innings. He was relieved in the seventh after allowing three straight two-out singles followed by a walk, but Hank Aguirre popped up a pinch hitter to end the threat. Rocky Colavito hit a two-run homer for the home team, Norm Cash a solo shot, and Dick McAuliffe tripled and scored for the Tigers' other tally.

The Phillies evened the series by pounding Jim Bunning for four runs on six hits in five innings, with Jimmy Wilson hitting a two-run double. George Harper and Wilson hit back-to-back homers in the eighth off Phil Regan as the Phillies made it a rout. Harper doubled, tripled and homered, and Hal Carlson allowed eight hits in his complete game win.

The series shifted to Baker Bowl, the tiny and decrepit yard of the Phillies, for Game Three. Reno Betoria was the unlikely hitting star, driving in the first four runs for the Tigers on a single, homer and sac fly. Bill Bruton also hit a two-run homer to support Don Mossi, who allowed one run in six innings for the win.

The Phillies romped in Game Four, with middle infielders Heine Sand and Hod Ford hitting back to back homers in the second off Paul Foytack, Joe Shultz driving Foytack from the game with a two-run shot in the four-run fifth and Cy Williams popping a grand slam off Regan to highlight a seven-run sixth. Regan faced six men and retired none of them.

Lary and Jimmy Ring dueled in Game 5, with the Phillies taking a 2-1 lead in the seventh on a squeeze bunt by Ford. But in the top of the eighth Dick Brown hit a two-out, three-run homer off Ring to put the Tigers ahead to stay.

The series returned to Detroit for another pitchers duel, this one between Bunning and Carlson. Bunning didn't allow a baserunner until the fifth; he went seven scoreless, scattering six hits, issuing one intentional walk (to Williams) and striking out seven. Backup catcher Mike Roarke singled home Colavito for the game's only run in the second. Carlson went eight innings for the visitors, allowing six hits and one walk.

Player of the Series: Dick Brown

Projected rotation: Lary-Bunning (with penalty)-Mossi-Foytack-(Lary)-(Bunning on full rest)-Mossi