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Record: 59-80, 7th, 16.5 GB Springfield
Trailing 3-2. Detroit's Alejandro Crespo hit his first career major league home run, a three-run shot off St. Louis starting pitcher Ronald Crossingham to help give the Diesels a 5-4 win at Tiger Stadium (1980).
Crossingham got into trouble early in the inning, issuing a lead-off walk to Jimmy Gorman followed by a Juan Herrera double.
Cade Doughty made it 5-2 when he scored Gorman with a ground out.
Bill Pena followed with a single to put runners at the corners.
Crossingham struck out Lee Oakley for the second out.
However, Crespo got ahold of a 3-2 pitch and hit it 401 feet over the wall in right to put Detroit in front.
With runners at second and third and one out in the top of the ninth, the River Walkers pulled to within a run in the top of the ninth on an RBI single from Jared Thomas off Diesels reliever Rob Pillsbury.
But Daniel Becerra was thrown out at the plate.
Pillsbury struck out Dan Hillard to end it.
Detroit starting pitcher Jeff Hoffman allowed three runs on three hits in five innings. He struck out five and didn't walk a batter.
After that, it was a scoreless inning each from Kleiber Bordones, Luis G. Helton, Juan Arroyo and Pillsbury.
Bordones (2-0) earned the win.
Pillsbury collected his fourth save.