The Detroit Rockets wasted a 7-4 lead in the 8th inning against the Oakland Jacks, but won anyway on a Dick Allen walk-off single in the 9th. The Rockets got in front early, scoring 3 runs in the first two innings against Bob Feller. In the 4th, the Jacks came back, scoring 4 runs off Frank Tanana, led by a 3-run homer by Minnie Miñoso. The Rockets scored 2 in the 6th, and 2 more in the 7th thanks to back-to-back errors by Feller and Robin Yount. Tanana left the game after allowing Joe Gordon’s 2-run shot to cut the Rocket lead to 7-6. Dan Quisenberry has been stellar this year, but Joe DiMaggio took him deep to tie the game on his first pitch. With the score tied in the 9th, Kenny Lofton led off the Detroit half with a triple. Oakland reliever Whitey Ford struck out Ichiro Suzuki and Álex Rodríguez to give the Jacks hope, but Dick Allen hit a clean single into left field to win it for the Rockets. Suzuki went 0 for 5 to end his hitting streak at 24 games. Detroit improved to 23-16, while Oakland dropped to 16-22 with their 3rd straight loss.