Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
May 6, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1962 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 7, Minnesota Twins 10

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 5 0 0 0
Bruton cf 4 1 1 3
Kaline rf 5 0 1 1
Cash 1b 3 1 1 0
Osborne 3b 3 1 1 0
  Boros 3b 1 1 1 0
McAuliffe ss 3 0 1 1
  Fernandez ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Colavito lf 3 0 1 2
Brown c 4 1 2 0
Foytack p 2 1 1 0
  Wertz ph 1 0 1 0
  Fox pr 0 1 0 0
  Aguirre p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Green cf 5 0 1 0
Tuttle rf 5 0 0 0
Rollins 3b 4 1 2 0
Killebrew lf 3 1 0 0
Mincher 1b 4 1 2 0
Battey c 4 2 3 2
  Snyder pr 0 1 0 0
Versalles ss 5 2 3 3
Allen 2b 2 2 1 3
Pascual p 3 0 1 2
  Stigman p 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 13 10
Detroit 012 001 2107110
Minnesota 005 020 00310131
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack   6.0 11 7 7 7 2
  Aguirre  L (1-1) 2.1 2 3 3 1 5
Totals
8.1
13
10
10
8
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Pascual   6.2 10 6 6 1 7
  Stigman   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Moore  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
2
10

  E–Green (1).  DP–Detroit 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Detroit Cash (3,off Pascual); Brown (5,off Pascual); Boros (5,off Stigman), Minnesota Pascual (1,off Foytack).  HR–Detroit Bruton (5,3rd inning off Pascual 1 on, 1 out), Minnesota Versalles (5,3rd inning off Foytack 2 on, 2 out); Allen (4,9th inning off Aguirre 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Fernandez (1,off Moore).  SF–Colavito (1,off Moore).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Al Salerno, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:46.  A–25,650.
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