Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
August 20, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1963 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 0, Detroit Tigers 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Green cf 3 0 1 0
Rollins 3b 4 0 0 0
Killebrew lf 4 0 1 0
Hall rf 3 0 0 0
Battey c 2 0 0 0
  Zimmerman c 0 0 0 0
Versalles ss 3 0 0 0
Mincher 1b 3 0 0 0
Goryl 2b 3 0 0 0
Stange p 2 0 0 0
  Roggenburk p 0 0 0 0
  Power ph 1 0 0 0
  Pleis p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 2 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 2 0 2 0
McAuliffe ss 3 1 1 0
Brown lf 4 0 0 0
Colavito rf 3 2 2 1
Cash 1b 4 1 1 3
Phillips 3b 4 1 1 0
Smith 2b 4 1 1 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Aguirre p 4 0 1 1
Totals 31 6 9 5
Minnesota 000 000 000022
Detroit 000 001 23x691
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Stange  L (6-4) 6.2 6 3 1 2 8
  Roggenburk   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Pleis   0.2 3 3 3 1 1
  Moore   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
4
5
10
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Aguirre  W (12-11) 9.0 2 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
2
5

  E–Goryl 2 (6), McAuliffe (20).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit McAuliffe (14,off Pleis); G Smith (4,off Pleis).  3B–Detroit Bruton (7,off Stange).  HR–Detroit Colavito (19,6th inning off Stange 0 on, 2 out); Cash (19,8th inning off Pleis 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Colavito (7,by Pleis); Freehan (3,by Moore).  Team–6.  CS–Green (3,2nd base by Aguirre/Freehan); Bruton 2 (4,2nd base by Stange/Battey,2nd base by Roggenburk/Zimmerman).  SB–Bruton (10,2nd base off Stange/Battey); G Smith (1,Home off Stange/Battey).  WP–Pleis (2).  IBB–Pleis (2,Colavito); Moore (2,Freehan).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Sam Carrigan, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:29.  A–16,960.
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