Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
May 20, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1964 at D.C. Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Washington Senators 10

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wert 3b 4 0 1 0
Lumpe 2b 4 1 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 2 0
Cash 1b 4 0 0 1
Demeter cf 4 0 1 0
Freehan c 4 1 1 1
Thomas lf 4 1 1 1
McAuliffe ss 4 0 1 0
Rakow p 1 0 0 0
  Wood ph 1 0 0 0
  Navarro p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 1 0
  Egan p 0 0 0 0
  Sparma p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 1 1 1
Kennedy ss,3b 5 3 3 3
Hinton lf 4 2 2 0
King rf 4 0 1 0
Phillips 1b 2 0 2 2
  Skowron ph,1b 1 0 0 1
Lock cf 4 1 0 0
Brumley c 3 2 2 0
Zimmer 3b 3 0 0 0
  Brinkman ss 1 0 0 0
Osteen p 3 0 1 1
  Cheney p 0 1 0 1
Totals 35 10 12 9
Detroit 000 001 200393
Washington 211 010 05x10120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rakow  L (0-3) 4.0 8 4 4 0 3
  Navarro   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Egan   1.1 1 4 0 2 0
  Sparma   0.2 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
10
5
4
5
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  W (3-4) 6.1 8 3 3 0 4
  Cheney  SV (1) 2.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
5

  E–Wert (5), Freehan (4), Egan (1).  2B–Washington Hinton (5,off Rakow).  HR–Detroit Freehan (2,7th inning off Osteen 0 on, 0 out); Thomas (3,7th inning off Osteen 0 on, 0 out), Washington Kennedy 2 (3,1st inning off Rakow 0 on, 1 out,5th inning off Navarro 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Brumley (1,off Egan); Cheney (3,off Egan).  SF–Skowron (2,off Sparma).  Team–8.  WP–Rakow (1).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Al Salerno, 3B–Bill Valentine.  T–2:39.  A–6,407.
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