New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
May 27, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1965 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees 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)
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New York Yankees 1, Detroit Tigers 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Linz ss 4 0 0 0
Richardson 2b 4 0 0 0
Maris rf 4 1 1 1
Mantle lf 4 0 1 0
Pepitone 1b 3 0 1 0
Tresh cf 3 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 1 0
Edwards c 2 0 0 0
  Clarke ph 1 0 0 0
  Blanco p 0 0 0 0
Ford p 0 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 1 0 0 0
  Reniff p 1 0 0 0
  Barker ph 1 0 0 0
  Schmidt c 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 2 0 0 0
  Lumpe ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Wert 3b 3 1 1 0
Demeter 1b 3 0 0 0
  Cash 1b 1 0 0 0
Kaline cf 4 0 1 1
Horton lf 4 0 3 0
Northrup rf 3 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 1 2 0
McAuliffe ss 3 1 2 0
Sparma p 3 1 1 2
Totals 31 4 10 3
New York 000 000 001150
Detroit 100 300 00x4100
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ford  L (3-6) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Mikkelsen   2.2 5 3 3 2 1
  Reniff   3.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Blanco   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma  W (3-2) 9.0 5 1 1 0 9
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
9

  E–None.  DP–New York 3, Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Sparma (1,off Mikkelsen).  HR–New York Maris (4,9th inning off Sparma 0 on, 2 out).  SB–McAuliffe 2 (5,2nd base off Mikkelsen/Edwards,2nd base off Reniff/Edwards).  WP–Reniff (2).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Al Salerno.  T–2:13.  A–18,257.
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