Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
September 2, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1965 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Minnesota Twins 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Thomas rf 5 3 4 0
Lumpe 2b 5 0 0 0
Wert 3b 3 1 2 4
Cash 1b 4 0 0 1
Horton lf 3 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 0 1 0
Oyler ss 2 0 0 0
Sparma p 3 1 1 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Kaline ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Versalles ss 4 0 2 0
Nossek 3b 5 2 1 0
Hall cf 4 0 1 0
Oliva rf 4 1 2 1
Allison lf 5 0 0 0
Mincher 1b 3 1 1 1
Zimmerman c 4 0 1 0
  Kaat pr 0 0 0 0
Kindall 2b 1 0 0 0
  Valdespino ph 0 0 0 0
  Quilici 2b 1 0 0 0
Merritt p 2 0 0 0
  Tovar ph 0 0 0 1
  Boswell p 0 0 0 0
  Kosco ph 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Stigman p 0 0 0 0
  Battey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 3
Detroit 002 020 001584
Minnesota 101 010 001481
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma  W (12-6) 7.0 6 3 0 8 9
  Pena   1.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Fox  SV (9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
1
10
10
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  L (4-3) 5.0 7 4 4 0 3
  Boswell   2.0 0 0 0 3 2
  Klippstein   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Stigman   1.1 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
7

  E–Wert (10), Oyler 2 (7), Sparma (6), Nossek (4).  PB–Zimmerman (3).  2B–Detroit Thomas (5,off Stigman).  3B–Minnesota Oliva (4,off Sparma).  HR–Detroit Wert (9,5th inning off Merritt 1 on, 2 out), Minnesota Mincher (18,9th inning off Pena 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Freehan (3,off Klippstein); Quilici (4,off Fox).  SF–Cash (3,off Stigman).  HBP–Horton (5,by Klippstein); Versalles (7,by Fox).  IBB–Oyler (2,by Klippstein); Mincher (10,by Sparma).  SB–Thomas (2,2nd base off Merritt/Zimmerman); Hall (8,2nd base off Sparma/Freehan); Oliva (15,2nd base off Sparma/Freehan); Versalles (18,2nd base off Sparma/Freehan).  WP–Stigman (4).  HBP–Fox (3,Versalles); Klippstein (3,Horton).  IBB–Sparma (4,Mincher); Klippstein (4,Oyler).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–3:35.  A–14,075.
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