New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
May 18, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1966 at Tiger Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 7, Detroit Tigers 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
White lf 5 2 1 2
Richardson 2b 5 2 1 0
Tresh 3b 3 1 2 1
Pepitone 1b 5 1 1 1
Maris cf 1 0 1 1
  Lopez ph 1 0 1 0
  Repoz cf 2 0 1 1
Clinton rf 5 0 1 1
Boyer ss 4 0 0 0
Howard c 4 0 2 0
Stottlemyre p 2 1 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe ss 2 0 1 0
Lumpe 2b 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 0 0 0
Northrup rf 4 1 1 0
Demeter cf 3 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 1 2 2
Wert 3b 3 0 1 0
Lolich p 1 0 0 0
  Wood ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
New York 300 200 1017110
Detroit 000 200 000252
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (3-3) 9.0 5 2 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  L (4-3) 4.0 6 5 2 1 4
  Pena   3.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Wickersham   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
4
3
7

  E–Wert (2), Lolich (1).  DP–New York 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Northrup (3,off Stottlemyre).  3B–New York Richardson (1,off Wickersham).  HR–New York White (4,4th inning off Lolich 1 on, 2 out); Tresh (1,7th inning off Pena 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Freehan (3,4th inning off Stottlemyre 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Stottlemyre (2,off Pena).  SF–Repoz (1,off Wickersham).  SB–Richardson (3,2nd base off Lolich/Freehan); White (6,3rd base off Lolich/Freehan).  U-HP–Emmett Ashford, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:33.  A–14,010.
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