Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
May 20, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1966 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 9, Baltimore Orioles 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 4 0 0 0
Wert 3b 5 0 2 0
Cash 1b 4 2 3 0
  Brown ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Horton lf,rf 3 2 0 0
Freehan c 5 0 2 3
Demeter cf,1b 5 1 1 0
Northrup rf,cf 4 2 3 2
Oyler ss 3 1 0 0
Monbouquette p 3 0 0 0
  McAuliffe ph 1 1 1 3
  Sherry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 12 8
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Snyder cf 5 0 2 1
Aparicio ss 5 0 1 1
Robinson F. rf 3 1 1 1
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 1 1
Blefary lf 3 1 2 1
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Adair 2b 4 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 4 1 1 0
McNally p 0 0 0 0
  Brabender p 1 0 0 0
  Held ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 1 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Detroit 203 000 4009120
Baltimore 000 201 200580
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette  W (3-3) 6.0 5 3 3 1 4
  Sherry  SV (5) 3.0 3 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  L (3-2) 2.0 5 4 4 3 2
  Brabender   3.0 2 1 1 2 3
  Drabowsky   4.0 5 4 4 1 4
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
6
9

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Detroit Freehan (8,off McNally); Demeter (4,off Drabowsky); Northrup (4,off Drabowsky).  3B–Baltimore Etchebarren (1,off Sherry).  HR–Detroit Northrup (2,3rd inning off Brabender 0 on, 2 out); McAuliffe (3,7th inning off Drabowsky 2 on, 2 out), Baltimore B Robinson (5,4th inning off Monbouquette 0 on, 1 out); Blefary (8,4th inning off Monbouquette 0 on, 1 out); F Robinson (10,6th inning off Monbouquette 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Oyler (1,by Drabowsky).  HBP–Drabowsky (1,by Sherry).  HBP–Sherry (1,Drabowsky).  IBB–Drabowsky (3,Oyler).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Al Salerno, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:45.  A–26,094.
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