Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Athletics
May 31, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1966 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 1, Kansas City Athletics 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe ss 3 0 0 0
Lumpe 2b 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 2 0
Kaline cf 4 0 2 1
  Sparma p 0 0 0 0
Northrup rf,cf 4 0 1 0
McFarlane c 4 0 2 0
Brown lf 3 0 0 0
Wert 3b 4 0 0 0
Monbouquette p 1 0 1 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Tracewski ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Horton ph,rf 1 1 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 1 0
Stahl lf 4 2 1 1
Hershberger rf 4 1 2 2
Cater 3b 4 1 3 2
Harrelson 1b 3 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 1 1 1
Nossek cf 4 0 2 1
Roof c 4 0 1 0
Talbot p 3 1 1 0
  Krausse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 12 7
Detroit 000 000 010181
Kansas City 112 300 00x7120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette  L (3-5) 2.1 5 4 4 1 2
  Gladding   1.2 5 3 3 1 2
  Pena   3.0 2 0 0 1 4
  Sparma   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
3
10
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Talbot  W (3-4) 8.0 8 1 1 3 3
  Krausse  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
3
4

  E–Wert (3).  DP–Detroit 1, Kansas City 2.  PB–McFarlane (3).  2B–Detroit McFarlane (2,off Talbot), Kansas City Hershberger (8,off Monbouquette); Nossek (4,off Monbouquette); Cater (3,off Monbouquette); Talbot (1,off Gladding).  HR–Kansas City Stahl (4,3rd inning off Monbouquette 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Talbot (4,off Sparma).  SB–Monbouquette (1,2nd base off Talbot/Roof).  CS–Cater (2,2nd base by Gladding/McFarlane).  WP–Gladding (1).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:36.  A–5,488.
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