Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
July 9, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1966 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 8, Minnesota Twins 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wert 3b 4 1 2 0
Wood 2b 5 1 1 0
Cash 1b 4 1 1 1
Kaline rf 3 2 2 4
  Northrup rf 0 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 1 1 0
Freehan c 4 1 1 3
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Oyler ss 4 0 0 0
McLain p 3 1 2 0
Totals 35 8 10 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Versalles ss 3 0 1 0
Uhlaender cf 3 0 0 0
Oliva rf 3 1 1 1
Killebrew 1b 3 0 0 0
Hall lf 3 0 0 0
Rollins 3b 3 0 0 0
Battey c 3 0 0 0
  Pleis p 0 0 0 0
Tovar 2b 3 0 0 0
Merritt p 0 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 1 0 0 0
  Keller p 0 0 0 0
  Kosco ph 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon c 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 2 1
Detroit 401 030 0008100
Minnesota 000 000 100120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (13-4) 9.0 2 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
1
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  L (1-7) 3.0 5 5 5 0 1
  Keller   3.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Klippstein   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Pleis   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
1
3

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Detroit Wert (7,off Merritt); McLain (2,off Keller).  HR–Detroit Freehan (8,1st inning off Merritt 2 on, 2 out); Kaline 2 (20,3rd inning off Merritt 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off Keller 1 on, 2 out), Minnesota Oliva (17,7th inning off McLain 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Wert (4,off Keller).  SF–Kaline (3,off Merritt).  SB–Wood (3,2nd base off Merritt/Battey).  U-HP–Cal Drummond, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Bill Valentine, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:03.  A–20,215.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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