Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
August 8, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1966 at D.C. Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Washington Senators 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wert 3b 5 0 0 0
Tracewski 2b 5 0 0 0
  Wood ph,2b 1 1 0 0
Cash 1b 5 0 0 0
Kaline rf 5 1 4 1
Horton lf 6 1 2 3
Stanley cf 6 0 1 0
McFarlane c 4 0 1 1
Oyler ss 5 0 1 0
Podres p 3 1 1 0
  Lumpe ph 1 0 0 0
  Sherry p 0 0 0 0
  Aguirre p 0 0 0 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
  Northrup ph 1 1 1 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Lolich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 5 11 5
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Brinkman ss 6 0 3 1
Saverine 2b 6 0 2 0
McMullen 3b 6 0 0 0
Valentine rf 5 1 1 0
Howard lf 4 1 1 2
  Kirkland pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Hamlin ph 1 0 0 0
Lock cf 4 0 0 0
Harrelson 1b 5 0 0 0
Casanova c 4 1 3 0
McCormick p 1 0 0 0
  Cox p 0 0 0 0
  Cullen ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 0 0 0 0
  Humphreys p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 3 10 3
Detroit 020 000 010 0025113
Washington 000 000 003 0003101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres   8.0 6 0 0 1 2
  Sherry   0.2 3 3 3 0 1
  Aguirre   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wickersham  W (6-2) 2.1 1 0 0 2 2
  Gladding   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Lolich  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
10
3
3
5
7
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick   7.2 6 3 3 1 9
  Cox   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Kline   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Humphreys  L (4-2) 3.0 3 2 0 1 2
Totals
12.0
11
5
3
3
11

  E–Wert (8), Tracewski (6), McFarlane (2), Saverine (4).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Horton (17,off McCormick); McFarlane (4,off McCormick); Stanley (7,off McCormick); Podres (1,off McCormick).  3B–Detroit Kaline (1,off McCormick).  HR–Washington Howard (13,9th inning off Sherry 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Wert (7,off McCormick); McCormick (3,off Podres).  IBB–Kaline (7,by Humphreys).  WP–Sherry (3).  IBB–Humphreys (5,Kaline).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Bill Valentine, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–3:09.  A–6,266.
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