New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
August 16, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1966 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 3, Detroit Tigers 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Tresh lf 4 1 2 1
Richardson 2b 5 0 3 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 1
Pepitone cf 4 0 2 0
Howard 1b 4 0 0 0
Maris rf 3 1 1 1
Clarke ss 4 0 1 0
Gibbs c 3 0 2 0
Downing p 3 0 0 0
  Reniff p 0 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 12 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wert 3b 4 1 1 2
Lumpe 2b 3 0 0 0
  Monbouquette p 0 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 0 1 0
Kaline rf,cf 4 1 2 0
Horton lf 4 0 0 0
Stanley cf 3 0 1 0
  Northrup ph,rf 0 1 0 0
Freehan c 4 2 2 1
Oyler ss 3 0 1 2
Podres p 0 0 0 0
  Aguirre p 1 0 0 0
  Wood ph 1 0 0 0
  Sparma p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 1 1 1
  Tracewski 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
New York 200 000 0103120
Detroit 000 000 33x690
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Downing   6.1 6 3 3 4 3
  Reniff  L (2-6) 1.2 3 3 3 1 3
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
5
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres   2.1 6 2 2 1 2
  Aguirre   2.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Sparma   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Monbouquette  W (7-8) 2.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
3
3

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Detroit 3.  2B–Detroit Stanley (9,off Downing); Freehan (15,off Downing); Kaline (27,off Reniff).  3B–Detroit Oyler (3,off Reniff).  HR–New York Tresh (18,1st inning off Podres 0 on, 0 out); Boyer (11,1st inning off Podres 0 on, 1 out); Maris (10,8th inning off Monbouquette 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Wert (7,7th inning off Downing 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Northrup (3,by Reniff).  CS–Gibbs (2,2nd base by Sparma/Freehan).  IBB–Reniff (8,Northrup).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Bill Valentine, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:32.  A–17,395.
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