Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 2, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1966 at Cleveland Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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)
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Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe ss 4 0 0 0
Lumpe 2b 4 0 1 0
  Tracewski 2b 0 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 1 2 0
Brown lf 4 1 1 0
  Stanley cf 0 0 0 0
Horton rf,lf 4 2 2 3
Northrup cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Wert 3b 4 0 1 1
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
McLain p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Howser 2b 1 0 0 0
  Gentile ph 0 0 0 0
  Salmon pr 0 0 0 0
Davalillo cf 5 0 1 0
Wagner lf 3 0 0 0
Colavito rf 4 0 0 0
Whitfield 1b 3 0 0 0
Sims c 4 1 2 1
Alvis 3b 4 1 1 1
Brown ss 3 0 0 0
Bell p 2 0 0 0
  Landis ph 1 0 0 0
  Kralick p 0 0 0 0
  Radatz p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Detroit 000 003 001471
Cleveland 000 001 010240
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (17-11) 9.0 4 2 2 7 3
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
7
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  L (13-11) 7.0 5 3 3 2 9
  Kralick   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Radatz   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
11

  E–McAuliffe (13).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Lumpe (12,off Bell); Wert (16,off Kralick).  HR–Detroit Horton (23,6th inning off Bell 2 on, 1 out), Cleveland Alvis (14,6th inning off McLain 0 on, 2 out); Sims (6,8th inning off McLain 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Wagner (1,by McLain).  HBP–McLain (3,Wagner).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Emmett Ashford, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Bob Stewart.  T–2:45.
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