Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 3, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 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."

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Detroit Tigers 8, Cleveland Indians 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe ss 5 1 2 1
Lumpe 2b 4 0 0 0
  Tracewski 2b 1 0 0 0
Cash 1b 5 1 2 2
Kaline cf 2 0 0 0
  Stanley pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Northrup rf 5 1 3 1
Horton lf 5 0 1 0
Wert 3b 4 2 2 1
Freehan c 5 1 1 0
Wilson p 3 2 2 2
Totals 39 8 13 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Howser 2b 3 0 1 0
  Hinton ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0
Davalillo cf 4 0 1 0
Wagner lf 4 0 0 0
Colavito rf 4 0 0 0
Whitfield 1b 4 1 1 1
Sims c 4 0 2 0
Alvis 3b 4 0 1 0
Brown ss 4 0 0 0
Kelley p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Landis ph 0 0 0 0
  Kralick p 1 0 0 0
  Radatz p 0 0 0 0
  Salmon ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 6 1
Detroit 131 000 0308131
Cleveland 000 000 001160
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (17-9) 9.0 6 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Kelley  L (4-8) 1.1 4 4 4 2 0
  Allen   1.2 2 1 1 0 3
  Kralick   4.0 6 3 3 2 1
  Radatz   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  O'Donoghue   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
5
7

  E–Tracewski (8).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit Wert (17,off Allen); Northrup (24,off Kralick), Cleveland Alvis (20,off Wilson).  HR–Detroit Wilson (7,2nd inning off Kelley 1 on, 1 out); McAuliffe (19,2nd inning off Kelley 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Whitfield (25,9th inning off Wilson 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Landis (2,by Wilson).  WP–Wilson (7), Radatz 2 (5).  HBP–Wilson (5,Landis).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Emmett Ashford.  T–2:36.  A–5,829.
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