Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 4, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 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 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wert 3b 5 1 2 0
Tracewski 2b 5 1 2 0
Freehan 1b,c 5 0 0 0
Kaline rf 5 0 1 1
Horton lf 6 1 1 1
Stanley cf 6 1 2 1
McFarlane c 4 0 1 1
  Cash 1b 0 0 0 0
Oyler ss 5 0 0 0
Aguirre p 3 0 2 0
  Wood ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena p 1 0 0 0
Totals 46 4 11 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 3 1 1 0
Hinton cf 3 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Wagner lf 5 1 3 1
Colavito rf 5 0 0 0
Whitfield 1b 5 0 0 0
Alvis 3b 5 1 2 2
Salmon 2b 5 0 2 0
Crandall c 3 0 0 0
  Sims ph,c 2 0 0 0
McDowell p 4 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 8 3
Detroit 110 010 000 0014111
Cleveland 100 200 000 000380
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Aguirre   7.0 6 3 3 1 1
  Pena  W (3-2) 5.0 2 0 0 1 8
Totals
12.0
8
3
3
2
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  L (8-7) 12.0 11 4 4 6 12
Totals
12.0
11
4
4
6
12

  E–Aguirre (4).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Kaline (28,off McDowell), Cleveland Brown (10,off Aguirre).  HR–Detroit Stanley (2,2nd inning off McDowell 0 on, 0 out); Horton (24,12th inning off McDowell 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Alvis (15,4th inning off Aguirre 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Kaline (4,off McDowell).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Emmett Ashford, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–3:14.  A–6,845.
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