Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
September 23, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1966 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 12

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 5 1 1 0
McAuliffe ss 5 1 1 2
Cash 1b 5 1 1 0
Kaline cf 4 1 3 1
  Stanley pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Horton lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Northrup rf 0 0 0 0
  Brown pr,lf 3 0 2 0
Wert 3b 3 0 1 1
Freehan c 2 0 0 0
  Brunsberg c 1 0 0 0
McLain p 1 0 0 0
  Monbouquette p 0 0 0 0
  Pepper ph 1 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Lumpe ph 1 0 0 0
  Korince p 0 0 0 0
  McFarlane ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar 2b 4 1 1 0
Valdespino lf 5 3 1 0
Oliva rf 4 3 2 1
  Kosco rf 0 0 0 0
Killebrew 3b 3 1 0 0
  Clark 3b 1 0 1 0
Mincher 1b 5 1 1 4
Nixon c 4 1 3 2
  Zimmerman c 0 0 0 0
Versalles ss 5 1 1 0
Uhlaender cf 4 1 1 1
Grant p 3 0 2 2
Totals 38 12 13 10
Detroit 000 100 0304103
Minnesota 404 202 00x12130
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  L (19-13) 2.2 7 8 8 2 1
  Monbouquette   1.1 3 2 0 0 2
  Gladding   2.0 2 2 0 0 1
  Korince   2.0 1 0 0 3 1
Totals
8.0
13
12
8
5
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Grant  W (12-13) 9.0 10 4 4 2 5
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
5

  E–McAuliffe (15), Wert (11), Gladding (2).  DP–Detroit 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Tovar (18,off McLain); Grant (4,off Monbouquette).  3B–Minnesota Nixon (1,off McLain).  HR–Detroit Kaline (27,4th inning off Grant 0 on, 1 out); McAuliffe (21,8th inning off Grant 1 on, 0 out), Minnesota Mincher (13,1st inning off McLain 3 on, 1 out); Oliva (24,3rd inning off McLain 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Northrup (4,by Grant); Oliva (5,by Gladding).  HBP–Gladding (1,Oliva); Grant (6,Northrup).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Cal Drummond.  T–2:52.  A–6,670.
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