Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
May 19, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1968 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators 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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Washington Senators 0, Detroit Tigers 7

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 5 0 0 0
Bowens lf 4 0 0 0
Howard 1b 3 0 1 0
McMullen 3b 3 0 2 0
Peterson rf 3 0 0 0
Hansen ss 4 0 1 0
Casanova c 4 0 0 0
Allen 2b 3 0 1 0
Pascual p 2 0 1 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Coggins ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Epstein ph 1 0 0 0
  Higgins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 2 2 1
Stanley cf 4 1 2 0
Northrup rf,lf 4 1 1 1
Mathews 1b 2 2 1 3
  Oyler ss 1 0 0 0
Brown lf 2 0 0 0
  Kaline ph,rf 2 1 1 2
Matchick ss,1b 4 0 0 0
Wert 3b 3 0 0 0
Price c 3 0 0 0
Cain p 2 0 0 0
  Lasher p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 7 7
Washington 000 000 000060
Detroit 000 402 10x771
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Pascual  L (3-3) 4.0 4 4 4 0 3
  Knowles   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Jones   2.0 3 3 3 1 2
  Higgins   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
7
7
2
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Cain  W (1-0) 6.2 6 0 0 6 8
  Lasher  SV (3) 2.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
6
8

  E–Wert (4).  DP–Detroit 1.  3B–Washington B Allen (2,off Cain).  HR–Detroit Mathews (1,4th inning off Pascual 2 on, 0 out); Kaline (3,6th inning off Jones 1 on, 1 out); McAuliffe (5,7th inning off Jones 0 on, 2 out).  CS–McMullen (1,2nd base by Cain/Price).  WP–Cain 2 (2).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:30.  A–45,491.
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