Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
July 13, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 13, 1968 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 6, Minnesota Twins 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 7 1 2 1
Stanley cf 6 1 2 2
Northrup rf 7 1 2 0
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
  Kaline ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Horton lf 5 1 1 1
Freehan c 7 0 0 0
Wert 3b 6 0 0 0
Oyler ss 5 0 1 1
  Matchick ph 1 0 0 0
  Tracewski ss 0 0 0 0
Sparma p 3 1 1 0
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 1 0 0 0
  Lasher p 1 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 0
  Ribant p 0 0 0 0
  Wyatt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 55 6 11 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar 3b 5 1 1 0
Uhlaender cf 7 0 1 0
Oliva rf 5 2 3 2
Allison lf 6 2 1 0
Reese 1b 2 0 0 0
  Kostro ph,1b 3 1 2 0
Quilici 2b 7 1 3 0
Renick ss 6 0 1 2
  Carew ph 1 0 0 1
Roseboro c 5 0 1 0
Boswell p 2 0 1 0
  Holt ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Rollins ph 1 0 0 1
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Look ph 1 0 0 0
  Chance p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Roland p 0 0 0 1
Totals 53 7 14 7
Detroit 200 001 110 000 016111
Minnesota 200 000 030 000 027144
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma   6.0 5 2 2 3 4
  Dobson   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Hiller   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Lasher   5.0 4 1 1 2 3
  Ribant  L (2-2) 1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Wyatt   0.2 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
13.2
14
7
7
8
9
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Boswell   7.0 6 4 3 1 6
  Perranoski   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Miller   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Worthington   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Chance   3.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Roland  W (2-0) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
14.0
11
6
5
6
14

  E–McAuliffe (7), Tovar 2 (19), Uhlaender (2), Renick (1).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Stanley (10,off Boswell); Sparma (1,off Boswell); McAuliffe (13,off Boswell); Northrup (13,off Roland), Minnesota Oliva (19,off Sparma); Quilici (5,off Lasher).  HR–Detroit Stanley (8,1st inning off Boswell 1 on, 0 out); Horton (22,6th inning off Boswell 0 on, 1 out), Minnesota Oliva (14,1st inning off Sparma 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Kaline (2,by Worthington); Horton (6,by Roland); Roseboro 2 (6,by Lasher,by Wyatt).  SH–Kostro (1,off Ribant).  HBP–Tovar (7,by Dobson).  CS–Kaline (3,Home by Roland/Roseboro).  WP–Sparma (4).  HBP–Dobson (1,Tovar).  IBB–Lasher (5,Roseboro); Wyatt (1,Roseboro); Worthington (6,Kaline); Roland (2,Horton).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–4:41.  A–26,079.
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