Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
July 31, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 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 4

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 4 0 0 0
Holman rf 3 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 4 0 2 0
Howard lf 4 0 0 0
McMullen 3b,ss 4 0 0 0
Allen B. 2b 3 0 1 0
French c 3 0 0 0
Hansen ss 2 0 0 0
  Allen H. ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Bertaina p 2 0 0 0
  Higgins p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Peterson ph 1 0 1 0
  Bosman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 4 4 1
Stanley cf 3 0 0 1
Kaline 1b,lf 4 0 3 2
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Horton lf 3 0 0 0
  Comer lf 0 0 0 0
  Cash ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Northrup rf 3 0 1 0
Wert 3b 4 0 1 0
Tracewski ss 4 0 0 0
McLain p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Washington 000 000 000041
Detroit 101 010 10x490
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Bertaina  L (4-9) 6.1 9 4 4 1 4
  Higgins   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Moore   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bosman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (21-3) 9.0 4 0 0 1 9
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
9

  E–McMullen (11).  2B–Washington B Allen (6,off McLain), Detroit McAuliffe 2 (18,off Bertaina 2); Kaline (8,off Bertaina).  HR–Detroit McAuliffe (14,3rd inning off Bertaina 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Stanley (1,off Bertaina).  WP–Bertaina (12).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Bill Kinnamon.  T–2:05.  A–37,453.
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