Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
August 2, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Minnesota Twins 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 1 2 0
Stanley cf 3 2 1 0
Kaline 1b 4 1 1 0
Horton lf 3 1 1 1
Freehan c 4 1 2 3
Northrup rf 2 0 0 1
Wert 3b 4 0 1 1
Tracewski ss 4 0 0 0
Sparma p 1 0 0 0
  Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 2 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar rf 5 1 2 0
Reese 1b 5 2 2 2
Uhlaender cf 5 1 3 0
Allison lf 4 0 0 0
Roseboro c 3 0 1 1
Carew 2b 4 0 3 1
Quilici 3b 3 0 0 0
Clark ss 4 1 3 1
Merritt p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 2 0 0 0
  Worthington p 1 0 0 0
  Rollins ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 14 5
Detroit 400 020 000681
Minnesota 002 300 0005140
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma   2.2 6 2 2 2 1
  Lolich   1.1 3 3 3 0 2
  McMahon  W (3-1) 4.0 4 0 0 0 3
  Hiller   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Patterson  SV (5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
2
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt   0.2 3 4 4 2 1
  Miller  L (0-2) 4.0 5 2 2 0 2
  Worthington   3.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Perranoski   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
3
6

  E–Tracewski (3).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Freehan (18,off Merritt), Minnesota Uhlaender 2 (19,off Sparma 2); Carew (17,off Sparma).  HR–Minnesota Clark (1,4th inning off Lolich 0 on, 0 out); Reese (3,4th inning off Lolich 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Northrup (4,off Merritt); Roseboro (2,off Sparma).  CS–McAuliffe (4,2nd base by Miller/Roseboro); Northrup (6,2nd base by Worthington/Roseboro).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:58.  A–24,514.
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