New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
September 17, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1968 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Yankees 1, Detroit Tigers 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 0 1 0
Gibbs c 4 0 1 1
Mantle 1b 4 0 1 0
White lf 3 0 0 0
Pepitone cf 3 0 0 0
Robinson rf 3 0 1 0
Ferraro 3b 3 0 0 0
Michael ss 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 0
  Howser pr 0 1 0 0
  Amaro ss 0 0 0 0
Bahnsen p 1 0 0 0
  Whitaker ph 1 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 0 1 0
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Northrup rf 3 0 1 0
Horton lf 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 0 2 0
  Kaline ph 0 1 0 0
Freehan c 3 1 2 0
Matchick ss 3 0 0 0
  Oyler ss 0 0 0 0
  Price ph 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
Wert 3b 4 0 1 1
Sparma p 3 0 1 1
Totals 30 2 8 2
New York 000 000 001–150
Detroit 000 010 001–280
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Bahnsen   8.0 6 1 1 2 4
  Hamilton  L (2-2) 0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  McDaniel   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
8
2
2
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma  W (9-10) 9.0 5 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
2
  E–None.  DP–New York 2, Detroit 1.  SH–Freehan (3,off Bahnsen).  CS–Clarke (7,2nd base by Sparma/Freehan); Robinson (7,2nd base by Sparma/Freehan).  U-HP–Bill Kinnamon, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:12.  A–46,512.
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