New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
September 19, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 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."

"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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New York Yankees 2, Detroit Tigers 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 0 1 0
Gibbs c 5 0 1 0
Mantle 1b 2 2 2 1
Pepitone cf 4 0 2 0
Robinson lf 4 0 0 0
Tresh ss 3 0 0 1
Kosco rf 4 0 0 0
Ferraro 3b 4 0 2 0
Stottlemyre p 2 0 0 0
  Howser ph 1 0 0 0
  Womack p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 1 0 0
Stanley ss,cf 3 1 1 0
Kaline rf 4 1 2 0
  Oyler ss 0 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 0 0 0
  Comer lf 1 0 1 2
Cash 1b 3 2 3 3
Northrup cf,rf 3 1 2 0
Mathews 3b 2 0 1 1
  Wert pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Price c 4 0 0 0
McLain p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
New York 000 001 010280
Detroit 000 103 20x6100
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (20-12) 6.0 8 4 4 2 3
  Womack   2.0 2 2 2 3 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
5
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (31-5) 9.0 8 2 2 3 7
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
7

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Gibbs (12,off McLain), Detroit Northrup (27,off Stottlemyre); Kaline (12,off Womack).  HR–New York Mantle (17,8th inning off McLain 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Cash 2 (24,4th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Stottlemyre 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Cash (7,by Womack).  WP–Womack (4).  IBB–Womack (9,Cash).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Bill Kinnamon.  T–2:01.  A–9,063.
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