Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
September 20, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1968 at D.C. Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Washington Senators 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 1 0
Comer lf 5 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 2 4 1
Cash 1b 4 1 1 0
Northrup cf 5 2 2 4
Matchick ss 4 0 1 0
Wert 3b 4 0 1 0
Price c 4 1 1 1
Lolich p 3 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 0
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 5 2 2 1
Billings lf,3b 2 0 1 1
Alyea rf 3 0 0 0
  Epstein ph 1 0 0 0
Howard 1b 3 0 0 0
McMullen 3b,ss 3 0 0 1
Casanova c 2 0 0 0
  French ph,c 1 0 0 0
Cullen 2b 2 0 0 0
  Allen ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 1 1 0
  Stroud ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Hannan p 2 0 0 0
  Humphreys p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Holman ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 4 3
Detroit 000 002 0406120
Washington 002 010 000340
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (16-9) 7.0 3 3 3 7 9
  Dobson  SV (7) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
8
11
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Hannan   6.1 6 2 2 3 5
  Humphreys  L (4-7) 1.1 5 4 4 0 2
  Jones   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Washington 1.  PB–Casanova (10).  2B–Detroit Matchick (6,off Hannan); Brown (6,off Humphreys); Kaline (13,off Jones).  3B–Washington Unser (7,off Lolich).  HR–Detroit Northrup 2 (21,6th inning off Hannan 1 on, 1 out,8th inning off Humphreys 1 on, 0 out); Kaline (10,8th inning off Humphreys 0 on, 0 out); Price (3,8th inning off Humphreys 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Hannan (3,off Lolich).  SF–Billings (1,off Lolich).  HBP–Cullen (3,by Lolich).  HBP–Lolich (9,Cullen).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Bill Kinnamon, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:51.  A–5,929.
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