Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
May 18, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1969 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 8, Minnesota Twins 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley ss,cf 6 1 3 2
McAuliffe 2b 5 4 3 1
Kaline rf 4 0 2 1
Cash 1b 3 0 0 1
Brown lf 4 0 0 0
  Tracewski ss 1 0 0 0
Northrup cf,lf 5 1 2 1
Matchick 3b 5 1 2 0
Freehan c 5 1 2 0
Lolich p 5 0 2 1
Totals 43 8 16 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf 3 1 2 0
Carew 2b 3 1 0 0
Killebrew 1b 3 0 0 0
Oliva rf 3 0 0 0
  Manuel rf 1 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 4 0 1 0
Uhlaender cf 3 0 0 0
Renick 3b 2 0 0 0
Boswell p 2 0 0 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Allison ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Quilici ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 0
Detroit 101 004 1108160
Minnesota 002 000 000241
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (5-1) 9.0 4 2 2 6 6
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
6
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Boswell  L (4-4) 5.2 12 6 6 1 6
  Grzenda   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Perranoski   1.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Perry   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
3
9

  E–Renick (1).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Kaline (7,off Boswell); Stanley (6,off Boswell); Northrup (7,off Perranoski); McAuliffe (5,off Perry), Minnesota Tovar (1,off Lolich).  3B–Detroit McAuliffe (3,off Boswell).  IBB–Cash (1,by Perry).  HBP–Tovar (2,by Lolich).  SB–Tovar 2 (4,3rd base off Lolich/Freehan,Home off Lolich/Freehan); Carew 3 (7,2nd base off Lolich/Freehan,3rd base off Lolich/Freehan,Home off Lolich/Freehan).  BK–Lolich (1), Grzenda (1).  HBP–Lolich (3,Tovar).  IBB–Perry (2,Cash).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Cal Drummond, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:47.  A–20,778.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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