Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Pilots
May 31, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1969 at Sick's Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Seattle Pilots and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Seattle Pilots 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley ss,cf 5 1 2 0
McAuliffe 2b 3 2 2 0
Kaline rf 3 0 1 1
Cash 1b 2 0 0 1
Horton lf 4 0 0 0
  Tracewski ss 0 0 0 0
Northrup cf,lf 3 0 0 0
Matchick 3b 4 0 1 0
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
Sparma p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 2
Seattle Pilots ab   r   h rbi
Harper 2b 2 0 0 0
Hegan rf 2 0 0 0
Davis lf 4 0 0 0
Mincher 1b 2 1 1 0
Comer cf 4 0 0 0
Rollins 3b 3 1 0 1
  Simpson pr 0 0 0 0
Haney c 4 0 0 0
Oyler ss 3 0 0 0
Bell p 1 0 0 0
  Ranew ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Gosger ph 1 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 1 1
Detroit 001 020 000362
Seattle 000 010 001215
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma  W (3-1) 9.0 1 2 0 7 8
Totals
9.0
1
2
0
7
8
  Seattle Pilots IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  L (2-5) 5.0 3 3 1 4 3
  Marshall   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Segui   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
1
4
5

  E–Cash (4), Tracewski (2), Comer (3), Rollins (5), Haney 2 (4), Oyler (9).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Kaline (9,off Bell), Seattle Mincher (5,off Sparma).  SF–Cash (2,off Bell).  SB–Matchick (1,2nd base off Marshall/Haney); Stanley (4,2nd base off Segui/Haney); Harper (28,2nd base off Sparma/Freehan).  CS–Harper (7,2nd base by Sparma/Freehan).  WP–Sparma (3), Bell 2 (4).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Jake O'Donnell, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:50.  A–15,395.
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