Seattle Pilots vs Detroit Tigers
June 9, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1969 at Tiger Stadium. The Seattle Pilots defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Pilots 3, Detroit Tigers 2

Seattle Pilots ab   r   h rbi
Simpson cf 4 1 1 1
  Mincher ph 1 0 1 1
  Whitaker pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Gil 2b 4 0 0 1
Davis lf 5 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0
  Gelnar p 0 0 0 0
Comer rf 4 0 0 0
Hegan 1b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy 3b 4 0 0 0
McNertney c 2 0 1 0
  Harper pr 0 1 0 0
  Haney c 0 0 0 0
Oyler ss 3 0 1 0
Pattin p 3 0 1 0
  Ranew ph 0 0 0 0
  Gosger pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 3 5 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley ss 4 1 1 0
McAuliffe 2b 3 0 1 0
Kaline rf 5 0 1 1
  Woods pr 0 0 0 0
Cash 1b 5 0 1 0
Northrup cf 4 0 2 0
Horton lf 5 0 0 0
Matchick 3b 3 1 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Lolich p 3 0 1 1
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 7 2
Seattle 100 000 000 2350
Detroit 000 010 000 1271
  Seattle Pilots IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  W (6-4) 9.0 5 1 1 5 9
  Segui   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  O'Donoghue   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Gelnar  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
7
2
2
7
11
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich   9.0 4 1 1 1 16
  Dobson  L (1-4) 1.0 1 2 2 2 0
Totals
10.0
5
3
3
3
16

  E–Lolich (1).  2B–Detroit Northrup (12,off Pattin).  HR–Seattle Simpson (2,1st inning off Lolich 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Oyler (1,off Dobson).  SF–Gil (1,off Dobson).  IBB–Ranew (2,by Dobson); Matchick (1,by Pattin).  SB–Davis (7,2nd base off Lolich/Freehan); McAuliffe (2,2nd base off Pattin/McNertney).  CS–McAuliffe (5,2nd base by Pattin/McNertney).  IBB–Pattin (1,Matchick); Dobson (2,Ranew).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:22.  A–13,477.
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