Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
June 13, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 13, 1969 at Municipal Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Kansas City Royals 0

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley ss,cf 4 1 0 0
McAuliffe 2b 5 2 3 1
Kaline rf 5 1 2 1
Cash 1b 4 1 2 2
Northrup cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Horton lf 3 0 1 1
  Tracewski pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 1 0
Matchick 3b 3 0 0 1
Sparma p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Kelly cf 4 0 1 0
Foy 3b 4 0 0 0
Fiore 1b 4 0 1 0
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick rf 2 0 0 0
Adair 2b 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0
Drago p 2 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
  Rios ph 1 0 0 0
  Hedlund p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Detroit 101 000 0406100
Kansas City 000 000 000041
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma  W (4-1) 9.0 4 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  L (3-5) 7.1 8 5 5 2 5
  Burgmeier   0.0 2 1 1 2 0
  Wickersham   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Hedlund   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
6

  E–Kirkpatrick (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Cash (4,off Drago); McAuliffe (7,off Drago); Kaline (11,off Drago), Kansas City Fiore (6,off Sparma); Kelly (9,off Sparma).  HR–Detroit McAuliffe (7,8th inning off Drago 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Freehan (3,by Burgmeier).  IBB–Burgmeier (2,Freehan).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:20.  A–12,779.
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