New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
June 23, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1969 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 5, Detroit Tigers 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 3 1 1 1
Cox 3b 4 1 2 0
Murcer rf 4 0 1 1
Pepitone 1b 5 1 1 1
White lf 4 0 1 0
Robinson cf 4 0 1 2
  Lyttle cf 0 0 0 0
Fernandez c 3 0 0 0
Michael ss 4 2 2 0
Bahnsen p 2 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 1 1 0
Tresh ss 5 1 1 0
Kaline rf 5 3 3 0
Cash 1b 4 0 3 1
  Price ph 1 1 1 2
Horton lf 4 0 2 2
Northrup cf 3 0 0 0
  Stanley ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Brown 3b 2 0 1 0
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
Hiller p 2 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Wert ph 1 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 5
New York 300 010 100592
Detroit 101 010 1026121
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Bahnsen   6.2 11 4 4 2 2
  Hamilton  L (2-2) 1.2 1 2 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
12
6
5
2
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hiller   6.1 9 5 5 3 1
  Patterson   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Kilkenny  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
5
2

  E–Clarke (10), Cox (3), McAuliffe (6).  DP–New York 1, Detroit 1.  PB–Freehan (3).  HR–Detroit Price (4,9th inning off Hamilton 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bahnsen (4,off Hiller); Hiller (1,off Bahnsen).  WP–Bahnsen 2 (5).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Jake O'Donnell, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:39.  A–14,530.
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