New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
June 24, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 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 1, Detroit Tigers 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 0 1 0
Kenney 3b 4 0 1 0
Murcer rf 4 0 0 0
Pepitone 1b 4 1 2 1
White lf 1 0 1 0
Lyttle cf 4 0 0 0
Michael ss 4 0 2 0
Gibbs c 4 0 0 0
Kekich p 1 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 1 0
Tresh ss 3 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 1 1 1
Horton lf 4 1 2 1
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
Brown 3b 2 0 0 0
Northrup cf 1 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 1 0
McLain p 3 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 5 2
New York 000 001 000170
Detroit 200 000 00x251
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kekich  L (0-4) 6.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Johnson   2.0 1 0 0 3 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
4
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (11-5) 9.0 7 1 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
5

  E–Freehan (3).  DP–New York 1, Detroit 1.  2B–New York Pepitone (9,off McLain).  HR–New York Pepitone (18,6th inning off McLain 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Kaline (10,1st inning off Kekich 0 on, 2 out); Horton (10,1st inning off Kekich 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Kekich (2,off McLain); I Brown (2,off Johnson).  IBB–White 2 (3,by McLain 2); Northrup (1,by Johnson).  SB–White (11,2nd base off McLain/Freehan); Hall (8,2nd base off McLain/Freehan).  WP–McLain (2).  IBB–Johnson (2,Northrup); McLain 2 (5,White 2).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Jake O'Donnell, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:00.  A–19,006.
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