Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
July 11, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 11, 1969 at Tiger Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 8, Detroit Tigers 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 3 2 1 1
Brown ss 4 0 1 0
Sims c 3 1 1 2
Horton 1b 4 1 1 0
Harrelson rf 4 1 1 4
Scheinblum lf 4 0 0 0
Klimchock 2b 3 1 0 0
  Fuller 2b 0 1 0 0
Versalles 3b 4 1 1 0
McDowell p 2 0 0 1
Totals 31 8 6 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Tresh ss 4 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 1 0
Freehan 1b 4 0 0 0
Price c 4 1 1 1
Northrup lf 3 0 2 0
Wert 3b 3 0 0 0
Tracewski 2b 2 0 0 0
Sparma p 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Cleveland 006 000 002861
Detroit 000 000 001152
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  W (11-8) 9.0 5 1 1 3 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma  L (5-6) 2.2 2 5 1 2 3
  Patterson   2.1 1 1 1 2 0
  McMahon   3.0 2 0 0 0 4
  Hiller   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
8
4
6
8

  E–Versalles (5), Freehan (7), Tracewski (4).  DP–Cleveland 2, Detroit 1.  PB–Sims (6).  HR–Cleveland Harrelson (15,3rd inning off Patterson 3 on, 2 out), Detroit Price (7,9th inning off McDowell 0 on, 2 out).  SH–McDowell (5,off Hiller).  SF–McDowell (1,off Sparma).  HBP–Fuller (2,by Hiller).  SB–Cardenal (17,2nd base off Sparma/Price).  CS–Horton (2,2nd base by McMahon/Price).  WP–McDowell (7), Sparma (5), Hiller (1).  HBP–Hiller (1,Fuller).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:26.  A–28,752.
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