Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
July 17, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1969 at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Washington Senators 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 5 0 1 0
Tresh ss 4 0 0 0
Northrup rf 3 2 1 0
Cash 1b 3 1 1 0
Horton lf 4 1 2 3
Freehan c 4 0 1 0
Wert 3b 2 0 0 0
  Tracewski 3b 2 0 1 0
Brown 2b 4 0 2 0
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
  Lasher p 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 3
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 4 0 1 0
Stroud rf 3 0 0 0
  Higgins p 0 0 0 0
  Cullen ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Howard lf 4 2 2 1
Epstein 1b 4 1 1 0
McMullen 3b 3 0 1 0
Allen B. 2b 2 0 1 0
  Alyea ph 1 0 0 1
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0
French c 3 0 0 0
Cox p 2 0 2 0
  Maye ph 0 0 0 0
  Allen H. ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 2
Detroit 300 000 010491
Washington 000 001 020380
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (8-7) 6.0 6 1 1 3 4
  Kilkenny   1.1 1 2 1 2 0
  Lasher   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  McMahon  SV (8) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
6
5
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Cox  L (7-2) 7.0 7 3 3 2 4
  Higgins   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Knowles   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
5

  E–I Brown (3).  DP–Detroit 3.  3B–Washington Unser (2,off Lasher).  HR–Detroit Horton (11,1st inning off Cox 2 on, 2 out), Washington Howard (34,6th inning off Wilson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Wilson (2,off Cox).  SB–I Brown (1,2nd base off Cox/French); B Allen (1,2nd base off Wilson/Freehan).  WP–Higgins (11).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:31.  A–24,701.
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