Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
July 29, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1969 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Minnesota Twins 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley ss,cf 4 0 1 0
Northrup cf 2 0 1 0
  Tracewski pr,ss 3 0 2 0
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 1 1 0
Matchick 2b 4 1 1 0
Price c 4 0 3 1
Wert 3b 4 0 0 0
Lolich p 2 0 0 0
  Brown I. ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 1 0 0 1
Totals 37 2 9 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 4 2 2 0
Carew 2b 4 1 1 2
Killebrew 1b 2 1 0 0
  Uhlaender lf 0 0 0 0
Oliva rf 3 0 1 2
Allison lf 3 0 0 1
  Reese ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 2 0 0 0
Renick 3b 3 0 0 0
Perry p 2 1 1 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 5 5 5
Detroit 000 000 002290
Minnesota 003 020 00x551
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  L (14-3) 7.0 5 5 5 4 3
  Patterson   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
6
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (12-4) 8.0 8 2 2 0 4
  Worthington  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
4

  E–Carew (10).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Northrup (19,off Perry), Minnesota Oliva (26,off Lolich).  HR–Minnesota Carew (7,5th inning off Lolich 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Kaline (1,by Perry); Cardenas (4,by Lolich); Perry (1,by Lolich).  IBB–Killebrew (14,by Lolich).  CS–Killebrew (2,2nd base by Lolich/Price).  HBP–Lolich 2 (7,Cardenas,Perry); Perry (8,Kaline).  IBB–Lolich (6,Killebrew).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:45.
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