Seattle Pilots vs Detroit Tigers
August 30, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1969 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Seattle Pilots and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Pilots 3, Detroit Tigers 4

Seattle Pilots ab   r   h rbi
Harper 3b 4 0 0 0
Hegan lf 2 2 1 0
Comer cf 3 0 1 0
Mincher 1b 3 0 1 2
Hovley rf 4 1 0 0
McNertney c 1 0 0 0
  Ranew c 3 0 1 1
Donaldson 2b 4 0 1 0
Oyler ss 3 0 0 0
Gelnar p 1 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Goossen ph 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 4 0 1 0
Tresh ss 3 0 0 0
Northrup rf 4 2 3 0
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
Horton lf 3 2 2 2
Matchick 2b 2 0 0 0
  Kaline ph 1 0 1 1
  Tracewski 2b 1 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 1 1
Wert 3b 3 0 2 0
McLain p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 10 4
Seattle 102 000 000350
Detroit 100 102 00x4100
  Seattle Pilots IP H R ER BB SO
Gelnar   5.0 6 2 2 1 1
  O'Donoghue  L (1-2) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Locker   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Meyer   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Segui   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
5
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (21-6) 9.0 5 3 3 3 3
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 3.  3B–Seattle Hegan (6,off McLain).  HR–Detroit Horton (19,4th inning off Gelnar 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Gelnar (2,off McLain); McLain (12,off Gelnar).  SF–Mincher (3,off McLain).  IBB–Wert (6,by Locker).  SB–Hovley (6,2nd base off McLain/Freehan).  CS–Hegan (5,2nd base by McLain/Freehan).  IBB–Locker (7,Wert).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:18.  A–17,550.
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