Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
September 2, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1969 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 2, Kansas City Royals 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Tresh ss 3 1 1 1
Northrup cf 4 1 2 1
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 0 0 0
Matchick 3b 3 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Brown I. 2b 2 0 0 0
Lolich p 2 0 0 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 5 2 2 1
Northey cf 5 1 1 0
Alcaraz 3b 2 2 0 0
Piniella lf 4 0 2 2
Foy 1b 3 0 2 2
Adair 2b 3 0 0 1
Martinez c 4 0 0 0
Rico rf 1 0 0 0
Nelson p 4 1 2 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
Detroit 000 200 000230
Kansas City 300 000 30x690
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  L (17-8) 6.2 8 6 6 5 5
  Lasher   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Taylor   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
6
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson  W (7-13) 9.0 3 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
2
5

  E–None.  3B–Kansas City Nelson (1,off Lolich).  HR–Detroit Tresh (11,4th inning off Nelson 0 on, 0 out); Northrup (19,4th inning off Nelson 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Adair (3,off Lolich).  IBB–Rico (1,by Lolich).  CS–Rico (1,2nd base by Lolich/Freehan).  WP–Lolich (12).  IBB–Lolich (9,Rico).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Jake O'Donnell, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:20.  A–8,656.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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