Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
September 26, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1969 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox 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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Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 4 0 0 1
Brown I. 2b 5 0 0 0
Northrup rf 4 2 2 0
Cash 1b 5 1 3 2
Horton lf 4 0 0 1
Freehan c 4 1 2 0
Wert 3b 4 1 2 0
Gutierrez ss 1 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 1 0 1 1
  McRae p 0 0 0 0
  Kaline ph 1 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Sparma p 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Matchick ph 1 0 1 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
  Tresh ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 3 3 1 1
Lahoud rf 2 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 0 0
Petrocelli ss 4 0 2 2
Jones 1b 3 0 0 0
  O'Brien ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Scott 3b,1b 2 1 1 0
Conigliaro cf 2 1 0 0
Satriano c 3 0 0 1
Garman p 2 0 1 1
  Siebert p 2 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 5 5
Detroit 100 002 2005111
Boston 102 101 10x651
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma   3.1 3 4 4 6 1
  Reed   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Lasher   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McRae   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Hiller  L (4-4) 2.0 1 1 0 1 4
Totals
8.0
5
6
5
7
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Garman   5.1 8 3 3 4 4
  Siebert  W (13-11) 3.2 3 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
6
7

  E–I Brown (7), Scott (18).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Northrup (28,off Garman); Freehan (15,off Garman), Boston Petrocelli 2 (31,off Sparma,off Hiller).  3B–Detroit Cash (4,off Siebert).  HR–Boston Andrews (15,1st inning off Sparma 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Horton (4,off Siebert); Satriano (6,off McRae).  SB–Scott (4,2nd base off Hiller/Freehan).  WP–Sparma (7), McRae (1).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Emmett Ashford, 2B–Merlyn Anthony, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:52.  A–20,820.
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