Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 16, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1970 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 2, Detroit Tigers 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender cf 4 0 1 1
Leon 2b 3 0 0 0
Pinson rf 5 0 2 0
Horton 1b 3 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 2 0
Sims c 3 1 0 0
Nettles 3b 1 1 0 0
Heidemann ss 4 0 1 1
Chance p 2 0 0 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
  Nagelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Higgins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 1 2 2
Gutierrez ss 4 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 1 0
Horton lf 3 1 1 0
Northrup cf 4 1 2 1
Freehan c 3 0 1 1
Wert 3b 2 1 1 0
Wilson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 9 4
Cleveland 000 200 000260
Detroit 020 010 10x490
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Chance  L (1-1) 6.0 8 4 4 3 7
  Hargan   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Paul   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Higgins   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
6
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (1-2) 9.0 6 2 2 6 7
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
6
7

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Uhlaender (1,off Wilson), Detroit Northrup 2 (3,off Chance 2).  HR–Detroit McAuliffe (1,7th inning off Chance 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Leon (1,off Wilson); Chance (1,off Wilson); Wilson (1,off Chance); Wert (1,off Higgins).  SF–Uhlaender (1,off Wilson).  IBB–Wert (1,by Chance); McAuliffe (2,by Higgins).  SB–Gutierrez (1,2nd base off Chance/Sims).  IBB–Chance (1,Wert); Higgins (1,McAuliffe).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:35.  A–6,280.
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