Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
May 6, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1970 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins 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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Minnesota Twins 2, Detroit Tigers 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 4 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 2 1 2 0
Killebrew 3b 4 1 1 2
Oliva rf 4 0 1 0
Alyea lf 3 0 1 0
Allison 1b 4 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 2 0 1 0
Quilici 2b 1 0 0 0
  Renick ph 1 0 0 0
  Barber p 0 0 0 0
  Carew ph 1 0 0 0
Boswell p 2 0 1 0
  Mendoza ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 0 1 0
Jones 3b 3 1 0 0
  Wert 3b 0 0 0 0
Kaline rf 2 2 2 0
Cash 1b 4 1 1 1
Horton lf 4 0 1 1
Northrup cf 3 0 2 1
Freehan c 3 0 1 1
Szotkiewicz ss 4 1 1 1
Cain p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Minnesota 000 000 020270
Detroit 300 001 10x590
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Boswell  L (0-4) 6.0 8 4 4 4 4
  Barber   2.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
6
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Cain  W (1-1) 9.0 7 2 2 6 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
6
2

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1, Detroit 5.  2B–Detroit Horton (5,off Barber).  HR–Minnesota Killebrew (7,8th inning off Cain 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Szotkiewicz (1,6th inning off Boswell 0 on, 0 out).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:42.  A–10,368.
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