Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
June 26, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 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 1, Detroit Tigers 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Heidemann ss 4 0 0 0
Leon 2b 4 0 0 0
Pinson rf 4 1 1 0
Fosse c 4 0 1 1
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Horton 1b 3 0 0 0
Uhlaender cf 3 0 0 0
Foster lf 2 0 2 0
Hand p 1 0 0 0
  Klimchock ph 1 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 0 0 0 0
  Sims ph 1 0 0 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 1 2 0
Stanley cf 3 2 1 1
Northrup rf 3 1 0 0
Horton lf 3 2 3 5
Cash 1b 4 0 2 1
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
Maddox 3b 4 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 1 1 0
Niekro p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 7 10 7
Cleveland 000 000 001140
Detroit 301 000 30x7100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hand  L (2-7) 5.0 5 4 4 1 3
  Hennigan   2.0 5 3 3 1 0
  Lasher   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (8-6) 9.0 4 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
4

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Foster (9,off Niekro); Fosse (10,off Niekro), Detroit Niekro (2,off Hand).  HR–Detroit Horton 2 (15,1st inning off Hand 2 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Hand 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Niekro (8,off Hennigan).  HBP–Northrup (4,by Hennigan).  SB–Foster (2,2nd base off Niekro/Freehan).  HBP–Hennigan (3,Northrup).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:12.  A–18,627.
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