Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
June 3, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1973 at Metropolitan 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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Detroit Tigers 8, Minnesota Twins 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 5 0 2 1
Brown dh 5 1 2 0
Horton lf 4 1 2 2
Sims c 3 1 0 0
Kaline rf 4 1 1 0
  Reese pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Freehan 1b 4 1 2 0
  Sharon rf 0 0 0 0
McAuliffe 2b 4 1 2 5
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 1 0
Lolich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Terrell 3b 4 1 3 0
Carew 2b 4 0 3 2
Killebrew dh 4 0 0 0
Darwin rf 3 0 0 0
Thompson ss 4 0 1 0
Walton lf 4 0 0 0
Lis 1b 4 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 4 0 0 0
Hisle cf 3 1 0 0
Hands p 0 0 0 0
  Goltz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Detroit 001 420 0108131
Minnesota 001 001 000270
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (5-5) 9.0 7 2 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
1
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hands  L (5-5) 4.1 9 7 7 0 1
  Goltz   4.2 4 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
0
4

  E–Brinkman (10).  DP–Detroit 1, Minnesota 3.  2B–Detroit Rodriguez (11,off Hands); McAuliffe (10,off Goltz), Minnesota Terrell 3 (4,off Lolich 3).  3B–Minnesota Carew (5,off Lolich).  HR–Detroit McAuliffe (2,4th inning off Hands 3 on, 1 out); Horton (5,5th inning off Hands 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Sims (2,by Hands).  SB–Thompson (1,2nd base off Lolich/Sims).  HBP–Hands (2,Sims).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Hank Morgenweck, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:15.  A–35,815.
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