Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
August 27, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1973 at Tiger Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 5, Detroit Tigers 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Hisle lf 5 0 1 1
Carew 2b 4 2 3 0
Oliva dh 4 0 3 1
Darwin rf 5 0 1 0
Holt 1b 3 0 0 0
  Adams ph 0 0 0 0
  Reese ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Brye cf 4 1 1 1
Braun 3b 3 0 0 0
  Soderholm 3b 1 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 4 1 2 0
Terrell ss 3 1 1 0
Fife p 0 0 0 0
  Bane p 0 0 0 0
  Corbin p 0 0 0 0
  Albury p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Northrup rf 4 0 0 0
Stanley cf 5 1 2 1
Brown G. dh 3 0 0 0
  Brown I. ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 0 2 0
McAuliffe 2b 0 0 0 0
  Taylor 2b 4 1 1 0
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
Sims c 3 0 1 2
Rodriguez 3b 2 1 0 0
Brinkman ss 2 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Veryzer ss 0 0 0 0
Strahler p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Minnesota 120 011 0005120
Detroit 001 000 020362
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Fife  W (1-1) 7.0 4 2 2 3 2
  Bane   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Corbin   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Albury   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Campbell  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Strahler  L (4-5) 1.2 4 3 2 1 1
  Scherman   4.2 6 2 2 1 3
  Farmer   2.2 2 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
2
9

  E–Horton (9), Sims (6).  2B–Minnesota Carew (25,off Strahler); Oliva (17,off Strahler); Hisle (22,off Strahler); Mitterwald (12,off Scherman), Detroit Taylor (7,off Fife); Horton (17,off Fife).  HR–Minnesota Brye (4,6th inning off Scherman 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Oliva (4,by Scherman); Northrup (1,by Fife); N Cash (7,by Bane).  SB–Mitterwald (3,2nd base off Strahler/Sims); Carew 2 (35,Home off Scherman/Sims,2nd base off Farmer/Sims); Oliva (2,2nd base off Scherman/Sims); Terrell (11,2nd base off Farmer/Sims).  CS–Carew (14,3rd base by Scherman/Sims).  WP–Fife (1).  HBP–Fife (1,Northrup); Bane (1,N Cash); Scherman (3,Oliva).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–3:27.  A–30,212.
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