Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 10, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 10, 1969 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 3, Detroit Tigers 12

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 4 1 1 0
Brown ss 3 0 0 0
Scheinblum rf 3 0 0 1
Horton 1b 4 1 1 1
Hinton lf 4 1 1 0
Azcue c 3 0 2 0
Versalles 3b 3 0 1 0
Fuller 2b 2 0 0 1
McDowell p 1 0 0 0
  Snyder ph 1 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Burchart p 0 0 0 0
  Alvis ph 1 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 1 3 2
Stanley 1b 5 3 1 1
Kaline rf 5 2 3 1
Horton lf 4 2 2 3
Freehan c 5 2 3 5
Wert 3b 5 0 1 0
Northrup cf 3 0 0 0
Tracewski ss 2 1 0 0
Lolich p 2 1 0 0
Totals 35 12 13 12
Cleveland 100 100 100361
Detroit 210 041 13x12131
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  L (0-1) 5.0 6 7 6 4 5
  Pina   0.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Burchart   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Paul   1.0 4 3 3 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
12
11
7
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (1-0) 9.0 6 3 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
2
7

  E–Brown (1), Horton (1).  DP–Cleveland 3, Detroit 2.  2B–Cleveland Cardenal (1,off Lolich), Detroit Kaline (1,off McDowell); Freehan (1,off Paul).  3B–Detroit McAuliffe (1,off McDowell).  HR–Cleveland Horton (1,4th inning off Lolich 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Freehan 2 (2,5th inning off McDowell 3 on, 1 out,7th inning off Hamilton 0 on, 1 out); Stanley (1,8th inning off Paul 0 on, 2 out); Horton (1,8th inning off Paul 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Scheinblum (1,off Lolich); Fuller (1,off Lolich).  WP–Pina (1).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:26.  A–14,665.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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