Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
July 18, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1969 at Cleveland Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 0

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 3 0 0 0
Tresh ss 4 0 0 0
Northrup rf 3 0 1 0
Cash 1b 3 1 2 0
Horton lf 4 1 1 2
Freehan c 4 1 1 1
Wert 3b 3 1 1 0
  Tracewski 3b 0 0 0 0
Brown 2b 3 0 0 0
McLain p 1 0 0 1
Totals 28 4 6 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 4 0 1 0
Brown 3b 4 0 1 0
Sims c 4 0 0 0
Horton 1b 4 0 3 0
Harrelson rf 4 0 0 0
Snyder lf 3 0 1 0
Klimchock 2b 3 0 0 0
Leon ss 3 0 0 0
Tiant p 2 0 1 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0
  Burchart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 7 0
Detroit 000 010 120460
Cleveland 000 000 000070
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (14-5) 9.0 7 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
0
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  L (8-11) 8.0 6 4 4 5 3
  Burchart   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Cleveland Horton (13,off McLain).  HR–Detroit Freehan (12,5th inning off Tiant 0 on, 0 out); Horton (12,8th inning off Tiant 1 on, 2 out).  SH–McLain 3 (7,off Tiant 3).  SB–Wert (2,2nd base off Tiant/Sims).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Jake O'Donnell, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:32.  A–17,615.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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