Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
June 21, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1970 at Cleveland 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

Detroit Tigers 9, Cleveland Indians 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 6 1 2 1
Gutierrez ss 7 3 7 1
Kaline 1b 6 1 1 2
Horton lf 6 1 3 0
Northrup rf 5 2 2 5
Maddox 3b 6 0 0 0
Brown I. 2b 3 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 1 1 1 0
  Freehan c 1 0 0 0
Price c 1 0 0 0
  Cash ph 1 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Wert ph 1 0 1 0
  Timmermann p 1 0 0 0
Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 2 0 0 0
  Nagelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  McAuliffe ph,2b 3 0 0 0
Totals 51 9 17 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Heidemann ss 5 1 1 1
Leon 2b 5 1 1 0
Uhlaender cf 6 2 3 1
Fosse c 6 1 2 0
Horton 1b 5 1 4 5
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
  Rollins ph 1 0 0 0
  Ellsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Klimchock ph 1 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 0 0 0 0
Hinton rf,lf 6 1 3 1
Nettles 3b 3 1 3 0
Austin p 1 0 0 0
  Higgins p 1 0 0 0
  Pinson rf 3 0 0 0
Totals 47 8 17 8
Detroit 104 000 210 0019170
Cleveland 510 011 000 0008171
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Kilkenny   0.2 5 5 5 1 2
  Patterson   4.1 4 2 2 1 3
  Scherman   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Hiller   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Timmermann  W (1-1) 3.0 4 0 0 2 1
Totals
12.0
17
8
8
5
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Austin   2.1 5 5 5 2 3
  Higgins   4.2 4 2 2 2 5
  Lasher   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Ellsworth   2.0 3 0 0 1 0
  Hennigan  L (4-2) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
12.0
17
9
9
7
9

  E–Horton (5).  DP–Detroit 1, Cleveland 1.  PB–Price (2).  2B–Detroit Gutierrez (4,off Higgins); G Brown (1,off Lasher), Cleveland Horton (13,off Patterson); Fosse (9,off Patterson).  HR–Detroit Kaline (9,3rd inning off Austin 1 on, 1 out); Northrup 2 (13,3rd inning off Austin 1 on, 1 out,7th inning off Higgins 1 on, 2 out); Stanley (3,12th inning off Hennigan 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Horton (9,1st inning off Kilkenny 3 on, 1 out); Hinton (2,1st inning off Kilkenny 0 on, 2 out); Uhlaender (3,2nd inning off Patterson 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Freehan (5,by Ellsworth).  SH–Higgins (1,off Scherman).  SF–Horton (4,off Patterson); Heidemann (5,off Scherman).  CS–Gutierrez (3,2nd base by Hennigan/Fosse).  WP–Scherman (2).  IBB–Ellsworth (2,Freehan).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–John Rice.  T–4:00.  A–23,904.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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