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Tigers 5 @ Twins 4
Metropolitan Stadium
September 2, 1965

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers, played on September 2, 1965 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 2, 1965 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 8 E: 4 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 4 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 16
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 16
Winning PitcherJoe Sparma  
Losing PitcherJim Merritt  
SaveTerry Fox  
Game Winning RBIDon Wert 

Game Info

DateSeptember 2, 1965 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherJoe Sparma  
Home Starting PitcherJim Merritt  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance14,075 
Time of Game3 hours 35 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Red Flaherty
1B: Lou DiMuro
2B: Eddie Hurley
3B: Frank Umont

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
George Thomas  Right Fielder 
Jerry Lumpe  Second Baseman 
Don Wert  Third Baseman 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Willie Horton  Left Fielder 
Bill Freehan  Catcher 
Mickey Stanley  Center Fielder 
Ray Oyler  Shortstop 
Joe Sparma  Pitcher 
Chuck Dressen  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Zoilo Versalles  Shortstop 
Joe Nossek  Third Baseman 
Jimmie Hall  Center Fielder 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Bob Allison  Left Fielder 
Don Mincher  First Baseman 
Jerry Zimmerman  Catcher 
Jerry Kindall  Second Baseman 
Jim Merritt  Pitcher 
Sam Mele  Manager 

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Tigers 5 @ Twins 4
Metropolitan Stadium
September 2, 1965

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         Game of 9/2/1965 -- Detroit at Minnesota (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Thomas G, rf          5  3  4  0   Versalles Z, ss       4  0  2  0   
Lumpe J, 2b           5  0  0  0   Nossek J, 3b          5  2  1  0   
Wert D, 3b            3  1  2  4   Hall J, cf            4  0  1  0   
Cash N, 1b            4  0  0  1   Oliva T, rf           4  1  2  1   
Horton W, lf          3  0  0  0   Allison B, lf         5  0  0  0   
Freehan B, c          3  0  0  0   Mincher D, 1b         3  1  1  1   
Stanley M, cf         4  0  1  0   Zimmerman J, c        4  0  1  0   
Oyler R, ss           2  0  0  0   Kaat J, pr            0  0  0  0   
Sparma J, p           3  1  1  0   Kindall J, 2b         1  0  0  0   
Brown G, ph           0  0  0  0   Valdespino S, ph      0  0  0  0   
Kaline A, ph          1  0  0  0   Quilici F, 2b         1  0  0  0   
Pena O, p             0  0  0  0   Merritt J, p          2  0  0  0   
Fox T, p              0  0  0  0   Tovar C, ph           0  0  0  1   
                                   Boswell D, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Kosco A, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Klippstein J, p       0  0  0  0   
                                   Stigman D, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Battey E, ph          1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  5  8  5                        35  4  8  3

Detroit          002 020 001 --  5
Minnesota        101 010 001 --  4

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sparma J (W)          7.0  6  3  0  8  9
Pena O*               1.0  2  1  1  2  1
Fox T (S)             1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Merritt J (L)         5.0  7  4  4  0  3
Boswell D             2.0  0  0  0  3  2
Klippstein J          0.2  0  0  0  1  0
Stigman D             1.1  1  1  1  1  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Oyler R 2, Nossek J, Wert D, Sparma J
LOB -- Detroit 9, Minnesota 16
2B -- Thomas G
3B -- Oliva T
HR -- Wert D, Mincher D
SB -- Hall J, Oliva T, Versalles Z, Thomas G
SH -- Freehan B, Quilici F
SF -- Cash N
HBP -- by Klippstein J (Horton W), by Fox T (Versalles Z)
WP -- Stigman D
PB -- Zimmerman J
T -- 3:35
A -- 14075

    

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