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Tigers 2 @ Twins 5
Metropolitan Stadium
July 29, 1969

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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 July 29, 1969 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 5 to 2.

Game Summary

DateJuly 29, 1969 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 2 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 2
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 5 H: 5 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 5
Hits: 5
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherJim Perry  
Losing PitcherMickey Lolich  
SaveAl Worthington  
Game Winning RBITony Oliva 

Game Info

DateJuly 29, 1969 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherMickey Lolich  
Home Starting PitcherJim Perry  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 45 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Haller
1B: Jim Honochick
2B: Frank Umont
3B: Ron Luciano

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mickey Stanley  Shortstop 
Jim Northrup  Center Fielder 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Willie Horton  Left Fielder 
Tommy Matchick  Second Baseman 
Jim Price  Catcher 
Don Wert  Third Baseman 
Mickey Lolich  Pitcher 
Mayo Smith  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Center Fielder 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Harmon Killebrew  First Baseman 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Bob Allison  Left Fielder 
Leo Cardenas  Shortstop 
George Mitterwald  Catcher 
Rick Renick  Third Baseman 
Jim Perry  Pitcher 
Billy Martin  Manager 

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1 Re: Minnesota Twins versus Detroit Tigers - July 29, 1969 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by John O'Dea – 05/14/2015 at 9:28 PM
Remember this double header pretty well. Tigers @ Twins
with Lolich & McLain going for Detroit. I figured a sweep. It was a sweep all right. Twins swept Detroit.

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Tigers 2 @ Twins 5
Metropolitan Stadium
July 29, 1969

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         Game of 7/29/1969, game 1 -- Detroit at Minnesota (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Stanley M, ss-cf      4  0  1  0   Tovar C, cf           4  2  2  0   
Northrup J, cf        2  0  1  0   Carew R, 2b           4  1  1  2   
Tracewski D, pr-ss    3  0  2  0   Killebrew H, 1b       2  1  0  0   
Kaline A, rf          4  0  0  0   Uhlaender T, lf       0  0  0  0   
Cash N, 1b            4  0  0  0   Oliva T, rf           3  0  1  2   
Horton W, lf          4  1  1  0   Allison B, lf         3  0  0  1   
Matchick T, 2b        4  1  1  0   Reese R, ph-1b        0  0  0  0   
Price J, c            4  0  3  1   Cardenas L, ss        3  0  0  0   
Wert D, 3b            4  0  0  0   Mitterwald G, c       2  0  0  0   
Lolich M, p           2  0  0  0   Renick R, 3b          3  0  0  0   
Brown I, ph           1  0  0  0   Perry J, p            2  1  1  0   
Patterson D, p        0  0  0  0   Worthington A, p      0  0  0  0   
Brown G, ph           1  0  0  1                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  2  9  2                        26  5  5  5

Detroit          000 000 002 --  2
Minnesota        003 020 00x --  5

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lolich M (L)          7.0  5  5  5  4  3
Patterson D           1.0  0  0  0  2  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Perry J (W)*          8.0  8  2  2  0  4
Worthington A (S)     1.0  1  0  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 9th

E -- Carew R
DP -- Detroit 2
LOB -- Detroit 10, Minnesota 5
2B -- Northrup J, Oliva T
HR -- Carew R
CS -- Killebrew H
HBP -- by Lolich M (Cardenas L), by Perry J (Kaline A), by Lolich M (Perry J)
T -- 2:45
A -- 0

    

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