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Tigers
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 20, 1969
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 20, 1969 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 20, 1969 |
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Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 20, 1969 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mickey Lolich |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dick Ellsworth |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jake O'Donnell 1B: Lou DiMuro 2B: Jerry Neudecker 3B: Nestor Chylak |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
Tom Tresh | Shortstop |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Bill Freehan | First Baseman |
Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
Jim Price | Catcher |
Don Wert | Third Baseman |
Dick Tracewski | Second Baseman |
Mickey Lolich | Pitcher |
Mayo Smith | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jose Cardenal | Center Fielder |
Larry Brown | Third Baseman |
Ken Harrelson | Right Fielder |
Tony Horton | First Baseman |
Cap Peterson | Left Fielder |
Eddie Leon | Shortstop |
Vern Fuller | Second Baseman |
Ken Suarez | Catcher |
Dick Ellsworth | Pitcher |
Alvin Dark | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 20, 1969
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Ellsworth
Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Ellsworth
Tresh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Ellsworth
Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tresh moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freehan vs. Ellsworth
Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Ellsworth
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Lolich
Cardenal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Lolich
Brown hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Brown reaches second base with a double. Cardenal goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harrelson vs. Lolich
There's a wild pitch. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Harrelson vs. Lolich
Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lolich fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Horton vs. Lolich
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lolich fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Peterson vs. Lolich
Peterson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leon vs. Lolich
Leon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown scores. Peterson moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fuller vs. Lolich
Fuller takes first base on ball four. Leon moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Suarez vs. Lolich
Suarez hits a popup towards short. Tresh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Price vs. Ellsworth
Price hits a fly ball into left field. Peterson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Ellsworth
Wert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tracewski vs. Ellsworth
Tracewski hits a line drive towards short. Leon reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lolich vs. Ellsworth
Lolich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellsworth vs. Lolich
Ellsworth strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Lolich
Cardenal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Lolich
Brown hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Tracewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrelson vs. Lolich
Harrelson hits a popup towards third. Wert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Ellsworth
Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Ellsworth
Tresh hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Ellsworth
Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Ellsworth
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Lolich
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peterson vs. Lolich
Peterson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leon vs. Lolich
Leon strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Ellsworth
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Price vs. Ellsworth
Price takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wert vs. Ellsworth
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuller vs. Lolich
Fuller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suarez vs. Lolich
Suarez hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Tracewski reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellsworth vs. Lolich
Ellsworth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tracewski vs. Ellsworth
Tracewski hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lolich vs. Ellsworth
Lolich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Horton scoops it up and throws to first, with Ellsworth covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Ellsworth
Stanley strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Lolich
Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Lolich
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrelson vs. Lolich
Harrelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Lolich
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tracewski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Ellsworth
Tresh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Ellsworth
Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tresh moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freehan vs. Ellsworth
Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Ellsworth
Horton hits a fly ball into left field. Peterson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Price vs. Ellsworth
Price hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peterson vs. Lolich
Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Freehan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Peterson for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leon vs. Lolich
Leon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Leon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fuller vs. Lolich
Fuller is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Suarez vs. Lolich
Suarez hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ellsworth vs. Lolich
Ellsworth hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Price fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Ellsworth
Wert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tracewski vs. Ellsworth
Tracewski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wert moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Ellsworth
Ike Brown pinch hits for Mickey Lolich.
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ellsworth fields it and throws to third for the out. Tracewski moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Ellsworth
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown juggles the ball. That's an error on Brown. Tracewski moves to third. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tresh vs. Ellsworth
Tresh hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Peterson. Tresh reaches second base with a double. Tracewski scores. Brown scores. Stanley moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kaline vs. Williams
Stan Williams now pitching.
Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Freehan vs. Williams
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Lasher
Fred Lasher now pitching.
Cardenal hits a popup towards short. Tresh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Lasher
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Lasher
Harrelson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Lasher
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Williams
Horton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Price vs. Williams
Price hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Williams
Wert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Peterson. Wert reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tracewski vs. Williams
Tracewski hits a fly ball into center field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lasher vs. Williams
Lasher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Lasher
Russ Snyder pinch hits for Cap Peterson.
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tracewski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leon vs. Lasher
Leon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lasher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuller vs. Lasher
Fuller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tracewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Williams
Russ Snyder now playing left field.
Stanley strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Williams
Tresh takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Williams
There goes Tresh. The throw from Suarez and he is out, Leon applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Williams
Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klimchock vs. Lasher
Lou Klimchock pinch hits for Ken Suarez.
Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Lasher, and towards Wert, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sims vs. Lasher
Duke Sims pinch hits for Stan Williams.
Sims hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Tracewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Lasher
Cardenal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Lasher
There goes Cardenal. The throw from Price and he is safe. Cardenal steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Lasher
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harrelson vs. McMahon
Dave Nelson pinch runs for Larry Brown. Don McMahon now pitching.
Harrelson takes first base on ball four. Cardenal moves to third. Nelson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Horton vs. McMahon
Horton strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/20/1969, game 1 -- Detroit at Cleveland (D) Detroit AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Stanley M, cf 5 0 0 0 Cardenal J, cf 4 1 2 0 Tresh T, ss 4 0 3 2 Brown L, 3b 4 1 2 1 Kaline A, rf 5 0 3 0 Nelson D, pr 0 0 0 0 Freehan B, 1b 4 0 0 0 Harrelson K, rf 3 0 1 0 Horton W, lf 4 1 1 1 Horton T, 1b 5 0 0 0 Price J, c 3 0 0 0 Peterson C, lf 2 0 0 0 Wert D, 3b 4 0 3 0 Snyder R, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Tracewski D, 2b 4 1 1 0 Leon E, ss 4 0 2 1 Lolich M, p 2 0 0 0 Fuller V, 2b 2 0 0 0 Brown I, ph 1 1 0 0 Suarez K, c 3 0 0 0 Lasher F, p 1 0 0 0 Klimchock L, ph 1 0 0 0 McMahon D, p 0 0 0 0 Ellsworth D, p 3 0 0 0 Williams S, p 0 0 0 0 Sims D, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 3 11 3 33 2 7 2 Detroit 000 000 210 -- 3 Cleveland 200 000 000 -- 2 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Lolich M 6.0 6 2 2 4 2 Lasher F (W) 2.2 1 0 0 2 0 McMahon D (S) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Ellsworth D 6.1 9 2 2 1 1 Williams S (L) 2.2 2 1 1 1 1 E -- Brown L DP -- Detroit 1, Cleveland 1 LOB -- Detroit 9, Cleveland 11 2B -- Brown L, Leon E, Tresh T, Wert D HR -- Horton W SB -- Cardenal J CS -- Tresh T WP -- Lolich M T -- 2:27 A -- 0
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