Welcome to our redesigned site
The redesign was done to make the web experience more user friendly, as well as to make the mobile and desktop versions more compatible. We hope you find the site an improved experience. We always welcome your input, so let us know what you think. Play ball!
Lineups and Summary (back to top)
Twins
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 5, 1962
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, played on August 5, 1962 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 5, 1962 |
---|---|
Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 5, 1962 |
---|---|
Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jackie Collum |
Home Starting Pitcher | Howie Koplitz |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 26,355 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 48 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Cal Drummond 1B: Larry Napp 2B: Johnny Stevens 3B: Bill Kinnamon |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Lenny Green | Center Fielder |
Vic Power | First Baseman |
Rich Rollins | Third Baseman |
Harmon Killebrew | Left Fielder |
Bob Allison | Right Fielder |
Bernie Allen | Second Baseman |
Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
Jerry Zimmerman | Catcher |
Jackie Collum | Pitcher |
Sam Mele | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Don Buddin | Shortstop |
Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Rocky Colavito | Left Fielder |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Bubba Morton | Center Fielder |
Steve Boros | Third Baseman |
Mike Roarke | Catcher |
Howie Koplitz | Pitcher |
Bob Scheffing | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Twins
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 5, 1962
Top 1
-
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Koplitz
Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Koplitz covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Koplitz
Power hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Koplitz
Rollins hits a ball on the ground between third and short. The ball bounces off Boros, and towards Buddin, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Collum
Buddin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Collum
McAuliffe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Collum
Kaline hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Collum
Colavito hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Collum
Cash bunts towards third. Rollins fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morton vs. Collum
Morton strikes out. View Play
Top 2
-
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Koplitz
Killebrew hits a popup towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Koplitz
Allison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allen vs. Koplitz
There's a wild pitch. Allison moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Allen vs. Koplitz
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Allison moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Versalles vs. Koplitz
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Allison scores. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zimmerman vs. Koplitz
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koplitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Collum
Boros hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roarke vs. Collum
Roarke strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koplitz vs. Collum
Koplitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boros moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Buddin vs. Collum
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins juggles the ball. That's an error on Rollins. Boros moves to third. Koplitz moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McAuliffe vs. Collum
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Collum covering, for the out. Boros scores. Koplitz moves to third. Buddin moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kaline vs. Collum
Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Killebrew. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Koplitz scores. Buddin scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Colavito vs. Maranda
Georges Maranda now pitching.
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. Maranda
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranda vs. Koplitz
Bill Bruton now playing center field.
Maranda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Koplitz
Green hits a line drive towards first. Cash catches it and steps on first to double up Maranda. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Koplitz
Power takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Koplitz
Rollins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Killebrew vs. Koplitz
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Rollins moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Allison vs. Koplitz
Allison hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Maranda
Bruton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boros vs. Maranda
Boros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roarke vs. Maranda
Roarke hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koplitz vs. Maranda
Koplitz strikes out. View Play
Top 4
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Koplitz
Allen hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Koplitz
Versalles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Koplitz
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Maranda
Buddin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Maranda
McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. Buddin moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Maranda
Kaline hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colavito vs. Maranda
Colavito strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. Maranda
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maranda fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranda vs. Koplitz
Maranda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Koplitz
Green bunts towards third. Boros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Koplitz
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Maranda
Bruton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Green. Bruton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boros vs. Maranda
There's a wild pitch. Bruton moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boros vs. Maranda
Boros hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Roarke vs. Maranda
Roarke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Koplitz vs. Maranda
Koplitz strikes out. View Play
Top 6
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Koplitz
Rollins strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Koplitz
Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Koplitz
Allison hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allen vs. Koplitz
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Killebrew moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Versalles vs. Koplitz
Versalles hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Maranda
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Maranda
McAuliffe strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Maranda
Kaline strikes out. View Play
Top 7
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Koplitz
Zimmerman hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Koplitz
Don Mincher pinch hits for Georges Maranda.
Mincher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Koplitz
Green hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mincher moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Koplitz
Power hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koplitz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Moore
Ray Moore now pitching.
Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Moore
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Moore
Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Koplitz
Rollins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Koplitz
Killebrew hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Koplitz
Allison hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Moore
Boros strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roarke vs. Moore
Roarke strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koplitz vs. Moore
Koplitz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buddin vs. Moore
Buddin hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Koplitz
Allen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton who is chasing the ball. Allen reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Versalles vs. Koplitz
Versalles hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Allen tags and scores. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Koplitz
Zimmerman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Naragon vs. Koplitz
Marty Martinez pinch runs for Jerry Zimmerman. Hal Naragon pinch hits for Ray Moore.
Naragon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koplitz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Martinez moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Green vs. Bunning
Johnny Goryl pinch runs for Hal Naragon. Jim Bunning now pitching.
Green hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Bunning
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play (back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/5/1962, game 2 -- Minnesota at Detroit (D) Minnesota AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Green L, cf 5 0 2 0 Buddin D, ss 4 2 1 0 Power V, 1b 4 0 0 0 McAuliffe D, 2b 3 1 1 3 Rollins R, 3b 4 0 1 0 Kaline A, rf 4 0 1 2 Killebrew H, lf 3 0 1 0 Colavito R, lf 3 0 1 0 Allison B, rf 4 1 1 0 Cash N, 1b 4 0 1 0 Allen B, 2b 4 1 2 0 Morton B, cf 1 0 0 0 Versalles Z, ss 3 0 1 2 Bruton B, cf 2 0 1 0 Zimmerman J, c 4 0 1 0 Boros S, 3b 4 1 1 0 Martinez M, pr 0 0 0 0 Roarke M, c 4 0 0 0 Collum J, p 0 0 0 0 Koplitz H, p 3 1 1 0 Maranda G, p 2 0 1 0 Bunning J, p 0 0 0 0 Mincher D, ph 1 0 1 0 Moore R, p 0 0 0 0 Naragon H, ph 1 0 1 0 Goryl J, pr 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 2 12 2 32 5 8 5 Minnesota 010 000 001 -- 2 Detroit 230 000 00x -- 5 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Collum J (L) 1.2 5 5 2 1 2 Maranda G 4.1 2 0 0 3 5 Moore R 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Koplitz H (W) 8.1 12 2 2 2 1 Bunning J (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Rollins R DP -- Minnesota 1, Detroit 3 LOB -- Minnesota 9, Detroit 8 2B -- Kaline A, Bruton B 3B -- Allen B HR -- McAuliffe D SF -- Versalles Z WP -- Koplitz H, Maranda G T -- 2:48 A -- 26355
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score