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Athletics 2 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
August 9, 1964

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Athletics, played on August 9, 1964 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 5 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 9, 1964 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 2 H: 4 E: 1 LOB: 1
Runs: 2
Hits: 4
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 1
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherDenny McLain  
Losing PitcherMoe Drabowsky  
SaveTerry Fox  
Game Winning RBIAl Kaline 

Game Info

DateAugust 9, 1964 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Athletics 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherMoe Drabowsky  
Home Starting PitcherDenny McLain  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance46,342 
Time of Game2 hours 10 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Umont
1B: Lou DiMuro
2B: Joe Paparella
3B: Cal Drummond

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Wayne Causey  Shortstop 
Ed Charles  Third Baseman 
Manny Jimenez  Left Fielder 
Rocky Colavito  Right Fielder 
Jim Gentile  First Baseman 
Doc Edwards  Catcher 
Nelson Mathews  Center Fielder 
Dick Green  Second Baseman 
Moe Drabowsky  Pitcher 
Mel McGaha  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Bruton  Center Fielder 
Jerry Lumpe  Second Baseman 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Gates Brown  Left Fielder 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Dick McAuliffe  Shortstop 
Bill Freehan  Catcher 
Bubba Phillips  Third Baseman 
Denny McLain  Pitcher 
Chuck Dressen  Manager 

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Athletics 2 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
August 9, 1964

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/9/1964, game 2 -- Kansas City at Detroit (D)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Causey W, ss          4  1  1  1   Bruton B, cf          3  0  0  0   
Charles E, 3b         4  1  1  0   Lumpe J, 2b           4  1  2  0   
Jimenez M, lf         4  0  0  0   Kaline A, rf          3  1  2  2   
Colavito R, rf        3  0  1  1   Brown G, lf           2  0  0  1   
Gentile J, 1b         1  0  0  0   Cash N, 1b            4  1  2  1   
Edwards D, c          3  0  0  0   McAuliffe D, ss       4  0  1  0   
Mathews N, cf         3  0  0  0   Freehan B, c          4  1  2  1   
Green D, 2b           3  0  1  0   Phillips B, 3b        4  0  0  0   
Drabowsky M, p        2  0  0  0   McLain D, p           3  1  1  0   
Wyatt J, p            0  0  0  0   Fox T, p              1  0  0  0   
Campaneris B, ph      1  0  0  0                                      
Stock W, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     28  2  4  2                        32  5 10  5

Kansas City      000 100 100 --  2
Detroit          002 002 10x --  5

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Drabowsky M (L)       5.1  8  4  4  2  1
Wyatt J               1.2  1  1  1  1  0
Stock W               1.0  1  0  0  0  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
McLain D (W)          6.1  4  2  2  2  2
Fox T (S)             2.2  0  0  0  0  2

E -- Gentile J
DP -- Detroit 3
LOB -- Kansas City 1, Detroit 7
2B -- Lumpe J, Charles E, Colavito R
HR -- Causey W, Cash N, Freehan B, Kaline A
SB -- Brown G
CS -- Bruton B
SF -- Brown G
T -- 2:10
A -- 46342

    

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