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Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
July 11, 1969
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, played on July 11, 1969 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 11, 1969 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 11, 1969 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sam McDowell |
Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Sparma |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 28,752 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Red Flaherty 1B: Bob Stewart 2B: Marty Springstead 3B: Don Denkinger |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jose Cardenal | Center Fielder |
Larry Brown | Shortstop |
Duke Sims | Catcher |
Tony Horton | First Baseman |
Ken Harrelson | Right Fielder |
Richie Scheinblum | Left Fielder |
Lou Klimchock | Second Baseman |
Zoilo Versalles | Third Baseman |
Sam McDowell | Pitcher |
Alvin Dark | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
Tom Tresh | Shortstop |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Bill Freehan | First Baseman |
Jim Price | Catcher |
Jim Northrup | Left Fielder |
Don Wert | Third Baseman |
Dick Tracewski | Second Baseman |
Joe Sparma | Pitcher |
Mayo Smith | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
July 11, 1969
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Sparma
Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Sparma
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sims vs. Sparma
Sims strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. McDowell
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. McDowell
Tresh is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. McDowell
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDowell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. McDowell
There's a wild pitch. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Freehan vs. McDowell
Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Sparma
Horton strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Sparma
Harrelson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scheinblum vs. Sparma
Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards first. Freehan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Scheinblum for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Price vs. McDowell
Price hits a ball on the ground towards third. Versalles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. McDowell
Northrup strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. McDowell
Wert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tracewski vs. McDowell
Tracewski takes first base on ball four. Wert moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sparma vs. McDowell
Sparma hits a popup towards short. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klimchock vs. Sparma
Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Freehan juggles the ball. That's an error on Freehan. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Versalles vs. Sparma
Versalles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Klimchock moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McDowell vs. Sparma
There's a wild pitch. Klimchock moves to third. Versalles moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McDowell vs. Sparma
McDowell hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Klimchock tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cardenal vs. Sparma
Cardenal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Versalles scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Sparma
There goes Cardenal. The throw from Price and he is safe. Cardenal steals second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Sparma
Brown hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Price settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sims vs. Sparma
Sims takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Sparma
Horton takes first base on ball four. Cardenal moves to third. Sims moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Harrelson vs. Patterson
Daryl Patterson now pitching.
Harrelson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scheinblum vs. Patterson
Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. McDowell
Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. McDowell
Tresh hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. McDowell
The ball gets by Sims for a passed ball. Tresh moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kaline vs. McDowell
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. McDowell
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klimchock vs. Patterson
Klimchock hits a popup towards first. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Patterson
Versalles 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 -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. Patterson
McDowell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Freehan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McDowell for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Price vs. McDowell
Price hits a popup towards first. Horton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. McDowell
Northrup hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wert vs. McDowell
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Versalles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Patterson
Cardenal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Patterson
There goes Cardenal. The throw from Price and he is out, Tracewski applying the tag. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Patterson
Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sims vs. Patterson
Sims takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Patterson
Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tracewski vs. McDowell
Tracewski strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. McDowell
Ike Brown pinch hits for Daryl Patterson.
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. McDowell
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDowell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. McMahon
Don McMahon now pitching.
Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scheinblum vs. McMahon
Scheinblum strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klimchock vs. McMahon
Klimchock hits a popup towards short. Tresh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. McDowell
Vern Fuller now playing second base.
Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Versalles juggles the ball. That's an error on Versalles. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. McDowell
Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. McDowell
Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Price vs. McDowell
Price hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. McMahon
Versalles hits a fly ball into left field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDowell vs. McMahon
McDowell 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 -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. McMahon
Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tracewski misplays the ball. That's an error on Tracewski. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. McMahon
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cardenal moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sims vs. McMahon
Sims strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. McDowell
Northrup hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wert vs. McDowell
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tracewski vs. McDowell
Tracewski strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. McMahon
Horton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrelson vs. McMahon
Harrelson strikes out. There goes Horton. The throw from Price to second, and Horton is out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scheinblum vs. McMahon
Scheinblum strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. McDowell
Earl Wilson pinch hits for Don McMahon.
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. McDowell
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDowell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. McDowell
Tresh strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuller vs. Hiller
John Hiller now pitching.
Fuller is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Versalles vs. Hiller
Versalles strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDowell vs. Hiller
McDowell bunts towards first. Freehan scoops it up and throws to first, with Tracewski covering, for the out. Fuller moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cardenal vs. Hiller
Cardenal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Hiller
There's a wild pitch. Fuller moves to third. Cardenal moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brown vs. Hiller
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sims vs. Hiller
Sims hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fuller scores. Cardenal scores. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Horton vs. Hiller
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. McDowell
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. McDowell
Freehan hits a fly ball into center field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Price vs. McDowell
Price hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. McDowell
Northrup takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wert vs. McDowell
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Versalles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/11/1969 -- Cleveland at Detroit (N) Cleveland AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Cardenal J, cf 3 2 1 1 Stanley M, cf 4 0 0 0 Brown L, ss 4 0 1 0 Tresh T, ss 4 0 1 0 Sims D, c 3 1 1 2 Kaline A, rf 4 0 1 0 Horton T, 1b 4 1 1 0 Freehan B, 1b 4 0 0 0 Harrelson K, rf 4 1 1 4 Price J, c 4 1 1 1 Scheinblum R, lf 4 0 0 0 Northrup J, lf 3 0 2 0 Klimchock L, 2b 3 1 0 0 Wert D, 3b 3 0 0 0 Fuller V, 2b 0 1 0 0 Tracewski D, 2b 2 0 0 0 Versalles Z, 3b 4 1 1 0 Sparma J, p 1 0 0 0 McDowell S, p 2 0 0 1 Patterson D, p 0 0 0 0 Brown I, ph 1 0 0 0 McMahon D, p 0 0 0 0 Wilson E, ph 1 0 0 0 Hiller J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 8 6 8 31 1 5 1 Cleveland 006 000 002 -- 8 Detroit 000 000 001 -- 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO McDowell S (W) 9.0 5 1 1 3 6 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Sparma J (L) 2.2 2 5 1 2 3 Patterson D 2.1 1 1 1 2 0 McMahon D 3.0 2 0 0 0 4 Hiller J 1.0 1 2 2 2 1 E -- Freehan B, Versalles Z, Tracewski D DP -- Cleveland 2, Detroit 1 LOB -- Cleveland 5, Detroit 6 HR -- Harrelson K, Price J SB -- Cardenal J CS -- Horton T SH -- McDowell S SF -- McDowell S HBP -- by Hiller J (Fuller V) WP -- McDowell S, Sparma J, Hiller J PB -- Sims D T -- 2:26 A -- 28752
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