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)
Tigers
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
July 29, 1969
(No Comments)
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.
Game Summary
Date | July 29, 1969 |
---|---|
Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 29, 1969 |
---|---|
Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Denny McLain |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Miller |
Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
City | Bloomington |
State | MN |
Attendance | 38,441 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 25 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jim Honochick 1B: Frank Umont 2B: Ron Luciano 3B: Bill Haller |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
Tommy Matchick | Second Baseman |
Gates Brown | Left Fielder |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Willie Horton | Right Fielder |
Jim Price | Catcher |
Don Wert | Third Baseman |
Dick Tracewski | Shortstop |
Denny McLain | Pitcher |
Mayo Smith | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Ted Uhlaender | Left Fielder |
Rod Carew | Second Baseman |
Tony Oliva | Right Fielder |
Harmon Killebrew | Third Baseman |
Rich Reese | First Baseman |
John Roseboro | Catcher |
Cesar Tovar | Center Fielder |
Leo Cardenas | Shortstop |
Bob Miller | Pitcher |
Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
July 29, 1969
Top 1
-
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Miller
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matchick vs. Miller
Matchick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Miller
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Matchick moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. Miller
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Matchick moves to third. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Horton vs. Miller
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. McLain
Uhlaender hits a line drive into left field. Brown picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Brown. Uhlaender moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carew vs. McLain
Carew hits a popup, foul, towards short. Tracewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliva vs. McLain
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matchick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Uhlaender moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Killebrew vs. McLain
Killebrew hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Stanley. Killebrew reaches second base with a double. Uhlaender scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. McLain
Reese hits a line drive into left field. Brown picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Brown. Killebrew scores. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roseboro vs. McLain
Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Roseboro for the out. View Play
Top 2
-
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Price vs. Miller
Price hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wert vs. Miller
Wert hits a fly ball towards center. Tovar catches it and throws to first to double up Price. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tracewski vs. Miller
Tracewski is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. McLain
Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. McLain
Cardenas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tovar moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Miller vs. McLain
Miller strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Uhlaender vs. McLain
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLain fields it and throws to home to get Tovar. Cardenas moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carew vs. McLain
Carew hits a fly ball into right field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLain vs. Miller
McLain strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Miller
Stanley hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matchick vs. Miller
Matchick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliva. Matchick reaches second base with a double. Stanley goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Miller
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Matchick moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cash vs. Miller
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. McLain
Oliva hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. McLain
Killebrew strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. McLain
Reese hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Matchick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
-
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Miller
Horton strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Price vs. Miller
Price is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Miller
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roseboro vs. McLain
Roseboro hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Horton. Roseboro reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tovar vs. McLain
Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Roseboro scores. Tovar moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cardenas vs. McLain
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tracewski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tovar moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Miller vs. McLain
Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Uhlaender vs. McLain
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matchick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tracewski vs. Miller
Tracewski hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLain vs. Miller
McLain hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Miller
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. McLain
Carew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. McLain
Oliva hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. McLain
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. McLain
Reese hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Horton. Reese reaches second base with a double. Killebrew moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Roseboro vs. McLain
Roseboro is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Tovar vs. McLain
Tovar is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cardenas vs. McLain
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Killebrew scores. Reese scores. Tovar moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. Hiller
John Hiller now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Tovar moves to third. Cardenas moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Miller vs. Hiller
Miller strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Uhlaender vs. Hiller
Uhlaender hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Horton who is chasing the ball. Uhlaender reaches third base with a triple. Tovar scores. Cardenas scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Carew vs. Hiller
Carew hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Uhlaender scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Hiller
Oliva hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matchick vs. Miller
Matchick is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Miller
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Miller
Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Miller
Horton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown moves to third. Cash moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Price vs. Miller
Price hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to second for the out. Brown scores. Cash moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wert vs. Miller
Wert hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Hiller
Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Hiller
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields the ball and throws to Hiller covering. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roseboro vs. Hiller
Roseboro strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. Hiller
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. Hiller
Cardenas hits a line driveHorton throws the ball in to Matchick who tags Cardenas trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Tovar moves to third. View Play
Top 7
-
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tracewski vs. Miller
Frank Quilici now playing third base.
Tracewski hits a fly ball into left field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Miller
Ike Brown pinch hits for John Hiller.
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Miller
Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matchick vs. Miller
Matchick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Dobson
Pat Dobson now pitching.
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Miller for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Dobson
Uhlaender hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Dobson
Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Dobson
Oliva takes first base on ball four. Carew moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Quilici vs. Dobson
Quilici hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tracewski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Miller
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Miller
Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Miller
Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Twins, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Price vs. Miller
Price hits a ball on the ground towards third. Quilici fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Miller
Wert hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tracewski vs. Perranoski
Ron Perranoski now pitching.
Tracewski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Quilici fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Tigers, 5 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Dobson
Reese hits a line drive into right field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Twins, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roseboro vs. Dobson
Roseboro is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tovar vs. Dobson
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tracewski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Tigers, 5 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Perranoski
Dave Campbell pinch hits for Pat Dobson.
Campbell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Twins, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Perranoski
Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Twins, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matchick vs. Perranoski
Matchick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Twins, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Perranoski
Brown strikes 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 7/29/1969, game 2 -- Detroit at Minnesota (N) Detroit AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Stanley M, cf 5 1 2 0 Uhlaender T, lf 5 2 2 2 Matchick T, 2b 5 0 2 1 Carew R, 2b 5 1 3 1 Brown G, lf 4 2 2 0 Oliva T, rf 4 1 1 2 Cash N, 1b 4 1 2 2 Killebrew H, 3b 3 3 2 2 Horton W, rf 4 0 1 0 Quilici F, 3b 1 0 0 0 Price J, c 4 0 1 1 Reese R, 1b 5 1 3 1 Wert D, 3b 4 1 1 1 Roseboro J, c 5 1 1 0 Tracewski D, ss 4 0 0 0 Tovar C, cf 4 1 2 1 McLain D, p 2 0 0 0 Cardenas L, ss 4 1 3 2 Hiller J, p 0 0 0 0 Miller B, p 4 0 0 0 Brown I, ph 1 0 0 0 Perranoski R, p 0 0 0 0 Dobson P, p 0 0 0 0 Campbell D, ph 1 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 5 12 5 40 11 17 11 Detroit 001 001 030 -- 5 Minnesota 200 171 00x -- 11 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO McLain D (L) 4.1 11 9 9 2 3 Hiller J 1.2 5 2 2 0 2 Dobson P 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Miller B (W) 7.2 11 5 5 1 5 Perranoski R (S) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 E -- Brown G 2, Horton W DP -- Minnesota 1 LOB -- Detroit 7, Minnesota 8 2B -- Killebrew H, Matchick T, Roseboro J, Reese R 3B -- Uhlaender T HR -- Oliva T, Killebrew H, Cash N, Wert D WP -- Hiller J T -- 2:25 A -- 38441
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score