Yankees @ Tigers
August 8, 1965

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Top 9	R	H	E
Yankees	5	12	0
Tigers	5	9	1

Top 9	R	H	E
Yankees	5	13	0
Tigers	5	9	1

Elston Howard Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.229
OBP	.000	.263
At Bats	4	240
Hits	0	55
• Singles	0	38
• Doubles	0	11
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	5
Walks	0	10
RBI’s	0	34

Orlando Pena Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	6	2

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Tiger Stadium - August 8, 1965

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Single

Orlando Pena

Bill Freehan

Norm Cash

Jake Wood

Don Wert

Dick McAuliffe

Willie Horton

Don Demeter

Al Kaline

Elston Howard

Tom Tresh

Count: - , 2 Outs

Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tresh moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 9 Mantle takes first base on ball four.

Top 9 Dick McAuliffe now playing shortstop. Kubek hits a line drive into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Gates Brown pinch hits for Ray Oyler. Brown hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Kubek fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Bottom 8 Cash hits a popup towards first. Pepitone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Freehan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Hal Reniff now pitching. Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Repoz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Richardson hits a ball on the ground for a double play.

Top 8 Hector Lopez pinch hits for Pedro Ramos. Lopez strikes out.

Top 8 Repoz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Demeter who is chasing the ball. Repoz reaches third base with a triple.

Bottom 7 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Demeter strikes out.

Bottom 7 Pedro Ramos now pitching. Wert hits a popup towards first. Pepitone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Boyer strikes out.

Top 7 Pepitone is walked intentionally.

Top 7 Howard strikes out.

Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Tresh moves to second.

Top 7 Tresh hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mantle moves to third.

Top 7 Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 7 Orlando Pena now pitching. Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Richardson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 7 Ray Barker pinch hits for Al Downing. Barker hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 6 Wood hits a line drive into left field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 McLain hits a popup towards first. Pepitone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Oyler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oyler for the out.

Bottom 6 Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 6 Repoz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Boyer hits a popup towards third. Wert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Pepitone hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Demeter. Pepitone reaches second base with a double.

Top 6 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Freehan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Horton strikes out.

Bottom 5 Kaline hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Tresh hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Mantle hits a popup in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Kubek hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Demeter strikes out.

Bottom 4 Wert takes first base on ball four. McLain moves to third. Wood moves to second.

Bottom 4 Wood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McLain moves to second.

Bottom 4 McLain takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Oyler hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 4 Cash strikes out.

Bottom 4 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Richardson strikes out.

Top 4 Downing hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Top 4 Repoz strikes out.

Top 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oyler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pepitone moves to second.

Top 4 Pepitone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 4 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Horton strikes out.

Bottom 3 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Bottom 3 Demeter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wood moves to third.

Bottom 3 Wert hits a fly ball into right field. Tresh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Wood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 McLain hits a fly ball into center field. Repoz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Tresh hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Richardson moves to second.

Top 3 Kubek strikes out.

Top 3 Richardson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Downing strikes out.

Bottom 2 Oyler is called out on strikes.

Bottom 2 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 2 Freehan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Repoz hits a popup towards short. Oyler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 2 Pepitone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Howard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Kaline hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pepitone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 1 Wert strikes out.

Bottom 1 Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Repoz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Tresh hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood misplays the ball. That's an error on Wood.

Top 1 Kubek hits a line drive into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Richardson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tresh moves to third.

Yankees @ Tigers
August 8, 1965