Tigers @ Pilots
August 21, 1969

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Top 6	R	H	E
Tigers	5	9	1
Pilots	4	8	0

Top 6	R	H	E
Tigers	5	9	1
Pilots	4	8	0

Al Kaline Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.274
OBP	.000	.344
At Bats	3	372
Hits	0	102
• Singles	0	72
• Doubles	0	15
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	15
Walks	0	42
RBI’s	0	56

John Gelnar Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
2	9	2

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Sick's Stadium - August 21, 1969

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Out

John Gelnar

Merritt Ranew

Don Mincher

John Donaldson

Tommy Harper

Ron Clark

Tommy Davis

Wayne Comer

Steve Hovley

Al Kaline

Tom Tresh

Mickey Stanley

Tommy Matchick

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

John Gelnar now pitching. Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 6 Tresh takes first base on ball four. Matchick moves to third. Stanley moves to second.

Top 6 Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash scores. Matchick moves to second.

Top 6 John O'Donoghue now pitching. Jim Northrup pinch hits for Earl Wilson. Northrup strikes out.

Top 6 Tommy Matchick pinch hits for Ike Brown. Matchick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wert scores. Cash moves to third.

Top 6 Bob Locker now pitching. Norm Cash pinch hits for Jim Price. Cash hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hovley. Cash reaches second base with a double. Wert moves to third.

Top 6 Wert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Freehan scores.

Top 6 Freehan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Davis. Freehan reaches second base with a double.

Top 6 Horton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Donaldson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Mincher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Davis trying to get to third. Kaline throws the ball in to Wert, who tags Davis for the out.

Bottom 5 Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hovley scores.

Bottom 5 Comer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Hovley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Hovley reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 5 Harper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Kaline strikes out.

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

Top 5 Stanley strikes out.

Top 5 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Brunet strikes out. The throw from Price, and they've got Ranew trapped. He's out in the rundown, for the double play.

Bottom 4 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown misplays the ball. That's an error on Brown. Ranew moves to third.

Bottom 4 Ranew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Donaldson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 4 Price hits a popup, foul, towards third. Harper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Horton moves to third. Wert moves to second.

Top 4 Wert takes first base on ball four. Horton moves to second.

Top 4 Freehan strikes out.

Top 4 Horton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Mincher strikes out.

Bottom 3 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Comer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Kaline hits a popup towards short. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harper fields it and throws to second for the out. Brown scores.

Top 3 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark fields it and throws to second for the out. Brown moves to third.

Top 3 Wilson takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second.

Top 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Donaldson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 2 Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Harper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ranew scores. Brunet moves to second.

Bottom 2 Brunet hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to second for the out. Ranew moves to third.

Bottom 2 Clark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Donaldson scores. Ranew moves to second.

Bottom 2 Ranew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davis scores. Donaldson moves to third.

Bottom 2 Donaldson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 There goes Davis. The throw from Price and he is safe. Davis steals second.

Bottom 2 Mincher strikes out.

Bottom 2 Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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

Top 2 Wert hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 2 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Donaldson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Horton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ranew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Comer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Harper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Freehan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harper for the out.

Top 1 Kaline strikes out.

Top 1 Tresh hits a popup towards short. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Stanley is called out on strikes.

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John Gelnar now pitching. Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark fields it and throws to second for the out.

Tigers @ Pilots
August 21, 1969