May 27, 1969 Detroit at Oakland

In the 1st game of their 9 day west coast swing the Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics 8-4. The Tigers scored 5 runs in the 3rd inning off the A's Chuck Dobson, keyed by Norm Cash's grandslam home run. Detroit starter Mickey Lolich sailed along with a one hitter until he tired in the 9th and gave up back-to-back home runs. He did complete the game for his 5th win of the season and ended up with 10 strikeouts on the night.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Detroit Tigers At 1969 Oakland Athletics             5/27/1969
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Stanley SS,CF     5  2  2  2 .258     C.Campaneris SS     4  0  0  0 .272  
  D.McAuliffe 2B      3  1  1  0 .220     T.Reynolds LF       4  0  0  0 .243  
  A.Kaline RF         4  2  3  2 .290     M.Hershberger RF    4  1  0  0 .211  
  N.Cash 1B           5  1  1  4 .265     S.Bando 3B          2  1  1  0 .257  
  W.Horton LF         4  0  0  0 .299     D.Cater 1B          4  0  1  1 .261  
C-D.Tracewski SS      0  0  0  0 .154     D.Green 2B          4  1  1  2 .254  
  J.Northrup CF,LF    5  0  2  0 .316     R.Monday CF         4  1  1  1 .320  
  B.Freehan C         4  0  0  0 .218     P.Roof C            4  0  0  0 .232  
  D.Wert 3B           3  2  1  0 .230     C.Dobson P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Lolich P          2  0  1  0 .053     G.Lauzerique P      0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        A-R.Jackson PH        1  0  0  0 .291  
                                          E.Sprague P         0  0  0  01.000  
                                        B-T.Kubiak PH         1  0  0  0 .100  
                                          L.Krausse P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        D-J.Donaldson PH      1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          P.Lindblad P        0  0  0  0 .667  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  8 11  8                 Totals      33  4  4  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lauzerique In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sprague In 5th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Horton In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Krausse In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 5  0 0 0  0 1 2  -  8 11  2
Athletics....... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 3  -  4  4  0
 
Tigers (22-17)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Lolich WIN(5-1)         9       4   4   3   2  10   2 122   2.34
Totals                    9       4   4   3   2  10   2
 
Athletics (25-14)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Dobson LOSS(4-3)        2 2/3   3   5   5   2   1   1  47   3.68
G.Lauzerique              0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.00
E.Sprague                 2       2   0   0   1   0   0  22   6.14
L.Krausse                 3       3   1   1   0   1   1  49   3.71
P.Lindblad                1       3   2   2   2   0   0  31   3.94
Totals                    9      11   8   8   5   3   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 16,023 DATE- Tuesday, May 27th 1969 TIME- Night 
T- 2:49
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 7  Athletics: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Athletics: 1
ERRORS- N.Cash, W.Horton
DOUBLES- M.Stanley(10th)
HOME RUNS- A.Kaline(5th), N.Cash(8th), D.Green(7th), R.Monday(6th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Lolich-2
WALKS- D.McAuliffe-2, A.Kaline, D.Tracewski, D.Wert, S.Bando-2
STRIKE OUTS- M.Stanley, N.Cash, W.Horton, C.Campaneris, M.Hershberger-2,
             S.Bando, D.Cater, D.Green, R.Monday, P.Roof-3
GIDP- M.Stanley
2-out RBI- M.Stanley, N.Cash-4, D.Cater, D.Green-2, R.Monday
 
Mickey Lolich mowed down 10 Oakland batters at Oakland Coliseum where the
Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics by the score of 8 to
4.
 
Lolich(5-1) had a strong outing.  He allowed just 4 hits and 2 walks in 9
innings and surrendered 2 'round-trippers'.  Detroit rapped out 11 hits for
the night.  
 
Chuck Dobson(4-3) absorbed the loss.  He saw his ERA jump from 3.13 to 3.68 as
gave up 5 runs in 2 and 2/3 innings.  Hank Bauer was impressed with Lolich
and his 10 strikeouts.  'It's tough to generate runs if you can't make
contact with the ball.'

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