June 19, 1969 Detroit at New York

The Detroit Tigers were hitting on all cylinders and outfielder Jim Northrup put on a power display as the Tigers cruised to a 13-2 victory over the New York Yankees. With the win, Detroit takes the 5 game game series 3 games to 2. The Tigers banged out 19 hits on the night and Northrup went 5 for 5 while slamming 3 homeruns, knocking in 4 and scoring 5 times. Detroit is now 3.5 games behind division leading Baltimore and head home to start a 4 game series against the hard charging Washington Senators. Washington is playing very good baseball under 1st year manager Ted Williams and is only a .5 game behind the Tigers. <

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Detroit Tigers At 1969 New York Yankees              6/19/1969


 


  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG


  M.Stanley SS,CF     5  3  3  0 .257     H.Clarke 2B         5  1  1  0 .288  


  D.McAuliffe 2B      5  1  2  1 .260     J.Kenney 3B         5  0  3  1 .248  


  A.Kaline RF         5  1  2  3 .289     B.Murcer RF         4  0  1  0 .267  


  N.Cash 1B           5  2  3  2 .262     J.Pepitone 1B       5  0  0  0 .279  


  W.Horton LF         3  0  0  0 .262     J.Hall LF           3  0  0  1 .245  


  M.Kilkenny P        0  0  0  0 .000     J.Lyttle CF         3  0  1  0 .211  


D-J.Price PH          1  0  0  0 .222     J.Aker P            0  0  0  0 .500  


  D.McMahon P         0  0  0  0 ----   C-R.White PH          0  0  0  0 .309  


  J.Northrup CF,LF    5  5  5  4 .320     A.Downing P         0  0  0  0 .000  


  B.Freehan C         5  0  3  2 .241     G.Michael SS        3  0  0  0 .295  


  I.Brown 3B          5  0  0  0 .100     J.Gibbs C           4  1  2  0 .272  


  E.Wilson P          2  0  1  0 .355     S.Bahnsen P         1  0  0  0 .219  


A-T.Tresh SS          2  1  0  0 .216   B-B.Robinson CF       1  0  0  0 .175  


                                        E-F.Fernandez PH      1  0  1  0 .209  


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         Totals      43 13 19 12                 Totals      35  2  9  2


 


A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Wilson In 5th Inning


B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Bahnsen In 6th Inning


C-Pinch Hit For Aker In 8th Inning


D-Pinch Hit For Kilkenny In 9th Inning


E-Pinch Hit For Robinson In 9th Inning


 


Tigers.......... 2 1 0  1 2 3  2 0 2  - 13 19  0


Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 2 0  0 0 0  -  2  9  2


 


Tigers (35-24)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


E.Wilson                  4 2/3   6   2   2   3   4   0  87   3.42


M.Kilkenny WIN(4-1)       3 1/3   1   0   0   1   1   0  46   2.48


D.McMahon                 1       2   0   0   0   2   0  17   1.56


Totals                    9       9   2   2   4   7   0


 


Yankees (29-38)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


S.Bahnsen LOSS(6-7)       5 2/3  12   9   9   1   5   3  95   4.15


J.Aker                    2 1/3   4   2   2   0   1   1  40   4.41


A.Downing                 1       3   2   1   0   1   0  27   4.18


Totals                    9      19  13  12   1   7   4


 


ATTENDANCE- 13,017 DATE- Thursday, June 19th 1969 TIME- Night 


UMPIRES- Bill Haller, Ron Luciano, Jim Honochick, Frank Umont


T- 2:42


LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 5  Yankees:11


DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Yankees: 1


ERRORS- H.Clarke, J.Hall


DOUBLES- D.McAuliffe(10th), J.Northrup(14th), J.Lyttle(4th)


HOME RUNS- A.Kaline(8th), J.Northrup-3(10th)


SACRIFICE HITS- M.Kilkenny, S.Bahnsen


WALKS- T.Tresh, B.Murcer, J.Hall, R.White, G.Michael


STRIKE OUTS- A.Kaline-3, W.Horton, B.Freehan, I.Brown-2, H.Clarke, J.Kenney,


             J.Pepitone, J.Hall-2, J.Lyttle, S.Bahnsen


GIDP- M.Stanley


2-out RBI- J.Hall, D.McAuliffe, A.Kaline, B.Freehan


 


Center fielder Jim Northrup cracked 3 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Detroit


Tigers smashed the overmatched New York Yankees, 13 to 2.


 


Northrup enjoyed a big evening at the plate.  He cracked a solo homerun in the


2nd inning, doubled in the 4th inning, ripped a solo home run in the 6th


inning, cracked a two-run shot in the 7th inning and ripped a single in the


9th inning.  The Detroit offense poured it on, scoring in 7 of the 9 innings.


 


Mike Kilkenny(4-1) was the winner allowing no runs in 3 and 1/3 innings. Stan


Bahnsen(6-7) was charged with the loss.  He served up 3 gopher balls in 5 and


2/3 innings.  


 


The Detroit ballclub's record now stands at 35-24.  With the loss, New York


has a record of 4-6 lately, 29-38 overall.

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