June 27, 1969 Detroit at Baltimore

The Detroit Tigers are in Baltimore for a 4 game series against the 1st place Orioles. The Tigers won tonights opening game 5-1 behind the fine 2 hit pitching of Earl Wilson. Detroit's Willie Horton hit a 2 run homer in the 3rd inning, Bill Freehan hit a 3 run bomb in the 6th and Wilson cruised to his 8th victory of the season. The win moved the Tigers within 3.5 games of the front running Orioles.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Detroit Tigers At 1969 Baltimore Orioles             6/27/1969


 


  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG


  M.Stanley SS,CF     5  0  1  0 .260     D.Buford LF         3  0  0  0 .300  


  D.McAuliffe 2B      5  0  2  0 .262     P.Blair CF          4  1  1  1 .275  


  A.Kaline RF         4  1  1  0 .285     F.Robinson RF       2  0  0  0 .293  


  W.Horton LF         4  2  3  2 .267     B.Powell 1B         4  0  1  0 .319  


B-D.Wert 3B           1  0  0  0 .224     B.Robinson 3B       4  0  0  0 .260  


  N.Cash 1B           4  1  1  0 .265     D.Johnson 2B        3  0  0  0 .229  


  J.Northrup CF,LF    4  0  1  0 .321     E.Hendricks C       2  0  0  0 .201  


  B.Freehan C         3  1  2  3 .237     M.Belanger SS       3  0  0  0 .247  


  I.Brown 3B          3  0  0  0 .120     D.McNally P         1  0  0  0 .108  


C-D.Tracewski SS      0  0  0  0 .138   A-D.May PH            1  0  0  0 .242  


  E.Wilson P          4  0  0  0 .306     J.Hardin P          0  0  0  0 .150  


                                        D-C.Salmon PH         1  0  0  0 .267  


                                          D.Leonhard P        0  0  0  0 .000  


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         Totals      37  5 11  5                 Totals      28  1  2  1


 


A-Pinch Hit For McNally In 6th Inning


B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Horton In 8th Inning


C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Brown In 8th Inning


D-Pinch Hit For Hardin In 8th Inning


 


Tigers.......... 0 0 2  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  5 11  0


Orioles......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  2  2


 


Tigers (41-27)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


E.Wilson WIN(8-7)         9       2   1   1   3   5   1 109   3.58


Totals                    9       2   1   1   3   5   1


 


Orioles (47-26)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


D.McNally LOSS(8-7)       6       7   5   5   2   5   2 103   3.39


J.Hardin                  2       3   0   0   1   2   0  35   2.20


D.Leonhard                1       1   0   0   0   0   0  13   1.60


Totals                    9      11   5   5   3   7   2


 


ATTENDANCE- 22,505 DATE- Friday, June 27th 1969 TIME- Night 


T- 2:38


LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  Orioles: 4


DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Orioles: 2


ERRORS- B.Powell, D.Johnson


HOME RUNS- W.Horton(14th), B.Freehan(5th), P.Blair(8th)


WALKS- A.Kaline, B.Freehan, I.Brown, D.Buford, F.Robinson, E.Hendricks


HIT BY PITCH- F.Robinson


STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe, N.Cash, J.Northrup, I.Brown, E.Wilson-3, P.Blair,


             F.Robinson, B.Robinson, D.Johnson, D.McNally


GIDP- A.Kaline, I.Brown, M.Belanger


2-out RBI- W.Horton-2


 


Willie Horton slammed a homerun and had 2 RBI and Earl Wilson allowed just 2


hits at Memorial Stadium as the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 5


to 1.


 


Detroit took the lead for good in the top of the 3rd inning when they came up


with 2 runs on 1 hit.  That was all the offense they were to need.  Detroit


banged out 11 hits on the night.  


 


The win went to Wilson(8-7) who allowed 1 run in the game. Dave McNally(8-7)


was the loser.  He pitched 6 innings and surrendered 7 hits and 2


walks.


 


Detroit now has a record of 41-27.  With the loss, Baltimore has a record of


7-3 lately, 47-26 overall.

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