June 28, 1969 Detroit at Baltimore

Denny McLain scattered 11 hits and the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-2. The Tigers have now won the first 2 games of this 4 game series to move within 2.5 games of the 1st place Orioles. McLain didn't have his best stuff today but he was able to work out of a couple of big jams and pick up his 11th win of the season. Willie Horton and Mickey Stanley each hit 2 run homers to lead the Tigers 13 hit attack. The teams play a doubleheader tomorrow to wrap up the series.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Detroit Tigers At 1969 Baltimore Orioles             6/28/1969
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Stanley CF        5  1  2  2 .262     D.Buford LF         4  0  1  0 .299  
  D.McAuliffe 2B      2  2  1  0 .264     P.Blair CF          5  1  3  0 .280  
  A.Kaline 1B         5  0  1  0 .283     F.Robinson RF       4  0  1  0 .293  
  W.Horton LF         5  2  2  3 .270     B.Powell 1B         4  0  0  0 .314  
  J.Northrup RF       5  0  1  0 .319     B.Robinson 3B       4  1  2  0 .264  
  B.Freehan C         5  1  3  1 .245     D.Johnson 2B        4  0  0  0 .225  
  T.Tresh SS          5  1  2  0 .215     E.Hendricks C       3  0  1  0 .204  
  I.Brown 3B          2  2  0  0 .111     M.Belanger SS       4  0  2  1 .251  
  D.McLain P          3  0  1  2 .143     M.Lopez P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-C.Salmon PH         1  0  0  0 .258  
                                          D.Leonhard P        0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-A.Etchebarren PH    1  0  1  0 .211  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  9 13  8                 Totals      34  2 11  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lopez In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Leonhard In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 2 2 0  0 0 0  1 2 2  -  9 13  0
Orioles......... 0 0 0  1 1 0  0 0 0  -  2 11  0
 
Tigers (42-27)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.McLain WIN(11-4)        9      11   2   2   3   1   0 133   2.76
Totals                    9      11   2   2   3   1   0
 
Orioles (47-27)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Lopez LOSS(1-2)         6       8   4   4   2   7   1  85   5.40
D.Leonhard                3       5   5   5   3   1   1  61   2.70
Totals                    9      13   9   9   5   8   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 13,330 DATE- Saturday, June 28th 1969 TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Lou Dimuro, Jerry Neudecker, Jake O'Donnell, Nestor Chylak
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 7  Orioles: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 3  Orioles: 3
DOUBLES- T.Tresh(10th), D.McLain, A.Etchebarren(4th)
TRIPLES- W.Horton(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Stanley(6th), W.Horton(15th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Lopez
WALKS- D.McAuliffe-3, I.Brown, D.McLain, D.Buford, E.Hendricks, M.Lopez
HIT BY PITCH- I.Brown
STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe, A.Kaline-2, W.Horton, J.Northrup, T.Tresh, I.Brown,
             D.McLain, C.Salmon
GIDP- M.Stanley, A.Kaline, B.Powell-2, M.Belanger
WILD PITCHES- M.Lopez
2-out RBI- W.Horton-2, M.Stanley, D.McLain-2, B.Freehan
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Paul Blair robbed Bill Freehan of an extra base hit.
 
Willie Horton went yard and had 3 RBI and Denny McLain had a complete game as
the Detroit Tigers outscored the Baltimore Orioles 9 to 2.
 
Horton led the offense for Detroit.  He clubbed a two-run home run in the 1st
inning and tripled plating a run in the 9th inning.  Detroit had 13 hits for
the afternoon.  
 
The winning pitcher was McLain(11-4) who allowed 2 runs for the game.
Marcelino Lopez(1-2) took the loss.  He pitched 6 innings giving up 8 hits
and 2 walks.
 
Detroit now has a record of 42-27.  With the loss, Baltimore has a record of
6-4 lately, 47-27 overall.

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