June 9, 1969 Seattle at Detroit

Mickey Lolich was on top of his game and Norm Cash (pictured) came out of his recent batting funk as the Detroit Tigers defeated the new AL expansion team, the Seattle Pilots, 5-1. Lolich scattered 4 hits and struck out 11 in getting the win and lowerd his ERA to 2.16. His Seattle counterpart, Marty Pattin, didn't pitch too badly himself but he was no match for Tiger 1st baseman Norm Cash. Cash went 3 for 3 with 2 home runs, a walk and 3 rbi on the night. It was a tight game until the bottom of the 8th when the Tigers jumped on reliever Diego Segui for 3 runs, allowing Lolich to cruise through the 9th and up his record to 6-1.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Seattle Pilots At 1969 Detroit Tigers                 6/9/1969


 


  Pilots             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG


  D.Simpson CF        4  0  0  0 .209     M.Stanley SS,CF     4  1  0  0 .251  


  G.Gil 2B            4  0  2  0 .200     D.McAuliffe 2B      4  1  1  1 .251  


  T.Davis LF          3  1  1  0 .249     A.Kaline RF         4  0  1  1 .297  


  W.Comer RF          3  0  0  0 .235     N.Cash 1B           3  2  3  3 .265  


  M.Hegan 1B          3  0  0  0 .292     W.Horton LF         4  0  0  0 .295  


  J.Kennedy 3B        3  0  0  0 .271   D-D.Tracewski SS      0  0  0  0 .143  


  G.McNertney C       3  0  1  0 .212     J.Northrup CF,LF    3  0  0  0 .295  


A-T.Harper PR         0  0  0  0 .216     B.Freehan C         3  0  0  0 .233  


C-M.Ranew C           0  0  0  0 .231     T.Matchick 3B       3  1  1  0 .256  


  R.Oyler SS          3  0  0  0 .156     M.Lolich P          2  0  0  0 .048  


  M.Pattin P          2  0  0  0 .192                                          


B-R.Rollins PH        1  0  0  0 .217                                          


  D.Segui P           0  0  0  0 .333                                          


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         Totals      29  1  4  0                 Totals      30  5  6  5


 


A-Pinch Ran For McNertney In 8th Inning


B-Pinch Hit For Pattin In 8th Inning


C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Harper In 8th Inning


D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Horton In 9th Inning


 


Pilots.......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  1


Tigers.......... 0 1 0  1 0 0  0 3    -  5  6  0


 


Pilots (16-36)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


M.Pattin LOSS(3-7)        7       2   2   2   1   6   2  89   4.50


D.Segui                   1       4   3   0   0   1   0  33   4.04


Totals                    8       6   5   2   1   7   2


 


Tigers (30-20)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


M.Lolich WIN(6-1)         9       4   1   1   1  11   0 129   2.16


Totals                    9       4   1   1   1  11   0


 


ATTENDANCE- 31,702 DATE- Monday, June 9th 1969 TIME- Night 


UMPIRES- Bill Kinnamon, Emmett Ashford, Art Frantz, Hank Soar


T- 2:04


LEFT ON BASE- Pilots: 2  Tigers: 3


DOUBLE PLAYS- Pilots: 0  Tigers: 1


ERRORS- J.Kennedy


DOUBLES- G.McNertney(4th)


HOME RUNS- N.Cash-2(11th)


STOLEN BASES- T.Davis(8th)


SACRIFICE HITS- M.Lolich


WALKS- T.Davis, N.Cash


STRIKE OUTS- D.Simpson-4, W.Comer, M.Hegan, J.Kennedy, R.Oyler-2, M.Pattin-2,


             M.Stanley, D.McAuliffe, W.Horton-4, T.Matchick


GIDP- M.Hegan


WILD PITCHES- M.Lolich


2-out RBI- N.Cash-2, D.McAuliffe, A.Kaline


 


Mickey Lolich whiffed 11 batters and Norm Cash slammed 2 homeruns and had 3


RBI at Tiger Stadium where the Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Pilots 5 to


1.


 


Cash made sure the Detroit fans enjoyed themselves.  He smashed a solo-shot


out of the park in the 2nd inning, clubbed a solo home run in the 4th inning


and ripped a one-base hit which brought home a run in the 8th inning.


Detroit had only 6 hits for the game.  


 


Lolich(6-1) finished the game allowing 1 run in the victory. Marty Pattin(3-7)


was the losing pitcher.  He gave up just 2 runs and 2 hits in 7 innings.


 


The Detroit fans were thrilled by the performance put forth by Lolich, but it


was clearly his strikeouts that they enjoyed most. 'When he reached 10


strikeouts the fans showed him their appreciation with a loud cheer.' Mayo


Smith said following the game.

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