July 4, 1969 Baltimore at Detroit

The 1st place Baltimore Orioles are in town for a 3 game series against the 2nd place Detroit Tigers. In a rare Friday afternoon game at Tiger Stadium to celebrate the 4th of July, Mickey Lolich and the Tiger bullpen shut down the Orioles bats, paving the way to a 4-1 victory for the home town team. Mickey didn't have his best control, he walked 8, but Baltimore wasn't able to capitalize on all its base runners and the Tigers pen shut them down after Lolich left the game. Al Kaline hit a 2-run homer in the 1st inning for Detroit and that proved to be all the Tigers would need today. With the win, Detroit pulls within 1 game of Baltimore for the top spot in the AL East.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Baltimore Orioles At 1969 Detroit Tigers              7/4/1969
 
  Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Belanger SS       4  1  0  0 .254     M.Stanley SS,CF     4  0  0  0 .252  
  P.Blair CF          5  0  1  0 .275     D.McAuliffe 2B      3  1  2  1 .271  
  F.Robinson 1B       4  0  1  0 .288     A.Kaline RF         4  1  1  2 .277  
  M.Rettenmund RF     5  0  1  0 .250     N.Cash 1B           4  1  1  0 .273  
  B.Robinson 3B       3  0  0  1 .262     W.Horton LF         3  0  0  0 .284  
  D.Johnson 2B        2  0  0  0 .235     F.Lasher P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Motton LF         3  0  0  0 .206   D-D.Wert 3B           1  0  0  0 .225  
  A.Etchebarren C     4  0  1  0 .238     J.Northrup CF,LF    2  0  0  1 .319  
  M.Cuellar P         0  0  0  0 .200     B.Freehan C         3  0  1  0 .247  
A-D.Buford PH         1  0  0  0 .307     I.Brown 3B          2  1  2  0 .167  
  D.Leonhard P        0  0  0  0 .000     M.Kilkenny P        0  0  0  0 .000  
C-B.Powell PH         1  0  0  0 .314     D.McMahon P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  A.Severinsen P      0  0  0  0 ----     M.Lolich P          0  0  0  0 .129  
                                        B-T.Tresh SS          1  0  0  0 .212  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  1  4  1                 Totals      27  4  7  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Cuellar In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Lolich In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Leonhard In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Lasher In 8th Inning
 
Orioles......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  1  4  0
Tigers.......... 2 0 0  0 1 1  0 0    -  4  7  1
 
Orioles (50-29)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Cuellar LOSS(9-5)       6       6   4   4   2   4   1 100   2.73
D.Leonhard                1       1   0   0   0   0   0  19   2.63
A.Severinsen              1       0   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.00
Totals                    8       7   4   4   2   5   1
 
Tigers (47-28)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Lolich WIN(9-2)         6 2/3   4   1   1   8   7   0 140   1.90
F.Lasher HOLD(3rd)        0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   9   2.91
M.Kilkenny HOLD(5th)      0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.54
D.McMahon SAVE(9th)       1       0   0   0   0   3   0  14   1.25
Totals                    9       4   1   1   8  12   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 52,124 DATE- Friday, July 4th 1969 TIME- Day 
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles:12  Tigers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 1  Tigers: 0
ERRORS- T.Tresh
TRIPLES- D.McAuliffe(6th), N.Cash(2nd)
HOME RUNS- A.Kaline(10th)
STOLEN BASES- F.Robinson(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Lolich-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Northrup
WALKS- M.Belanger, F.Robinson, B.Robinson, D.Johnson-2, C.Motton, M.Cuellar-2,
       D.McAuliffe, I.Brown
STRIKE OUTS- P.Blair-2, F.Robinson, M.Rettenmund, B.Robinson, C.Motton-3,
             A.Etchebarren-2, D.Buford, B.Powell, M.Stanley, A.Kaline, W.Horton,
             D.Wert, J.Northrup
GIDP- N.Cash
WILD PITCHES- M.Lolich
2-out RBI- D.McAuliffe, B.Robinson
 
In an entertaining game at Tiger Stadium the final score was the Detroit
Tigers 4, the Baltimore Orioles 1.
 
Mickey Lolich(9-2) pitched well for Detroit in their victory.  He allowed 4
hits and 8 walks in 6 and 2/3 innings.  Lolich struckout 7 Baltimore batters.
Baltimore was out-hit by Detroit, 7 hits to 4.  
 
Lolich got help from Don McMahon who was credited with his 9th save.  The loss
was charged to Mike Cuellar(9-5).  He pitched 6 innings giving up 6 hits and
2 walks.

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