July 6, 1969 Baltimore at Detroit

The Tigers are in 1st place! The Detroit Tigers, behind the superb pitching of Denny McLain, defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4-1 to complete a 3 game series sweep of the former 1st place team. In a well pitched game by both clubs, McLain allowed only 5 hits while shutting out the Orioles for his 12th win of the season. The victory was Detroit's 6th in a row and moved the Tigers into the top spot of the AL East for the 1st time this season.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Baltimore Orioles At 1969 Detroit Tigers              7/6/1969


 


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


  D.Buford LF         4  0  1  0 .303     M.Stanley SS,CF     4  1  1  2 .252  


  P.Blair CF          4  0  2  0 .277     D.McAuliffe 2B      4  0  1  1 .271  


  F.Robinson RF       4  0  1  0 .287     A.Kaline RF         3  0  0  0 .275  


  B.Powell 1B         4  0  1  0 .309     N.Cash 1B           4  0  1  0 .272  


  B.Robinson 3B       3  0  0  0 .256     W.Horton LF         3  0  0  0 .284  


  E.Hendricks C       3  0  0  0 .190   B-D.Tracewski SS      1  0  0  0 .133  


  P.Richert P         0  0  0  0 .000     J.Northrup CF,LF    4  1  1  0 .314  


  D.Johnson 2B        3  0  0  0 .232     B.Freehan C         4  1  3  1 .258  


  M.Belanger SS       3  0  0  0 .252     D.Wert 3B           3  0  0  0 .221  


  J.Hardin P          1  0  0  0 .217     D.McLain P          2  1  0  0 .151  


A-C.Salmon PH         1  0  0  0 .242                                          


  E.Watt P            0  0  0  0 .000                                          


C-C.Dalrymple C       1  0  0  0 .364                                          


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         Totals      31  0  5  0                 Totals      32  4  7  4


 


A-Pinch Hit For Hardin In 6th Inning


B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Horton In 7th Inning


C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Watt In 7th Inning


 


Orioles......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  2


Tigers.......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  3 0    -  4  7  0


 


Orioles (50-31)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


J.Hardin LOSS(5-3)        5       3   1   1   2   1   0  79   2.19


E.Watt                    1 1/3   3   3   2   0   2   0  24   1.78


P.Richert                 1 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  19   4.66


Totals                    8       7   4   3   2   3   0


 


Tigers (49-28)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


D.McLain WIN(12-4)        9       5   0   0   0   4   0 115   2.60


Totals                    9       5   0   0   0   4   0


 


ATTENDANCE- 44,976 DATE- Sunday, July 6th 1969 TIME- Day 


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


T- 2:19


LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 4  Tigers: 7


DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 0  Tigers: 1


ERRORS- B.Powell, D.Johnson


DOUBLES- M.Stanley(16th), J.Northrup(18th)


SACRIFICE HITS- D.McLain


WALKS- A.Kaline, D.Wert


STRIKE OUTS- P.Blair, E.Hendricks, M.Belanger, J.Hardin, A.Kaline, W.Horton,


             D.Wert


GIDP- B.Robinson


WILD PITCHES- P.Richert


2-out RBI- B.Freehan


 


Denny McLain went 9 solid innings as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore


Orioles by the score of 4 to 0 at Tiger Stadium.


 


Baltimore never recovered after Detroit took the lead in the bottom of the 4th


inning plating one baserunner on 2 hits.  Detroit banged out 7 hits on the


afternoon.  


 


For McLain(12-4) it was his 2nd shutout this year. Jim Hardin(5-3) was hit


with the loss.  He pitched 5 innings allowing 3 hits and 2 walks.


 


Detroit extended their winning streak to 6 games.

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