Det. at KC September 3, 1969

The Detroit Tigers put on a devastating offensive display in Kansas City tonight, banging out 22 hits on the way to defeating the Royals 15-6. Tiger starter Denny McLain had one of his poorer outings of the season but his teamates run support allowed him to pick up his 19th win. Detroit heads home for a big 4 game series against the 1st place Baltimore Orioles starting tomorrow night. The Tigers now trail the Birds by 3.5 games so this series looms large.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Detroit Tigers At 1969 Kansas City Royals             9/3/1969
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Stanley SS,CF     5  1  1  0 .236     G.Spriggs RF        2  2  0  0 .261  
  T.Matchick 2B       6  2  3  1 .263     S.Northey CF        4  0  0  0 .222  
  A.Kaline RF         6  2  3  3 .280     C.Zachary P         0  0  0  0 .000  
  N.Cash 1B           4  3  3  3 .291     M.Fiore 1B          3  1  1  2 .282  
  W.Horton LF         5  1  1  2 .268     L.Piniella LF       4  1  0  0 .251  
C-T.Tresh SS          1  0  0  0 .202     J.Foy 3B            5  0  2  1 .227  
  J.Northrup CF,LF    6  2  2  3 .304     L.Alcaraz 2B        5  0  2  1 .385  
  B.Freehan C         4  2  4  1 .264     F.Healy C           5  1  2  1 .400  
  D.Wert 3B           6  1  4  2 .245     J.Hernandez SS      4  0  0  0 .235  
  D.McLain P          3  1  1  0 .167     M.Hedlund P         2  0  1  0 .161  
B-G.Brown PH          1  0  0  0 .186     G.Cisco P           0  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Timmermann P      0  0  0  0 .000   A-F.Rico PH           1  1  1  1 .400  
  G.Taylor P          0  0  0  0 ----     D.Morehead P        0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        D-B.Oliver PH,CF      1  0  0  0 .237  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      47 15 22 15                 Totals      36  6  9  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Cisco In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McLain In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Horton In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Morehead In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 1 0  1 1 8  0 0 4  - 15 22  1
Royals.......... 3 0 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  6  9  0
 
Tigers (81-54)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.McLain WIN(19-7)        7       8   6   6   4   7   0 126   2.55
T.Timmermann              1       0   0   0   1   1   0  19   3.57
G.Taylor                  1       1   0   0   1   0   0  23   0.00
Totals                    9       9   6   6   6   8   0
 
Royals (54-80)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Hedlund LOSS(4-7)       5       9   6   6   1   3   2 100   3.81
G.Cisco                   1       4   5   5   2   1   2  39   7.11
D.Morehead                2       4   0   0   1   1   0  33  11.15
C.Zachary                 1       5   4   4   0   0   1  27   6.89
Totals                    9      22  15  15   4   5   5
 
ATTENDANCE- 5,170 DATE- Wednesday, September 3rd 1969 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Lou Dimuro, Jerry Neudecker, Jake O'Donnell, Nestor Chylak
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:11  Royals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Royals: 1
ERRORS- D.Wert
DOUBLES- A.Kaline(18th), B.Freehan(16th), F.Rico(4th)
TRIPLES- D.Wert(2nd)
HOME RUNS- A.Kaline(21st), W.Horton(30th), J.Northrup-2(20th), B.Freehan(14th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Foy(19th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- N.Cash
WALKS- N.Cash, B.Freehan-2, D.McLain, G.Spriggs-2, S.Northey, M.Fiore-2,
       L.Piniella
HIT BY PITCH- M.Stanley, G.Spriggs
STRIKE OUTS- A.Kaline-2, N.Cash, J.Northrup, D.McLain, S.Northey-2, M.Fiore,
             L.Piniella, F.Healy, J.Hernandez-2, M.Hedlund
GIDP- G.Brown
2-out RBI- B.Freehan, D.Wert, F.Rico, M.Fiore-2, J.Northrup-2
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Norm Cash robbed Mike Fiore of a base hit.
 
Jim Northrup launched 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the dominant Detroit Tigers
defeated the Kansas City Royals by a score of 15 to 6 at Municipal
Stadium.
 
Northrup was a seemingly constant irritant to the hometown fans as he provided
much of the offense for the visitors.  He lofted a solo-blast 'downtown' in
the 6th inning and popped a two-run clout over the fence in the 9th inning.
Detroit provided plenty of action in the 6th inning which saw them score 8
runs on 7 hits and the 9th inning when they had 4 runs on 5 hits.  Detroit
ended up with 22 hits for the game while Kansas City had 9.  
 
Denny McLain(19-7) picked up the victory, allowing 6 runs in 7 innings. Mike
Hedlund(4-7) took the loss.  He was knocked around, surrendering 6 runs in 5
innings.  
 

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