| The Detroit Tigers are in the midst of a 9 game West Coast trip and lost to the Oakland Athletics 3-2 today. With the victory, Oakland completes a 3 game sweep of Detroit and the Tigers drop to 5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East. Jim Hunter (13-7) picked up the win for Oakland while Denny McLain (16-7) got the loss for Detroit. The Athletics scored 3 runs in the 1st inning off McLain and that was all they needed. A 2 run homer by Bill Freehan in the 5th was the only damage Detroit could muster against Hunter, who got the complete game victory. Detroit will now travel to Seattle for 3 games against the Pilots then on to Anaheim for 3 games against the California Angels before heading back home. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1969 Detroit Tigers At 1969 Oakland Athletics 8/17/1969
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
T.Matchick 2B 3 0 1 0 .252 C.Campaneris SS 4 1 1 0 .243
T.Tresh SS 4 0 1 0 .215 A-T.Kubiak SS 0 0 0 0 .255
A.Kaline RF 4 0 0 0 .264 J.Tartabull CF 4 1 1 1 .302
N.Cash 1B 4 1 1 0 .281 R.Jackson RF 4 0 0 0 .301
W.Horton LF 4 0 0 0 .282 S.Bando 3B 4 1 1 0 .272
J.Northrup CF 3 0 0 0 .302 D.Cater 1B 4 0 1 1 .241
B.Freehan C 3 1 1 2 .258 D.Green 2B 4 0 1 0 .243
D.Wert 3B 3 0 1 0 .219 T.Reynolds LF 2 0 1 0 .227
D.McLain P 3 0 0 0 .151 L.Haney C 2 0 2 1 .172
J.Hunter P 3 0 1 0 .290
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Totals 31 2 5 2 Totals 31 3 9 3
A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Campaneris In 8th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0
Athletics....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0
Tigers (69-49) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.McLain LOSS(16-7) 8 9 3 3 2 4 0 124 2.40
Totals 8 9 3 3 2 4 0
Athletics (61-56) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Hunter WIN(13-7) 9 5 2 2 2 5 1 127 2.93
Totals 9 5 2 2 2 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 10,042 DATE- Sunday, August 17th 1969 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Jim Honochick, Frank Umont, Bill Haller, Ron Luciano
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 4 Athletics: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1 Athletics: 1
DOUBLES- J.Tartabull(10th)
HOME RUNS- B.Freehan(9th)
WALKS- T.Matchick, J.Northrup, T.Reynolds, L.Haney
STRIKE OUTS- T.Matchick, N.Cash, D.Wert, D.McLain-2, J.Tartabull, D.Cater,
D.Green-2
GIDP- T.Tresh, J.Hunter
2-out RBI- L.Haney, B.Freehan-2
Jim Hunter tossed a complete game at Oakland Coliseum as the Oakland Athletics
beat the Detroit Tigers 3 to 2.
Hunter(13-7) gave Oakland a solid outing. He allowed just 5 hits and 2 walks
in 9 innings. Oakland had 9 hits for the afternoon.
Denny McLain(16-7) was the losing pitcher. He gave up 9 hits and 2 walks in 8
innings. The Oakland ballclub's record now stands at 61-56. With this loss,
Detroit has a 5-5 record of late, 69-49 overall.
