Detroit Tigers 5 – 6 Cleveland Guardians
6 August 1962 · CLE07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game · 3 | Steve Boros | 1 in 321 games |
| 17 | final score 6–5 | 1 in 32 games | |
| 16 | 9 strikeouts | Sam McDowell | 1 in 62 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
Box score
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Buddin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Vic Wertz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick McAuliffe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Al Kaline | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rocky Colavito | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Norm Cash | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bubba Morton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Steve Boros | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 HR |
| Dick Brown | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | HR |
| Bob Farley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hank Aguirre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chico Fernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Aguirre | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Sam Jones | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Regan | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Mossi | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cleveland Guardians batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Tasby | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tito Francona | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Essegian | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Green | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Romano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Kubiszyn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bubba Phillips | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mahoney | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Sam McDowell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Doc Edwards | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ty Cline | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 33 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
Cleveland Guardians pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam McDowell | 8.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Frank Funk | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Bell | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |