Detroit Tigers 5 – 4 Minnesota Twins
2 September 1965 · MIN02
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Platinum Sombrero · 5 | Bob Allison | 1 in 934 games |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | Joe Sparma | 1 in 511 pitcher-games |
| 14 | final score 5–4 | 1 in 23 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Minnesota Twins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Box score
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Thomas | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Jerry Lumpe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Don Wert | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | HR |
| Norm Cash | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Willie Horton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bill Freehan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mickey Stanley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Oyler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Joe Sparma | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Al Kaline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Sparma | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| Orlando Pena | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Terry Fox | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Twins batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoilo Versalles | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Nossek | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Hall | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tony Oliva | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3B |
| Bob Allison | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Don Mincher | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | HR |
| Jerry Zimmerman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jerry Kindall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sandy Valdespino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frank Quilici | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Merritt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cesar Tovar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Andy Kosco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Battey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 10 |
Minnesota Twins pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Merritt | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Dave Boswell | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Johnny Klippstein | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Stigman | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |