Detroit Tigers 8 – 2 Minnesota Twins
18 May 1969 · MIN02
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Leo Cardenas | 1 in 107 games |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | Dick McAuliffe | 1 in 1,014 player-games |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | Gates Brown | 1 in 728 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| Minnesota Twins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Box score
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Stanley | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2B |
| Dick McAuliffe | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3B, 2B |
| Al Kaline | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2B |
| Norm Cash | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Gates Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dick Tracewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Northrup | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Tommy Matchick | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Freehan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mickey Lolich | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 43 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Lolich | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Minnesota Twins batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Tovar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Rod Carew | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Harmon Killebrew | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tony Oliva | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Manuel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Cardenas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| George Mitterwald | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ted Uhlaender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rick Renick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dave Boswell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Allison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Frank Quilici | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Minnesota Twins pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Boswell | 5.2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Joe Grzenda | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Perranoski | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Perry | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |