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Twins 1 @ Tigers 2
Tiger Stadium
June 24, 1966
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, played on June 24, 1966 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Twins with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateJune 24, 1966 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 1 H: 9 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 1
Hits: 9
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 2 H: 5 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 2
Hits: 5
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning Pitcher—Larry Sherry  
Losing Pitcher—Jim Merritt  
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Game Winning RBI—Bill Freehan 

Game Info

DateJune 24, 1966 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Kaat  
Home Starting PitcherDave Wickersham  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 21 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Marty Springstead
1B: Lou DiMuro
2B: (none)
3B: Ed Runge

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Zoilo Versalles  Shortstop 
Cesar Tovar  Second Baseman 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Jimmie Hall  Center Fielder 
Harmon Killebrew  Left Fielder 
Don Mincher  First Baseman 
Rich Rollins  Third Baseman 
Earl Battey  Catcher 
Jim Kaat  Pitcher 
Sam Mele  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick McAuliffe  Third Baseman 
Dick Tracewski  Second Baseman 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Al Kaline  Center Fielder 
Willie Horton  Left Fielder 
Jim Northrup  Right Fielder 
Bill Freehan  Catcher 
Ray Oyler  Shortstop 
Dave Wickersham  Pitcher 
Bob Swift  Manager 

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Twins 1 @ Tigers 2
Tiger Stadium
June 24, 1966

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         Game of 6/24/1966, game 1 -- Minnesota at Detroit (N)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Versalles Z, ss       5  0  1  0   McAuliffe D, 3b-ss    4  0  0  0   
Tovar C, 2b           5  0  1  0   Tracewski D, 2b       4  0  0  0   
Oliva T, rf           3  0  1  0   Sherry L, p           0  0  0  0   
Hall J, cf            4  1  1  0   Cash N, 1b            4  0  1  0   
Killebrew H, lf       2  0  1  0   Kaline A, cf          4  0  0  0   
Mincher D, 1b         3  0  0  0   Horton W, lf          4  2  1  0   
Kosco A, ph-1b        1  0  1  1   Northrup J, rf        3  0  2  0   
Rollins R, 3b         4  0  1  0   Freehan B, c          3  0  1  2   
Battey E, c           4  0  1  0   Oyler R, ss           2  0  0  0   
Kaat J, p             2  0  1  0   Lumpe J, ph           1  0  0  0   
Uhlaender T, ph       1  0  0  0   Wert D, 3b            0  0  0  0   
Worthington A, p      0  0  0  0   Wickersham D, p       2  0  0  0   
Allen B, ph           1  0  0  0   Podres J, p           0  0  0  0   
Merritt J, p          0  0  0  0   Brown G, ph           1  0  0  0   
Klippstein J, p       0  0  0  0   Wood J, 2b            0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  1  9  1                        32  2  5  2

Minnesota        000 000 010 --  1
Detroit          010 000 001 --  2
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kaat J                6.0  1  1  0  0  2
Worthington A         2.0  0  0  0  1  1
Merritt J (L)         0.2  3  1  1  0  0
Klippstein J          0.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wickersham D          7.2  7  1  1  3  4
Podres J              0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Sherry L (W)          1.0  1  0  0  0  2

E -- Mincher D, Versalles Z, Northrup J, Kosco A
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Minnesota 10, Detroit 6
2B -- Northrup J
SF -- Freehan B
T -- 2:21
A -- 0

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