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Twins
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
June 26, 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 26, 1966 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 26, 1966 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 26, 1966 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Boswell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Sparma |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 6 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Marty Springstead 1B: Red Flaherty 2B: Ed Runge 3B: Lou DiMuro |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
| Ted Uhlaender | Center Fielder |
| Tony Oliva | Right Fielder |
| Don Mincher | First Baseman |
| Harmon Killebrew | Third Baseman |
| Jimmie Hall | Left Fielder |
| Earl Battey | Catcher |
| Cesar Tovar | Second Baseman |
| Dave Boswell | Pitcher |
| Sam Mele | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick McAuliffe | Shortstop |
| Jake Wood | Second Baseman |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Al Kaline | Center Fielder |
| Jim Northrup | Right Fielder |
| Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
| Bill Freehan | Catcher |
| Don Wert | Third Baseman |
| Joe Sparma | Pitcher |
| Bob Swift | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
June 26, 1966
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Sparma
Versalles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Uhlaender vs. Sparma
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Sparma, and towards McAuliffe, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Versalles moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliva vs. Sparma
Oliva hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Versalles scores. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mincher vs. Sparma
There goes Oliva. The throw from Freehan and he is out, Wood applying the tag. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Sparma
Mincher is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Boswell
McAuliffe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Boswell
Wood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Boswell
Cash strikes out. There goes Wood. The throw from Battey to Versalles, and Wood is out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Boswell
Kaline hits a popup, foul, towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Sparma
Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. Sparma
Hall hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Battey vs. Sparma
Battey hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tovar vs. Sparma
Tovar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Battey moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boswell vs. Sparma
Boswell hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Boswell
Russ Nixon now catching.
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops it up and throws to first, with Boswell covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Boswell
Horton strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Boswell
Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Sparma
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Sparma
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Sparma
Oliva hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Boswell
Wert hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sparma vs. Boswell
Sparma hits a fly ball into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Boswell
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McAuliffe for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Sparma
Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Sparma
Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. Sparma
Hall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nixon vs. Sparma
Nixon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to third. Hall moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tovar vs. Sparma
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Wood fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Killebrew scores. Hall moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boswell vs. Sparma
Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. McAuliffe fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Boswell
Wood hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Boswell
Cash hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mincher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Boswell
Kaline hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Sparma
Versalles hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Sparma
Uhlaender hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliva vs. Sparma
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields the ball and throws to Sparma covering. Safe. Uhlaender moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mincher vs. Sparma
Mincher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Uhlaender scores. Oliva moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Killebrew vs. Pena
Orlando Pena now pitching.
Killebrew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Killebrew reaches second base with a double. Oliva scores. Mincher moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hall vs. Pena
Hall is walked intentionally. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nixon vs. Pena
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards second. Wood picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wood. Mincher scores. Killebrew scores. Hall moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tovar vs. Pena
Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pena fields it and throws to first for the out. Nixon moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boswell vs. Pena
Boswell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hall scores. Nixon moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Versalles vs. Pena
Versalles strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Boswell
Northrup strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Boswell
Horton strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Boswell
Freehan is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Pena
Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Pena covering, for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Pena
Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Pena
Mincher hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Boswell
Wert strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Boswell
Mickey Stanley pinch hits for Orlando Pena.
Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Boswell
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wood vs. Boswell
Wood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stanley scores. McAuliffe moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cash vs. Boswell
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kaline vs. Boswell
Kaline is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Gladding
Fred Gladding now pitching.
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. Gladding
Hall hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Gladding
Nixon takes first base on ball four. Killebrew moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tovar vs. Gladding
Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boswell vs. Gladding
Boswell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Boswell
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Northrup for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Boswell
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Boswell
Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Gladding
Versalles hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uhlaender vs. Gladding
Uhlaender hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliva vs. Gladding
Oliva hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Boswell
Wert hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Boswell
Gates Brown pinch hits for Fred Gladding.
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Boswell
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wood vs. Boswell
Wood hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Worthington
Al Worthington now pitching.
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Worthington
Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 7 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Podres
Gates Brown now playing left field. Johnny Podres now pitching. Willie Horton now playing right field. Jim Northrup now playing center field.
Mincher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Podres
Podres fires to first and picks off Mincher. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Podres
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kosco vs. Podres
Andy Kosco pinch hits for Jimmie Hall.
Kosco strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Podres
Nixon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 7 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Worthington
Andy Kosco now playing left field.
Northrup strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Worthington
Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Worthington
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/26/1966, game 1 -- Minnesota at Detroit (D)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Versalles Z, ss 5 1 1 0 McAuliffe D, ss 4 2 3 1
Uhlaender T, cf 5 1 1 0 Wood J, 2b 4 1 3 4
Oliva T, rf 5 1 2 1 Cash N, 1b 4 0 0 0
Mincher D, 1b 5 1 2 1 Kaline A, cf 4 0 0 0
Killebrew H, 3b 3 2 3 1 Podres J, p 0 0 0 0
Hall J, lf 3 1 1 0 Northrup J, rf-cf 4 0 0 0
Kosco A, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Horton W, lf-rf 4 0 0 0
Battey E, c 1 0 0 0 Freehan B, c 4 0 0 0
Nixon R, c 3 0 2 1 Wert D, 3b 3 0 0 0
Tovar C, 2b 4 0 1 1 Sparma J, p 1 0 0 0
Boswell D, p 4 0 1 1 Pena O, p 0 0 0 0
Worthington A, p 0 0 0 0 Stanley M, ph 1 1 1 0
Gladding F, p 0 0 0 0
Brown G, ph-lf 1 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 7 14 6 34 5 8 5
Minnesota 100 150 000 -- 7
Detroit 100 001 030 -- 5
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Boswell D (W) 7.1 8 5 5 0 8
Worthington A (S) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma J (L) 4.1 10 5 5 0 1
Pena O 1.2 3 2 2 1 1
Gladding F 2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Podres J 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
E -- Wood J
DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Minnesota 9, Detroit 2
2B -- Killebrew H
HR -- McAuliffe D, Wood J
CS -- Oliva T, Wood J
T -- 3:06
A -- 0
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