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Lineups and Summary
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Tigers
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
August 16, 1964
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 16, 1964 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 16, 1964 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 16, 1964 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Wickersham |
| Home Starting Pitcher | John O'Donoghue |
| Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 9,174 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Red Flaherty 1B: Bill Haller 2B: Eddie Hurley 3B: Sam Carrigan |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Thomas | Center Fielder |
| Jerry Lumpe | Second Baseman |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Don Demeter | First Baseman |
| Bill Freehan | Catcher |
| Gates Brown | Left Fielder |
| Don Wert | Third Baseman |
| Dick McAuliffe | Shortstop |
| Dave Wickersham | Pitcher |
| Chuck Dressen | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Green | Second Baseman |
| Wayne Causey | Third Baseman |
| Manny Jimenez | Left Fielder |
| Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
| Jim Gentile | First Baseman |
| Doc Edwards | Catcher |
| Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
| Nelson Mathews | Center Fielder |
| John O'Donoghue | Pitcher |
| Mel McGaha | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
August 16, 1964
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. O'Donoghue
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. O'Donoghue
Lumpe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. O'Donoghue
Kaline takes first base on ball four. Lumpe moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Demeter vs. O'Donoghue
Demeter hits a fly ball into center field. Mathews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freehan vs. O'Donoghue
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Wickersham
Green hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wickersham fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Wickersham
Causey hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jimenez vs. Wickersham
Jimenez hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. O'Donoghue
Brown hits a popup towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. O'Donoghue
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey juggles the ball. That's an error on Causey. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. O'Donoghue
McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wert moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wickersham vs. O'Donoghue
Wickersham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. O'Donoghue fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Wickersham
Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gentile vs. Wickersham
Gentile hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Wickersham
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Wickersham
Campaneris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Wickersham
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. O'Donoghue
Dave Duncan now catching.
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. O'Donoghue
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gentile juggles the ball. That's an error on Gentile. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. O'Donoghue
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Demeter vs. O'Donoghue
Demeter hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mathews. Demeter reaches second base with a double. Thomas scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Freehan vs. O'Donoghue
Freehan hits a line drive into right field. Colavito picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Colavito. Demeter scores. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. O'Donoghue
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wert vs. O'Donoghue
Wert hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. O'Donoghue
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wickersham vs. O'Donoghue
Wickersham is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alusik vs. Wickersham
George Alusik pinch hits for John O'Donoghue.
Alusik hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Wickersham
Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Wickersham
Causey hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Drabowsky
Moe Drabowsky now pitching.
Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Drabowsky
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Drabowsky
Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demeter vs. Drabowsky
Demeter is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jimenez vs. Wickersham
Jimenez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Demeter scoops it up and throws to first, with Wickersham covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Wickersham
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wickersham fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gentile vs. Wickersham
Gentile is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Duncan vs. Wickersham
Duncan is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Drabowsky
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green misplays the ball. That's an error on Green. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Drabowsky
Brown hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito. Brown reaches second base with a double. Freehan goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wert vs. Drabowsky
Wert bunts towards first. Gentile scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wert for the out. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McAuliffe vs. Drabowsky
McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wickersham vs. Drabowsky
Wickersham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Wickersham
Campaneris hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Wickersham
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert juggles the ball. That's an error on Wert. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tartabull vs. Wickersham
Jose Tartabull pinch hits for Moe Drabowsky.
Tartabull hits a popup towards third. Wert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Wickersham
Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Causey vs. Wickersham
Causey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mathews scores. Green moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jimenez vs. Wickersham
Jimenez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wickersham fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Meyer
Bob Meyer now pitching.
Thomas is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Meyer
Lumpe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Meyer
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demeter vs. Meyer
Demeter is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Wickersham
Colavito hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gentile vs. Wickersham
Gentile hits a popup towards short. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Wickersham
Duncan strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Wickersham
Campaneris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Wickersham
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Meyer
Freehan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jimenez. Freehan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Meyer
Brown hits a fly ball towards center. Mathews settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Mathews. Freehan moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wert vs. Meyer
Wert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Freehan scores. Brown moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McAuliffe vs. Meyer
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gentile scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McAuliffe for the out. Wert moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wickersham vs. Meyer
Wickersham hits a fly ball into left field. Jimenez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brown tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Meyer
Thomas hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Meyer
Lumpe hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Charles vs. Wickersham
Ed Charles pinch hits for Bob Meyer.
Charles hits a popup towards first. Demeter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Wickersham
Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Wickersham
Causey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Demeter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Causey for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Wyatt
John Wyatt now pitching.
Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. Wyatt
Demeter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Duncan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Wyatt
Freehan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jimenez. Freehan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Wyatt
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Freehan scores. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wert vs. Wyatt
There's a wild pitch. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wert vs. Wyatt
Wert strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jimenez vs. Wickersham
Jimenez is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Wickersham
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gentile vs. Wickersham
Gentile hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Wickersham
Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Wickersham
Campaneris hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Wyatt
McAuliffe hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wickersham vs. Wyatt
Wickersham is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Wyatt
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Mathews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Wickersham
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wickersham fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Wickersham
Ken Harrelson pinch hits for John Wyatt.
Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 11 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Wickersham
Green hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/16/1964 -- Detroit at Kansas City (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Thomas G, cf 6 2 2 2 Green D, 2b 5 0 1 0
Lumpe J, 2b 5 0 2 0 Causey W, 3b 4 0 1 1
Kaline A, rf 4 0 1 0 Jimenez M, lf 3 0 0 0
Demeter D, 1b 5 1 1 1 Colavito R, rf 4 2 1 1
Freehan B, c 5 4 3 1 Gentile J, 1b 3 2 2 3
Brown G, lf 4 2 2 2 Edwards D, c 1 0 0 0
Wert D, 3b 4 2 2 4 Duncan D, c 3 0 0 0
McAuliffe D, ss 4 0 2 0 Campaneris B, ss 4 0 2 0
Wickersham D, p 4 0 0 1 Mathews N, cf 4 1 0 0
O'Donoghue J, p 0 0 0 0
Alusik G, ph 1 0 0 0
Drabowsky M, p 0 0 0 0
Tartabull J, ph 1 0 0 0
Meyer B, p 0 0 0 0
Charles E, ph 1 0 0 0
Wyatt J, p 0 0 0 0
Harrelson K, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
41 11 15 11 35 5 7 5
Detroit 005 010 410 -- 11
Kansas City 010 011 020 -- 5
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Wickersham D (W) 9.0 7 5 4 0 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
O'Donoghue J (L) 3.0 7 5 5 2 1
Drabowsky M 2.0 2 1 0 1 1
Meyer B 2.0 4 4 0 0 2
Wyatt J 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
E -- Causey W, Gentile J, Colavito R, Green D, Wert D, Mathews N
DP -- Kansas City 3
LOB -- Detroit 8, Kansas City 5
2B -- Demeter D, Brown G, Freehan B 2
HR -- Gentile J 2, Wert D, Colavito R, Thomas G
SH -- Wert D
SF -- Wickersham D
HBP -- by Wickersham D (Gentile J), by Wickersham D (Jimenez M)
WP -- Wyatt J
T -- 2:24
A -- 9174
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